PR2040 Chip Designed by Raspberry Is Now Available From Element14

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Bangalore: Today, element14, Avnet Company and global distributor of electronic components, products, and solutions, has announced the availability of the 2040 chip built on Raspberry Pi-designed silicon will be available from element14. This chip is at the core of the $4 Raspberry Pi Pico that offers a combination of high performance, low cost, and ease of use.

The Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller delivers high performance for integer workloads, a large on-chip memory, and a wide range of I/O options, leading it to a flexible solution for a wide range of microcontroller applications.

Professional design engineers who are already comfortable working with Raspberry Pi will easily take on the Raspberry Pi Pico and appreciate its ease of use and affordability.

Key features include:

  • Two ARM Cortex-M0+ cores clocked at 133 MHz
  • 264 kB of on-chip SRAM
  • 30 multifunction GPIO pins
  • Dedicated hardware for commonly used peripherals alongside a programmable I/O subsystem for extended peripheral support
  • Four-channel ADC with internal temperature sensor
  • Built-in USB 1.1 with host and device support.

Lee Turner, Global Head of Semiconductors and SBC at element14, said: “We are delighted that Raspberry Pi has chosen to make this chip available as a standalone component.  The Raspberry Pi Pico, which has the RP2040 at its core, has been hugely popular with customers and is showing potential to transform the microcontroller market in the same way that the original Raspberry Pi board did for single-board computing. Customers can now use the Raspberry Pi Pico within their design phase and shift to the RP2040 in production, giving ultimate flexibility and opportunity for design engineers.”

element14 is the longest-standing Raspberry Pi partner and has sold more than 15 million units to date. element14 stocks the complete range of Raspberry Pi single-board computers that include the recently launched Raspberry Pi Pico, allowing customers to build a wide range of devices for home, professional, education, or commercial use. 24/5 technical support alongside free access to valuable online resources on the element14 website, and the engineering and maker community of element14 are there to help the customers. From Tuesday, June 1, the Raspberry Pi 2040 is available from Farnell in EMEA, Newark in North America, and element14 in the Asia Pacific.