Raspberry Pi Zero &  Raspberry Pi Pico

The differences

A concise comparison between Raspberry pi zero and Pi pico

Are the products of raspberry pi foundation. Falls in the small size and competitive price categories. Both have WiFi and BLE. For IoT, robotics and automation applications.

Similarities

Similarities

Pi Pico (MCU) which is a tiny, low-power computer-on-a-chip designed to perform simple tasks. Pi Zero (SBC) is a single circuit board, processor, and memory, capable of running an operating system and performing various tasks.

MCU vs SBC

MCU vs SBC

CPU Speed: 133 MHz Memory: 264KB Size: 21mm × 51mm Power : 1.8V–5.5V Connectors: 20 GPIO Software: MicroPython / C

Pi Pico Specs

Pi Pico Specs

CPU Speed: 1GHz Memory: 512MB Size: 65mm x 30mm Power: 3.3V - 5V Connectors: 40 Software: Raspberry PI OS

Pi Zero Specs

Pi Zero Specs

26 multifunction GPIO pins, including 3 ADC pins. 2 × UART, SPI , I2C 16 × PWM channels USB 1.1 controller  8 × Programmable I/O state machines for custom peripheral support

Pi Pico Peripherals

Pi Pico Peripherals

Mini HDMI port. Micro USB OTG port. .Micro USB power. HAT-compatible 40-pin header includes  SPI, UART, I2C. Composite video and reset headers. CSI camera connector.

Pi Zero Peripherals

Pi Zero Peripherals

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