Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect simulator, the RP2040 on a Nano
The Nano RP2040 Connect is the Pico’s RP2040, a Cortex-M0+ at 133 MHz, on the classic Nano’s outline with the Nano’s pin names and an LED on D13. Mokxi runs the RP2040 and its pins; the radio module, the IMU and the microphone on the board are not modeled, and the page says which is which.
- 5peripheral areas modeled
- 1project ready to run
- Real timeon your own machine
What is modeled
Taken from the board's own contract document and put in plain words, with what is missing beside it.
Modeled
- Core
- The RP2040’s Cortex-M0+, the Pico model whole
- GPIO
- D0 to D13 and A0 to A5, with the Nano’s names defined as GPIO numbers
- PWM
- On any pin
- The LED
- D13, GPIO 6, lit when HIGH, as LED_BUILTIN
- UART0
- TX and RX, wired to the serial monitor
Not modeled
- The NINA-W102 module: no WiFi, no Bluetooth, no RGB LED, and A6 and A7, which are its pins.
- The LSM6DSOX IMU and the crypto chip on the I2C bus, and the PDM microphone.
Open one and press Run
Each of these opens in the editor exactly as it is drawn here.
Every built-in project on the Nano RP2040 Connect
Each has its own page with the circuit running, the code and a parts list.
Arduino libraries that compile as they are
Paste a tutorial that includes one of these and it builds. For any other library, the build names the Mokxi header that does the same job.
And 15 more, 23 in all: OneWire.h and DallasTemperature.h; Adafruit_BME280.h, Adafruit_BMP280.h and SparkFunBME280.h; RTClib.h; Adafruit_SHT31.h; Adafruit_PCF8591.h; Adafruit_ADXL345_U.h; LedControl.h; Adafruit_LEDBackpack.h; Adafruit_TCS34725.h; Adafruit_SGP30.h; Adafruit_INA219.h; Adafruit_ADS1X15.h; Adafruit_MCP23X17.h; Bounce2.h; HX711.h.
Questions
Is it free?
Yes. Every board and every part is on the free plan, with no account needed.
Why does digitalWrite(13, HIGH) not light the LED?
Because Mokxi builds this board the way the arduino-pico core does, by GPIO number: 13 is GPIO 13, which is A5. Write D13 or LED_BUILTIN.
Does WiFiNINA work?
No. The radio module is not modeled, so the WiFi and Bluetooth libraries have nothing to talk to.
Does the 5V pin give 5 V?
Not until the board’s VUSB jumper is bridged, which it is not out of the box. Here it is open.
The other boards
Every one of these runs today, and every one is free.
A RISC-V chip at 160 MHz, on the real memory map.
The classic Arduino, with an ATmega328P running at 16 MHz.
The Uno’s chip on a small board that fits a breadboard.
The big Arduino, with 54 digital pins and four serial ports.
An Uno-shaped board whose chip does its own USB serial.
A second RISC-V board, with 31 pins and simulated WiFi.
The classic ESP32 at 240 MHz, with simulated WiFi.
The ESP32-S3 at 240 MHz, with USB serial and an RGB LED.
Try it on your own firmware
What you build here runs on the board on your desk, unchanged. Nothing to install and no account needed.