This is the PR where the work is being merged into ‘upstream’ micropython for those who are interested. I have been following this side February. Very interesting to see <a href="https://github.com/micropython/micropython/pull/10739">https://github.com/micropython/micropython/pull/10739</a>
This is great! I think the rp2040 is moving towards being a very universal (and capable) platform for tinkerers who might have once reached for an Atmel based Arduino or an ESP32.
There are already some cool projects using the PicoW bluetooth, I'm currently modifying <a href="https://github.com/DavidPagels/retro-pico-switch">https://github.com/DavidPagels/retro-pico-switch</a> to try and make a custom controller from scratch. Hopefully it'll get far enough to push to github at some point.
It’s been possible to use Bluetooth for a while, but a bug prevented Bluetooth and Wifi from running stably at the same time.<p>I threw together a Bluetooth speaker firmware - for some of our (Pimoroni) boards - with FFT visualisation quite some months ago - <a href="https://github.com/Gadgetoid/galactic-bluetooth-audio">https://github.com/Gadgetoid/galactic-bluetooth-audio</a><p>Album art display is also possible but small matrix displays don’t lend themselves well to it - <a href="https://github.com/Gadgetoid/galactic-bluetooth-audio/pull/13">https://github.com/Gadgetoid/galactic-bluetooth-audio/pull/1...</a>
Oh great! I just received a batch of Pico Ws and felt there may be BT functionality under the shield. Broadcom has incorporated into all their wifi chips even if it's not used/not connected.