diff --git a/meshtastic/supported_device.py b/meshtastic/supported_device.py
index 80356941e..a42a95cd1 100755
--- a/meshtastic/supported_device.py
+++ b/meshtastic/supported_device.py
@@ -28,9 +28,18 @@ def __init__(
         self.for_firmware = for_firmware
         self.device_class = device_class  # could be "nrf52"
 
+        def _norm_usb_id(usb_id):
+            """lower case, no "0x" prefix, zero-padded to 4 hex digits"""
+            if not usb_id:
+                return usb_id
+            usb_id = usb_id.strip().lower()
+            if usb_id.startswith("0x"):
+                usb_id = usb_id[2:]
+            return usb_id.zfill(4)
+
         # when you run "lsusb -d xxxx:" in linux
-        self.usb_vendor_id_in_hex = usb_vendor_id_in_hex  # store in lower case
-        self.usb_product_id_in_hex = usb_product_id_in_hex  # store in lower case
+        self.usb_vendor_id_in_hex = _norm_usb_id(usb_vendor_id_in_hex)
+        self.usb_product_id_in_hex = _norm_usb_id(usb_product_id_in_hex)
 
         self.baseport_on_linux = baseport_on_linux  # ex: ttyUSB or ttyACM
         self.baseport_on_mac = baseport_on_mac
@@ -231,6 +240,18 @@ def __init__(
 
 
 
+pico2 = SupportedDevice(
+    name="Raspberry Pi Pico 2",
+    version="",
+    for_firmware="pico2",
+    device_class="rp2350",
+    baseport_on_linux="ttyACM",
+    baseport_on_mac="cu.usbmodem",
+    baseport_on_windows="COM",
+    usb_vendor_id_in_hex="2e8a",
+    usb_product_id_in_hex="000f",
+)
+
 supported_devices = [
     tbeam_v0_7,
     tbeam_v1_1,
@@ -252,4 +273,5 @@ def __init__(
     nano_g1,
     seeed_xiao_s3,
     tdeck,  # T-Deck support added
+    pico2,
 ]
diff --git a/meshtastic/tests/test_supported_device.py b/meshtastic/tests/test_supported_device.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a07cadf3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meshtastic/tests/test_supported_device.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+"""Meshtastic unit tests for supported_device.py"""
+
+import pytest
+
+from meshtastic.supported_device import SupportedDevice
+
+
+@pytest.mark.unit
+def test_usb_ids_are_normalized():
+    """VID/PID are stored lower case, without 0x, padded to 4 digits"""
+    sd = SupportedDevice(name="x", usb_vendor_id_in_hex="0x2E8A", usb_product_id_in_hex="F")
+    assert sd.usb_vendor_id_in_hex == "2e8a"
+    assert sd.usb_product_id_in_hex == "000f"
+    assert SupportedDevice(name="y").usb_vendor_id_in_hex is None
diff --git a/meshtastic/tests/test_util.py b/meshtastic/tests/test_util.py
index 830311a2e..b2aa4575c 100644
--- a/meshtastic/tests/test_util.py
+++ b/meshtastic/tests/test_util.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import pytest
 from hypothesis import given, strategies as st
 
+from meshtastic import supported_device
 from meshtastic.supported_device import SupportedDevice
 from meshtastic.protobuf import mesh_pb2, config_pb2
 from meshtastic.util import (
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@
     fromStr,
     generate_channel_hash,
     genPSK256,
+    get_devices_with_vendor_id,
+    get_unique_vendor_ids,
     hexstr,
     ipstr,
     is_windows11,
@@ -974,3 +977,11 @@ def test_flags_from_list_roundtrip(flags):
     # but for combinations of known non-zero flags it should return the same set of names.
     nonzero_flags = {f for f in flags if _POSITION_FLAGS.Value(f)}
     assert set(decoded) == nonzero_flags
+
+
+@pytest.mark.unit
+def test_pico2_supported_device():
+    """Test that the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 is detected by its vendor id"""
+    assert supported_device.pico2 in get_devices_with_vendor_id("2e8a")
+    assert "2e8a" in get_unique_vendor_ids()
+    assert supported_device.pico2.for_firmware == "pico2"