Using Raspberry Pi Pico and Pico 2 with

Arduino
Created by Anne Barela

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Last updated on 2025-10-14 03:25:14 PM EDT

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 Table of Contents

Overview 3
• Parts

Raspberry Pi Pico with RP2040 5

RP2040 Arduino IDE Setup 6

• Arduino IDE Download
• Adding the Philhower Board Manager URL
• Add Board Support Package
• Choose Your Board

RP2040 Arduino Blink 10

• Pre-Flight Check: Get Arduino IDE & Hardware Set Up
• Start up Arduino IDE and Select Board/Port
• New Blink Sketch
• Verify (Compile) Sketch
• Upload Sketch
• Native USB and manual bootloading
• Enter Manual Bootload Mode
• Finally, a Blink!

Raspberry Pi Pico 2 with RP2350 20

RP2350 Arduino IDE Setup 21

• Arduino IDE Download
• Adding the Philhower Board Manager URL
• Add Board Support Package
• Choose Your Board

RP2350 Arduino Blink 24

• Pre-Flight Check: Get Arduino IDE & Hardware Set Up
• Start up Arduino IDE and Select Board/Port
• New Blink Sketch
• Verify (Compile) Sketch
• Upload Sketch
• Native USB and manual bootloading
• Enter Manual Bootload Mode
• Finally, a Blink!

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 Overview

The Raspberry Pi Pico and Pico 2 have revolutionized microcontroller design since
their introduction. Inexpensive and powerful, they are a natural use for a variety of
projects. They can be programmed in different languages to suit the designer.

If you're looking to program your Pico in CircuitPython. check out this guide by
Adafruit:

Getting Started with Raspberry Pi Pico

and CircuitPython
By Kattni Rembor
Overview

[Link]
with-raspberry-pi-pico-circuitpython/
overview

If you wish to use Arduino, that can be done also. But it is suggested you follow this
guide. Why?

Back in 2021, when the first Raspberry Pi Pico boards arrived, Arduino provided
support ([Link] through a version of their software coupled with
mbed ([Link] a real-time operating system. While most other Arduino
boards run the Arduino compiled code "bare metal" (without need of an operating
system), the Arduino development environment (IDE) used mbed, adding a layer of
complexity to programming.

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 Earle F. Philhower, III designed software which places Arduino compiled code onto
Raspberry Pi Pico boards without mbed. This "core" provides a programming
paradigm like previous boards designers may have used.

This guide provides information on using the Philhower core ([Link] to

make your Arduino programs.

Parts
Raspberry Pi Pico RP2040
The Raspberry Pi foundation changed
single-board computing when they
released the Raspberry Pi computer, now
they're ready to...
[Link]

Raspberry Pi Pico W
The Raspberry Pi foundation changed
single-board computing when they
released the Raspberry Pi computer, now
they're ready to...
[Link]

Raspberry Pi Pico 2 - RP2350

Raspberry Pi Pico 2 is Raspberry Pi
Foundation's update to their popular
RP2040-based Pico board, now built on
RP2350: their new...
[Link]

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 Raspberry Pi Pico 2W
Raspberry Pi Pico 2W is Raspberry Pi
Foundation's update to their popular
RP2040-based wireless ico board, now
built on RP2350: their new...
[Link]

Note the Pico and Pico 2 have a USB micro B connector, not USB-C like many other
boards. If you need to, be sure to get a good USB data+power cable (not the tiny
ones that come with power banks, they're power only).

USB cable - USB A to Micro-B

This here is your standard A to micro-B
USB cable, for USB 1.1 or 2.0. Perfect for
connecting a PC to your Metro, Feather,
Raspberry Pi or other dev-board or...
[Link]

Raspberry Pi Pico with RP2040

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 The original Raspberry Pi Pico uses an RP2040 dual Cortex M0+ microcontroller.
When introduced, it provided significantly more computing power and RAM than other
boards in the price range.

The Raspberry Pi Pico W adds a WiFi and Bluetooth capability.

The Philhower core for Arduino originally focused on RP2040-based boards. When
the RP2350 arrived with the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 (and 2 W), the Arduino board support
package was augmented with support for that chip also.

The following pages describe how to set things up for a Raspberry Pi Pico with
RP2040. The process also applies, with appropriate changes, for other boards based
on the RP2040 microcontroller.

