Next-Gen IoT Microcontroller: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Raspberry Pi Pico W and Pico 2 W
Pico 2 W is the latest, low cost IoT featured microcontroller available in market. with feature rich Upgrades from Cortex-M0+ processor to Cortex-M33 processor with higher SRAM capabilities and more. Let us do a point by point comparison in table format.
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Comparison Table
| Feature | Pico W | Pico 2 W |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Cortex-M0+ | Cortex M33 |
| Controller | RP2040 | RP2350 |
| RISC-V Cores | None | Hazard3 |
| Frequency | 133 MHz | 150 MHz |
| SRAM | 264 kB (6 banks) | 520 kB (10 banks) |
| WiFi | 802.11n, 2.4 GHz | 802.11n, 2.4 GHz |
| WiFi Security | WPA3 | WPA3 |
| WiFi Soft Access Points | 4 clients | 4 clients |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| BLE support |  |
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| Bluetooth Classic | |
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| One Time Programmable Storage | -- | 8kB |
| On-Board Flash | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| USB | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| GPIO | 30 | 30 |
| Analogue Input | 3(4) | 3(4) |
| ADC Resolution | 12 bit, 500 ksps | 12 bit, 500 ksps |
| PWM | 16 | 24 |
| UART | 2 | 2 |
| SPI | 2 | 2 |
| I2C | 2 | 2 |
| PIO state machines | 8 | 12 |
| HSTX (high-speed transmit periphera) | -- | 1 |
| Temperature Sensor (in-built) | |
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| Serial Wire Debug (SWD) | |
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| Languages |
languages
- C Programming
- C++
- MicroPython
Tip
Initially Pico W firmware was not supporting Bluetooth functionality.
Bluetooth support was added to the Pico W board with the version 1.5.1 C SDK and version v1.21.0 MicroPython