I am currently doing a project with the Raspberry Pi Pico that is very software heavy (I am essentially creating my own operating system).
My current setup is two Raspberry Pi Pico chips on a breadboard without any peripherals.
One of them is connected to my computer with USB and runs the debug-probe software:
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My current setup is very messy because there are a bunch of lose cables and I want to simplify my setup.
Optionally, it's one board that is connected to my computer via USB.
I've considered the following options:
1. Use a "perfboard" and solder everything.
2. Design a custom PCB and order it from a manufacturer (this is probably what I am going to do, if I can't find anything)
3. I think it's possible to run the debug probe on the chip itself, however, I want to use both cores, this wouldn't work for me.
4. Find some development board that already has this setup (either two pico chips hooked up together or one pico with an external debugger on the same board).
I tried searching for an existing board that does this, but I couldn't find anything. I don't really care if it has a bunch of other things, but it needs to have a pico chip (doesn't matter if Pico 1 or Pico 2) and some sort of external debugger that can be hooked up via USB. It could even be an unofficial RP2040 or RP2350 variant.
Any ideas?
My current setup is two Raspberry Pi Pico chips on a breadboard without any peripherals.
One of them is connected to my computer with USB and runs the debug-probe software:
My current setup is very messy because there are a bunch of lose cables and I want to simplify my setup.
Optionally, it's one board that is connected to my computer via USB.
I've considered the following options:
1. Use a "perfboard" and solder everything.
2. Design a custom PCB and order it from a manufacturer (this is probably what I am going to do, if I can't find anything)
3. I think it's possible to run the debug probe on the chip itself, however, I want to use both cores, this wouldn't work for me.
4. Find some development board that already has this setup (either two pico chips hooked up together or one pico with an external debugger on the same board).
I tried searching for an existing board that does this, but I couldn't find anything. I don't really care if it has a bunch of other things, but it needs to have a pico chip (doesn't matter if Pico 1 or Pico 2) and some sort of external debugger that can be hooked up via USB. It could even be an unofficial RP2040 or RP2350 variant.
Any ideas?
Statistics: Posted by asynts — Mon Jan 26, 2026 9:54 pm