Beatled Pico

Requirements

• Raspberry Pico W
• AAA Battery holder (link to Adafruit)
• Wire (link to Adafruit)
• WS2812 LED Strip (link to Sparkfun)
• A hat or clothes to mount it on (example)

Compilation

1. Checkout the beatled-pico repo

2. Checkout submodules:

   git submodule update --init
   

3. Install the dependencies. For MacOS:

   brew install cmake
   brew tap ArmMbed/homebrew-formulae
   brew install gcc-arm-embedded
   brew install openocd
   brew install minicom
   

   Make sure vcpkg is also intalled on your machine.

   (Full instructions)

4. You can now build the project from VS Code. To start with, you can build the project for MacOS. It will generate an ARM64 executable with a Metal Shaders visualization. In .vscode/settings.json, make sure the following line are uncommented:

    "PORT": "posix",
    "CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE": "$env{VCPKG_ROOT}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake",
   

   

5. If you want to compile the Pico version, you need to:
   1. Delete the build folder
   2. Select the arm-none-eabi kit in Cmake (using the Cmake: Select Kit command)
   3. Rebuild the executables

Wiring Diagram

Circuit