Board Review: Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect

The #Arduino Nano #RP2040 Connect combines a #RaspberryPi RP2040 microcontroller with a u-blox NINA-W102 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth radio module. Besides wireless connectivity the new board comes with a microphone for sound and voice activation and a six-axis smart motion sensor with AI capabilities. An RGB LED is available too.

Program memory is plentiful with 16 MB of flash memory, and the board is “Raspberry Pi Compatible”, meaning that it has not only support for the entire RP2040 software ecosystem but also full support for MicroPython. Of course, it also supports the Arduino programming language, the IDE 2.0 and all the libraries that come with that.

Contents

00:00 Intro
00:13 Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect
01:01 Wi-Fi & Bluetooth
01:22 On-board peripherals
02:32 The board in detail
05:03 Mbed OS
05:44 Software support
06:56 Summarizing...
08:08 Thank you for watching!

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[raphanunu]

Quite interesting ! I didn't know this channel even if I know Elektor for decades, let's explore.

[homerdus]

Would you like to design midi Bluetooth interface with rd2040?

[ridanindustries]

what is the point of having the rp2040 when there is an esp32 on it. Isnt that better to use? or is it because of micropython support which will make it easy to use

[PhG]

Mooi overzicht ! Btw, i.v.m. stroomverbruik vanaf een accu, welk bord lijkt je het meest geschikt ?

[geekrulz]

are you wrongly saying ESP32 instead of the nina module?

[stal]

You claimed in the video that the RP2040 can not be used in the Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect. That is simply not true, since the board offers full support for the entire RP2040 software ecosystem. This also includes PIO. If you upload the Micropython firmware of the Raspberry Pi Pico to the Arduino board, it will work.