![]() ![]() On this installation window, we need to click on the install button to update/install the latest MicroPython firmware into the Raspberry Pi Pico.Īfter installing the Micropython into the Raspberry Pi Pico, the RPI-RP2 drive automatically unmounts itself from the system, and a Micropython REPL interactive shell’s prompt shows into the Shell panel. Now click on ‘Python’ followed by a version number at the bottom-right of the Thonny window to select the Python interpreter "MicroPython (Raspberry Pi Pico)", which one we are using to develop the code for Pico on Thonny IDE.Īfter selecting the "MicroPython (Raspberry Pi Pico)" interpreter, an Installation window will pop up on the screen. Now open the terminal, using the command Ctrl+Alt+T and the type python3 -m thonny to open the Thonny Python IDE and make sure the Raspberry Pi Pico is plugged into the system. Now click on the mounted drive RPI-RP2, and open it. After the Raspberry Pi Pico enters into the bootloader mode, a Mass-storage is mounted with the name of RPI-RP2. For this drag & drop process, we need to plug the USB with Pico while the on-board BOOTSEL button is pressed and held until the Pico gets plugged by the system and then release the BOOTSEL button.Īn onboard BOOTSEL button is used to select the Raspberry Pi Pico to enter into the Bootloader Mass-storage system mode, for uploading the new program firmware or directly writing code in MicroPython. The Raspberry Pi Pico program with the drag-and-drop process. As we already know, we don't need any programmer to program the Raspberry Pi Pico. How to upload Program on Raspberry Pi PicoĪfter downloading and installing the Thonny IDE, now it’s time to connect the Raspberry Pi Pico with the development system to the bootloader. We just need to download and install the IDE according to our development system. In my case, I'm using Python3 on my Ubuntu development system.Īfter installing Python, we need to install the Python IDE “ Thonny” to develop code flawlessly. ![]() To install and write the code on MicroPython, we need to install Python on the Development system. MicroPython is a version of Python, which is written in C and optimized for smaller microcontrollers like Raspberry Pi Pico. I’m using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, to set up the MicroPython environment. Once we understand the hardware, we need a MicroPython software development environment to develop the applications. Setup the MicroPython for Raspberry Pi Pico on Linux Based System The pinout of Raspberry Pi Pico board is shown below. The most disappointing thing is that Raspberry Pi Pico has no hardware reset button on board, but the board has a RUN pin which acts as a reset pin when we short the pin with the Ground. Also, has an on-board LED which one connected with the GPIO25. The most important thing is that we don't need any programmer to program a Raspberry Pi Pico because it works on “Drag-and-Drop” programming using mass storage over USB.Īs we see in the upper image, Raspberry Pi Pico has 40 pinouts and 26 of them are multi-functional GPIOs. Raspberry Pi Pico also supports highly flexible power supply architecture, like micro-USB, external supplies, or batteries. We get a total 26 multi-functional GPIOs that support 3.3v digital I/O with 3 of them also being analog inputs. It has 264KB of SRAM and 2MB of on-board flash storage, but we can extend up to 16MB of off-chip Flash memory via a dedicated Quad-SPI bus. Raspberry Pi Pico comes with Dual-Core ARM Cortex M0+ processor, which can run up to 133MHz. In this tutorial, we will learn, How to Program a Raspberry Pi Pico using MicroPython and understand the basics of the board. Because it has a Dual-Core ARM processor along with GPIO & Digital/Analog peripherals, we can easily create micro to small-scale embedded applications. The Raspberry Pi Pico is a low-cost microcontroller and its price is $4. But 9 long years later, in the year 2021, the Raspberry Pi Foundation introduced us to a microcontroller board, the Raspberry Pi Pico which comes with the Raspberry Pi Foundation's own silicon chip RP2040. In 2012, the Raspberry Pi Foundation introduced us to a single board computer, the Raspberry Pi, which was mainly promoted for teaching the basics of computer science to kids. ![]()
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