OUR EXPERT
Les Pounder is associate editor at Tom’s Hardware and a freelance maker for hire. He blogs about his adventures and projects at http://bigl.es.
YOU NEED
> Pi Pico
> Half- or full-size breadboard
> 220 ohm resistor (red-redbrown-gold)
> An LED
> 3x M2M jumper wires
> NeoPixel strip
> Code: https://github.com/lesp/LXF 301-Micro Blocks/archive/refs/ heads/ main.zip
Writing code for the Raspberry Pi Pico is not just restricted to text. MicroBlocks (https://microblocks.fun) is a free language for Linux, Windows, Mac OS and Chrome devices that uses a Scratch-like interface to write code. Using blocks of code, learners can see how it works and understand the principles of coding without being scared by a wall of text. In this tutorial, we will install MicroBlocks on our Ubuntu 22.04 machine and write two projects to demonstrate how it can be used with the Pi Pico.
Preparing MicroBlocks
Installing MicroBlocks is easy, but there’s a couple of
