Raspberry Pi Pico 2

The Raspberry Pi Pico 2 is a tiny development board based on the Raspberry Pi RP2350 microcontroller.

Interfaces

Interface Hardware Supported TinyGo Support
GPIO YES YES
UART YES YES
SPI YES YES
I2C YES YES
ADC YES YES
PWM YES YES
USBDevice YES YES

Pins

Pin Hardware pin Alternative names I2C PWM
GP0 GPIO0 UART0_TX_PIN, UART_TX_PIN I2C0 (SDA) PWM0 (channel A)
GP1 GPIO1 UART0_RX_PIN, UART_RX_PIN I2C0 (SCL) PWM0 (channel B)
GP2 GPIO2 I2C1_SDA_PIN I2C1 (SDA) PWM1 (channel A)
GP3 GPIO3 I2C1_SCL_PIN I2C1 (SCL) PWM1 (channel B)
GP4 GPIO4 I2C0_SDA_PIN I2C0 (SDA) PWM2 (channel A)
GP5 GPIO5 I2C0_SCL_PIN I2C0 (SCL) PWM2 (channel B)
GP6 GPIO6 I2C1 (SDA) PWM3 (channel A)
GP7 GPIO7 I2C1 (SCL) PWM3 (channel B)
GP8 GPIO8 UART1_TX_PIN I2C0 (SDA) PWM4 (channel A)
GP9 GPIO9 UART1_RX_PIN I2C0 (SCL) PWM4 (channel B)
GP10 GPIO10 SPI1_SCK_PIN I2C1 (SDA) PWM5 (channel A)
GP11 GPIO11 SPI1_SDO_PIN I2C1 (SCL) PWM5 (channel B)
GP12 GPIO12 SPI1_SDI_PIN I2C0 (SDA) PWM6 (channel A)
GP13 GPIO13 I2C0 (SCL) PWM6 (channel B)
GP14 GPIO14 I2C1 (SDA) PWM7 (channel A)
GP15 GPIO15 I2C1 (SCL) PWM7 (channel B)
GP16 GPIO16 SPI0_SDI_PIN I2C0 (SDA) PWM0 (channel A)
GP17 GPIO17 I2C0 (SCL) PWM0 (channel B)
GP18 GPIO18 SPI0_SCK_PIN I2C1 (SDA) PWM1 (channel A)
GP19 GPIO19 SPI0_SDO_PIN I2C1 (SCL) PWM1 (channel B)
GP20 GPIO20 I2C0 (SDA) PWM2 (channel A)
GP21 GPIO21 I2C0 (SCL) PWM2 (channel B)
GP22 GPIO22 PWM3 (channel A)
GP26 GPIO26 ADC0 I2C1 (SDA) PWM5 (channel A)
GP27 GPIO27 ADC1 I2C1 (SCL) PWM5 (channel B)
GP28 GPIO28 ADC2 PWM6 (channel A)
LED GPIO25 PWM4 (channel B)
ADC3 GPIO29 PWM6 (channel B)

Machine Package Docs

Documentation for the machine package for the Pico

Flashing

UF2

The Pico 2 comes with the UF2 bootloader already installed.

CLI Flashing

  • Flash your TinyGo program to the board using this command:

    tinygo flash -target=pico2 [PATH TO YOUR PROGRAM] 
  • The Pico 2 board should restart and then begin running your program.

Troubleshooting

Any troubleshooting tips go here.

Notes

You can use the USB port to the Pico 2 as a serial port.

TinyGo has support for the RP2350’s on-board Programmable Input/Output (PIO) block.

For more informantion, see https://github.com/tinygo-org/pio

Last modified September 23, 2025: microcontrollers: add I2C to listed pins (d91f731)