🔍 Product Overview

The Raspberry Pi Pico W is a compact yet powerful microcontroller board built around the custom RP2040 chip. It adds built-in 2.4 GHz WiFi (802.11 b/g/n) and Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity, while retaining a full set of GPIO, analog inputs, and programmable I/O features. It’s designed to give both hobbyists and professionals a highly capable development platform for IoT, embedded systems, robotics, sensors, and wireless connected projects.

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🚀 Why It’s Ideal for Your Projects

• Wireless connectivity baked in — WiFi and Bluetooth are integrated, making it easy to create connected sensors, smart devices, remote controls, and web-interfaced gadgets.

• High-performance microcontroller — The RP2040 dual-core ARM Cortex-M0+ runs up to 133 MHz, offering substantial processing power for embedded tasks, control loops, signal processing or even basic machine-learning.

• Friendly ecosystem & beginner to pro usability — You can program it using MicroPython, CircuitPython, or C/C++, and the documentation and community around Raspberry Pi ensure a smooth jump-start.

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📝 Key Features

• Microcontroller: RP2040 (Dual-core ARM Cortex‐M0+, up to 133 MHz)

• Memory: 264 KB on-chip RAM, 2MB on-board QSPI flash

• Wireless: 2.4 GHz WiFi (802.11 b/g/n) + Bluetooth 5.2 (on the “W” variant)

• GPIO: 26 multi-function pins including analog inputs, PWM, SPI, I²C, UART, PIO state machines

• Supply voltage range: 1.8 V – 5.5 V (with onboard regulation)

• Form factor: 21 mm × 51 mm – breadboard friendly, easy to embed

• USB: Micro-USB port for power and programming

• Extensive peripheral support: SPI, I²C, UART, ADC, PWM, PIO custom logic blocks.

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🎯 Typical Applications

• IoT & smart-home devices – Wireless sensors, actuators, remote monitoring, smart lighting, home automation.

• Robotics & drones – Motor control, feedback loops, wireless telemetry, sensor integration.

• Embedded prototypes & product development – Compact board with strong performance, ideal for proof-of-concept and small runs.

• Educational & maker projects – Great for learning microcontrollers, programming, wireless comms and electronics design.

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✅ Why You’ll Love It

With the Pico W you get the best of both worlds: the power and flexibility of the RP2040 microcontroller combined with built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, all in a compact and affordable board. It’s perfect whether you’re just starting out or building advanced connected systems.