Following on from the Arduino Portenta comes another new board from Arduino - the Nano RP2040 Connect, which was first announced back in January.

Arduino is one of the companies that has partnered with Raspberry Pi to create accessories for the Pico and is using the RP2040 in its forthcoming Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect.

Arduino Maker Nano RP2040 “Slightly shorter than a Pico, this board has 30 pre-soldered pins, all helpfully labelled on the silkscreen.

Unlike the classic Arduino Nano R3, the Nano RP2040 Connect comes with a human interface device (HID) feature that essentially converts it into a mouse or keyboard when connected to the computer.

Vcc Labs has recreated the classic game of Snake on Nova, their Raspberry Pi RP2040 super tiny matrix, and shared the code for anyone who wants to recreate it.

The Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect board is fully compatible with the Arduino Cloud and because the Nano RP2040 Connect is a connected device, this opens up all kinds of possibilities.

The Raspberry Pi Pico is both faster and cheaper than the Arduino Nano, but the nano has better resources and community.

Raspberry Pi launched its first microcontroller-class product yesterday – the RP2040 – and Arduino have now announced they are working with it for their own board, which will be the Arduino Nano ...