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What's MicroPico?

MicroPico is a Visual Studio Code extension designed to simplify and speed up the development of MicroPython projects for the Raspberry Pi Pico and Pico W boards.

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Features:

• Auto-completion data for Pylance and the Python extension as well as docs for MicroPython modules which are present on the Pico W
• A VS code terminal implementation for the MicroPython REPL on the board for easy communication with the Pico (W)
• The ability to upload and run projects or individual files to the board
• An integrated pinout map for the Pico(-H) and Pico-W(H) boards
• Additional commands integrated in Visual Studio Code to address and control the Pico boards
• An integrated virtual workspace / filesystem provider to directly edit on the Pico or as a fast and simple way to manage files on the Pico
• Switch between auto-completion and IntelliSense for MicroPython ports RPi Pico, RPi Pico (W) and ESP32 (requires pip installed an in PATH)

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Works with:

Platform	x64	arm64	armhf
Windows	✅	❌	❌
macOS	✅	✅	❌
Linux	✅	✅	✅

Additional requirements:

• MicroPython firmware flashed onto the Raspberry Pi Pico (W):
  • See raspberry pi docs for help.

Required additional Visual Studio Code extensions:

• ms-python.python
• visualstudioexptteam.vscodeintellicode
• ms-python.vscode-pylance

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Platform specific notes:

• Raspberry Pi
• Linux
• Windows 10/11

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• Getting started
• vREPL Commands/Shortcuts
• Changelog
• Known issues
• Planed features