The Arduino IDE is a software development environment for PicoHID using Raspberry Pi Pico. The installed Arduino IDE compiles program code included in purchased assets following the steps below.

  1. Add following the URL into ‘Additional Board Manager URL’ in File > Preferences on the menu bar of Arduino IDE.
    2. https://github.com/earlephilhower/arduino-pico/releases/download/global/package_rp2040_index.json


  2. Search and install ‘Raspberry Pi Pico/RP2040’ in Tools > Board > Boards Manager on the menu bar.

  3. Choose ‘Raspberry Pi Pico’ as following in Tools > Board on the menu bar.

  4. Choose ‘Adafruit TinyUSB’ as following in Tools > USB Stack on the menu bar.

  5. Connect Raspberry Pi Pico to PC by MicroUSB cable. Open the device manager on Windows 10, and in the case of my Raspberry Pi Pico, automatically be recognized as ‘COM9.’

    6. [In case of displaying no COM port]
    Write the sketch without setting the COM port using Arduino IDE. As a result, the COM port is displayed on Arduino IDE.

  6. To write the created program code to Raspberry Pi Pico, click sketch > Upload.