Select the Device type as “PyBoard” and enter the Device Path, On Windows you can get this by going to Device Manager and under Ports (COM & LPT) you should see USB Serial Device (COM#). Then click the Tick box “Enable MicroPython support”. Under Languages & Frameworks, click on MicroPython. Once you are in the main screen we need to tell P圜harm that we are programming in MicroPython so go to File > Settings. Give it a decent name and leave all the other settings as default. Go back to P圜harm and click on Projects, then click on New Project. Create a new project in P圜harm and configure it for MicroPython

Drag the UF2 file you downloaded in to the Pico’s mass storage and it should transfer over and then automatically reboot the Pico.Ĥ. If you’ve got the right cable then it should make a nice bing bong bing sound (on a PC anyway), it should also open folder. Hold down the BOOTSEL button and plug in a Micro USB cable. Download the MicroPython UF2 file for the Pico and install it on to the Pico ( ) Then search for MicroPython in the search bar and click on Install.ģ. Once P圜harm opens you will be presented “Welcome to P圜harm” screen, we need to add the MicroPython plugin so click on Plugins. Once it’s downloaded, run the installer, all the default options are fine so click through them all. Visit the P圜harm website and download the community edition of P圜harm for your operating system. The ones we sell are ideal and are braided so they last longer ( )

Micro USB cable that can do power and data (a lot of cheap cables are power only, you’ll know if when you plug it into your PC, it makes the nice bing bong bing noise).

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