RP2040 vs RP2350 - or - Raspberry Pi Pico vs Raspberry Pi Pico 2

The Raspberry Pi Foundation just released the RP2350, which is the successor to their first-generation Raspberry Pi microcontroller and will be used to power the Raspberry Pi Pico 2. This little video compares the RP2040 and the RP2350, and also shows where one can buy an RP2350 based board right now.

As always, the table of contents is here:
00:27 Short form: RP2040 vs RP235x

02:00 ARM or RISC/V?

04:25 RP2350 Zephyr?

06:07 Chip lifetime?

07:24 GPIO complement

08:39 Security features

09:33 Chip availability

10:15 Raspberry Pi Pico 2 release date and other boards you can buy NOW

[samcowley]

Thanks for the mention Tam, great comparison and review!

[MariusHeier]

You also need an expensive inductor for the internal regulator.

[johnwilson]

I bought a Pimoroni RP2350B version ('Pico 2 Plus') - arriving the day after launch. First time I heard about 'Infineon' - but I managed to add a cheap 'Super Mini' ESP32C3 with ESP-AT for £1.50 which gives me a wireless connection via one of the Pico 2's UART. I think Adafruit have an ESP-AT SPI version.

[MariusHeier]

Great video. Probably the most informative one out so far. Do you think this chip was one of the reasons ARM wanted to buy them? To prevent them from continuing down the Risc-V path? This must been in the work from a lot of time.

[yrath]

Great presentation. I just wanted to point out that ARM or Arm is pronounced like the arm on the human body and the Pi in Raspberry Pi is like Apple Pie.

[freepoet]

Pimeroni do have a number of Pico 2 boards available right now, and at least one with larger packaged RP2035B.

[pjaro]

i hope the wifi/bluetooth version will include IEEE 802.15.4-2006 and BLE with zephyr OS support to make an openthread device.

[john_hind]

Weird way to support RISC-V Uptonites! Having it in the same chip as ARM cores, presumably means they have to pay the ARM licence even if the user has no intention of using the ARM cores. Also it means the chip area is unnecessarily large whichever core type you choose. Since chip cost is pretty much proportional to area, this will push cost up for both core types!

[MrTamhan]

Hi, OK, so that is also possible. I am just a bit paranoid after the whole Olimex affair...

[toneboy]

Quality in pi 5 was terrible. Flimsy nvme ribbon is a joke, minuscule micro hdmi plugs.
First pi 5 died in a fortnight, I got a refund but was still out of pocket with the shipping.