Adventures with the Raspberry Pi pico - part 1

RE: Adventures with the Raspberry Pi pico - part 1

neilk — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:08:34 GMT

https://datasheets.raspberrypi.org/pico/getting-started-with-pico.pdf

Has been revised and sections renumbered since I wrote the blog. I have edited the blog to reflect the changes.

Neil

RE: Adventures with the Raspberry Pi pico - part 1

DAB — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 19:43:21 GMT

Good first step.

DAB

RE: Adventures with the Raspberry Pi pico - part 1

michaelkellett — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 17:48:30 GMT

Hello Neil,

Great - I got there once from command line but never from VS - there are some things I don't think I set up quite right so I'll try again when I get time.

RE: Adventures with the Raspberry Pi pico - part 1

shabaz — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 17:20:13 GMT

Hi Neil,

This is great, thanks for testing out the steps, and clarifying things, especially with the parts I had not covered, like Python, compiler and so on. Also glad to hear the executable finally worked! I had not tried that, due to not having a Pico yet.

I'll insert a link to your blog post in mine, in case anyone hits that blog post and will need the additional detail.

EDIT: also just re-reading your notes, you mention the BOOTSEL button needs to be pressed. I'd not realized that (coming from Mbed familiarity, that always has the USB drive letter present, it uses a separate processor for that). I'll update my blog post on that point too.

RE: Adventures with the Raspberry Pi pico - part 1

dubbie — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 17:16:51 GMT

Neil,

This is all very good stuff. I am tempted to have a go at 'doing' C on the Pico myself as I prefer C. It does look kind of complicated but perhaps I'll give it a go.

Also, where did you get your Pico from? The only ones I have been able to find have been at least £14 and I'm not that keen. Where are the $4 ones?

Dubbie