Raspberry Pi Pico 2: a RISC-V bet!

The Pico 2 has Raspberry Pi's latest silicon, the RP2350. But there's more than meets the eye, like RISC-V and an additional PIO.

The Raspberry Pi Pico 2 tested in this video was sent by Raspberry Pi for review, they did not pay anything or have any input into the video's content, nor any review of it before it was published.

Huge thanks to HalloSpaceBoy (who makes the PicoBoy) for sending over one of his PicoBoy V2 kits to test. If you want to buy one, he sent over coupon code 12661DF5 for 10% off any kit or prebuilt unit: https://www.tindie.com/products/hallospaceboy/picoboy-v2-the-ultimate-diy-console/

Find out more about the Pico 2:

- My blog: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/raspberry-pi-pico-2-rp2350-adds-more-pio-risc-v-cores
- Raspberry Pi - Pico 2: https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-pico-2/
- Raspberry Pi - RP2350: https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/rp2350/

Other videos and projects I referenced:

- Pico PCIe GPU: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-RuYM-9s3A
- PicoFly V2 Nintendo Switch modchip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkCV2Kcy7z4
- Pimoroni PicoSystem: https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/picosystem?variant=32369546985555
- Pico DOOM on a LEGO Brick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVG5g6zOnjo
- Pico Logic Analyzer: https://github.com/gusmanb/logicanalyzer
- VT2040 Serial Terminal: https://github.com/ncrawforth/VT2040
- PiccoloSDR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okIkjC02J_M
- Axe Effect SNMP sensor for homelabs: https://www.craftcomputing.com/product/axe-effect-temperature-sensor-beta-/1
- Nintendo 64 Flash Cart: https://twitter.com/kbeckmann/status/1539738410063208454
- Pico Mac Emulator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3bW4f5Gn4o
- BlueSCSI v2: https://jcm-1.com/product/bluescsi-v2-50-pin-desktop/
- ISA Blaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HuxukpbsAE
- ZX Spectrum Emulator: https://github.com/antirez/zx2040
- RP2040 at 1 mA: https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/pi-pico-sleep-dormant-states/12584/5
- Andreas Spiess' Current Measurements: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmXfyLyN38c
- Hazard3 RISC-V core layout: https://bitlog.it/20220118_asic_roundup_of_open_source_riscv_cpu_cores.html#hazard3-rv32i--m-c-a-zicsr-zba-zbb-zbc-zbs
- Hazard3 RISC-V core source: https://github.com/Wren6991/Hazard3
- Andreas Spiess' ESP32 power savings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFDiqPHw3Vc

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Contents:

00:00 - RP2040's successor
01:15 - What's new?
02:41 - RP2040's ubiquity
04:50 - Power problems
06:15 - Getting RISC-V
07:21 - RP2350's ubiquity