Looking for an upgrade from the RP2040? The Raspberry Pi RP2350A microcontroller has got you covered! With impressive enhancements and signature cost-effective, accessible computing values, this extraordinary microcontroller boasts a unique dual-core, dual-architecture capability. Featuring industry-standard Arm Cortex-M33 cores, hardware single-precision floating point and DSP instructions @150MHz, and open-hardware Hazard3 RISC-V cores, this microcontroller also offers a comprehensive security architecture and a second-generation PIO subsystem for seamless interfacing. Choose between 30 GPIO in a compact 7x7 QFN 60-pin package or 48 GPIO in a larger 10x10 QFN 80-pin package with the RP2350B variant. Important RP2350 Design Guidelines Please read and follow the RP235x design guide Please refer to the datasheet, including errata and our reference design in KiCAD format Please use the 12 MHz Abracon ABM8-272-T3 crystal oscillator If using the on-chip SMPS, please use the custom polarised inductor from Abracon (AOTA-B201610S3R3-101-T) and orient it according to the instructions in the design guide Specifications RP2350A: 30 GPIO, 7x7 QFN60 Dual Arm Cortex-M33 or dual Hazard3 RISC-V processors @ 150MHz 520 KB on-chip SRAM Robust and fully documented security features: ARM TrustZone for Cortex-M Optional boot signing, enforced by on-chip mask ROM, with key fingerprint in OTP Protected OTP storage for optional boot decryption key Global bus filtering based on Arm or RISC-V security/privilege levels Peripherals, GPIOs, and DMA channels individually assignable to security domains Hardware mitigations for fault injection attacks Hardware SHA-256 accelerator 2 × UART 2 × SPI controllers 2 × I2C controllers 24 × PWM channels 4/8 x ADC channels 1 × USB 1.1 controller and PHY, with host and device support 12 × PIO state machines Software-compatible with RP2040 Open source C/C++ SDK, MicroPython support RP2350 will remain in production until at least January 2045 Resources Datasheet Hardware design with RP2350 RP2350 product brief Minimal RP2350A and B reference design in KiCAD
