The Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller provides high performance when working with integers, ample on-chip memory, and a wide variety of I/O options, making it a flexible solution for numerous microcontroller-based applications.

Professional design engineers already familiar with Raspberry Pi will quickly embrace the Raspberry Pi Pico and appreciate its ease of use and affordable price.

Here are some of its key features:
• Dual 133 MHz ARM Cortex-M0+ cores
• 264 kB of onboard SRAM
• 30 multifunction GPIO pins
• Dedicated hardware for commonly used peripherals, along with a programmable I/O subsystem to support more peripherals
• Four-channel ADC with internal temperature sensor
• Integrated USB 1.1 for host and device

Lee Turner, Global Head of Semiconductors and SBCs at Farnell, said: “We are delighted that Raspberry Pi has chosen us to distribute this chip as a standalone component. The Raspberry Pi Pico, which is based on the RP2040, is enjoying great popularity with customers and is demonstrating the potential to transform the microcontroller market in the same way that the Raspberry Pi board revolutionized the single-board computer market. Customers can now use the Raspberry Pi Pico in the design phase and switch to the RP2040 in production, offering design engineers maximum flexibility and opportunity.”.

Farnell is Raspberry Pi's longest-standing partner and has sold over 15 million units to date. Farnell stocks a full range of Raspberry Pi single-board computers, including the recently introduced Raspberry Pi Pico, which allows customers to build a wide variety of devices for home, professional, educational, or commercial use. Customers also benefit from 24/7 technical support, free access to valuable resources on the Farnell, and the community of engineers and makers at element14.