STEPico2040 Microcontroller - Raspberry Pi Pico Module

STEPpico2040 Microcontroller is an enhanced Raspberry Pi Pico powered by the Raspberry Pi Foundation's RP2040 chip. While Arduino Uno is suitable for basic projects and Raspberry Pi excels in complex tasks due to its computer-like capabilities, the STEPico strikes a
balance. It handles complex tasks much faster than the Uno and remains
less complex to use than the Raspberry Pi, all at the lowest cost.

Included in the Package:

- STEPico2040 Board

- 20POS 0.1 inch Header pins x2

General Functions

In general, the STEPico Core board is fully compatible with PICO2040 in terms of the pin functions, except that the MicroUSB was replaced to Type C and some buttons and LEDs were added making the board more user friendly for debugging. The pin diagram of STEPico-Core is shown:

General Pin Diagram and Functional Blocks of STEPico

Power up the Board

Powering STEPico-Core is same as PICO2040, for which you may use either way as indicated:

The Four LEDs on Board

Comparing to PICO2040 which uses RT6150 to convert the 5V USB to 3.3V and occupied GPIO23 to control the PWM/PFM mode of the DC-DC converter (details can be found in PICO datasheet section 4.3 and 4.4), the STEPico-Core uses SGM6012 DC-DC converter and the extra left GPIO23 was used to control the four LEDs on board.