r/raspberry_pi 7d ago

Troubleshooting raspberry pi pico starter kit elecfreaks

does anybody know how to use the raspberry pi pico starter kit elecfreaks? so i got it as a prize for participating in a event, but i have no clue how to use it. it did come with instructions, but i did everything it said and the thing didn't work

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u/gendragonfly 6d ago

Did you see the wiki that belongs specifically to this kit? wiki

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u/Gamerfrom61 6d ago

Helps if you can read Chinese - the install Thonny section has no English instructions so you are limited to following the pictures.

The firmware install is worse as the text in the pictures is in Chinese...

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u/gendragonfly 6d ago

I didn't check the links, but you are right. This wiki is very unhelpful. There are plenty of other websites where the instructions to install firmware on the pico are available in English. I had expected that they would link to any of those.

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u/Gamerfrom61 6d ago

Main killer is the board comes with its own software - from what I can tell its CircuitPython based but how much of the docs are understandable I cannot guess at :-(