RP2040 Arduino IDE Setup

The Arduino Philhower core ([Link] provides support for RP2040
microcontroller boards. This page covers getting your Arduino IDE set up to include
your board.

Arduino IDE Download

The first thing you will need to do is to download the latest release of the Arduino
IDE. The Philhower core requires version 1.8 or higher.

Arduino IDE Download

[Link]

Download and install it to your computer.

Once installed, open the Arduino IDE.

Adding the Philhower Board Manager URL

In the Arduino IDE, navigate to the Preferences window. You can access it through
File > Preferences on Windows or Linux, or Arduino > Preferences on OS X.

The Preferences window will open.

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 In the Additional Boards Manager URLs field, you'll want to add a new URL. The list of
URLs is comma separated, and you will only have to add each URL once. The URLs
point to index files that the Board Manager uses to build the list of available &
installed boards.

Copy the following URL.

[Link]
global/package_rp2040_index.json

Add the URL to the the Additional Boards Manager URLs field (highlighted in red
below).

Click OK to save and close Preferences.

Add Board Support Package

In the Arduino IDE, click on Tools > Board > Boards Manager. If you have previously
selected a board, the Board menu item may have a board name after it.

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 In the Boards Manager, search for RP2040. Scroll down to the Raspberry Pi Pico/
RP2040/RP2350 by Earle F Philhower, III entry. Click Install to install it. If it was
previously installed, look to make sure you have the latest version.

Installing a new board package can take a few minutes. Don't click Cancel!

Once installation is complete, click Close to close the Boards Manager.

Choose Your Board

In the Tools > Boards menu, you should now see Raspberry Pi RP2040 Boards
(possibly followed by a version number).

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 Navigate to the Raspberry Pi Pico RP2040/RP2350 menu. You will see the available
boards listed.

Navigate to the Raspberry Pi RP2040/RP2350 menu and choose Raspberry Pi Pico.

If you are programming a Raspberry Pi Pico or Pico W, ensure you select the
board you have and not a another board as the W boards have LED pinning
different (though it should be transparent to the user if it is coded as shown).

Re. If you have a Pico board, do not select Pico W, Pico 2, or Pico 2 W. If you have a
Pico W, select Raspberry Pi Pico W and don't select Pico or the Pico 2 boards.

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 If there is no serial Port available in the dropdown, or an invalid one appears -
don't worry about it! The RP2040 does not actually use a serial port to upload,
so its OK if it does not appear if in manual bootload mode. You will see a serial
port appear after uploading your first sketch.

Now you're ready to begin using Arduino with your RP2040 board!

RP2040 Arduino Blink

The first and most basic program you can upload to your Arduino is the classic Blink
sketch. This takes something on the board and makes it, well, blink! On and off. It's a
great way to make sure everything is working and you're uploading your sketch to the
right board and right configuration.

When all else fails, you can always come back to Blink!

Pre-Flight Check: Get Arduino IDE &

Hardware Set Up
This lesson assumes you have Arduino IDE set up. This is a generalized checklist,
some elements may not apply to your hardware. If you haven't yet, check the previous
steps in the guide to make sure you:

• Install the very latest Arduino IDE for Desktop (not all boards are supported by
the Web IDE so we don't recommend it).
• Install any board support packages (BSP) required for your hardware. Some
boards are built in defaults on the IDE, but lots are not! You may need to install
plug-in support which is called the BSP.

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 • Get a Data/Sync USB cable for connecting your hardware. A significant amount
of problems folks have stem from not having a USB cable with data pins. Yes,
these cursed cables roam the land, making your life hard. If you find a USB
cable that doesn't work for data/sync, throw it away immediately! There is no
need to keep it around, cables are very inexpensive these days.
• Install any drivers required - If you have a board with a FTDI or CP210x chip,
you may need to get separate drivers. If your board has native USB, it probably
doesn't need anything. After installing, reboot to make sure the driver sinks in.
• Connect the board to your computer. If your board has a power LED, make sure
its lit. Is there a power switch? Make sure its turned On!

The Pico has the GPIO pin names listed on the bottom of the board as GPx, where x is
the pin number. The Arduino pin name is the number following GP. So, for example,
pin GP0 would be Arduino pin 0 .

