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This week the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W became available.
The Pico 2 is the successor of the original Pico but now with more memory and a lot faster. You can find a description here:
http://lucstechblog.blogspot.com/2024/08/first-look-at-raspberry-pi-pico2.html
The Pico 2 W is the much anticipated version with Wifi !!!
Unfortunately at the moment of this writing MicroPython is not yet available. But The Arduino language is !!!
Installing the Raspberry Pico 2 W in the Arduino IDE is actually extremely easy.
Make sure you are using the Arduino IDE version 2 or higher.
First step is to click on the Tools drop down menu and select Board and then Boards Manager
In the Boards Manager look for raspberry.
We are especially looking for the Raspberry Pi Pico/RP2040/RP2350 entry by Earle F. Philhower III
In the drop-down menu choose the latest version. Make sure that it is at least version 4.3.0 and install this version or update your previous version by clicking on the appropriate button.
Installing will take a minute, but if things get busy it might take a bit longer as there is a lot of info that needs to get downloaded from the internet.
Now open the Tools menu again, choose the boards section and there choose Raspberry Pi Pico/RP2040/RP2350 and at the top of the list you can see the Raspberry Pi Pico 2W entry.
I did some small tests and everything seems to work like promised, including the wifi section.
Thank you for building this Earle !!!!
Those working with Kubuntu Linux (like me) can find a tutorial on how to program the Pico here:
http://lucstechblog.blogspot.com/2024/09/raspberry-pi-pico2-with-arduino-ide.html
Till next time
have fun
Luc Volders
