CRASHING THE ARDUINO COURSE
When Arduino was in its infancy decades ago, I was at the crossroad. Microcontrollers are nice but I have issues learning its programming language. Arduino on the other hand, uses the C or C++ Language, a stumbling block for me even when I was in College. In the end, the latter was put into the back burner. But this did not solve my problems, so I had to cheat a little and used Flowcode for the Microcontroller.
THE INSTALLERS
Fast forward to 2022, I guess this is one of my countless attempts to venture into Arduino. This time, I got as far as downloading and installing the Pico Installer and the Arduino IDE, thanks to Tom’s Hardware guide.
From his guide, you need to download the Raspberry Pico Installer and run it. The installation process is very straightforward until it comes to a bluish screen. Do not worry as it is still running. After a few minutes or so, the pop-up window will close and continues with the remaining processes.
https://github.com/earlephilhower/arduino-pico/releases/download/global/package_rp2040_index.jsonTHE ARDUINO IDE
I need to install the Arduino IDE as well. The Pico uses the Python language and now, it is possible to use the Arduino IDE to program it.
THE PICO IS NOW READY
At this stage, I have the two Apps installed. So now I need some time to explore them and well, start to figure out how Arky’s sketch works.
