{"id":7916,"date":"2021-06-02T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dronebotworkshop.com\/?p=7916"},"modified":"2023-04-12T08:59:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T12:59:35","slug":"arduino-nano-rp2040-connect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dronebotworkshop.com\/arduino-nano-rp2040-connect\/","title":{"rendered":"Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect – Arduino meets Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Today we are going to be looking at the brand new Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect, the much-anticipated Arduino board with a Raspberry Pi RP2040 processor.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We\u2019ll see how to get our Arduino IDE prepared and how to use some of the onboard peripherals included with this great new board. So let\u2019s get started!<\/span><\/p>\n

Introduction<\/span><\/h2>\n

Earlier this year we were surprised to see a new board from the folks at Raspberry Pi. Unlike all of their other offerings, this board was not a microcomputer, instead, they released their first microcontroller – the Raspberry Pi Pico<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The heart of the Pico was a new microcontroller, the RP2040.\u00a0 Built for the Raspberry Pi Foundation, this new 32-bit MCU sports a wealth of advanced features and could be programmed using MicroPython, CircuitPython, or C++.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wanting to increase support for their new microcontroller, and being all-around great members of the maker community, the folks at the Raspberry Pi Foundation didn\u2019t keep all of this goodness to themselves. Instead, they have licensed the RP2040 to other manufacturers, so they could create their own unique boards with it.<\/span><\/p>\n

We have already seen RP2040 designs from Adafruit, Pimoroni, and Sparkfun, along with a few other manufacturers. But the real surprise came when Arduino announced that they would also be releasing an RP2040-based design.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And finally, at the end of May 2021, the new board arrived – the Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s examine this board and see what we can do with it!<\/span><\/p>\n

Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect has the same form-factor and pinout as the original Arduino Nano 8-bit AVR board, but that\u2019s where the similarities end. This is a powerful board with both an RP2040 and an ESP32, the latter embedded within a u-blox NINA-W102 WiFi and Bluetooth module.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The board has some pretty impressive features:<\/span><\/p>\n