Coding with the Raspberry Pi Pico Writing the code for the Raspberry Pi Pico is handled in C/C++ or MicroPython, with the latter being the supported language for general and education use ...

On the ESP8266, because it’s all in Python, the code is similar. In fact, the same basic code would work between two computers running vanilla Python just as well as the ESP8266 running MicroPython.

The uctypes module from MicroPython allows access to MMIO devices such as DMA and PWM. The code is available on GitHub.

Essentially, all you need to set up a MicroPython project is compatible hardware and some coding skills. The latter may seem like a problem if you’re not a coder.

The Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller was released at the start of the year, and this book may be of interest if you are looking to programme it in MicroPython: yes, its Programming the Raspberry Pi ...

MicroPython is a compact implementation of the popular Python programming language. The smaller counterpart can run on microcontrollers for embedded applications.