Your challenge, Chris, is quite clear; creating a Pico controlled tea-making network.

This is me officially letting you know I’d like to see more videos on raspberry pi picos and microcontrollers. Thanks, from The States

My first thought when you started that board was "Oh look, a Cylon." Then having your By Your Command title straight afterwards really tickled my funny bone. Small things amuse small minds I guess. Good episode, as always.

Another great video. Really appreciate your efforts, and the continued excellence of your work. Look forward to your program each Sunday morning.

I’ve never used a micro controller but I appreciate their simplicity in doing a single job well. No lengthy boot times, updates or antivirus to worry about. I’m thinking of all sorts of home automation ideas.

I dont comment often, but just wanted to say - love the channel, you make fantastic videos!

I am impressed. You've done it again. My experience with Micro Python has just doubled. Thank you for taking the time to educate us.

Yes, I think another video on various use cases of the Pico would be cool. Maybe invite viewers to submit their working set ups to show and tell? Or anyway just to get a flavor of the different ways it can be used.

it´is so satisfying when one test a new hardware and see the LEDs turning on for the first time.

Got my Pico PIO counting at 62.5 Mhz and not missing a count. It will output square wave at 125Mhz with less than 200 picosec jitter! Hope to use it in the lab to do fpga style functions at fraction of cost. Much potential in robots and science hardware. Thanks for a great video!

I am an experienced amateur programmer, having programmed PICs, Arduinos, BBC Micro:bits etc for years. I have bought two Picos along with 3rd party experimenting boards and struggled for a while adjusting my thinking to programming the Pico. I have read some very wordy documents from these suppliers, possibly too quickly, and missed one or two crucial bits of information before starting my experimenting. Having watched your very clear video this morning I immediately discovered where I was going wrong and all is now well. You have done it yet again Chris, do keep producing your excellent videos! There are lots of us out here that will watch everything you produce because we will always learn something new and very useful from them. More tutorials on using the Pico itself would be most welcome. Many thanks to you!

The Sunday ritual: Crossword puzzle from the NY Times, The Puzzle on NPR, ExplainingComputers. Sundays are amazing!

That's the best intro to the Pi Pico I have seen.

yes please .. take a look at micro:bit and the likes .. love your content, your voice, your editing .. sooo much effort

Great video for people like me who bought a Pico entirely on the basis of it being $4 and being familiar with Raspberry Pi as a computer but with no programming experience. I now have a $4 flashing LED, the world is my oyster!

Oh yeah, been waiting for raspberry pico from my favorite KZfaqr

I've learned more about this in a few minutes on your video than in hours of struggling with it other places on the net. Well done.

Fantastic episode, Chris - an incredibly clear explanation of the difference between the Pico and 'full fat' Pi. Please please do some more videos exploring the possibilities. The speed it started your running your code when you switched on the powerbank was just jaw-dropping!

I could listen to you explain stuff all day Chris. 👍 The soldering part... "40 Shiney, molten, metal connections later..." 😂 That kind of silly dry humour cracks me right up. I love it. Also, thanks for all the time you put in helping us plebs. 👍👍

That was a very simple and elegant demonstration of the Pico's capabilities and got me thinking about the possibilities. Thanks very much as always! I can't believe it starts immediately after power on!

Chris - thank you for another fun and informative video. I appreciate your dry humor. As I sit in now unfrozen Texas on Sunday mornings, I tell my wife it is time to listen to my favorite Brit. Personally, I would appreciate more microcontroller videos, especially looking at communications between the microcontroller and a single board computer using, say, SPI. However, I will comment that, with the advent of the Pico, there is more overlap with another of my favorite channels - Dronebot Workshop. In an ideal world, the two of you could collaborate on some videos, but who knows? Again, thank you for another enjoyable Sunday morn!

Another popular microcontroller is the ESP32-PICO-KIT, or any number of variants of the ESP32. It would be nice to see a comparison between the RP PICCO and the ESP32 PICCO. Great content as always and thanks for sharing.

I've never seen any explanation like that ever, I even paused the video to say THANK YOU!

You made me buy my first Raspberry Pi, and now i'm ordering my first Pico because of this video. Thank you.

I'm starting to think I was lucky there weren't these kinds of toys when I was a kid. If there had been, I would have never left my room... except maybe for a monthly visit to an electronics store.

Yes, I would like to see more microcontroller videos, maybe a comparison of an arduino uno to the pi pico

That british wit of yours, Chris. This microcontroller has everything; this is the first one I see with an onboard temperature sensor. I'm sure you got a lot of exciting ideas. I'm looking forward to see what you got in mind for it. Now I have my own Pi 400. Guess who is responsible for tempting me to buy one. And now I want this microcontroller to go with it.

