The Raspberry Pi Pico 2H is the newest version of the no-soldering-required Raspberry Pi Pico. It features pre-soldered breadboard compatible headers, making this ready to use right out of the package. At the heart of the Pico 2H is the RP2350. The RP2350 has a higher core clock speed than the original RP2040, double the on-chip SRAM, double the on-board flash memory, more powerful Arm cores, optional RISC-V cores, new security features, and more!

Pico 2H uses an on-board buck-boost SMPS which is able to generate the required 3.3 volts (to power RP2350 and external circuitry) from a wide range of input voltages (~1.8 to 5.5V). This allows significant flexibility in powering the unit from various sources such as a single Lithium-Ion cell, or 3 AA cells in series. Battery chargers can also be very easily integrated with the Pico powerchain.

The RP2350 is unique as it provides a comprehensive security architecture, built around Arm TrustZone for Cortex-M, and incorporating signed boot, 8KB of antifuse OTP for key storage, SHA-256 acceleration, a hardware TRNG, and fast glitch detectors. These features, including the secure boot ROM, are extensively documented and available to all users without restriction. This transparent approach, which contrasts with the “security through obscurity” offered by legacy vendors, allows professional users to integrate RP2350, and Raspberry Pi Pico 2, into products with confidence.

Like the previous version, the Pico 2H has an integrated debug port opposite to the microUSB plug. This three pin connector works with the Raspberry Pi Debug Probe or our Debug Cable.

The Pico 2H has pre-soldered 0.1″ pin-headers and will slot right into a breadboard (it is one 0.1″ pitch wider than a standard 40-pin DIP package).