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At $27 I can get 4-5 Pi Pico Ws. Between that and the ESP32 product line this isn't really competitive. I'll probably get a few just to play around with it. I
by yardie 3y ago
At $27 I can get 4-5 Pi Pico Ws. Between that and the ESP32 product line this isn't really competitive.
I'll probably get a few just to play around with it. I have so many hats and shields at this point it would be a waste not to update the MCU.
- hospitalJail 3y agoArduino gets people into embedded. Its the brand name that uses the old name. It helps they have their own IDE and tutorials on their website. Long term, you basically stop using them. Although during COVID, I needed some high GPIO boards and there were megas in-stock.
- knorker 3y agoI thought "raspberry pi" is the bigger drawing brand, and the pico is for embedded draw.
- hospitalJail 3y agoEh, as much as I like mine for being a computer, I found it unreliable for embedded. I don't think I'd introduce someone to embedded with a rpi.
- qbasic_forever 3y agoThis thing has a big LED matrix display and flexible power input options, it's not exactly the same market as the pico or barebones ESP32 boards. This is much more similar to the microbit, circuit playground or similar getting started in physical computing boards. Out of the box you can do stuff with this board and no other real components.
- clarents 3y agoI think your second comment is the explanation for your first. There are certainly cheaper boards available, but the form factor of the Uno allows for use with a whole host of hats and shields, and releasing an updated board with more powerful hardware allows for more complex projects using those hats and shields.
- throwawaymobule 3y agoI expect generic board clones to be much cheaper, when they become available. The amount of competition in this space is fantastic!