StackyPi Review: A Raspberry Pi Zero Sized RP2040 Board

The StackyPi from SB Components is a Raspberry Pi RP2040 powered board featuring the Raspberry Pi Zero form factor. This is a really interesting board however it comes in at an price of £14 and doesn't bring much value, as we discuss. It features plenty of user input and expansion in the form of a Raspberry Pi 40 Pin header. It has 8MB of onboard flash storage for your programs and two user buttons and two LEDs and that is about it. The board comes in at 65mm x 30mm x 10mm. The RP2040 chip supports 4 12-bit ADC channels (4 are user inputs and one measures internal temperature), two UARTs, two SPI and I2C controllers. It also has 8 PIO state machines, USB 1.1 host and device support and 16 PWM channels. Programming any of these Waveshare RP2040 boards is exactly the same as programming the Pico. It can be programmed using the Raspberry Pi RP2040 SDK. Just press the boot select button whilst plugging the USB-C cable in and drag and drop the UF2 file onto the KB2040. It will then reboot and run your program! It can also be programmed in MicroPython and CircuitPython. You can purchase the StackyPi at the following link: https://shop.sb-components.co.uk/products/stackypi Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:27 Pricing 01:11 Dimensions 02:23 Features 05:43 Thoughts and Conclusions Take a look at some other RP2040 boards covered here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEB5F4gTNK69qQvB2R7Kc3uC8k6kzGBuX You can find more embedded systems tutorials and projects on my website https://learnembeddedsystems.co.uk -- Equipment I use regularly -- The following links are affiliate links where I may make a small percentage on qualifying sales through these links. Use the respective UK or US links listed. Budget Soldering Iron: UK: https://amzn.to/3pQpvUu US: https://amzn.to/3bBawIJ Breadboards: UK: https://amzn.to/3solZCe US: https://amzn.to/3dGsHiS Jumper Cables: UK: https://amzn.to/37JfToi US: https://amzn.to/3r384S9 Camera: UK: https://amzn.to/3qKLwFr US: https://amzn.to/3pK0V7C Lens: UK: https://amzn.to/380lQxp US: https://amzn.to/3knH3WL Tripod: UK: https://amzn.to/37H0Nzw US: https://amzn.to/3byKHsV All videos and tutorials on this channel and mentioned websites are for educational purposes only.