pico-calc-text

This is a simple Arduino IDE library to read the keyboard input from the Pico Calc. It utilizes the keyboard and southbridge libraries from Blair Leduc's picocalc-text-starter.

Install

1. Install the Arduino IDE from https://www.arduino.cc/en/software.
2. Download this repository as a .zip file: https://github.com/jblanked/pico-calc-text/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
3. Open up the .zip and double-click the pico-calc-text.ino file to open it up in Arduino IDE.
4. Open the Arduino IDE you downloaded earlier, go to Preferences/Settings, and add the following URL to the Additional Boards Manager URLs field: https://github.com/earlephilhower/arduino-pico/releases/download/4.6.0/package_rp2040_index.json. Click OK.
5. In Boards Manager, search for rp2040 and install the Raspberry Pi Pico/RP2040/RP2350 package.
6. Hold the BOOT button on your Pico while connecting your USB data cable.
7. Select the serial port to which your Pico is connected and choose your specific Pico type (e.g., Raspberry Pi Pico) as your board.
8. In Tools menu, change the Flash Size to 2MB (Sketch: 1984KB, FS: 64KB) (or 4MB (Sketch: 4032KB, FS: 64KB) if compiling for a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 or 2W device) and CPU Speed to 200MHz.
9. Finally, click Sketch in the menu, then select Upload. After it's done, disconnect the USB-C cable and power on your Pico Calc.
10. Open up the Serial Monitor within Arduino IDE and connect your Pico Calc via USB-C again.
11. Select the serial port to which your Pico is connected and choose your specific Pico type (e.g., Raspberry Pi Pico) as your board.
12. Begin typing on your Pico Calc. The input will be displayed within the Serial Monitor section.