There is an onboard green LED for user use. Unlike many boards, the Pico lacks a
power on LED.

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 Start up Arduino IDE and Select Board/Port
OK now you are prepared! Open the Arduino IDE on your computer. Now you have to
tell the IDE what board you are using, and how you want to connect to it.

In the IDE find the Tools menu. You will use this to select the board. If you switch
boards, you must switch the selection! So always double-check before you upload
code in a new session.

New Blink Sketch

OK lets make a new blink sketch! From the File menu, select New

Then in the new window, copy and paste this text:

int led = LED_BUILTIN;

void setup() {
// Some boards work best if we also make a serial connection
[Link](115200);

// set LED to be an output pin

pinMode(led, OUTPUT);
}

void loop() {
// Say hi!
[Link]("Hello!");

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 digitalWrite(led, HIGH); // turn the LED on (HIGH is the voltage level)
delay(500); // wait for a half second
digitalWrite(led, LOW); // turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW
delay(500); // wait for a half second
}

Note that in this example, we are not only blinking the LED but also printing to
the Serial monitor, think of it as a little bonus to test the serial connection.

One note you'll see is that we reference the LED with the constant LED_BUILTIN
rather than a number. That's because, historically, the built in LED was on pin 13 for
Arduinos. But in the decades since, boards don't always have a pin 13, or maybe it
could not be used for an LED. So the LED could have moved to another pin. It's best
to use LED_BUILTIN so you don't get the pin number confused!

Verify (Compile) Sketch

OK now you can click the Verify button to convert the sketch into binary data to be
uploaded to the board.

Note that Verifying a sketch is the same as Compiling a sketch - so we will use the
words interchangeably

During verification/compilation, the computer will do a bunch of work to collect all the
libraries and code and the results will appear in the bottom window of the IDE.

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 If something went wrong with compilation, you will get red warning/error text in the
bottom window letting you know what the error was. It will also highlight the line with
an error.

For example, here I had the wrong board selected - and the selected board does not
have a built in LED!

Here's another common error, in my haste I forgot to add a ; at the end of a line. The
compiler warns me that it's looking for one - note that the error is actually a few lines
up!

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 Turning on detailed compilation warnings and output can be very helpful
sometimes - Its in Preferences under "Show Verbose Output During:" and
check the Compilation button. If you ever need to get help from others, be
sure to do this and then provide all the text that is output. It can assist in
nailing down what happened!

On success you will see something like this white text output and the message Done
compiling. in the message area.

Upload Sketch
Once the code is verified/compiling cleanly you can upload it to your board. Click the
Upload button.

The IDE will try to compile the sketch again for good measure, then it will try to
connect to the board and upload a the file.

This is actually one of the hardest parts for beginners because it's where a lot of
things can go wrong.

However, lets start with what it looks like on success! Here's what your board upload
process looks like when it goes right:

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 Often times you will get a warning like this, which is kind of vague:

No device found on COM66 (or whatever port is selected)

An error occurred while uploading the sketch

This could be a few things.

First up, check again that you have the correct board selected! Many electronics
boards have very similar names or look, and often times folks grab a board different
from what they thought.

If you're positive the right board is selected, we recommend the next step is to put
the board into manual bootloading mode.

Native USB and manual bootloading

Historically, microcontroller boards contained two chips: the main micro chip (say,
ATmega328 or ESP8266 or ESP32) and a separate chip for USB interface that would
be used for bootloading (a CH430, FT232, CP210x, etc). With these older designs, the
microcontroller is put into a bootloading state for uploading code by the separate
chip. It allows for easier uploading but is more expensive as two chips are needed,
and also the microcontroller can't act like a keyboard or disk drive.

Modern chips often have 'native' USB - that means that there is no separate chip for
USB interface. It's all in one! Great for cost savings, simplicity of design, reduced size

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 and more control. However, it means the chip must be self-aware enough to be able
to put itself into bootload/upload mode on its own. That's fine 99% of the time but is
very likely you will at some point get the board into an odd state that makes it too
confused to bootload.

A lot of beginners have a little freakout the first time this happens, they think
the board is ruined or 'bricked' - it's almost certainly not, it is just crashed and/
or confused. You may need to perform a little trick to get the board back into a
good state, at which point you won't need to manually bootload again.

