Quick start

Blink the LED on your EduRP2040 in under 5 minutes using MicroPython.

1. Flash MicroPython

1. Connect the board to your PC while holding BOOTSEL.
2. It will mount as a USB drive named RPI-RP2.
3. Download the firmware from micropython.org/download/RPI_PICO and drop it into the drive.
4. The board reboots ready to use.

2. Your first program

Connect via USB serial with Thonny and create main.py:

from machine import Pin
from time import sleep

led = Pin(25, Pin.OUT)   # user LED on GPIO25

while True:
    led.toggle()
    sleep(0.5)

Hit Run and the LED blinks once per second.

3. Bonus: using PIO

import rp2
from machine import Pin

@rp2.asm_pio(set_init=rp2.PIO.OUT_LOW)
def blink():
    set(pins, 1) [31]
    set(pins, 0) [31]

sm = rp2.StateMachine(0, blink, freq=2000, set_base=Pin(25))
sm.active(1)

You just programmed a hardware state machine without touching the CPU.

Troubleshooting

• RPI-RP2 drive does not appear: check the USB-C cable (some are charge-only).
• Thonny does not detect the port: in Tools → Options → Interpreter, choose MicroPython (Raspberry Pi Pico).