Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect

There is a new Arduino, the Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect ! In this article you can read more about the first Arduino board with a Raspberry Pi microcontroller.

An Arduino with a Raspberry Pi chip!?

You may have read about the Raspberry Pi Pico earlier this year. In fact, you may already have one and are prototyping around with it. If not, the Pico is the first microcontroller board from Raspberry Pi . Raspberry Pi has developed the RP2040 microcontroller. This microcontroller will also be on the Arduino Nano RP2040. Arduino has always used third-party microcontrollers. However, it is nice to see that they are now also using a Raspberry Pi microcontroller.

Difference Nano RP2040 and Pico

The Raspberry Pi Pico is a fun but simple board. It comes without wireless connections and without built-in sensors. The name of the Arduino Nano RP2040 connect says it all. The board has connectivity. Thanks to the built-in U-Blox NINA module, the board has both WiFi and Bluetooth. It also comes with interesting extra features. For example, there is a 6-axis IMU (Inertial measurement unit). You can use this to measure movements and accelerations. It also contains a microphone and an RGB LED.

Arduino IoT cloud

The Nano RP2040 is fully compatible with the Arduino IoT cloud. So you can easily develop smart devices. The IoT cloud makes it extra easy to let the Nano RP2040 communicate with other boards that are connected to the IoT cloud. Curious about how to let boards communicate via the cloud? Then read this article from Arduino! Click here .

Difference Arduino Nano 33 IoT and Nano RP2040

Earlier you read the differences between the Nano RP2040 and the RPI Pico. The differences between the Nano 33 IoT and the Nano RP2040 are perhaps much more interesting. The boards are much more similar. They are also in the same price range. These are the differences in short. The 33 IoT has 14 digital pins of which 11 are PWM pins. The RP2040 has 20 digital pins that can all be used as PWM pins. The clock speed of the 33 IoT is 48MHz, that of the RP2040 is 133Mhz. The 33 IoT has 256KB flash and 32KB sram. The RP2040 has 16Mb flash and 264KB sram. So it certainly seems that the Arduino Nano RP2040 connect offers a number of good improvements compared to the Nano 33 IoT.