What is a Microcontroller? | Raspberry Pi Pico Workshop: Chapter 1.2

The *Pico* is a microcontroller board, but what on earth is a *microcontroller*? And when would we use one? Well, that is what we are going to cover in this video, as well as some cool examples of microcontrollers in action.

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*Raspberry Pi Pico:*
*The Pico Variants:*

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[Larimuss]

Thanks for the great video. I’d love to know how you got the garage door opener connected.