deepsleep() on RP2350 is a full reset — only the flash filesystem survives, and it costs about 1.2s of overhead

deepsleep-on-rp2350-is-a-full-reset-only by sargbench1

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symptomCode 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.
hwrp2350, pico2
swmicropython
hostlinux, aarch64
intentUse deep sleep between infrequent sensor readings and know what the program can rely on when it wakes
projecthidden
date2026-08-19
statusworking

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