Raspberry Pi has prepared a new device. The creators of popular microcomputers are introducing a new board with a microcontroller. It is dedicated to enthusiasts and professionals. What’s new in the next generation of the device?
The new microcontroller board introduces various improvements compared to the previous version. The Raspberry Pi Pico 2 has a better one, which consists of two Arm Cortex-M33 150 MHz cores and a pair of Hazard3. It uses a secure architecture based on Arm TrustZone for Cortex-M and the second generation of the PIO subsystem, providing a flexible interface without burdening the processor.
Raspberry Pi Pico 2 also has two UARTs, two SPI and I2C controllers, and 24 PWM channels and four ADCs. There is also a USB 1.1 controller. The manufacturer also boasts support for C/C++ SDK and MicroPython programming languages, and SHA-256 hardware acceleration.
It is worth adding that the new microcontroller board is compatible with the Raspberry Pi Pico 1st generation. This applies to both the hardware and software layers. So there are really a lot of changes and improvements. Meanwhile, the price of the device has remained at a very attractive level.
The price of the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 is very attractive. A new board with a microcontroller can be purchased for . In Poland, this is an amount at the level of . Deliveries through distributors are expected at the end of this month. At the same time, you can buy dedicated accessories, which are sold for a few zlotys. Among them is a special case made of transparent material, which we can buy for 9.90 zlotys.
The new Raspberry Pi Pico 2 is an interesting evolution of the previous board with a microcontroller. The device brings various improvements and also supports modern security solutions, such as secure boot. This makes the equipment suitable for places where the emphasis is on data protection.