Get Started with MicroPython on Raspberry Pi Pico: The Official Raspberry Pi Pico Guide, Edition 3

Gareth Halfacree · Ben Everard

Mar 2027 · Raspberry Pi Press

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This book will become available on March 23, 2027. You will not be charged until it is released.

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Microcontrollers, like the RP2350 chip at the heart of Raspberry Pi Pico 2, are computers stripped back to their bare essentials. You don't use monitors or keyboards with them — instead, you program them over USB to take their input from (and send their output to) on-board input/output pins.

Using these programmable connections, you can light LEDs, make noises, send text to screens, and much more. In Get started with MicroPython on Raspberry Pi Pico 2nd Edition, you will learn how to use the beginner-friendly MicroPython language to write programs, and you’ll connect up hardware to make your Raspberry Pi Pico interact with the world around it. Using these skills, you can create your own electromechanical projects.

Fully updated for the latest version of MicroPython and Raspberry Pi Pico boards, this book shows you how to:

Get started with Raspberry Pi Pico 2 and Pico 2 W, as well as the original Pico and Pico W
Work with various electronic components
Create your own programmable electronic contraptions
Turn Pico 2 W into a network-connected node for the Internet of Things
Link your Pico 2 W to your smartphone, tablet, or another Pico 2 W with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

Whether you’re using Raspberry Pi Pico for a home project, industrial automation, or learning (or teaching!) electronics and programming, this book will show you how.

Chapter 1: Get to know your Raspberry Pi Pico
Chapter 2: Programming with MicroPython
Chapter 3: Physical computing
Chapter 4: Physical computing with Raspberry Pi Pico
Chapter 5: Traffic light controller
Chapter 6: Reaction game
Chapter 7: Burglar alarm
Chapter 8: Temperature gauge
Chapter 9: Data logger
Chapter 10: Digital communication protocols: I2C and SPI
Chapter 11: Wi-Fi connectivity with Pico W
Chapter 12: Bluetooth connectivity with Pico W
Appendix A: Raspberry Pi Pico specifications
Appendix B: Pinout guide
Appendix C: Programmable I/O

Microcontrollers, like the RP2350 chip at the heart of Raspberry Pi Pico 2, are computers stripped back to their bare essentials. You don't use monitors or keyboards with them — instead, you program them over USB to take their input from (and send their output to) on-board input/output pins. Usin...

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About the author

Gareth Halfacree is a freelance technology journalist, writer, and former system administrator in the education sector. With a passion for open-source software and hardware, he was an early adopter of the Raspberry Pi platform and has written several publications on its capabilities and flexibility. He can be found on Mastodon as @ghalfacree@mastodon.social or via his website at freelance.halfacree.co.uk.

Ben Everard enjoys working at the intersection of art and technology. He has a particular interest in light and his primary reason for making PCBs is to find more ways of adding LEDs to things. He lives in a house in Bristol with his wife, two daughters and too many animals. Ben is based in the United Kingdom.

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