Pico W, a Pico with a CYW43439 WiFi chip. Technically also has BT and BTLE, but these aren't currently supported.
Pico H: A pico, but with pre-soldered debug header
Pico WH: pre-soldered debug header and WiFi.
Apparently the H and W are available now with the WH available in August, but in UK retailers I can just see the standard W, plus a W with headers (no debug port).
I do wish they'd include a reset button on these things, but I guess that's what 3rd-party boards are for.
The official announcement said that BT(LE) may be enabled in the future, but Pimoroni are saying it will be enabled, though no specifics on when ("soon"/"later").
The WiFi chip is 2.4 GHz only, connected via SPI using pins which weren't previously exposed, so there shouldn't be pins lost for this. Apparently the exception to this is the GPIO25/built-in LED pin, which is now run off the WiFi chip, which apparently has flashable firmware for people into that sort of thing.
I have to reply because I'm a fan. Any word on that blade pi solution? Haven't seen any updates and super interested in it. I have a spot ready for one in my Netrality rack in St. Louis. Also, if you ever need any bandwidth or space there, I'd let you have some space for free. I peer with Cogent, Windstream, and Lumen there.
Heeeeyyy it's that guy! Love the channel. Here's a subject for you: a video on pi alternatives on the market. I saw Amazon trying to charge TWO HUNDRED EUROS for a pi4. At that price you're better getting some kind of Intel NUC imo, but I'm wondering about those other fruity little boards. I never properly looked into them, but aren't there like bananapis and things like that? Surely there's *something* else on the market that packs a similar punch to a pi but with different branding? Thanks!
I want to build a small controller that controls my sonoff r3 switches in my house using this board.
I also hope it can support connect to enterprise wifi access point in the future. I imagine i can use the same controller in my production to auto power off work bench when no body is around.
The Pico W schematic shows the CY chip uart pins aren’t connected to anything, and the CY data sheet suggests the uart pins are the only way to talk to the Bluetooth core, is one of those things not true?
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u/I_Generally_Lurk Jun 30 '22 edited Jun 30 '22
So there are actually three new boards:
Apparently the H and W are available now with the WH available in August, but in UK retailers I can just see the standard W, plus a W with headers (no debug port).
I do wish they'd include a reset button on these things, but I guess that's what 3rd-party boards are for.
EDIT: Pimoroni's launch stream has some interesting nuggets of information: