The new Raspberry Pi Pico W is just $6

The Pico W adds WiFi to the already-popular Pico, and the price is right.
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Contents:
00:00 - WiFi for $6
00:24 - My project idea
01:38 - A garage door sensor
03:39 - Take me to the...
04:04 - ESPHome for the Pico
04:32 - Testing Pico's WiFi
06:01 - Powered by RP2040
07:12 - Availability

[@Private-GtngxNMBKvYzXyPq]

To give you some idea of how valued you are by your viewers, I note that this edition was released before 4 AM and already has had 10K views an hour later. I think most of us feel your health and family come first, but glad you are feeling better. Thank you for all the great work.

[@JeffGeerling]

Thank you, and yes they do! I had a lot more plans for this video-and was trying to wrap up work on another project by today, but I scrapped the latter project and had to cut back on this video substantially. Ah well, like you say, health+family first! I'm also considering taking a few weeks off in the coming months, to get some time for (book) writing, reading, and more relaxing!

[@Private-GtngxNMBKvYzXyPq]

@@JeffGeerling you must put your own oxygen mask on first. If you don’t take care of yourself you will not be able to help anyone else. That includes respite breaks for rest and recuperation. Don’t deny yourself the care you would afford for others you care about. Respectfully suggested.

[@BobHannent]

There are other time zones in the world, it's almost 11am here and I've been up four hours.

[@Private-GtngxNMBKvYzXyPq]

@@BobHannent That was basically my point, that there are that many people, no matter what time or time zone, who eagerly and gladly choose to view his content immediately upon it being available. Sorry if I wasn’t clear about that. No slight against any particular time zone was intended. Of course the much more important point is that I believe we all want Jeff to be well and we will gladly wait knowing that he is taking care of his needs as he should. Respectfully submitted.

[@JeffGeerling]

@@frederikkunze7209 Haha I knew someone would mention that. I'm actually planning on a few weeks off in October and will try to finish up the first entire draft of that book then!

[@Axum73]

Man, sorry you've been sick. I have a cousin who deals with that and flares are definitely not fun times for him. The Pico W, otoh, can be, so thanks for the heads-up on that!

[@dany08011]

You're one of my favorite youtubers, you're a source of inspiration and unlike most tech youtubers you not only promote Foss and open hardware but actually contribute to the movement. Since I study electronic engineering and I'm a Linux enthusiast I find your videos simply perfect. Keep up the good work and thanks!

[@ScibbieGames]

RPi always amazes me, the RPi needed the GPU in the bootloader for booting the Pi. The Pico W controls the status LED through the WiFi chip. Whatever limitations, they sure are creative solving them lol

[@HululusLabs]

There's actually a few of these chips that have Wi-Fi on board that do that

[@gg-gn3re]

pretty standard to do these things.

[@thewhitefalcon8539]

This sort of stuff is actually quite normal for these types of systems. The wifi chip has extra GPIOs on it so why not? And many systems boot from a custom system -specific chip when one exists

[@sundhaug92]

I mean historically PCs had the number of address bits be controlled by the keyboard controller

[@jtsiomb]

@@sundhaug92 Not only historically, but currently. The A20 line is alive and well.

[@loldude0]

Perfect timing! I was just about to sleep. Time to unwind and relax with this video.

[@excitedbox5705]

The ESP32 has a hall sensor built in so you could use just a magnet to build a garage door sensor. I paid 4.50 for my ESP32 so that is not only cheaper but also eliminates the $20 door sensor.

[@ttww1590]

$20 avoids possible weather, vibration, and power issues door placement adds to use the built in sensor.

[@johnglielmi6428]

Hello Jeff, you always give us such informative and instructive videos. Thanks for all your hard work. I also hope you are feeling better soon.

[@Credon59]

Looking forward to the follow up.. really enjoy all your content, it makes me want to be a better tech guy =P Glad you’re feeling better.

[@wimnanoe5887]

Great to see you back in action. Can’t wait for the new videos

[@towkukus]

love your comments about privacy, safety of the garage door and the video. Well done!

[@andrebotha7224]

This was the first video I have seen of yours. Subscribed. Great content despite the hurdles. Respect from South Africa 👏

[@ygiagam]

I'm glad you're out of the hospital. Take care of yourself, as we need for you to continue to make these inspiring videos! I look forward to learning lots of new things from every video you make. THANKS!

[@timsarai]

They need to ramp up production on Zero 2 W, could potentially offset increased supply costs at the minute by increasing the price by $10 to the customer. It’s still preferable to the current climate.

[@HighfireX]

Zero 2 W fulfills a bigger niche with it being a cheap linux board that can do things more than microcontroller. I agree there should be more stock for this.

