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Is RP2040 completely open though?

• jsheard 6y ago
  As far as I know the RP2040 has no secrets, everything is documented in public: https://datasheets.raspberrypi.org/rp2040/rp2040-datasheet.pdf https://datasheets.raspberrypi.org/rp2040/rp2040-datasheet.p... Realistically a Pi Linux SoC would probably be more open than Broadcom hardware, but not completely open. IP blocks they license from 3rd parties (e.g. the GPU) may still have NDA strings attached, and the wireless firmware would still need to be an untinkerable black box to get regulatory approval. It would still be a step up from Broadcom who won't give you anything until you sign an NDA and commit to buying 10 million units and offer up your firstborn child.