RP2350-Zero

Overview

RP2350-Zero, A Low-Cost, High-Performance Pico-Like MCU Board Based On Raspberry Pi Microcontroller RP2350.

Hardware

  • RP2350A microcontroller chip designed by Raspberry Pi in the United Kingdom

  • Adopts unique dual-core and dual-architecture design: dual-core Arm Cortex-M33 processor and dual-core Hazard 3 RISC-V processor, flexible clock running up to 150 MHz

  • 520KB of SRAM, and 4MB of on-board Flash memory

  • Uses a modern and convenient USB Type-C connector

  • Castellated module allows soldering directly to carrier boards

  • USB 1.1 with device and host support

  • Low-power sleep and dormant modes

  • Drag-and-drop programming using mass storage over USB

  • 29 × multi-function GPIO pins (20× via edge pinout, others via solder points)

  • 2 × SPI, 2 × I2C, 2 × UART, 4 × 12-bit ADC, 24 × controllable PWM channels

  • Accurate on-chip clock and timer peripherals

  • Temperature sensor

  • Accelerated floating-point libraries on-chip

  • 12 × Programmable I/O (PIO) state machines for custom peripheral support

Supported Features

The rp2350_zero board supports the hardware features listed below.

on-chip / on-board
Feature integrated in the SoC / present on the board.
2 / 2
Number of instances that are enabled / disabled.
Click on the label to see the first instance of this feature in the board/SoC DTS files.
vnd,foo
Compatible string for the Devicetree binding matching the feature.
Click on the link to view the binding documentation.

rp2350_zero/rp2350a/hazard3 target

Type

Location

Description

Compatible

ADC

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico ADC1

raspberrypi,pico-adc

Clock control

on-chip

The representation of Raspberry Pi Pico’s clock11 2

raspberrypi,pico-clock

on-chip

The representation of Raspberry Pi Pico’s PLL2

raspberrypi,pico-pll

on-chip

The representation of Raspberry Pi Pico ring oscillator1

raspberrypi,pico-rosc

on-chip

The representation of Raspberry Pi Pico external oscillator1

raspberrypi,pico-xosc

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico clock controller node1

raspberrypi,pico-clock-controller

Counter

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico timer1 1

raspberrypi,pico-timer

DMA

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico DMA1

raspberrypi,pico-dma

Flash controller

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico flash controller1

raspberrypi,pico-flash-controller

GPIO & Headers

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico GPIO1

raspberrypi,pico-gpio

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico GPIO Port1 1

raspberrypi,pico-gpio-port

I2C

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico I2C2

raspberrypi,pico-i2c

Interrupt controller

on-chip

Hazard3 interrupt controller1

hazard3,hazard3-intc

LED strip

on-board

The pio node configured for ws28121

worldsemi,ws2812-rpi_pico-pio

Miscellaneous

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico PIO2 1

raspberrypi,pico-pio

MTD

on-chip

Flash node1

soc-nv-flash

Pin control

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico Pin Controller1

raspberrypi,pico-pinctrl

PWM

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico PWM1

raspberrypi,pico-pwm

Reset controller

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico Reset Controller1

raspberrypi,pico-reset

Sensors

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico family temperature sensor node1

raspberrypi,pico-temp

Serial controller

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico UART1 1

raspberrypi,pico-uart

SPI

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico SPI1 1

raspberrypi,pico-spi

SRAM

on-chip

Generic on-chip SRAM1

mmio-sram

Timer

on-chip

RISC-V Machine Timer1

riscv,machine-timer

USB

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico USB Device Controller1

raspberrypi,pico-usbd

Watchdog

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico Watchdog1

raspberrypi,pico-watchdog

rp2350_zero/rp2350a/m33 target

Type

Location

Description

Compatible

CPU

on-chip

ARM Cortex-M33 CPU2

arm,cortex-m33

ADC

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico ADC1

raspberrypi,pico-adc

Clock control

on-chip

The representation of Raspberry Pi Pico’s clock11 2

raspberrypi,pico-clock

on-chip

The representation of Raspberry Pi Pico’s PLL2

raspberrypi,pico-pll

on-chip

The representation of Raspberry Pi Pico ring oscillator1

raspberrypi,pico-rosc

on-chip

The representation of Raspberry Pi Pico external oscillator1

raspberrypi,pico-xosc

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico clock controller node1

raspberrypi,pico-clock-controller

Counter

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico timer1 1

raspberrypi,pico-timer

DMA

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico DMA1

raspberrypi,pico-dma

Flash controller

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico flash controller1

raspberrypi,pico-flash-controller

GPIO & Headers

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico GPIO1

raspberrypi,pico-gpio

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico GPIO Port1 1

raspberrypi,pico-gpio-port

I2C

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico I2C2

raspberrypi,pico-i2c

Interrupt controller

on-chip

ARMv8-M NVIC (Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller)1

arm,v8m-nvic

LED strip

on-board

The pio node configured for ws28121

worldsemi,ws2812-rpi_pico-pio

Miscellaneous

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico PIO2 1

raspberrypi,pico-pio

MTD

on-chip

Flash node1

soc-nv-flash

Pin control

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico Pin Controller1

raspberrypi,pico-pinctrl

PWM

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico PWM1

raspberrypi,pico-pwm

Reset controller

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico Reset Controller1

raspberrypi,pico-reset

Sensors

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico family temperature sensor node1

raspberrypi,pico-temp

Serial controller

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico UART1 1

raspberrypi,pico-uart

SPI

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico SPI1 1

raspberrypi,pico-spi

SRAM

on-chip

Generic on-chip SRAM1

mmio-sram

Timer

on-chip

ARMv8-M System Tick1

arm,armv8m-systick

USB

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico USB Device Controller1

raspberrypi,pico-usbd

Watchdog

on-chip

Raspberry Pi Pico Watchdog1

raspberrypi,pico-watchdog

Pin Mapping

The peripherals of the RP2350 SoC can be routed to various pins on the board. The configuration of these routes can be modified through DTS. Please refer to the datasheet to see the possible routings for each peripheral.

For detailed hardware information, see the RP2350-Zero – Waveshare Wiki.

Default Zephyr Peripheral Mapping:

  • UART0_TX : P0

  • UART0_RX : P1

  • I2C0_SDA : P4

  • I2C0_SCL : P5

  • I2C1_SDA : P6

  • I2C1_SCL : P7

  • ADC_CH0 : P26

  • ADC_CH1 : P27

  • ADC_CH2 : P28

  • ADC_CH3 : P29

Programming and Debugging

The rp2350_zero board supports the runners and associated west commands listed below.

flash debug attach rtt debugserver
openocd ✅ (default) ✅ (default)
probe-rs
uf2

Flashing

Using UF2

Here is an example of building the sample for driving the built-in RGB led.

west build -b rp2350_zero/rp2350a/m33 samples/drivers/led/led_strip

You can flash the RP2350-Zero with an UF2 file. One option is to use West (Zephyr’s meta-tool). To enter the UF2 flashing mode just keep the BOOT button pressed while you connect the USB port, it will appear on the host as a mass storage device. Alternatively, with the board already connected via USB you can keep the BOOT button pressed, press and release RESET, release BOOT. At this point you can flash the image file by running:

west flash

Alternatively, you can locate the generated file at build/zephyr/zephyr.uf2 file and simply drag-and-drop to the device after entering the UF2 flashing mode.

References