Pi Pico W with the Arduino IDE | Using WiFi

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Use the new Pico W with the Arduino IDE instead of microPython! Article with code: https://dronebotworkshop.com/picow-arduino More articles and tutorials: https://dronebotworkshop.com Join the conversation on the forum: https://forum.dronebotworkshop.com Subscribe to the newsletter and stay in touch: https://dronebotworkshop.com/subscribe/ On June 30, 2022, Raspberry Pi announced the latest iteration of it’s RP2040-based Pico microcontroller. The Pico W has the same pinout and form factor as the original Pico and has WiFi capabilities. Raspberry Pi also released a new UF2 file and several samples using microPython with the new WiFi chip. However, although they did release a C++ SDK, there was no update to the Arduino IDE for the new microcontroller. But you CAN use the Pico W with the Arduino IDE by using a new boards manager file that covers virtually every RP2040-based board. And today, I’ll show you how to install that for the classic Arduino IDE 1.8 and the newer IDE 2.0. After installing the new boards manager, we’ll give it a test. Then we’ll see how we can use the new WiFi features to control LEDs and servo motors with a web-based interface. Here is the Table of Contents for today's video: 00:00 - Introduction 03:25 - Raspberry Pi Pico W 08:05 - Bluetooth issues? 10:55 - Pico W vs. ESP32 13:35 - Installing the Boards Manager 18:22 - Blink test 20:48 - WiFi Network Scan 23:10 - Using the WiFi Library 28:07 - Using Web Data 30:56 - Pico W LED Control 37:43 - Pico W Servo Control 47:28 - Conclusion The Arduino IDE is a popular interface for programming microcontrollers, and now we can use it with the Pico W. Hope you enjoy the video! Bill