PicoMite

PicoMite

How to use a Raspberry Pi Pico Running the MMBasic Interpreter
The PicoMite firmware is totally free to download and use.

MMBasic 
Microsoft BASIC compatible implementation of the BASIC language with a built in program editor. 
Supports floating point, integer and string variables, arrays, long variable names. 

Using MMBasic with the PICO can control the I/O pins and detect digital inputs and drive output pins low or high.
Use communications protocols such as I2C or SPI to get data from a variety of sensors.

The PicoMite firmware is totally free to download and use.
link to PicoMite  https://geoffg.net/picomite.html

Setup

Loading the PicoMite Firmware to the Raspberry Pi Pico board.
The Raspberry Pi Pico comes with its own built in firmware loader that is easy to use. 

Just follow these steps:
1. Download the PicoMite firmware from http://geoffg.net/picomite.html and unzip the file. 
2. Identify the firmware which should be named something like “PicoMiteV5.xx.xx.uf2”.
3. Using a USB cable plug the Raspberry Pi Pico into your computer (Windows, Linux or Mac) while
holding down the white BOOTSEL button on the Raspberry Pi Pico.
4. The Raspberry Pi Pico should connect to your computer and create a virtual drive (the same as if you had
plugged in a USB memory stick) called “RPI-RP2”. 
This drive will contain two files which you can ignore.
5. Copy the firmware file (with the extension .uf2) to this virtual drive.
6. When the copy has completed the Raspberry Pi Pico will restart and create a virtual serial port on your computer. 
The LED on the Raspberry Pi Pico will blink slowly indicating that the PicoMite firmware with MMBasic is now running

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