With Pre-Soldered Header Raspberry Pi Pico Microcontroller Development Board Based on Raspberry Pi RP2040 Chip,Dual-Core ARM Cortex M0+ Processor

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 out of 5 stars) Review: I've recently started using the Raspberry Pi Pico W units, and I'm absolutely thrilled with their performance and versatility! These little devices are a powerhouse of functionality, offering a perfect blend of size, efficiency, and capability. The wireless connectivity is a game changer, making projects that require internet access or remote communication a breeze. What impresses me the most is the ease of use. Even for someone new to electronics and programming, getting started with the Pico W is straightforward. The community and documentation around Raspberry Pi products are always a plus, and this is no exception. The reliability and stability of these units have made them an essential component in my projects, from simple educational tasks to more complex IoT applications. Overall, if you're looking into a compact, powerful, and versatile microcontroller with Wi-Fi capabilities, the Raspberry Pi Pico W should definitely be on your list. It's an excellent value for the price, and I'm excited to continue exploring the endless possibilities it offers. Highly recommended!

Everything was well packed and worked like a charm.

I have several of these, simply because I don't always want to solder on the headers. Every unit I purchased from this vendor has had a 100% functional Pi Pico, clean solder joints, parallel header pins, and the USB adapter cable is of decent quality. Of course you can save money by getting the parts separately and soldering it yourself, but this is ready to go and as clean as anything you might put together on your own.

Would buy again. The specific item that I received had a bit too much soder. That’s is the only complaint I have for the product. And it is a weak one. There was not any bridges between the pads. The pins were straight and the surfaces smooth. I have used the pico for a couple months under light to moderate usage and it has not shown any signs of flaws or defect.

Paying a bit more to get fast delivery is, I guess, OK today. Regardless, the Pico is a great base for so many projects. No need to worry about an OS; lots of connectivity options. I program mine with Micropython and it's fairly easy - to be fair, I do have an extensive background in computing, so "easy" may be a relative term here, but Python is pretty easy to learn and there are lots of examples and tutorial info on the Web. I didn't need the "W" Wi-Fi version, but I've also used that and it also works great. If you need/want an OS, there's always the Pi Zero, but in my experience it's pretty slow for general tasks and overkill for microcontroller applications. Anyway, you probably can't go wrong here, even if you spend a little more with this vendor.

Note that this version does not have WiFi capability, which comes for a few dollars more from other sources. A good option when wireless is not needed, since the I/O pins have many uses, such as I2C and ADC.

My son's WiiU went bad and one of the solutions is to download some boot firmware that'll try to fix it. The Pico is one of the supported devices. The Pico was detected by Windows, no driver needed. easy to write the firmware to the device and worked first time to recover the WiiU. Overall, this has saved me buying a new devices! Well work the money I paid for it. Now, I can use it for other projects too!

Excellent little board. Easy to flash (hold down the bootsel button while plugging it into a PC, then drag and drop the firmware you need onto the drive that appears), and then I just hook everything up zero-effort because of the header pins.