Paspberry Pi Pico - Getting Started

schematic from raspberrypi.org

On ADC 04 is a temperature sensor.
The on board LED is on GP 25.
To reset short the RUN pin low.

Raspberry Pi Pico Python SDK

Plug in the RP Pico with pressed BOOTESL button.
Download the Pico Firmware:

wget "https://micropython.org/resources/firmware/rp2-pico-20210510-unstable-v1.15-89-gd0de16266.uf2"

Copy it to the RP Pico

start minicom

 $ minicom -o -D /dev/ttyACM0

press Enter

 >>> from machine import Pin
 >>> led = Pin(25,Pin.OUT)
 >>> led.high()
 >>> led.low()

To leave minicom: Ctrl+A, Z, x

Install Thonny:

 yaourt -S thonny

Select Micro Python (Raspberry Pi Pico) on the bottom of the IDE or in Tools/Options/Interpreter.
Run blink:

import machine
import utime
led_onboard = machine.Pin(25, machine.Pin.OUT)
while True:
    led_onboard.value(1)
    utime.sleep(5)
    led_onboard.value(0)
    utime.sleep(5)

And the first audio code, if one connects a wire to ADC 0 one get the simple Theremin:

import machine
import utime

led_onboard = machine.Pin(25, machine.Pin.OUT)
led_onboard.value(1)

sensor_poti=machine.ADC(0)
sound_pin=machine.Pin(15, machine.Pin.OUT)
while True:
    reading=sensor_poti.read_u16()
    # values from 304 to 65535
    # print(reading)
    pitch=reading / 655350
    sound_pin.value(1)
    utime.sleep(pitch)
    sound_pin.value(0)
    utime.sleep(pitch)

• for testing press F5 or the Run button
  
• Shift+Ctrl+F2 or the Stop button to stop again
  
• save the program as 'main.py' on the Raspberry Pi Pico
  

More sound with PicoBuzz by benevpi.

 VBUS – USB power, 5V
 VSYS – power in (2-5V)
 3V3 – power out 3.3V, 300mA
 3V3_EN – disable internal voltage regulator
 RUN – enable, disable or reset

pwm=PWM(Pin(25))
pwm.freq(1000)

one can change the duty cycle, 0 to 65535

pwm.duty_u16(duty)

The Raspberry Pi Pico has four 12bit analog to digital converter:

ADC_VREF    (voltage reference)
GP28 - ADC2
AGND        (analog ground)
GP27 - ADC1
GP27 - ADC0

The fourth ADC is internally wired to a temperature sensor.
Characterizing the Raspberry Pi Pico ADC by Mark Omo.

from machine import Pin

mypin=Pin(2,Pin.IN,Pin.PULL_UP)
mypin.irq(lambdapin:print("IRQ with flags:",pin.irq().flags()),Pin.IRQ_FALLING)

or

 mypin.irq(trigger=machine.Pin.IRQ_RISING, handler=myTask)

 import _thread
 
 _thread.start_new_thread(Blink, ())

Synchronize two threads with allocate_lock()

 baton = _thread.allocate_lock()

in the threads

 baton.acquire()
 ...
 baton.release()

taken from Andreas Spiess on youtube

Programmable I/O

WS2812
https://makersportal.com/blog/ws2812-ring-light-with-raspberry-pi-pico

Usb Micro
https://www.hackster.io/sandeep-mistry/create-a-usb-microphone-with-the-raspberry-pi-pico-cc9bd5

This manuals is made by Wolfgang Spahn 2021.
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