Under the scope
It all started with me needing to run a quick test on an RP2040 board. Just a simple check. So I asked:
"Hey, do we have any spare RP2040 boards lying around?"
Svavar, my ever-resourceful colleague, rummaged around and handed me a small stack. Among them was a Seeed Studio XIAO RP2040 he described as “pretty much dead.” It overheated almost instantly when plugged in and showed no signs of life over USB. He’d already tried the usual recovery tricks BOOTSEL mode, re-flashing but nothing worked.
Well, not nothing. The LED still lit up.
Naturally, I took that as challenge accepted.
