“What is there to say that hasn't been said already? A cheap, *available* and powerful little dev board. Doesn't have the connectivity of other boards, but it's not difficult to add if needed, and is so much more versatile than just an IoT connected microcontroller.”
“I love Pico's, I coded for microcontrollers as a profession in the 1980s and 90s, it was never as easy back then as it is now using Picos and Python.
So far I have made an electronic thermometer using an external thermistor and an animated display that will be incorporated into a model diorama.”