Raspberry Pi · Pico

Pico 2

Released August 2024

The second Raspberry Pi Pico, a microcontroller board built on RP2350 with a choice of two 150MHz Arm Cortex-M33 or Hazard3 RISC-V cores, 520 KB of SRAM and 4 MB of flash; it runs MicroPython or C programs rather than Linux.

Model history · 2 models, 2021–2024
  1. 2021PicoCompare
  2. 2024Pico 2
Processor
Raspberry Pi RP2350 (Arm Cortex-M33 or Hazard3 RISC-V)
Clock
0.15 GHz
Memory
520 KB
Wi-Fi
No

Performance

Processor
Raspberry Pi RP2350 (Arm Cortex-M33 or Hazard3 RISC-V)
CPU cores
2
Clock
0.15 GHz
Memory
520 KB
CPU
Dual Arm Cortex-M33 or dual Hazard3 RISC-V cores, chosen at boot, at up to 150MHz; Arm TrustZone for Cortex-M, signed boot, 8KB antifuse OTP, SHA-256 acceleration, hardware TRNG
Memory
520KB on-chip SRAM
Storage
4MB on-board QSPI flash

Connections

Wi-Fi
No
Bluetooth
No
Ethernet
No
USB ports
1
Display outputs
0
GPIO pins
40
PCIe
No
Ports
Micro USB for power and data (USB 1.1 controller and PHY with host and device support); 2 × UART, 2 × SPI, 2 × I2C, 16 × PWM channels, 12 × PIO state machines
GPIO
40-pin 0.1″ through-hole pads with castellated edges; 26 multi-purpose GPIO, 3 of which can be used for ADC; header not fitted unless bought with headers

Design

Size
21 × 51 mm
Power
1.8–5.5V DC
Size
21 × 51 × 1 mm
Operating temperature
−20°C to +85°C

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Twice the SRAM and flash of Pico, and a faster 150MHz clock
  • Arm TrustZone, signed boot and SHA-256 acceleration for secure products
  • 12 PIO state machines, up from 8

Cons

  • Microcontroller, not a Linux computer; 520KB of SRAM
  • No wireless (Pico 2 W adds it)
  • Micro USB, USB 1.1 only

Closest rivals

Model
ProcessorClockMemoryWi-FiReleased
Raspberry Pi RP2350 (Arm Cortex-M33 or Hazard3 RISC-V)0.15 GHz520 KBYesNov 2024
Raspberry Pi RP2040 (Arm Cortex-M0+)0.133 GHz264 KBYesJun 2022
Raspberry Pi RP2040 (Arm Cortex-M0+)0.133 GHz264 KBNoJan 2021

Previous model: Pico.

Sources

  1. pip-assets.raspberrypi.com/categories/1005-raspberry-pi-pico-2/documents/RP-008…
  2. pip-assets.raspberrypi.com/categories/1005-raspberry-pi-pico-2/documents/RP-008…
  3. github.com/raspberrypi/documentation/blob/master/documentation/asciidoc/compute…
  4. raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-pico-2-our-new-5-microcontroller-board-on-sal…

Photo: Raspberry Pi official documentation photograph; complete supplied canvas, background and native alpha retained.

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