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 "id": "time-sleep-ms-on-rp2350-core-1-slows",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "time.sleep_ms() on RP2350 core 1 slows core 0 by nearly 7x \u2014 sleep_us does not",
 "symptom": "Core 0 ran 6.84x slower whenever core 1 sat in time.sleep_ms(), while other forms of waiting cost essentially nothing.",
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  "pico2"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "micropython"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Idle or pace the second core between units of work without harming the first",
 "date": "2026-08-19",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}