[@evanbarnes9984]

Dude seriously! I've been trying to get a Zero 2 W for 6 months

[@adamdewolfe]

Don't even bother. It seems they only care about supplying businesses with Pi's, and don't actually care about the hobbyist community they've built up to popularize said hardware. Otherwise they would at least have SOME product in stock, and wouldn't be releasing yet more new products that won't even be in stock for hobbyists to purchase.

[@gammakay521]

@@adamdewolfe what new hardware? there hasn't been a new revision of the original rpi since 2020

[@adamdewolfe]

@@gammakay521 you know what I mean. The new revisions of the Zero, and now the Pico.

[@xXfzmusicXx]

A really don't get why this doesn't have USB-C

[@pietlego6328]

I love your Videos. Every morning, at least for me it is morning, I'm watching your videos and if there is a new raspberry pi product, I go to my online seller and they will have it in stock so I can order it. This is how I was able to get a pi zero 2 w and I've ordered a few pi picos and now a pi pico w. Which is great because this is exactly what I needed for a project of mine where I need more pins than an ESP can spare. Can't wait for it to get shiped.

[@amcadam26]

Excellent. Just yesterday I went out to find my garage door was open when it should have been closed. Perfect timing for this project.

[@kelvin1316]

I'd like to have a garage door to check to see if it is open or not LOL

[@TheeDonMega1976]

Because of your video coming out so early, I was able to grab one of these in time at $6. Thank you good sir!

[@imdonkeykonga]

glad to know happy to see you better

[@viperjay1]

Get better soon! Thanks for the videos!!

[@SimonTekConley]

I'm thankful you made the video, I didn't really grasp what was so good about the pico devices

[@KC-nd7nt]

Glad to see your good . Thanks for the knowledge you share

[@lahmyaj]

Damn that PicoCart64 project looks awesome! Also can’t wait to watch your other videos on all this stuff and thanks so much for documenting all your work for our the community’s benefit 👏🏻👍🏻

[@MossCoveredBonez]

I've been wanting to get into building gadgets, looks like I found the perfect channel at the right time. Also good to see another creater from the Missouri area

[@kwinzman]

I hope you are well! Looking forward to those power draw tests!

[@rasaskitchen]

I watched this video twice now. Very dense and informative. Thank you. I am glad you are feeling better now. :)

[@DarkusObscurius]

You gave me an awesome idea for a project, i hope everything got better, Jeff, be well CRAZY GENIUS, we need you happy and healthy, mate!

[@muttboi11]

Glad you are feeling better. I have chrons as well and feel your pain. Wish you the best and hope you stay well.

[@Hornet135]

Will it actually be available or just unobtainium like most Pi stuff has been for the last couple of years? Update: Received a Pico W in the mail that I ordered last week, and I paid the standard price for it. Availability for this release much better it seems.

[@JeffGeerling]

That's a good question. I guarantee it'll be hard to get for a few weeks, maybe months, but Raspberry Pi has had abundant supply of the components they're using here, so I wouldn't be surprised if it's well-stocked (in comparison to their SBC models).

[@SnakebitSTI]

Picos and RP2040s were only hard to get around launch.

[@MeTube3]

I’ve just gone to my local pi reseller and ordered one without any problem.

[@SprocketN]

In the UK the main suppliers are limiting to one per customer 🙁

[@metatechnologist]

A $6 Pi that costs $30 if/when you can get it!!

[@ianfree5987]

Really enjoyed that like all your stuff. You’re interesting, informative and come across as a jolly nice chap. I’m just an engineer/ solar electrician from the UK who got an RP4 8GB a year ago and now think RPs are pretty much the best thing since sliced bead. Therefore I find your posts very inspirational. Take it easy.

[@DKLHensen]

Good too see you back Jeff

[@ThePunkBuster]

Hey Jeff, hope you're feeling better! 🙂 Thanks for sharing the news.

[@tonymorris3935]

I love working with the Pico, and can't wait to run one of these through the paces!

[@mme725]

Glad your doing better (at the time of posting,I hope) and great video! Stay well and see you in the next one :D

[@zonderafspraak]

I just bought one of those garage door sensors a couple of weeks ago to do just this, but hadn't yet figured out how I wanted to integrate it. I'm probably going to do this now, thanks!

[@justanotherviewer4821]

Great to see the upgrade but I am still team ESP... although when availability increases, I might get a few Pico Ws to try. Hopefully they will enable bluetooth by then!

[@alchemyx]

How did you know I was wondering about the T-shirt? Magic. All the best dude!

[@renobodyrenobody]

Thanks a lot for your video. This is what I was waiting for the pico. Take care!

[@AudreyRobinel]

very nice! With this new board, the pico have replaced both arduino AND esps for teaching/school stuff. Esp32s still have lots of unique uses and capabilities, but for many projects, this will be perfect!

