“These probes are really invaluable especially when dealing with boards like the Pico 2 Plus. This is the third probe I've bought as unfortunately they tend to fail after about a year of constant use.
For Pico not using the SH SWD connector I tend to use a RP2040Zero running DebugProbe firmware instead as a cheaper approach. But perhaps not for those coming new to the platform.
Video of how I use these:
https://youtu.be/5rYwKmTVt4M
https://youtu.be/qNbKqf8ZLKY”
“I went through the chore of making my own debug probe two years ago, but the R Pi debug probe is so neat and compact, and comes with an assortment of connectors for the debug port. I am looking forward to revisiting the R Pi environment and the step-by-step debug faclities.”
“Neat little debugger, comes with a good selection of leads.
The only issue compared to building one your self is there is no way to power the target board from it as far as I can see.”
“This is the second debug probe I have bought from Pimoroni and it is super-useful. My original one is still in regular use and this one will join its sister on my prototyping bench, connected to the Pi400 that I use for general development.”
“Works pretty much as expected, wasn't sure what cables came with it and, as my Pico doesn't have a JTAG connector on it, I ended buying a separate JTAG to pins cable. Up on arrival I discovered the probe came with a cable with a JTAG on one end and sockets on the other that you could use with jumper cables or header pins, so I didn't really need to buy the extra cable.
Either way good to have a spare”
