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doe_eyes ◴[] No.41192510[source]
I think it's a good way to introduce these chips, and it's a great project, but the author's (frankly weird) beef with STM32H7 is detracting from the point they're trying to make:

> So, in conclusion, go replan all your STM32H7 projects with RP2350, save money, headaches, and time.

STM32H7 chips can run much faster and have a wider selection of peripherals than RP2350. RP2350 excels in some other dimensions, including the number of (heterogenous) cores. Either way, this is nowhere near apples-to-apples.

Further, they're not the only Cortex-M7 vendor, so if the conclusion is that STM32H7 sucks (it mostly doesn't), it doesn't follow that you should be instead using Cortex-M33 on RPi. You could be going with Microchip (hobbyist-friendly), NXP (preferred by many commercial buyers), or a number of lesser-known manufacturers.

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Archit3ch ◴[] No.41193627[source]
> STM32H7 chips can run much faster

STM32H7 tops out at 600MHz. This has 2x 300MHz at 2-3 cycles/op FP64. So maybe your applications can fit into this?

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spacedcowboy ◴[] No.41194219[source]
I'm seeing several statements of 2x300MHz, but the page [1] says 2x150MHz M33's..

I know the RP2040's overclock a lot but these are significantly more complex chips, it seems less likely they'll overclock to 2x the base frequency.

[1] https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-pico-2-our-new...

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mrandish ◴[] No.41196360[source]
TFA states extensive 300Mhz OC with no special effort (and he's been evaluating pre-release versions for a year).

"It overclocks insanely well. I’ve been running the device at 300MHz in all of my projects with no issues at all."

Also

"Disclaimer: I was not paid or compensated for this article in any way. I was not asked to write it. I did not seek or obtain any approval from anyone to say anything I said. My early access to the RP2350 was not conditional on me saying something positive (or anything at all) about it publicly."

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1. spacedcowboy ◴[] No.41196786[source]
Thanks, I missed that.