
193Chapter 10: Taking the Next Steps
many available Pi Pico libraries as there are for Arduino-compatible boards,
but that is quickly changing. This is primarily due to its low cost and much
higher performance when compared to the original Arduino Uno. In addition,
several months after the release of the Pi Pico, the Raspberry Pi Foundation
announced the Pico W, which offers the added advantage of having built-in
wireless-communication abilities that allow it, just like the ESP32, to take
advantage of both WiFi and Bluetooth.
The Pi Pico is a powerful and surprisingly affordable MCU. For those more
comfortable with programming in Python, it can ...