SDK update for Raspberry Pi Pico W unlocks Bluetooth support
I love RP2040 (especially how circuit designer and firmware dev friendly it is) and even tried building my own MCU with it[1]<p>However I don't <i>quite</i> see the Bluetooth use case - RP2040 is not really a low power chip, making it pretty hard to use for a battery-powered IoT application. You'd need a pretty giant battery pack to make it last a long time.<p>Nordic's nrf52 is an order of magnitude better for a typical "sleep-burst transmit-sleep" cycle, and can be suspended to <5uA current. Pico W is $6, Seeed has a $10 nrf52 MCU, or you could get a "just hook up USB and power" bare module for $5-6.<p>[1] <a href="https://twitter.com/levpopov/status/1623376630378008576" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/levpopov/status/1623376630378008576</a>