RP2350B board for breadboard with all pins available

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I was hoping to find an RP2350B based board that gives access to all of the pins, in a form that works well in a breadboard. I pictured something like a 64 pin DIP chip (or however many pins it takes), similar to the Pi Pico or Pi Pico 2, but longer.

Are there any plans to make a board like that?

I’m not really interested in any of the current offerings for the RP2350B. The Pico Plus 2 only adds a few more pins above what the standard Pi Pico 2 has, and does it via some odd little connectors, which I see as far from ideal. The PGA2350 isn’t in a form that can be used directly with a breadboard and doesn’t even have a USB connector.

I personally don’t really care that the RP2350B boards have extra memory because the standard RP2350 based Pi Pico 2 already has more than I’m likely to need in a project. My interest is in the extra GPIO pins, especially the extra ADCs. I want a Pico 2 2350B version that just plugs into a breadboard and gives me access to all of them, without extra cables, connectors or flying DuPont wires to pins on the end of the board.

I realise it takes money and resources to make such a thing but it seems to me it would be a more popular choice than what’s currently on offer. I wondered if WaveShare might make something like that, but so far they haven’t. I’d prefer one made by Pimoroni though - and of course with a USB-C connector, not a micro USB one like on the Pico 2.

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I’d say its doable. The question becomes, will they sell enough to justify the cost of making it?
A board that is double the length of a Pico / Pico 2 would be the way I’d go if I was making one. Keep the same pinout as before on the first half, then bring out all the extra pins on the extended part, plus grounds. It would then be breadboard friendly.

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I think about 50% longer would do it. I’m not sure how necessary all the extra ground pins really are, on the Pi Pico / Pi Pico 2 format boards. I would guess they could lose a couple of those, if needed.

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I would defo buy one if all the pins were broken out, i have a project in mind to use them all and some would like the maxed out version with wifi and extra flash and ram, basically a pico plus2W with additional pins

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