Raspberry Pi Pico 2 with Header

The Raspberry Pi Pico 2 with Header is the latest microcontroller board in the Raspberry Pi family, built around the RP2350, a high-performance and secure microcontroller. This upgraded version features a higher core clock speed, 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 advancements, it remains fully compatible with hardware and software designed for earlier Raspberry Pi Pico models.

The RP2350 microcontroller offers a comprehensive security framework, including Arm TrustZone for Cortex-M, signed boot, 8 KB of antifuse OTP for key storage, SHA-256 acceleration, a hardware true random number generator (TRNG), and fast glitch detectors. Unlike legacy solutions that rely on “security through obscurity,” the RP2350 provides an open and transparent architecture, making it ideal for professional applications.

A standout feature of the RP2350 is its dual-core, dual-architecture design, allowing users to choose between two Arm Cortex-M33 cores or two open-hardware Hazard3 RISC-V cores. The Pico 2 supports programming in C/C++ and Python, and comes with detailed documentation, making it suitable for both hobbyists and professional developers.

Features:

Built on the high-performance, secure RP2350 microcontroller

Higher core clock speed for improved performance

Double the on-chip SRAM for larger data handling

Double the onboard flash memory for code and storage

More powerful Arm Cortex-M33 cores

Optional Hazard3 RISC-V cores for flexible processing

Enhanced security features:

Arm TrustZone for Cortex-M

Signed boot

8 KB antifuse OTP for key storage

SHA-256 acceleration