Raspberry Pi Pico C/C++ setup in SDK Visual Studio 2022

e arcThere are many way to program Raspberry Pico with many types of IDE. This post shows how to setup Raspberry Pico configuration in Visual Studio 2022, 2019 and create new project to run object file.

Check download program

• Visual Studio 2022
• VisualGDB

Program download and setup guide

1. VisualGDB

a. Download and install VisualGDB

b. Install Quick installation option

c. After finish, Visual Studio updated

2. Visual Studio 2022

a. Check the Microsoft Install guide

Setup Raspberry Pi Pico C/C++ project

1. Create new project

a. Click Create New Project on the menu

b. Search VisualGDB on search bar at the top

c. Select Raspberry Pi Pico Project Wizard

d. Set New project folder path

e. Select Create a new project based on a sample project

f. If you already installed Python or CMake and check the error, manually update the Locate

g. Go to your pc System Environment Variable and check the install Path, then update it.

h. Click the Next, Select GCC arm-eabi on Toolchain. If there is no option for it, click Download more toolchains.

i. Select Pico SDK on Pico SDK Version. you can choose Pico SDK from your local drive or Github.

j. Select sample projects from Pico SDK examples.

k. Select Build-in GDB simulator (very basic)

Run Raspberry Pi Pico C/C++ project

1. Build and Run new project

a. Project will be opened on Visual Studio

b. Build the project

c. Go to the project folder and Copy .uf2 file to W5100S-EVB-Pico