Pico W Setup Guides

Windows

Pico W MSYS2

macOS

Pico W macOS M1

Pico W MSYS2 🧩

The ultimate way to build for Pico W on Windows...

Download msys2 from msys2.org
Open MSYS2 UCRT64 terminal and execute setup script

git clone https://github.com/thewh1teagle/pico-setup
cd pico-setup
./setup

Execute build script

./build

It will build and upload automatically.

That's it! 🎉

You ready to start your project...

Dive Deeper ✨

Upload with picotool manually

picotool reboot -f -u
picotool load -x main.uf2

Fix drivers for uploading with picotool

Download zadig
Select Option > List All Devices
Select RP2040 (interface 1), may be different -> replace driver to libusb32

In case something went bad and you want to restore drivers:

Hit win+r
type devmgmt.msc and ENTER
find the device and choose update device driver
Choose "let me choose" and try to change it to something else

VSCode extensions for develop

vscode-serial-monitor

cpptools

Open ucrt64 from context menu

copy the following in new file ucrt.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\mingw64]
@="MinGW UCRT64 Here"
"Icon"="\"C:\\msys64\\ucrt64.ico\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\mingw64\command]
@="C:\\msys64\\msys2_shell.cmd -defterm -where \"%V/\" -ucrt64"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\mingw64]
@="MinGW UCRT64 Here"
"Icon"="\"C:\\msys64\\ucrt64.ico\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\mingw64\command]
@="C:\\msys64\\msys2_shell.cmd -defterm -where \"%V/\" -ucrt64"

open it and apply

Open ucrt64 from windows terminal

open windows terminal settings (top arrow -> settings)
open json settings (left dropdown -> open JSON file)
search for profiles and add to profiles list the following

{
    "guid": "{17da3cac-b318-431e-8a3e-7fcdefe6d114}",
    "name": "UCRT64 / MSYS2",
    "commandline": "C:/msys64/msys2_shell.cmd -defterm -here -no-start -ucrt64",
    "startingDirectory": "C:/msys64/home/%USERNAME%",
    "icon": "C:/msys64/ucrt64.ico",
    "font": 
    {
      "face": "Lucida Console",
      "size": 9
    }
}

Play with pico-examples

git clone https://github.com/raspberrypi/pico-examples --depth 1
cd pico-examples
cmake -B build .
cmake --build build blink -- -j16
picotool load -x build/blink/blink/uf2

Pico W macOS M1 🧩

The ultimate way to build for Pico W on macOS...

Install toolchain

brew install gcc-arm-embedded
brew install picotool
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/thewh1teagle/serust/releases/download/v0.0.3/serust-installer.sh | sh

Install Pico SDK

sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/share/pico-sdk
sudo chown $(whoami) /usr/local/share/pico-sdk
cd /usr/local/share/pico-sdk
git clone --recursive --depth 1 https://github.com/raspberrypi/pico-sdk.git .
export PICO_SDK_PATH=/usr/local/share/pico-sdk
echo 'export PICO_SDK_PATH=/usr/local/share/pico-sdk' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

Build time

cmake -B build -DPICO_BOARD=pico_w -DPICO_PLATFORM=rp2040
cmake --build build -- -j16

Upload

picotool load build/app.elf

Monitor

serust --pid 000a

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Pico W MSYS2 🧩

Dive Deeper ✨

Upload with picotool manually

Fix drivers for uploading with picotool

In case something went bad and you want to restore drivers:

VSCode extensions for develop

Open ucrt64 from context menu

Open ucrt64 from windows terminal

Play with pico-examples

Pico W macOS M1 🧩

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