“What a great addition to the Raspberry Pi stable. I have yet to incorporate the Pico in a project but I am very impressed with the size and build quality.”
“Just the smart device I was waiting for. Raspberry Pi microcontroller! Seems like this little neat thing are a huge milestone in the Raspberry Pi Project . It really outsmarts its competitors like the Arduino Nano etc. Nevertheless I have great fun playing with all kinds of credit sizedcomputersand microcontrollers.”
“Great board, came quickly. I haven't tried out all the functionality but setting up MicroPython was pretty straightforward and lets you get to coding quickly.”
“As a one-time professional user of chip boards I assess the Pico as first class manufacture. Soldering to a header strip was easy.
The major liability was with programming the chip. The "getting started" book has ambiguities and errors in presentation. Somehow muddled through the intro text and after about 15-20 hours of ' plug and unplug' and downloading files have got a functionng system. Bit worried about durability of the micro-usb connector with dozens of connects.
As usual The PiHut were exceptionally good with order fulfillment and back-up. Pity I don't know what I don't know when in dialogue about obscure software. Basic, Delphi, and Forth were my experience.”
