{
 "id": "deepsleep-on-rp2350-is-a-full-reset-only",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "deepsleep() on RP2350 is a full reset \u2014 only the flash filesystem survives, and it costs about 1.2s of overhead",
 "symptom": "Code written expecting deep sleep to be a pause rather than a reboot fails on wake with NameError on its own globals, finds its peripherals back at defaults, and finds the clock reset to an epoch date.",
 "hw": [
  "rp2350",
  "pico2"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "micropython"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Use deep sleep between infrequent sensor readings and know what the program can rely on when it wakes",
 "date": "2026-08-19",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}