Before continuing we really, really suggest turning on Verbose Upload messages, it

will help in this process because you will be able to see what the IDE is trying to do.
It's a checkbox in the Preferences menu.

Enter Manual Bootload Mode

OK now you know it's probably time to try manual bootloading. No problem! Here is
how you do that for this board:

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 Unplug your Raspberry Pi Pico from USB. Ensure the other end of your USB cable is
connected to your computer running the Arduino IDE. Press the BOOTSEL button and
continue holding and plug the USB cable back in to the Pico. Let go of the BOOTSEL
button. A new drive named RPI-RP2 should appear. This is your sign that you can
now load the blink sketch by pressing the right arrow button.

If you never get the RPI-RP2 drive, ensure your USB cable is plugged into the
computer and not a USB hub and that the cable is a known good data+power USB
cable.

Once you are in manual bootload mode, go to the Tools menu, and make sure you
have selected the bootloader serial port. It is almost certain that the serial port has
changed now that the bootloader is enabled

Now you can try uploading again!

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 Did you remember to select the new Port in the Tools menu since the
bootloader port has changed?

This time, you should have success!

After uploading this way, be sure to click the reset button - it sort of makes sure that
the board got a good reset and will come back to life nicely.

After uploading with Manual Bootloader - don't forget to re-select the old Port
again

It's also a good idea to try to re-upload the sketch again now that you've performed a
manual bootload to get the chip into a good state. It should perform an auto-reset the
second time, so you don't have to manually bootload again.

Finally, a Blink!
OK it was a journey but now we're here and you can enjoy your blinking LED. Next up,
try to change the delay between blinks and re-upload. It's a good way to make sure
your upload process is smooth and practiced.

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 Raspberry Pi Pico 2 with RP2350

The upgraded Raspberry Pi Pico 2 uses an RP2350 dual Cortex M33 microcontroller.
It increases the computing power by a factor of 2 over the previous RP2040 based
boards.

The Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W adds a WiFi and Bluetooth capability.

The Philhower core was augmented to provide support for the RP2350 on the
Raspberry Pi Pico 2 (and 2 W).

The following pages describe how to set things up for a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 with
RP2350. The process also applies, with appropriate changes, for other boards based
on the RP2350 microcontroller.

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 RP2350 Arduino IDE Setup
The Arduino Philhower core ([Link] provides support for RP2350
microcontroller boards. This page covers getting your Arduino IDE set up to include
your board.

Arduino IDE Download

The first thing you will need to do is to download the latest release of the Arduino
IDE. The Philhower core requires version 1.8 or higher.

Arduino IDE Download

[Link]

Download and install it to your computer.

Once installed, open the Arduino IDE.

Adding the Philhower Board Manager URL

In the Arduino IDE, and navigate to the Preferences window. You can access it
through File > Preferences on Windows or Linux, or Arduino > Preferences on OS X.

The Preferences window will open.

In the Additional Boards Manager URLs field, you'll want to add a new URL. The list of
URLs is comma separated, and you will only have to add each URL once. The URLs
point to index files that the Board Manager uses to build the list of available &
installed boards.

Copy the following URL.

[Link]
global/package_rp2040_index.json

Add the URL to the the Additional Boards Manager URLs field (highlighted in red
below). If you already have a board support package in that field, type a comma at the
end then add the address above. Both will then be loaded by the Arduino IDE.

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 Click OK to save and close Preferences.

Add Board Support Package

In the Arduino IDE, click on Tools > Board > Boards Manager. If you have previously
selected a board, the Board menu item may have a board name after it.

In the Boards Manager, search for RP2040. Scroll down to the Raspberry Pi Pico/
RP2040/RP2350 by Earle F Philhower, III entry. Click Install to install it.

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 Installing a new board package can take a few minutes. Don't click Cancel!

Once installation is complete, click Close to close the Boards Manager.

Choose Your Board

In the Tools > Boards menu, you should now see Raspberry Pi RP2040/RP2350
Boards (in sketchbook).

Navigate to the Raspberry Pi RP2040/RP2350 Boards menu. You will see the
available boards listed.

Choose Raspberry Pi Pico 2 from the menu.

