{
 "id": "verify-a-silicon-erratum-by-measurement-not-by",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Verify a silicon erratum by measurement, not by decoding the revision field",
 "symptom": "The natural approach is to read the chip revision, look it up against the errata list, and conclude. That gives an expectation, not a result, and it silently fails when a mitigation exists in bootrom rather than silicon, when a board carries unexpected stepping, or when the errata documentation is ambiguous about which revisions are covered.",
 "hw": [
  "rp2350",
  "pico2"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "micropython"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Establish whether a board is affected by a documented hardware erratum",
 "date": "2026-08-19",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}