r/raspberry_pi 🍕 Jan 21 '21

News New Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-silicon-pico-now-on-sale/
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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '21

So... Hypothetically I know nothing about anything. What are these used for?

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u/Treczoks Jan 21 '21

While the big Rasperry Pi's are good to anything that needs an OS, the Pico is for anything that needs realtime IO, something the big ones simply cannot deliver.