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 If you are programming a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 or Pico 2W, ensure you select
the board you have and not a another board as the W boards have LED
pinning different (though it should be transparent to the user if it is coded as
shown).

Re. If you have a Pico 2 board, do not select Pico, Pico W, or Pico 2 W. If you have a
Pico 2 W, select Raspberry Pi Pico 2W and don't select Pico 2 or the Pico boards.

If there is no serial Port available in the dropdown, or an invalid one appears -

don't worry about it! The RP2350 does not actually use a serial port to upload,
so its OK if it does not appear if in manual bootloader mode. You will see a
serial port appear after uploading your first sketch.

Now you're ready to begin using Arduino with your RP2350 board!

RP2350 Arduino Blink

The first and most basic program you can upload to your Arduino is the classic Blink
sketch. This takes something on the board and makes it, well, blink! On and off. It's a
great way to make sure everything is working and you're uploading your sketch to the
right board and right configuration.

When all else fails, you can always come back to Blink!

©Adafruit Industries Page 24 of 34

 Pre-Flight Check: Get Arduino IDE &
Hardware Set Up
This lesson assumes you have Arduino IDE set up. This is a generalized checklist,
some elements may not apply to your hardware. If you haven't yet, check the previous
steps in the guide to make sure you:

• Install the very latest Arduino IDE for Desktop (not all boards are supported by
the Web IDE so we don't recommend it).
• Install any board support packages (BSP) required for your hardware. Some
boards are built in defaults on the IDE, but lots are not! You may need to install
plug-in support which is called the BSP.
• Get a Data/Sync USB cable for connecting your hardware. A significant amount
of problems folks have stem from not having a USB cable with data pins. Yes,
these cursed cables roam the land, making your life hard. If you find a USB
cable that doesn't work for data/sync, throw it away immediately! There is no
need to keep it around, cables are very inexpensive these days.
• Install any drivers required - If you have a board with a FTDI or CP210x chip,
you may need to get separate drivers. If your board has native USB, it probably
doesn't need anything. After installing, reboot to make sure the driver sinks in.
• Connect the board to your computer. If your board has a power LED, make sure
its lit. Is there a power switch? Make sure its turned On!

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 Diagram from [Link] ([Link] Part of [Link] (https://
[Link]/1atz). License Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 ([Link] not
remixed or altered.

The Pico has the GPIO pin names listed on the bottom of the board as GPx, where x is
the pin number. The Arduino pin name is the number following GP. So, for example,
pin GP0 would be Arduino pin 0 .

There is an onboard green LED for user use. Unlike many boards, the Pico lacks a
power on LED.

Start up Arduino IDE and Select Board/Port

OK now you are prepared! Open the Arduino IDE on your computer. Now you have to
tell the IDE what board you are using, and how you want to connect to it.

In the IDE find the Tools menu. You will use this to select the board. If you switch
boards, you must switch the selection! So always double-check before you upload
code in a new session.

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 New Blink Sketch
OK lets make a new blink sketch! From the File menu, select New

Then in the new window, copy and paste this text:

int led = LED_BUILTIN;

void setup() {
// Some boards work best if we also make a serial connection
[Link](115200);

// set LED to be an output pin

pinMode(led, OUTPUT);
}

void loop() {
// Say hi!
[Link]("Hello!");

digitalWrite(led, HIGH); // turn the LED on (HIGH is the voltage level)

delay(500); // wait for a half second
digitalWrite(led, LOW); // turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW
delay(500); // wait for a half second
}

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 Note that in this example, we are not only blinking the LED but also printing to
the Serial monitor, think of it as a little bonus to test the serial connection.

One note you'll see is that we reference the LED with the constant LED_BUILTIN
rather than a number. That's because, historically, the built in LED was on pin 13 for
Arduinos. But in the decades since, boards don't always have a pin 13, or maybe it
could not be used for an LED. So the LED could have moved to another pin. It's best
to use LED_BUILTIN so you don't get the pin number confused!

Verify (Compile) Sketch

OK now you can click the Verify button to convert the sketch into binary data to be
uploaded to the board.

Note that Verifying a sketch is the same as Compiling a sketch - so we will use the
words interchangeably

During verification/compilation, the computer will do a bunch of work to collect all the
libraries and code and the results will appear in the bottom window of the IDE.