[@MichaelKlements]

Looking forward to your follow-up on power consumption. It would also be great if they had a sleep or low-power mode for these kinds of sensor projects that aren't doing much for most of the day. Take care and hope you're well again soon.

[@mosesose6426]

Glad to know you are fine and out of the hospital. great video again

[@Henchman1977]

Hope you are feeling better!

[@rmcdudmk212]

Glad you are feeling better Jeff 👍

[@ashleighfarnham5586]

This is an exciting new chip, keen to play with it. Sorry to hear you were in hospital. Hopefully you are feeling much better now.

[@tropicaljupiter]

I was wondering the whole time thank you

[@LucaDev_]

The ESP32-H2 is IMHO the most interesting microcontroller for home autmation to this date due to it's bluetooth, wifi and most importantly zigbee and thread connectivity

[@LucaDev_]

@@Batwam0 Well... the Pico W has integrated wifi. That's what this video is all about after all. And that's great but still imho not the connectivity standard that should be used for (small bandwidth) home automation devices.

[@rdmkrns]

Sorry to tell you, but the ESP32-H2 doesn't have WiFi

[@Jimmy_Jones]

ESP8266 is my favourite. NodeMCU specifically.

[@unpersonableme1805]

This is actually very helpful, thanks for the reference

[@dumbstupidfalk]

I’m waiting for that one to drop too

[@ArducamOfficial]

Every time Raspberry Pi drops a new board, Jeff's vid's a must-watch!

[@alexmasse2858]

Feel better Geoff! Glad to see your at least looking better :)

[@jmlineb]

You are my favorite tech guy on KZbin, hands down. Sorry to hear about the physical challenges you are living with. Blessings!

[@hackdesigner]

Thanks, filed a back order with Farnell, they say it will become available on Jul 30. Perfect video just in time for my boiler remote temperature monitor project.

[@JobStoit]

Sounds exciting to be able to make a mesh network with them. Like I'm invisioning a garden that just has a few sensors like soil humidity, (sun)light and temperature that you could monitor by having many of them mesh up pinging the stats to one another and eventually back to you.

[@toastrecon]

Have you heard of “Farm Data Relay System”? LoRa, Wifi, ESPNow? kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHusZqqQdqeKo6M

[@k1zmt]

It is better to use Nordic controllers for this type of application. They are on a next level by power efficiency compared to RPi/ESP32. If you want to go industrial grade - there is SmartMesh from Analog Devices.

[@D9ID9I]

@@k1zmt There is no "next level" in power efficiency. If you can write efficient firmware then your hardware is efficient. All up to how software developer is good. It is not about the hardware.

[@xenn4985]

@@D9ID9I you... you can't break through the efficiency floor with firmwear. If Nordics are built to be more efficient, they are. It's really simple.

[@D9ID9I]

@@xenn4985 you can't really break own ignorance that simple. That's what I see. Because for example esp32 is created for ultra low power scenarios exactly. And only bad software or poor final product board design can make it work in power inefficient way.

[@wisteela]

Fantastic that they've come out with this.

[@temyraverdana6421]

My best wishes for a speedy recovery

[@-someone-.]

God bless. Hope you’re feeling better🙏👊

[@I4get42]

That is awesome that you are feeling better today :-D

[@0kk4p]

Thanks for everything m8, get well! Ciao from Italia

[@saj2694]

I am looking forward to the next one in this series

[@Sabotage_Labs]

Loooove ESP Home on Home Assistant! Happy to see the Pico support being added too!

[@danielb8197]

yes i was wondering what the shirt said, cool shirt. Cheers for the ideas and inspiration.

[@chadmasta5]

This is gonna be awesome for the recently released picoboot mod for the GameCube. Basically the pico can be wired in to boot homebrew easily on the system. With this you could even have it update the firmware automatically.

[@leepspvideo]

Great work Jeff. 👍

[@jeo2222]

Hope you are doing well, love the videos!

[@niske]

I WAS wondering, thank you :)

[@igordasunddas3377]

Get well Jeff! I really enjoy your videos even though I am unlikely to do most of the stuff you do. It's awesome to learn new things though.

[@LamanodeManolo]

Thanks for showing the shirt! 😀

[@blevenzon]

I need that shirt!! Thank you Jeff I will def pick a few up. And I hope you’re feeling better

[@JeffGeerling]

Shirt's on redshirtjeff.com! :)

[@zorabixun]

Jeff .. thanks for interesting video .. and good luck in the hospital .. 🥳

[@lolslim690]

Great video, and you're right about it being interfaced, which you may know I saw some 3d printed parts in this video, you can do resonance testing on 3d printers in klipper, and I heard reprap can too. But you are able to connect ADXL345 to a pico, and connect the pico to whatever MCU you are using with klipper, especially if GPIO pins aren't easily accessible.

[@RaspiPicoNoob]

Looking forward to picking up a couple of Pico Ws for some projects I have in mind.