The single best introduction and explanation of the Pico on the entire internet. Definitely would like to see follow-ups with some practical applications. Including how to use that onboard temperature sensor.

There's some fantastic macro filming in this episode. Really clean soldering job and all in focus. And yes, would love to see more microcontroller videos!

Chris, I always enjoy your content as it is so well produced and “explained”. You might need to start another channel called Explaining Microcontrollers. :-)

Just got a raspberry pi and found this channel and have been binge watching videos since 2016 apparently. Really great channel that deserves more subs!

Awesome ! I got one of these in a Kit with accessories in a bundle when I bought my pi400. When it arrived I had no ruddy idea what it was, now I do, thanks Chris !

I’m looking forward to a day when I have time to tinker with things such as this again. Teaching remotely has kept me away from being able to explore how I could use something like this. I know I’d enjoy seeing what you’d do with it, if you’re so inclined. Cheers!

When the Pico was released , I didn't buy it as I thought I didn't need it as I have many other micro-controllers , But as soon as i saw your video and satisfying electronic imagery ,I feel I should buy one....

Excellent video. Extremely clear and to the point. For a guy that grow-up with Spectrums, 2068s, C64, C128s this channel makes me feel like I'm on my game.

I somehow missed the releasing the Pico, I'm really amazed by it and it has honestly rekindled my love for micro-controllers!

Hi chris , i'm Christian. (CD) I can't help waiting for next pico video !!

Your mind reading skills have reached god mode 😊

There are lots of Pico intros on youtube. Most are too fast and confusing. Your video is easy to follow, I'll use this one after I buy a pico.

The best explanation and demo I've come across since purchasing my Picos. Thanks for making this such a breeze and easy to follow!

I watch the contents very well, I wish you continued success.

I bought a couple of pico:s the same day as the release. A Pico Explorer Base is the next thing I'm going to "invest in". It has been sold out for a long time at Pimoroni but seems to be in stock again. 😀 Didn't know about Thonny. Great tip and excellent video as always. Thank you.

I appreciate both this video and the Glen A. Larson reference.

More videos on pico and micro controllers please. Any content from you is always good content.

Chris, yet another entertaining, informative video with the added easter egg of including Glen A Larson's ground breaking work of using flashing LED's in Battlestar Galactica and Knightrider. As always you have made my day and by extension the world a brighter place. Many thanks. P.S. It would be great to see the Pico being used to control a motor.

So that's what a Pico is all about! Thanks Sir Chris.

Thank you Mr. Barnatt for making this video about the pico. It was very educational. Raven

Excellent explanation, sir. Having never worked with microcontrollers, this video sparked some interest for me as it doesn't seem as complicated as I thought it was for all of these years.

A Pentium running at 133 mhz was the pride and joy of our family once. Obviously we also had a 3dfx Voodoo card with 4 mb. YES! Really! That was the stuff dreams were made of and made our house where we all played, much to the despair of my mum who provided us with crisps and lemonade.

Hi, useful to see. Be interested in seeing it compared with Arduino and/or Teensy etc to see why one would choose them over it or vica versa.

Great video! Now I understand the basics of what a micro controller is vs a computer. Thank you!

Ah, Sunday with Chris! Please keep doing this for the next, oh, 30 years. Thanks -

That was.. illuminating. I'd had no idea how those things worked. Now I have my first clue! :D

Pico is one of the best codenames for the PI.

I don't think there has ever been a retail product that has been so affordable and yet you can do so many different things with it. In addition to microcontroller functionality, you can also use it as a directly programmable computer by installing Picomite and writing/running BASIC programs on the Pico itself via terminal software. At the default 133 MHz speed I'd estimate it's 50 times faster at interpreted BASIC than a Commodore 64. Not to mention it'll happily run at 250 MHz. The low power consumption when underclocked makes it ideal for managing my solar-powered motion sensor light system where I want to maximize battery life as much as possible. It's a great little device.

I just bought a Raspberry pi pico on a whim while I was ordering some other components. This was absolutely the introductory video I needed, thanks for the work you put in to making it.

Great video Chris! I am wanting to teach a younger family member some electronics / programming and the format of this video will be nice start to get the ball rolling. Would be very excited to see some 2 wheel robot motor control examples and some examples of using sensors. Much love from Sheffield, 8-bit.

Yes more detail. I need some help with getting started training myself and my homeschooled daughter

Oh yes, please do. And not just microcontrollers but also components, specifically those useful for smarthome designs: sensors, relays, converters etc. Thank you!

