Pico: Using VS Code and the new Raspberry Pi Pico extension to develop an I2C driver application in C with the help of an AI LLM

RE: Pico: Using VS Code and the new Raspberry Pi Pico extension to develop an I2C driver application in C with the help of an AI LLM

DAB — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 18:30:10 GMT

Well done, thanks.

RE: Pico: Using VS Code and the new Raspberry Pi Pico extension to develop an I2C driver application in C with the help of an AI LLM

shabaz — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:48:33 GMT

Nice work! Nice looking board too.

Glad you got to try the SDK too, you'll be pleasantly surprised that it's functionality all round is pretty good, and documentation is not bad either (although I wish they had example code snippets for each function right in the documentation, rather than just in example code files). Fortunately as you say, AI tools are very good for building up the necessary bits of code themselves to get going.

I use some form of AI on almost anything I code now (usually just to guide things along, to reveal API functions that I might not have thought of using, and for doing the mundane work like figuring out quick ways to do whatever bits and bytes manipulations I may need.

I'm glad you've got your environment sorted for developing with VS Code, there's always some hiccups in setting that up usually!

RE: Pico: Using VS Code and the new Raspberry Pi Pico extension to develop an I2C driver application in C with the help of an AI LLM

ralphjy — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:57:34 GMT

I'll have to give this a try. I also am not too adventurous when it comes to coding. I've had my share of woes dealing with version compatibilities and dependencies when dealing with SDKs (especially early ones). I've been using the Arduino IDE with Earle Philhower's libraries for my Pico development but haven't done much with the Pico 2 yet.

I've also been slow trying all the new AI code generation tools. I have tried chatGPT since I had been using it to help with searches. It helps me get syntax right when switching between coding languages but as far as getting working code - I think I've taught it more than I've learned. It is great for getting ideas. I'll have to try Gemini and some of the other platforms.

RE: Pico: Using VS Code and the new Raspberry Pi Pico extension to develop an I2C driver application in C with the help of an AI LLM

robogary — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:08:55 GMT

congrats. Early adopters aren't all the glamour they're cracked up to be :-) Patience is a virtue