If something went wrong with compilation, you will get red warning/error text in the
bottom window letting you know what the error was. It will also highlight the line with
an error.

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 For example, here I had the wrong board selected - and the selected board does not
have a built in LED!

Here's another common error, in my haste I forgot to add a ; at the end of a line. The
compiler warns me that it's looking for one - note that the error is actually a few lines
up!

Turning on detailed compilation warnings and output can be very helpful

sometimes - Its in Preferences under "Show Verbose Output During:" and
check the Compilation button. If you ever need to get help from others, be
sure to do this and then provide all the text that is output. It can assist in
nailing down what happened!

On success you will see something like this white text output and the message Done
compiling. in the message area.

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 Upload Sketch
Once the code is verified/compiling cleanly you can upload it to your board. Click the
Upload button.

The IDE will try to compile the sketch again for good measure, then it will try to
connect to the board and upload a the file.

This is actually one of the hardest parts for beginners because it's where a lot of
things can go wrong.

However, lets start with what it looks like on success! Here's what your board upload
process looks like when it goes right:

Often times you will get a warning like this, which is kind of vague:

No device found on COM66 (or whatever port is selected)

An error occurred while uploading the sketch

This could be a few things.

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 First up, check again that you have the correct board selected! Many electronics
boards have very similar names or look, and often times folks grab a board different
from what they thought.

If you're positive the right board is selected, we recommend the next step is to put
the board into manual bootloading mode.

Native USB and manual bootloading

Historically, microcontroller boards contained two chips: the main micro chip (say,
ATmega328 or ESP8266 or ESP32) and a separate chip for USB interface that would
be used for bootloading (a CH430, FT232, CP210x, etc). With these older designs, the
microcontroller is put into a bootloading state for uploading code by the separate
chip. It allows for easier uploading but is more expensive as two chips are needed,
and also the microcontroller can't act like a keyboard or disk drive.

Modern chips often have 'native' USB - that means that there is no separate chip for
USB interface. It's all in one! Great for cost savings, simplicity of design, reduced size
and more control. However, it means the chip must be self-aware enough to be able
to put itself into bootload/upload mode on its own. That's fine 99% of the time but is
very likely you will at some point get the board into an odd state that makes it too
confused to bootload.

A lot of beginners have a little freakout the first time this happens, they think
the board is ruined or 'bricked' - it's almost certainly not, it is just crashed and/
or confused. You may need to perform a little trick to get the board back into a
good state, at which point you won't need to manually bootload again.

Before continuing we really, really suggest turning on Verbose Upload messages, it

will help in this process because you will be able to see what the IDE is trying to do.
It's a checkbox in the Preferences menu.

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 Enter Manual Bootload Mode
OK now you know it's probably time to try manual bootloading. No problem! Here is
how you do that for this board:

Unplug your Raspberry Pi Pico from USB. Ensure the other end of your USB cable is
connected to your computer running the Arduino IDE. Press the BOOTSEL button and
continue holding and plug the USB cable back in to the Pico. Let go of the BOOTSEL
button. A new drive named RPI-RP2 should appear. This is your sign that you can
now load the blink sketch by pressing the right arrow button.

If you never get the RPI-RP2 drive, ensure your USB cable is plugged into the
computer and not a USB hub and that the cable is a known good data+power USB
cable.

Once you are in manual bootload mode, go to the Tools menu, and make sure you
have selected the bootloader serial port. It is almost certain that the serial port has
changed now that the bootloader is enabled

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 Now you can try uploading again!

Did you remember to select the new Port in the Tools menu since the
bootloader port has changed?

This time, you should have success!

After uploading this way, be sure to click the reset button - it sort of makes sure that
the board got a good reset and will come back to life nicely.

After uploading with Manual Bootloader - don't forget to re-select the old Port
again

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 It's also a good idea to try to re-upload the sketch again now that you've performed a
manual bootload to get the chip into a good state. It should perform an auto-reset the
second time, so you don't have to manually bootload again.

Finally, a Blink!
OK it was a journey but now we're here and you can enjoy your blinking LED. Next up,
try to change the delay between blinks and re-upload. It's a good way to make sure
your upload process is smooth and practiced.

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