Raspberry Pi Pico 2: Arm-based Development Board Delivers Higher, More Secure Performance for Commercial Applications
Since the launch of the original Raspberry Pi in 2012, Arm and Raspberry Pi have shared a vision to make computing accessible for all and delivered critical solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT) developer community. Over the course of this long-term partnership, Raspberry Pi has sold over 60 million Arm-based units to date, lowering barriers to innovation so that anyone, anywhere – from hobbyists to academics to professional developers – can learn, experience and create new solutions. Our collaboration continues to go from strength to strength, with today’s launch of Raspberry Pi Pico 2 (RP2350) marking an exciting next step in this mission.
Delivering even better performance with Raspberry Pi Pico 2 based on Armv8-M
Being the most pervasive architecture for embedded MCU connected devices, Arm has driven the IoT industry’s commercialization efforts for many years. Now, as the primary boot architecture for the new Pico 2, we’re excited to see the continued growth of Raspberry Pi’s product portfolio. Together, we continue to address the needs of students, enthusiasts and professional users, with low-cost, high-performance computing that builds on the success of nearly four million Pico boards that have shipped.
In the era of secure edge applications, the new Pico 2 development board provides a significant step change in performance and security from its predecessor. Featuring a dual-core Arm Cortex-M33, it’s designed for higher performance in constrained systems, with its reach extending into more commercial environments thanks to its unique features for industrial IoT deployments with demanding I/O requirements, cost-optimized embedded computing, among other applications.
- Arm TrustZone provides hardware-enforced isolation to protect security-critical resources, also enabling PSA Certification
- Digital signal processing (DSP) extensions support efficient execution of DSP algorithms, beneficial for signal processing applications such as audio, sensor data and communications systems
- The Floating-Point Unit (FPU) supports single precision floating point arithmetic, improving performance for mathematical computations
Projects developed for the Pico can be easily ported to Pico 2 and deliver even better performance thanks to Arm CMSIS libraries which leverage Cortex-M33 features.
And another cool thing? Pico 2 is making its debut at DEFCON Las Vegas, where attendees will find the chip integrated into their name badges.
Arm is the foundation for the next generation of Raspberry Pi innovation
At Arm we are not slowing down: We continue to invest in the proven and trusted Arm architecture, developer tools and software ecosystem that have enabled our success and leadership over the last 30+ years.
At a time when the number of edge devices and applications is only continuing to grow, Arm, together with partners like Raspberry Pi, help the IoT industry innovate faster and transition to higher-performing systems that can commercially scale. We’re looking forward to seeing the innovative new solutions that emerge on the Arm-based Pico 2 as we continue to work with the ecosystem to build the IoT on Arm.
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