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F5OEO / rpitx

RF transmitter for Raspberry Pi
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Do we support the Pico? #308

Closed fumin closed 4 months ago

fumin commented 8 months ago

In the README, we list a few rpi devices, but the Pico nor the Pico W is not there. Do we support them?

If we are, on the Pico, should we be using pin GP4 (pin 6 in the below picture)?

https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/microcontrollers/images/picow-pinout.svg

kj7rrv commented 8 months ago

The Raspberry Pi Pico is entirely different from typical RPi boards; it is more like an Arduino than a typical RPi. This project would not work on a Pi Pico, and could not really be ported. It might be possible, though, to create a similar program for the Pico; PIO might be useful. It would be an entirely separate project from RPiTX; very little code could be shared due to the completely different board designs.

fumin commented 8 months ago

@kj7rrv thanks for your explanations. In this case, I'm probably going to get a Pi Zero W.

Here's a related question, the README mentions that the Zero W is supported. I wonder how about the Zero 2 W (the 2nd generation)? Do we support the Zero 2 W?

F5OEO commented 4 months ago

Even rasberry pico and raspberry zero are closed in name, this is a complete different architecture. Some rpitx equivallent on pico exists with lower frequencies, but the architecture is completely different. So not relevant here !