Last Updated on August 16, 2024
New member in the Raspberry pi family with more power, more flexibility, Raspberry pi foundation has officially launched the Improved version of pico board and they named it as Raspberry pi Pico 2. This board is powered by new RP2350 microcontroller, It has dual-core flexibility with ARM Cortex-M33 cores and dual RISC-V hazard 3 cores. This Architecture in RP2350 delivers a clock speed of 150MHz and increased on board RAM to 520KB and also provides a substantial 4MB of QSPI flash memory.
For Just $5 this Raspberry pi Pico 2 board offers improved power efficiency so that we can use it on battery powered projects like IoT device, Automation device, Remote application devices etc..,
Here is the Comparison between microcontrollers from Raspberry pi Pico (RP2040) and Raspberry pi Pico 2 (RP2350).
| Feature | RP2040 (Original Pico) | RP2350 (Pico 2) |
|---|---|---|
| Core Architecture | Dual Arm Cortex-M0+ | Dual Arm Cortex-M33 / Dual RISC-V Hazard3 |
| Clock Speed | 133 MHz | 150 MHz |
| On-Chip SRAM | 264 KB | 520 KB |
| Flash Memory | 2 MB QSPI | 4 MB QSPI |
| GPIO Pins | 26 (3x ADC) | 30 (4x ADC) |
| Security Features | Basic | Arm TrustZone, Secure Boot, SHA-256, TRNG |
| Peripheral Interfaces | 2x UART, 2x SPI, 2x I2C, ADC, PWM | Enhanced: 2x UART, 2x SPI, 2x I2C, more PWM, additional PIO state machines |
| USB Interface | USB 1.1 Host/Device | USB 1.1 Host/Device (with security features) |
| Power Efficiency | Standard | Improved with better efficiency |
| Microcontroller Package | QFN-56 | QFN-60 |
Further
Raspberry pi Pico 2 official page.
Raspberry pi Pico 2 Datasheet.