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Raspberry Pi RP2040 Silicon sells for only $1

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We are excited to announce that the Raspberry Pi RP2040 is now available in single-unit quantities for only $1 per chip, allowing you to build your own projects and products on Raspberry Silicon.

 

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RP2040 is our idea of the perfect mid-range microcontroller, this Raspberry Pi Silicon chipset is based on years of Raspberry Pi using other vendors’ devices in their own products and projects.

 

It stands out in three key ways:

 

  • Two fast CPU cores. A pair of ARM Cortex-M0+ cores, clocked at 133 MHz, provide ample integer performance. Use one core to run application code, and the other to supervise hardware; or run application code on both cores with FreeRTOS or MicroPython.

 

  • Plenty of RAM. With 264KB of RAM, you can concentrate on implementing features, not optimising your application for size. A fully connected switch connects ARM cores and DMA engines to six independent RAM banks, allowing you to squeeze every last drop of performance out of the system.

 

  • Flexible I/O. We provide all the usual interfaces: hardware UARTs, SPI and I2C controllers, USB 1.1, and a four-channel ADC. But it’s the programmable I/O (PIO) subsystem that makes RP2040 stand out, enabling software implementations of protocols including SDIO, DPI, I2S, and even DVI-D.

 

All of this is packed into 2 mm² of 40 nm silicon, in a 7×7 mm QFN56 package.

 

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RP2040 Microcontroller.
RP2040 is a low-cost, high-performance microcontroller device with flexible digital interfaces. Key features:


• Dual Cortex M0+ processors, up to 133 MHz

• 264 kB of embedded SRAM in 6 banks

• 30 multifunction GPIO

• 6 dedicated IO for SPI Flash (supporting XIP)

• Dedicated hardware for commonly used peripherals

• Programmable IO for extended peripheral support

• 4 channel ADC with internal temperature sensor, 0.5 MSa/s, 12 bit conversion

• USB 1.1 Host/Device

 

Raspberry Pi 2040 Schematic

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What will you use your $1 Raspberry Pi RP2040 for?

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  • e14phil
    e14phil over 4 years ago in reply to BigG +5
    Its very exciting. $1 for a chipset designed from the ground up by the Raspberry Pi Foundation.
  • michaelkellett
    michaelkellett over 4 years ago in reply to Problemchild +5
    You can hand solder them - it's not ideal but is possible. Make a footprint with holes in the big centre pad and don't flow ground plane into the centre pad. Make the pads on the board stick out beyond…
  • michaelkellett
    michaelkellett over 4 years ago in reply to scottiebabe +4
    scottiebabe wrote: QFNs with a thermal pad are even more difficult than just a basic QFN. That's why you put holes through the board in the pad. For table top assembly they do several things: Allow the…
  • Problemchild
    Problemchild over 4 years ago in reply to hugohu

    I'm sure the package wouldnt of effected it too much, I suppose that it was never really meant for hand soldering

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  • hugohu
    hugohu over 4 years ago in reply to hugohu

    The price is quite affordable, though. Only wish it came in TQFP but that would just add cost.

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  • hugohu
    hugohu over 4 years ago

    I already have some samples from the Raspberry Pi foundation so I should be able to make some prototypes, like my RP2040 stamp, RP2040 Pi 0 board, and the Purppy(Pu[ppy] RP[2040] [Circuit]PY)

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    e14phil over 4 years ago in reply to BigG

    Its very exciting. $1 for a chipset designed from the ground up by the Raspberry Pi Foundation.

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    BigG over 4 years ago

    Wow!

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