Example of a Slackbot for Pico W

Connect your Raspberry Pi Pico W board to Slack using the Slack API.

Requires a Slack App token and Slack Bot token.

Learn more in the Raspberry Pi "Create your own Slack bot with a Raspberry Pi Pico W" guest blog post.

Hardware

• Raspberry Pi Pico W

Software

MicroPython

1. Set up MicroPython on the Raspberry Pi Pico W
2. Copy files from micropython folder to the Raspberry Pi Pico W
3. Update config.py with your:
   • Wi-Fi SSID and Password
   • Slack App token and Bot token
4. Run main.py

pico-sdk

Cloning

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/ArmDeveloperEcosystem/example-of-a-slackbot-for-pico-w.git

Building

1. Set up the Pico C/C++ SDK
2. Set PICO_SDK_PATH

export PICO_SDK_PATH=/path/to/pico-sdk

3. Change directories:

example-of-a-slackbot-for-pico-w/pico-sdk

4. Create build dir, run cmake and make:

mkdir build

cd build

cmake .. \
  -DWIFI_SSID="<Wi-Fi SSID>" \
  -DWIFI_PASSWORD="<Wi-Fi Password>" \
  -DSLACK_APP_TOKEN="<Slack App token>" \
  -DSLACK_BOT_TOKEN="<Slack Bot token>" \
  -DPICO_BOARD=pico_w

make

5. Copy example picow_slack_bot.uf2 to Pico W when in BOOT mode.

License

MIT

Acknowledgements

Configuration files in the pico-sdk based example are based on the following files from the pico-examples GitHub repository:

• FreeRTOSConfig.h
• lwipopts_examples_common.h
• lwipopts.h
• mbedtls_config.h

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Disclaimer: This is not an official Arm product.