Adafruit, Pimoroni, Seeed Studio, Solder Get together, SparkFun, WIZnet and Extra Unveil Their RP2350 Boards

When Raspberry Pi introduced the RP2350 household of microcontrollers, its first to characteristic RISC-V cores and a serious specification enhance over the unique RP2040, it additionally introduced the in-house Raspberry Pi Pico 2 — however it’s not alone: third-party boards based mostly on the identical chip are actually accessible, providing all the things from smaller footprints to increased specs.

Yesterday’s unveiling of the RP2350, Raspberry Pi’s second in-house microcontroller design and third in-house chip, introduced with it adjustments designed to handle virtually each criticism anybody had in regards to the earlier RP2040: newer and sooner Arm Cortex-M33 cores, virtually twice the reminiscence, assist for as much as 16MB of exterior pseudo-static RAM (PSRAM), an extra programmable enter/output (PIO) block for as much as 12 state machines, and the shock inclusion of a pair of processor cores based mostly on the free and open supply Hazard3 design.

Whereas the RP2350 powers Raspberry Pi’s personal Pico 2 board, it is not alone available on the market: a broad vary of firms have introduced their very own RP2350 gadgets, profiting from the foremost efficiency and safety upgrades on provide from the brand new half. Sheffield, UK-based Pimoroni was one of many first, saying a small-form-factor PGA2350 breakout board, the slightly-larger USB Sort-C succesful Tiny2350, and the Pico Plus 2 — a substitute for the official Raspberry Pi Pico 2 providing 16MB of flash relatively than the same old 4MB and 8MB of PSRAM.

The corporate has additionally confirmed that it’s upgrading its application-specific boards, saying a Plasma 2350 LED management board, whereas additionally launching the Explorer — an “electronics playground” that pairs a built-in show with a solderless breadboard space for on-the-go growth and experimentation. As an early adopter of the unique Raspberry Pi RP2040, extra Pimoroni designs are anticipated to observe within the coming weeks and months.

Adafruit, one other RP2040 fan, has introduced its personal vary of boards constructed across the new RP2350, beginning with the Adafruit Feather RP2350, which packs 8MB of flash and a flat versatile circuit (FFC) connector for the RP2350’s new high-speed transmission (HSTX) peripheral. The corporate has additionally confirmed an Arduino UNO-format board, the Metro RP2350, and — as with Pimoroni — extra designs are anticipated to observe in the end. SparkFun, likewise, has introduced an RP2350 design: the SparkFun Professional Micro, which — like Pimoroni’s Pico Plus 2 — contains 16MB of flash reminiscence and 8MB of PSRAM.

Solder Get together has up to date its personal designs to make use of the brand new chip, providing a small-footprint RP2350 Stamp together with a feature-packed RP2350 Stamp XL design — the latter of which comes with a brand new provider board possibility. WIZnet has introduced the W5100S-EVB-Pico2, W5500-EVB-Pico2 and W6100-EVB-Pico2, Raspberry Pi Pico 2 clones which embrace on-board wired Ethernet, whereas The place Labs has introduced deliberate Bus Pirate 5XL and Bus Pirate 6 debug gadgets utilizing the brand new chip. For the roboticists, Cytron Applied sciences has designed the MOTION 2350 Professional, whereas Seeed Studio has a compact XIAO RP2350 board that gives entry to 19 general-purpose enter/output (GPIO) pins regardless of its small dimension.

Arguably probably the most fascinating new product announcement is the Thumby Shade, a tiny handheld console — in search of all of the world like somebody shrank a Nintendo Sport Boy Advance within the wash — which makes use of the Raspberry Pi RP2350 to drive a 128×128 16-bit coloration IPS TFT show. Designed by TinyCircuits as a successor to the corporate’s earlier Thumby, the Thumby Shade lets customers write their very own video games in MicroPython — and is now funding on Kickstarter, with rewards beginning at $49.

Raspberry Pi is sustaining a listing of third-party RP2350-powered boards on its web site; some can be found to order now, whereas others are nonetheless within the prototyping stage.