Raspberry Pi Pico ressources

By Wolfgang Keller
Originally written 2023-03-13
Last modified 2024-03-06

Table of contents

Video Output

DVI/HDMI

Course of action (following the approach outlined in the document Pico DVI Test (ZIP) [visited 2023-04-03T22:35:19Z] linked under Raspberry Pi Pico DVI Sock - Videoausgabe für den Pico [visited 2023-03-12T21:15:30Z]):

We use a Raspberry Pi and Raspberry Pi OS to program the Raspberry Pi Pico. Under this OS, use

sudo apt install cmake gcc-arm-none-eabi libnewlib-arm-none-eabi build-essential

to install the necessary compiler packages. According to the linked document, if you use Arch, you use

sudo pacman -S cmake arm-none-eabi-gcc arm-none-eabi-newlib base-devel

instead. Next, install the Pico C/C++ SDK:

cd ~
mkdir pico
cd pico
git clone "https://github.com/raspberrypi/pico-sdk
cd pico-sdk
git submodule update --init

Next, clone the PicoDVI repo of Luke Wren:

cd ~/pico
git clone https://github.com/Wren6991/PicoDVI.git

Check that in PicoDVI/software/include/common_dvi_pin_configs.h, the following is defined:

#ifndef DVI_DEFAULT_SERIAL_CONFIG
#define DVI_DEFAULT_SERIAL_CONFIG pico_sock_cfg
#endif

Now build the examples:

cd PicoDVI/software/
mkdir build
cd build
export PICO_SDK_PATH=~/pico/pico-sdk
cmake -DPICO_COPY_TO_RAM=1 ..
make -j$(nproc)

For an explanation of this step, see PicoDVI/software at master · Wren6991/PicoDVI · GitHub [visited 2023-04-03T23:24:10Z]. The built examples can be found in the ~/pico/PicoDVI/software/build/apps folder. Connect the modded Raspberry Pi Pico board to an HDMI port. Press and hold the BOOTSEL key on the Raspberry Pi Pico board, then connect the board to your PC or Raspberry Pi. The Raspberry Pi Pico gets mounted to /media/${USER}/RPI-RP2. Copy some {app}/{app}.uf2 file into this folder, e.g. cp apps/sprite_bounce/sprite_bounce.uf2 /media/${USER}/RPI-RP2/.

VGA

Keyboard

Various