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Everybody’s favorite microcontroller board is back and better than ever.
Although the 26-pin GPIO remains, there are now four 12-bit ADC pins.
These are substantial improvementsPi Pico 2 is basically twice as powerful as the original Pico microcontroller board.
Still, RISC-V is the biggest surprise.
The RISC-V architecture is anopenalternative to ARM and x86.
If a CPU complies with RISC-V standards, it can run RISC-V applications.
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Also, RISC-V follows longstanding Reduce Instruction Set Computer (RISC) principles.
ARM is also based on RISC principals and enjoys similar architectural benefits.
The RISC-V ecosystem is still new, though.
Eben Upon, co-founder of Raspberry Pi, made this point in adiscussion with Jeff Geerlinglast year.
A full pivot to RISC-V wouldn’t make sense for Raspberry Pi, at least not in 2024.
However, a dual-arcitecture design in a simple machine like the Pi Pico is an interesting, compelling idea.
You canpurchase the Pi Pico 2for $5.
Source:Raspberry Pi Foundation
