Raspberry Pi Pico User Manual

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WARNING
Using Raspberry Pi Pico with Windows 7 or 8 is not officially supported but can be made to work.
9.2.1. Installing the Toolchain
To build you will need to install some extra tools.
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ARM GCC compiler
•
CMake
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Build Tools for Visual Studio 2019
•
Python 3.9
•
Git
Download the executable installer for each of these from the links above, and then carefully follow the instructions in
the following sections to install all five packages on to your Windows computer.
9.2.1.1. Installing ARM GCC Compiler
Figure 15. Installing
the needed tools to
your Windows
computer. Ensure that
you register the path
to the compiler as an
environment variable
so that it is accessible
from the command
line.
During installation you should tick the box to register the path to the ARM compiler as an environment variable in the
Windows shell when prompted to do so.
9.2.1.2. Installing CMake
Getting started with Raspberry Pi Pico
9.2. Building on MS Windows 39

Raspberry Pi Pico Specifications

General

Microcontroller	RP2040
Clock Speed	133 MHz
SRAM	264 KB
Flash Memory	2 MB
GPIO Pins	26
Operating Temperature	-20°C to +85°C
Architecture	ARM Cortex-M0+ (dual-core)
Interfaces	I2C, SPI, UART, PWM
Operating Voltage	1.8–5.5 V
Dimensions	51 mm × 21 mm