diff --git a/frontend/src/simulation/RP2040Simulator.ts b/frontend/src/simulation/RP2040Simulator.ts
index cf8d5bff..34bd848d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/simulation/RP2040Simulator.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/simulation/RP2040Simulator.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,14 @@ export class RP2040Simulator {
    */
   public onPinChangeWithTime: ((pin: number, state: boolean, timeMs: number) => void) | null = null;
 
+  /**
+   * Track whether the first byte has been transmitted on each UART since
+   * the firmware booted.  Used to seed the oscilloscope baseline at idle
+   * HIGH the first time a frame goes out, mirroring how real silicon
+   * idles the TX line HIGH once UARTEN is asserted.
+   */
+  private uartTxSeeded: [boolean, boolean] = [false, false];
+
   /**
    * One `I2CBusManager` per hardware I2C controller (RP2040 has two:
    * I2C0/Wire and I2C1/Wire1).  Constructed up-front in the
@@ -424,6 +432,10 @@ export class RP2040Simulator {
       if (this.onSerialData) {
         this.onSerialData(ch);
       }
+      // Synthesize the bit-level waveform on the UART0 TX pin so an
+      // oscilloscope on it sees a real frame — rp2040js doesn't drive the
+      // GPIO when the UART transmits. See emitUartTxFrame().
+      this.emitUartTxFrame(0, value);
     };
 
     // ── Wire UART1 (Serial1) — also forward to onSerialData for now ──
@@ -431,6 +443,7 @@ export class RP2040Simulator {
       if (this.onSerialData) {
         this.onSerialData(String.fromCharCode(value));
       }
+      this.emitUartTxFrame(1, value);
     };
 
     // ── Wire I2C0 and I2C1 ───────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -489,6 +502,84 @@ export class RP2040Simulator {
     this.setupGpioListeners();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Resolve the GPIO index currently routed to a given UART's TX line.
+   *
+   * The RP2040 GPIO function-select register decides which signal each pad
+   * carries; UART has FUNCSEL == 2.  Per datasheet, UART0_TX can land on
+   * GP0 / GP12 / GP16 / GP28 and UART1_TX on GP4 / GP8 / GP20 / GP24.  We
+   * walk the candidates and pick the first whose function select is UART.
+   * If none is mapped (rare — the firmware hasn't called `Serial.begin()`
+   * properly) fall back to the default for that UART (GP0 / GP4).
+   */
+  private rp2040UartTxPin(uartIdx: 0 | 1): number {
+    const FUNCTION_UART = 2;
+    const candidates = uartIdx === 0 ? [0, 12, 16, 28] : [4, 8, 20, 24];
+    if (this.rp2040) {
+      for (const g of candidates) {
+        const pin = this.rp2040.gpio[g];
+        if (pin && (pin as unknown as { functionSelect: number }).functionSelect === FUNCTION_UART) {
+          return g;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return uartIdx === 0 ? 0 : 4;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Synthesize a bit-level UART frame on the TX pin so the oscilloscope
+   * sees a real waveform during `Serial.print` / `Serial1.print`.
+   *
+   * rp2040js's UART peripheral fires `onByte(value)` per transmitted byte
+   * but never toggles the corresponding GPIO — the same gap closed in
+   * AVRSimulator.emitUartTxFrame().  Here we do the same: build the frame
+   * (start LOW + data LSB-first + stop HIGH) using the UART's live
+   * `baudRate` and `bitsPerChar`, then push one transition per bit-change
+   * through `onPinChangeWithTime` so the scope draws the waveform at the
+   * actual silicon-equivalent baud rate.
+   *
+   * Time is taken from the RP2040 clock (nanos counter), matching the
+   * existing GPIO-listener path in `setupGpioListeners()` — UART
+   * waveforms therefore stack consistently with any other pin trace.
+   */
+  private emitUartTxFrame(uartIdx: 0 | 1, byte: number): void {
+    if (!this.rp2040 || !this.onPinChangeWithTime) return;
+    const uart = this.rp2040.uart[uartIdx];
+    if (!uart) return;
+    const baud = uart.baudRate;
+    if (!baud || baud <= 0) return;
+
+    const txPin = this.rp2040UartTxPin(uartIdx);
+    const dataBits = uart.bitsPerChar;
+    const clk = (this.rp2040 as unknown as { clock?: { nanos: number } }).clock;
+    const startMs = clk ? clk.nanos / 1_000_000 : 0;
+    const bitMs = 1000 / baud;
+
+    // First frame after boot: seed an explicit idle HIGH one bit-period
+    // before the start bit so the scope has a HIGH baseline to draw the
+    // start-bit transition against.  Subsequent frames inherit the HIGH
+    // baseline from the previous frame's stop bit.
+    if (!this.uartTxSeeded[uartIdx]) {
+      this.onPinChangeWithTime(txPin, true, Math.max(0, startMs - bitMs));
+      this.uartTxSeeded[uartIdx] = true;
+    }
+
+    const bits: boolean[] = [false]; // start bit
+    for (let i = 0; i < dataBits; i++) {
+      bits.push(((byte >> i) & 1) !== 0);
+    }
+    bits.push(true); // stop bit (rp2040js doesn't expose 2-stop-bit selection
+                     // cleanly; default to 1 — same behaviour as 8N1 sketches)
+
+    let prevState = true;
+    for (let i = 0; i < bits.length; i++) {
+      if (bits[i] !== prevState) {
+        this.onPinChangeWithTime(txPin, bits[i], startMs + i * bitMs);
+        prevState = bits[i];
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   private wireI2C(bus: 0 | 1): void {
     if (!this.rp2040) return;
     const i2c: RPI2C = this.rp2040.i2c[bus];
@@ -615,6 +706,10 @@ export class RP2040Simulator {
       cancelAnimationFrame(this.animationFrame);
       this.animationFrame = null;
     }
+    // Force a new idle-HIGH seed on the next byte: the scope buffer is
+    // typically cleared on stop/start, so the previous run's "seeded"
+    // flag would suppress the baseline sample for the next session.
+    this.uartTxSeeded = [false, false];
     console.log('[RP2040] Simulation stopped');
   }