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Raspberry Pi PicoArduino Nano

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Overview

Manufacturer

Raspberry Pi Pico
Raspberry Pi Ltd
Arduino Nano
Arduino

Category

Raspberry Pi Pico
Raspberry Pi
Arduino Nano
Arduino

Object type

Raspberry Pi Pico
devboard
Arduino Nano
devboard

Package

Raspberry Pi Pico
Module
Arduino Nano
Module

Documented pins

Raspberry Pi Pico
40
Arduino Nano
26

Interfaces

Raspberry Pi Pico
I2C, SPI, UART
Arduino Nano
I2C, SPI, UART

Lifecycle

Raspberry Pi Pico
ACTIVE
Arduino Nano
ACTIVE

Physical pin mapping

Raspberry Pi Pico
Unknown
Arduino Nano
Unknown

Browser simulation

Raspberry Pi Pico
Available
Arduino Nano
Available

Electrical

Core

Raspberry Pi Pico
Dual ARM Cortex-M0+ (RP2040)Source
Arduino Nano
AVR 8-bit (ATmega328P)Source

Max Clock

Raspberry Pi Pico
133 MHzSource
Arduino Nano
16 MHzSource

Flash

Raspberry Pi Pico
2 MBSource

Onboard QSPI flash (W25Q16JV or equivalent).

Arduino Nano
32 KBSource

~0.5KB is used by the bootloader.

SRAM

Raspberry Pi Pico
264 KBSource

264KB.

Arduino Nano

Logic Voltage

Raspberry Pi Pico
3.3 VSource
Arduino Nano

Onboard Regulator

Raspberry Pi Pico
YesSource

Onboard buck-boost SMPS generates 3.3V from VSYS.

Arduino Nano

Operating Voltage

Raspberry Pi Pico
1.8 – 5.5 VSource

VSYS input range — the onboard regulator produces the 3.3V rail from this.

Arduino Nano
7 – 12 VSource

Recommended input range on VIN; the board also runs directly from 5V USB.

Interface

GPIO Count

Raspberry Pi Pico
26Source

GPIO broken out on the 40-pin header (the RP2040 chip has 30 total; GP23/24/25/29 are used internally and not exposed).

Arduino Nano
22Source

14 digital (D0-D13) + 8 analog (A0-A7); A6/A7 are analog-input only.

ADC Channels

Raspberry Pi Pico
3Source

GP26/27/28 on the header; a 4th internal ADC channel reads the onboard temperature sensor and isn't exposed as a pin.

Arduino Nano

ADC Resolution

Raspberry Pi Pico
12 bitSource
Arduino Nano
10 bitSource

Wi-Fi

Raspberry Pi Pico
NoSource

Use the Pico W for WiFi — different board, different part.

Arduino Nano

Bluetooth

Raspberry Pi Pico
Arduino Nano

Interfaces

Raspberry Pi Pico
i2c, spi, uartSource

Also has 8 PIO state machines for bit-banging custom protocols, not represented by this field.

Arduino Nano
i2c, spi, uartSource

Physical

USB Connector

Raspberry Pi Pico
micro-usbSource
Arduino Nano
Varies by vendor

The official original Nano used Mini-USB; most Nanos sold today are clones that ship with Micro-USB instead — check your specific board.

Package

Raspberry Pi Pico
ModuleSource
Arduino Nano
ModuleSource

Length

Raspberry Pi Pico
51 mmSource
Arduino Nano
45 mmSource

Width

Raspberry Pi Pico
21 mmSource
Arduino Nano
18 mmSource

Weight

Raspberry Pi Pico
Arduino Nano

Mounting

Raspberry Pi Pico
thtSource

Sold with unpopulated through-hole pads by default; the board also has castellated edges so it can instead be reflow-soldered as an SMD module onto a carrier PCB.

Arduino Nano

Header Format

Raspberry Pi Pico
breadboard-friendlySource

Explicitly designed to straddle a standard breadboard.

Arduino Nano
arduino-nanoSource

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