[@frame_by_frame]

Jeff hope you are doing well on the health front. Just a quick line to thank you for sharing your knowledge and insight, I really enjoy your channel. Be well, and keep coding.

[@MikeKasprzak]

I saw new pi and immediately went to a shop and preordered. Take care of yourself man. 👍

[@sorkyjust]

I was waiting the whole Video just to see this Shirt, definitely was worth it.

[@BillYovino]

This is great news. Thanks!

[@user-bp8yg3ko1r]

Nice board, and great video!

[@alonsofrias3944]

Get well!!!

[@castform57]

I've been thinking of a semi-automated garden planter watering system build some day, using some simple sensors and circuits, and I think something like the pico would probably be pretty fun to tinker with.

[@HululusLabs]

Hope they enable Bluetooth soon, as the chip on board is capable

[@JeffGeerling]

Ditto!

[@hor4tio124]

I really like the idea of having the pico in my homeassistant instance. In case of the garage door sensor... I would choose the esp01-S, a 2$ option, cause you just minor amonut of pins.

[@martincregg]

I just received 5 from Pimoroni in the UK. I’ve soooo much to learn, but the adventure begins. Looking forward to watching more of your videos?

[@MauricioOtta]

Thanks for showing the shirt! Love your videos, just wish I had enough time to try everything!

[@ronm6585]

Thanks Jeff.

[@peegee101]

Loving it that you are going into the micropython space!

[@laurentazzopardi4756]

tnx for the great info, GWS & take care ;-)

[@avejst]

Wow, great applications Thanks for sharing your expirence with all of us:-)

[@Wordsnwood]

I was wondering what the shirt said. thanks. 👍

[@whatthedeuce47d68]

Great to hear you are ok otherwise, did not know you suffered from Crohn's, from personal experience I feel your pain and hope it was a scheduled procedure or check-up.. Great content as usual

[@EngineeringVignettes]

Pico MCU supply availability has been one of the very few rocks to hold onto in these stormy times. Kudos to the Pi Foundation for pulling that one off. Regarding your illness, keep up the good fight and kick that thing back to the curb where it belongs. Cheers,

[@makouille495]

didnt knew you had this disease, wish you the best ! looking forward more pico w ideas !

[@nathanielmoore87]

This is so cool!! I hope I can get my hands on them before they sell out (Entire first batch purchased by Jeff presumably 😂). I have some vertical blinds on my sliding door and the WiFi on the Pico W would be just the thing to make them smart.

[@MeTube3]

RP2040 with WiFi was already available for months as other manufacturers used the component. I have Invector Challenger, but I’ve ordered one of these Raspberry ones as I suspect it will get more community backing longer term.

[@JeffGeerling]

Yeah; that's the main thing-since it's the 'official' wifi model, I'm guessing more 3rd party software will incorporate support by default, whereas you might have to do extra work for other wifi-enabled boards like that Wio and RP2040 Connect.

[@jan.tichavsky]

I doubt you can get other RP2040 board with WiFi for $6.

[@KeelDudeRad]

Subbed. Due to the shortage of the zero 2w I am forced to go embedded. Thanks for showing us the ropes!

[@toddbu-WK7L]

I've been playing with LoraWAN to solve my Pico connectivity issues. It still makes sense for stuff outside the house like my mailbox delivery detector (1/2 mile away), but wifi is awesome for my sump pump alarm. I hope to put together an order today!

[@JLowe-uu8lr]

Stay well

[@neilthomas6042]

Shows what a versatile thr PI is, have to get one. I hope you are feeling better, after your hospita; stay.

[@deovi1653]

Looking forward for the wifi part of this! XD. I hope I get my hands on one soon

[@berndkonemann5049]

Excellent, thank you

[@TheOleHermit]

Very relieved to know your Crones is better. This looks like a great series with the PICO W. A few years ago, I purchased a bunch of ESP devices for a WiFi environmental control network, but killed the project rather than become part of someone else's cloud. Any/all autonomous IoT solutions are very interesting, especially for most of us hermit makers (or am I a maker hermit?🤔).

[@KarldorisLambley]

lol. i had trouble with a crone too. then I got divorced.

[@bengerber4542]

Just as a tip, power benchmarking using the nRF PPK2 is the way to go for embedded solutions. 1A max down to a fraction of a μA. It can do both power up States and deep sleep mode current draw to put together power profiles. It has enough RAM to hold 2 days of constant testing @ 100Sps, but also goes up to 10kSps. Best cheap embedded current meter I have used by far.

[@mtbevins]

I hope you are feeling better. :)

[@VandersteenMark]

Thanks for the great review. And your t-shirt just shows that CPUs run on smoke, because if the smoke comes out they no longer work!

[@anthonyrussano]

just got my hands on my first pico w this week