NHL Stenden Computer Science Y1 P3 Embedded Systems

• Name: Peter Kapsiar
• Student ID: 5486866
• Repository: https://github.com/pop9459/P3-EmbeddedSystems/

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This repository contains multiple MicroPython subprojects for Raspberry Pi Pico.

Each subproject should contain its own main.py that is uploaded to the Pico.

1) Activate the virtual environment (Linux/macOS)

From the workspace root:

source .venv/bin/activate

To leave the environment:

deactivate

Python dependency: pyserial

pyserial is useful (and often required) when you use Python-based serial tools from the terminal.

• If you work only with the MicroPico VS Code extension, pyserial is usually not required.
• If you use serial tooling (for example mpremote, custom scripts, or serial.tools.*), install it in the venv.

Install/check:

pip install pyserial
pip show pyserial

2) Run a subproject on the Pico

These are MicroPython projects, so code runs on the Pico board (not directly on your PC Python).

Option A: Use MicroPico in VS Code (recommended)

1. Connect your Pico via USB.
2. Open the subproject folder you want to run (example: BlinkWithExternalHardwareReset).
3. Open that subproject's main.py.
4. Use the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P):
   • MicroPico: Upload current file to Pico (or upload the whole project).

When main.py is on the board, it starts automatically after reset/power-on.

Option B: Paste into MicroPython REPL

If you use another tool/REPL, run the selected subproject's main.py directly on the Pico.

Notes

• Ensure MicroPython firmware is installed on the Pico.
• AnalogJoystick and DinoCheater projects require circuitpython instead of micropython firmware.