Board Support Package For Raspberry Pi Pico & Arduino RP2040 Nano Connect
Introduction
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Raspberry Pi Pico
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Arduino RP2040 Nano Connect |
This board support package (BSP) supports Raspberry Pi Pico and Arduino RP2040 Nano Connect development boards. It is based on Raspberry Pi Pico SDK and uses ARM compiler tool chain for generating required binaries. This BSP supports multi-core programming on these boards. Most of the processing blocks are executed on Core-0 and the communication blocks (Serial, SPI and I2C) are provided with an option (_Execution Thread) for selecting execution core
Getting Started
· Create model and build to generate required binary.
· Refer below for programming and debugging support.
General Usage Notes
· PWM resolution can be adjustable for individual PWM slices during modeling.
Arduino RP2040 Usage Notes
· WiFi NINA latest firmware version used is 1.4.5 with corresponding library version 1.8.10.
· Refer Arduino RP2040 Nano Connect OEM reference documentation for any booting or programming related issues.
· If user wants to execute USB serial on core-2 of Arduino RP2040 Nano Connect board then he/she has to add DISABLE_DEFAULT_SERIAL pre-processor definition in Setup Simulation > Pre-Proc Defs. label.
· During debugging, user has to connect to serial terminal from PC within 5sec from pressing the reset button on the board.
· LEDRGB on WiFiNINA works best when simulation time step is less than 5 msec.
· PWM resolution is 8-bit for WiFiNINA LEDR, LEDG & LEDB.
· On some boards +5V is available on pin VIN instead of pin marked as +5V.
Board Configuration
· General Configuration
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Configuration Parameter |
Parameter Values for RaspberryPi_Pico |
Parameter Values for Arduino RP2040 Nano Connect |
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Board Title |
RaspberryPi_Pico |
Arduino RP2040 Connect |
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Tool Chain Type |
Local Build |
Local Build |
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Board Preprocessor Symbol |
_BUILD_BRD_RPI_PICO |
_BUILD_BRD_ARD_RP2040_CONNECT |
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Platform Preprocessor Symbol |
_BUILD_PLT_ARD |
_BUILD_PLT_ARD |
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Compiler Preprocessor Symbol |
_BUILD_CMP_ARM_GCC |
_BUILD_CMP_ARM_GCC |
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C++11 Standard Support |
No |
No |
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Debug Support |
Yes |
Yes |
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File System Support |
No |
No |
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OpenMP/OpenCL/CUDA Support |
No/No/No |
No/No/No |
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Simulation Panel Support |
No |
No |
· Hardware Configuration
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Configuration Parameter |
Parameter Values for RaspberryPi_Pico |
Parameter Values for Arduino RP2040 Nano Connect |
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Number of CPU cores |
2 |
2 |
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Dynamic Memory Support |
Yes |
Yes |
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Prefer Fixed/Floating Point |
Floating Point |
Floating Point |
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DI/DO Pins |
GP0[0], GP1[1], GP2[2], GP3[3], GP4[4], GP5[5], GP6[6], GP7[7], GP8[8], GP9[9], GP10[10], GP11[11], GP12[12], GP13[13], GP14[14], GP15[15], GP16[16], GP17[17], GP18[18], GP19[19], GP20[20], GP21[21], GP22[22], GP25(LED)[25] |
D0[D0], D1[D1], D2[D2], D3[D3], D4[D4], D5[D5], D6[D6], D7[D7], D8[D8], D9[D9], D10[D10], D11[D11], D12[D12], D13 (LED)[D13], D14[D14], D15[D15], D16[D16], D17[D17], LEDR (WiFiNINA)[27], LEDG (WiFiNINA)[25], LEDB (WiFiNINA)[26] |
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ADC Default Resolution |
12 |
12 |
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ADC Pins |
GP26(A0)[26], GP27(A1)[27], GP28(A2)[28], TEMP(A3)[29] |
A0[A0], A1[A1], A2[A2], A3[A3], A4 (WiFiNINA)[A4], A5 (WiFiNINA)[A5], A6 (WiFiNINA)[A6], A7 (WiFiNINA)[A7] |
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PWM Default Resolution |
10 |
12 |
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PWM Pins |
GP0[0], GP1[1], GP2[2], GP3[3], GP4[4], GP5[5], GP6[6], GP7[7], GP8[8], GP9[9], GP10[10], GP11[11], GP12[12], GP13[13], GP14[14], GP16[16], GP17[17], GP18[18], GP19[19], GP20[20], GP21[21], GP22[22], GP25(LED)[25] |
D0[D0], D1[D1], D2[D2], D3[D3], D4[D4], D5[D5], D6[D6], D7[D7], D8[D8], D9[D9], D10[D10], D11[D11], D12[D12], D13 (LED)[D13], D14[D14], D15[D15], D16[D16], D17[D17], LEDR (WiFiNINA)[LEDR], LEDG (WiFiNINA)[LEDG], LEDB (WiFiNINA)[LEDB] |
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DAC Default Resolution |
- |
- |
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DAC Pins |
- |
- |
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UART0 Pins |
Via USB Programmer Port |
Via USB Programmer Port |
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UART1 Pins |
TX1(GP0), RX1(GP1) |
Refer above figure |
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UART2 Pins |
TX2(GP4), RX2(GP5) |
- |
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UART3 Pins |
- |
- |
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SPI0 Pins |
SCK(GP18), MOSI(GP19), MISO(GP20), SS(21) |
Refer above figure |
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SPI1 Pins |
SCK(GP10), MOSI(GP11), MISO(GP12), SS(13) |
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I2C0 Pins |
SCL(GP17), SDA(GP16) |
Refer above figure |
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I2C1 Pins |
SCL(GP3), SDA(GP2) |
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Onboard IMU and Microphone on Arduino RP2040 Nano Connect |
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Supported with dedicated block. |
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Onboard WiFi |
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Implemented through TargetHw_Wifi101 block |
Programmer
CASP supports Programmer0 (using python3.exe) for uploading generated binary file to the board.
Debugging
Debugging is supported over USB serial.
Known Issues & Limitations
· These boards seldom freeze and may even fail to be recognized by USB from the host computer. Please refer to manufacturer web site on how to trouble shoot during such situation. When such situation occurs for Raspberry Pi Pico boards then typical workaround to make the board work again is as described below
- Press the reset button on the board while powering it up.
- The board’s flash memory should now appear as a drive on the host computer.
- Take a valid binary file with extension *.uf2 or make a simple LED blink model in CASP and copy the generated uf2 file from the project /build/bin directory to the drive.
- The board should now automatically reset and should work again.
· Raspberry Pi Pico compiler has issues with some of the CASP’s data routing blocks. This may at times result in freezing of the board. In such cases refer above procedure on how make the board work again. Workaround the make such blocks work is to manually order these blocks to run at starting or ending in the block execution order. Option for manual ordering is available on the right click block options.