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Les Pounder

How to Overclock and Underclock a Raspberry Pi Pico

How to Overclock and Underclock a Raspberry Pi Pico

Overclocking any model of Raspberry Pi is really simple. But overclocking the Raspberry Pi Pico is even simpler. All it takes is two lines of MicroPython and your Pico can easily run at double its normal speed, and without the need for the best CPU coolers.

In this how to we will overclock a Raspberry Pi Pico to 270 MHz, double the base speed of 133 MHz. Then we will write a script to test how far we can overclock, and then how low we can underclock the CPU.

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