Raspberry Pi Pico 2

The Raspberry Pi Pico 2 is the latest microcontroller board in the Raspberry Pi family, built around the RP2350, a high-performance and secure microcontroller. This updated model delivers a faster core clock, double the on-chip SRAM, double the onboard flash memory, more powerful Arm cores, optional RISC-V cores, enhanced security, and improved interfacing capabilities. Despite these upgrades, it remains fully hardware and software compatible with previous Raspberry Pi Pico models.

The RP2350 microcontroller features a robust security architecture, including Arm TrustZone for Cortex-M, signed boot, 8 KB of antifuse OTP for secure key storage, SHA-256 acceleration, a hardware true random number generator (TRNG), and fast glitch detection. This transparent, security-focused design provides a reliable alternative to the “security through obscurity” approach used by many legacy vendors, making it suitable for professional applications.

A unique highlight of the RP2350 is its dual-core, dual-architecture support, allowing developers to choose between two Arm Cortex-M33 cores or two open-hardware Hazard3 RISC-V cores. The Pico 2 is fully programmable in C/C++ and Python, and it comes with comprehensive documentation, making it an excellent choice for both hobbyists and professional developers.

Features:

Built on the high-performance RP2350 microcontroller

Higher core clock speed for faster processing

Double the on-chip SRAM for improved memory handling

Double the onboard flash memory for larger programs and data

More powerful Arm Cortex-M33 cores

Optional dual Hazard3 RISC-V cores for parallel processing

Advanced security features, including:

Arm TrustZone for Cortex-M

Signed boot

8 KB antifuse OTP for secure key storage

SHA-256 acceleration