Great video. More Pico videos please. We definitely need an EC explanation on Programmable I/O

great video , yes i would love to see other micro controllers being featured , eg esp32 etc , even using a pi to read data from them

On the brighter side, I used to run 'Doom', 'Dark Forces', X-Wing/Tie Fighter' and 'Rise of the Triad' on my 133MHz Pentium. (Hehehe)

Great video! Covers everything I wanted to know, clearly, to quickly get set up and going with my new Picos. Thank you!

This small affordable device points the way to distributed processing. Like imagine a robot 🤖🦾 hand or leg 🦿basically controlling itself partially. Like I heard legs of an octopus 🐙 control themselves. So YES... please continue! Thank you! Have some tea! 🍵

Now I want to make my own gamepad controller and use the Pi Pico as the brains.

My day is complete :)

Great that you’ve introduced the Pico, Chris. I’ve been programming on mine since January in C. Working on making a fuel injection controller out of the Pico.

Thank you very much. So clearly explained. The little real world experiment had been the cherry on the cake.

I was waiting for this from the launch if it!!!

The Pico became self-aware about 30 seconds after the video was recorded and ever since... Mr. Screwdriver has been missing.

the cup of tea joke hit me so hard because of the dead air between the joke and the transition. so good.

I love working with microcontrollers. I used a couple to build a wirelesss on air system for my wife to use when she’s meeting with her therapy clients during COVID lockdown so I don’t inadvertently interrupt her sessions. One controller hosts a small API on bare http sockets that then listens for the other controller to send a signal when a switch is thrown. Once it receives the signal it’ll switch a red LED on telling me it’s not safe to enter her office or wherever she is taking client calls. All powered by MicroPython.

It would be great to see more Pico. As always enjoyed the video.

😂 awesome reference to Knight Rider and Battlestar Galactica! 👍

Much appreciated. You explained the basics of getting the Pico up and running very simply and clearly. Yes - please do go ahead with a further video on additional I/O tasks.

very interesting, I have long left my hobby in microcontrollers because I have complicated ports and programming, after seeing your video, the technology has changed a lot, it seems simpler, I want to start again

Fourth? In any case I’m very glad to see you take a look at the Pico! By popular demand I assume?

Remember those times when electronic toys have a black solid tar to protect the chipset?

I like your channel with dry English humor and great tutorials. You are a great teacher so keep it up!

I think more Pico content would be fantastic! I got my pico a couple of months ago, and haven't yet been struck by inspiration as to what I should do with it.

11:45 ~ Blu-Tack again EC?

"a whole career out of running lights" - gee, hadn't thought of it like that

this guy is as fun as explaining raspberry pi to me back in 2014

Thank you. This sort of functionality is amazing for the cost. Back You might want to make a follow on video about PLC's and machine control.

Yes, More!

Raspberry Pi Foundation may have been concerned that including tea making functionality would have caused users to defenestrste themselves... (Father Ted reference)

Yes Chris, after that introduction to a Pico controller I am keen to see where you want to go with it. Another top video for a Sunday's evening viewing. Thanks.

Please, sir, I want more. Your explanations of this brave new world of SBCs and micro-controllers are quite facinating.

Raise your hand if you saw Monty Python instead of Micro Python when it appeared on the screen.

"No tea making facilities..." Well! That's a deal-breaker for me, I'm out! 😝

Excellent timing -- my Pico arrived a day ago. Coming from Arduino/ESP32 and C, your intro was spot on informative. I would look forward to another Pico project.

Thanks, Chris, very good presentation. I hope you will not stop here and go deeper explaining multicore, interruptions/irq, exceptions. memory control, stacks, registers and all other good stuff which is usually taken care by OS and now we have to do it by our self.

Nice video bro 👍👍

Or telling computers / phones we DON'T want to accept cookies!!!

I actually did a kind of double-take when I saw you doing the intro. I wasn't sure of the newer blue colored background initially but I can see it was indeed a big improvement.

No tea making facilities? NO TEA MAKING FACILITIES?!?!???? This is where I draw the line. The Pi team has gone too far.

I love your videos! I've caught the microcontroller bug and now I need all the resources I can find!

Hi Chris, Thank you for the fine introduction to the Raspberry Pi Pico. I'd like to see more content about microcontrollers on this channel. For example: - Connecting the Pico to a classic Raspberry Pi computer. Preferably using I2C, but any protocol and connection would be fine. - Using the PIO state machines for something exciting - more LEDs! - Using interrupts on microcontrollers - The Teensy family of microcontrollers, maybe used for running ML/neural networks Please consider these topics. Thanks!

Thanks Chris. I particularly enjoyed the "cup of tea" comment! I could do with a good reason to learn python, so please do take us into the world of microcontrollers. Anything which can get processing jobs done quicker and cheaper is worth looking at, and this tiny controller looks like a great introduction to the genre

The thing i liked the most are the holders for the breadboard. This shows the real hacker spirit.