To upload your first sketch, you will need to hold the BOOTSEL button down while plugging in the Pico to your computer. If you follow their step-by-step you will also have a fully functionalĬMake-based environment to build Pico apps on if you outgrow the Arduino Tom’s Hardware presented a very nice writeup on installing arduino-pico onīoth Windows and Linux, available at Tom’s Hardware. To install via GIT (for latest and greatest versions):

Type “pico” in the search box and select “Add”: Go to Tools->Boards->Board Manager in the IDE In the dialog that pops up, enter the following URL in the “Additional Boards Manager URLs” field: Open up the Arduino IDE and go to File->Preferences. To ensure needed device drivers are present. Out the 2.0 beta Arduino please install the release 1.8 version beforehand Otherwise the Pico board may not be detected. and allow it to install any device drivers Use the “Windows ZIP” or plain “Windows” executable (EXE) downloadĭirect from. The actual Arduino application because it has issues detecting attached Picoīoards. Note for Windows Users: Please do not use the Windows Store version of Latest pre-release versions and submit improvements, you will need the git The Boards Manager installation will suffice, but if you want to try the If you want to simply write programs for your RP2040 board, The Arduino-Pico core can be installed using the Arduino IDE Boards Manager Debugging with Picoprobe/pico-debug, OpenOCD, and GDB.

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