Where can I find the Pimoroni .uf2 for the Pico Plus 2?
It should be in the Pimoroni-pico github repo, but thereās no sign theyāve released one for that board yet. In fairness, it doesnāt ship for a week and a bit.
EDIT: I missed that Pimoroniās Pico Plus 2 is in stock today. Iām sure their Micropython UF2 will be out soon.
I ordered one yesterday and hope it appears before the new board pops through the letterbox.
Thinking about it, Pimoroni need Micropython to release a version of base MP for the RP2350 before Pimoroni can add all of their stuff to it. Micropython have a preview firmware for the Pico 2, so, it hopefully wonāt be long before there is a full release.
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I was looking for the Micro Python release as you typed in your reply.
Found it here, MicroPython - Python for microcontrollers
Firmware
Preview builds
v1.24.0-preview.201.g269a0e0e1 (2024-08-09) .uf2
(These are automatic builds of the development branch for the next release)
Firmware (RISC-V CPU mode)
No releases are available for this board.
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Just found this, pimoroni/pimoroni-pico-rp2350 (github.com)
Board MicroPython Flavour Download Link Notes
Pico Plus 2 pico_plus2_rp2350 TBC Does not enable PSRAM
Pico Plus 2 PSRAM pico_plus2_rp2350_psram TBC ā ļø Experimental: Enables PSRAM
Plasma 2350 plasma2350 TBC
Tiny 2350 tiny2350 TBC
PGA2350 pico2b_rp2350 TBC Requires the "B" variant for extra pins
Pi Pico 2 pico2_rp2350 TBC This gives you the Pimoroni Pico libs on a vanilla Pico 2
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Iāve got the Basic MicroPython uf2 for the Pico2 but will need a Pimoroni version to access the āextrasā on their Plus version.
Yep, pirate brand MicroPython builds for RP2350 boards should appear here (when @gadgetoid is done wrangling them!): GitHub - pimoroni/pimoroni-pico-rp2350
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Iām (im)patiently awaiting the wrangling ;-)
I have the Pico 2 plus I can load the firmware with PSRAM enabled and the vanilla firmware form pi but the non psram version wonāt work.
I also have aplasma2350 but the plasma firmware dosenāt load, again the pico plus 2 with PSRAM works.
I know its early days so will wait for updates.
Two hours after I posted version 0.0.2 was released, these all work. Now enjoying playing with my Plasma2350 start kit.
Thank you Pimoroni.
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Just wanted to double check - if I load the Pico Plus 2 PSRAM uf2 which is labelled as experimental it canāt damage the Pico Plus 2 board, can it? Itās just it might not work as expected. Is that correct? Thanks
Iāve got a Pico 2 and a Pico Plus 2 and have installed the preview MicroPython UF2 and hit a snag with the device crashing without an error message and breaking the link to the Shell in Thonny.
You can what is going on here:
Pico 2 Micropython problem - Raspberry Pi Forums
and here:
Raspberry Pi Pico 2 Ā· micropython Ā· Discussion #15621 Ā· GitHub
It is always āfunā when the hardware arrives before the working software!
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With the usual caveats (ānever say neverā, and so on) itās extremely unlikely to brick a Pico with a bad uf2.
Take it from someone who has created many, many bad uf2sā¦ :-)
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If problems arenāt reported they never get fixed.
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YAY! Go Gadgetoid! Got all three of the boards I ordered working now :-)
Still no release version of the Pico 2 UF2 - only a preview. Gadgetoid needs a stable release, v1.24, before it is worth adding his magic for the new boards.
What were you using when connected to the pico plus 2 ?. Iāve been using a Mac with the pimoroni psram (experimental) and thus far no issues with whatās been thrown at it, and a hefty amount of free memory being reported š
Pimoroni psram (experimental) Thank I will give it a try
Iām currently using a Microsoft PC with Thonny and the preview MicroPython UF2 from MicroPython.org. I have both a Pimoroni Pico Plus 2 and a Pico2.
Iāve a installed the Pimoroni psram (experimental) UF2 and it runs very well driving a Pico Display 2.0".
Iām having a major problem getting Thonny v4.1.4 to recognise the Pico Plus 2 after the PC has been turned off. It just jumps to Python 3 and will not find the Pico2.
I hope Thonny will provide an update which will recognise the new boards.