Pi Pico 2 released. First looks, flashing and simple speed tests.

There's a new pico in town - and a new chip! SpiderMaf gets his hands on one of the new pi picos - drops on the firmare - has a look and does a simple speed comparison.
You can buy/back order a Pico 2 at:
thepihut.com/p...
IF they are sold out there check Pimoroni which may or may not be the same place!
Wave to my other SpiderChums and tell them I sent you at:
@TerrainbyAaron @CraftRedux @bots2beasts @AndyMecha @morriganscreations

[@TerrainbyAaron]

Your already a big TH-camr. Your dropping videos faster than me now🤣😂

[@spidermaf]

Well the last two have had awful stats - so I went back to my roots.

[@SpeccyMan]

That should be you're (the contraction of "you are") and not your (the possessive form). Back to school! 😁
An example:
You're obviously not too clear about the difference between your you're and your your. Clear? 🤣

[@JohnJones-oy3md]

Amazing how cheap this sort of kit has gotten. BTW, setting the counter to a much higher number would give you the opportunity to time the flashes to allow you to better gauge the speed difference. Just a thought.

[@spidermaf]

Yeah. That's a nice idea. I just wanted to do something visual and familiar.. I'll leave the science to the benchmarking guys 👦 thanks for your comment.

[@SpeccyMan]

... has become.

[@ivolol]

Nah, shortish makes for easy counting. Count how many flashes each does in 20 seconds, and you can work how their speed difference.

[@TooSlowTube]

RISC-V is an open source CPU design, which we'll start to see more and more of. For programming in C++ or Python, it doesn't make a lot of difference which type of core we use because the performance of the ARM M33 cores is apparently quite similar to the RISC-V ones.

[@CraftRedux]

I want to pop that little reset button off of both boards and make them into robot ears. You dont mind right?

[@spidermaf]

Be my guest

[@maoyiyuan3222]

It might be easier to design a timer to compare the speed of the Pico and Pico 2.

[@spidermaf]

Definitely.. like when I did a counter which stored the time on the internal flash to see how long a battery lasted powering a Pico.

[@SpeccyMan]

Pre-order be damned. I've just taken delivery of 2 new Pico 2 from Pimoroni. 😉

[@spidermaf]

Yay!