[Digi-Key Follow me Issue 1] Task 1: Unboxing and setting up the micropython environment under Mu Editor software

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[Digi-Key Follow me Issue 1] Task 1: Unboxing and setting up the micropython environment under Mu Editor software [Copy link]

 

First, here is a photo of the Pico W and its peripherals:

After the development board is inserted into the computer, a USB disk logo will appear. At this time, you can copy the Pico W firmware package to the corresponding USB disk location. After the upload is complete, the USB disk mode will be exited. At this time, you can open our Mu Editor software, which will allow us to select the development board chip model.

Here we select RP2040, and you will find that a terminal command line will pop up below the software. Then we enter:

print("RP2040")

Output after carriage return

RP2040

This means the environment is set up! You can proceed to the next step of designing and developing the MicroPython program.

From the schematic diagram, we can see that the development board has an LED on board. We will use it to implement the first program for getting started with MicroPython: lighting up an LED

You can observe that the onboard LED of the development board lights up.

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The micropython environment is not complicated to build under Mu Editor software