Constructing a Raspberry Pi RP2040 Low-Power Sensor Node – Day 1

The documentation that describes the Raspberry Pi Pico C/C++ SDK claims that by using the Raspberry Pi Pico C/C++ SDK, one would rarely if ever consult the RP2040 data sheet. We will take them at their word. Today’s lecture will walk you through what it takes to install the latest version of the Raspberry Pi Pico C/C++ SDK. We will also install the latest Ubuntu-compatible version of Visual Studio Code and configure Visual Studio Code to enable us to access the resources of the Raspberry Pi Pico C/C++ SDK. After the installation of the Raspberry Pi Pico C/C++ SDK, IDE, and supporting modules and compilers is complete, we will verify our toolchain by writing some exercise code against some known-good RP2040 hardware.