Introduction: How to Program Raspberry Pi Pico With the Arduino IDE

By esclabs
About: I am an electronics hobbyist and I love to share my works with others

In this tutorial. I am going to show you how to upload code to new raspberry pi pico using Arduino IDE

Step 1: Things Needed

  • Raspberry pi pico
  • USB cable
  • Arduino IDE

First add the board manager URL for that go to

Open Arduino IDE then go to files preferences and paste this link

https://github.com/earlephilhower/arduino-pico/releases/download/global/package_rp2040_index.json

On additional board manager URL.

Step 2:

Now go to Tools >Boards >Board Manager

Then search pico in the search box and install it

Now all set. Now we can upload code to pico like any other boards.

Step 3: