[throwntoday]

Thanks for the recommendation on ESP32-C3. I've been wanting to work with a cheap RISC-V chip. Unfortunately the lead time on mouser is 9 weeks and it only offers 22 GPIO.

In contrast the RP2040 is readily available, has 30 GPIO, and the Pico dev board is only $4. I'm not building an IoT device for my next project so I consider the die space dedicated to those features wasted.

I recognize this post is about IoT but I just wanted to say I don't think the RP2040 or Pico are irrelevant. The platform has it's benefits. In my case, relying more on the SOC and not having to increase BOM.