How to Compile the Raspberry Pi Pico C/C++ Code using VSCode and SDK in Windows

[hesam.moshiri]

There are three straightforward options to write the code for the Pico/RP2040: Arduino (C/C++), MicroPython (Thonny, MU Editor, … etc.), and VSCode (C/C++). I prefer C/C++ for RP2040 over MicroPython because in some cases MicroPython limits the user, and available hardware libraries are also limited, but on the other side, configuring a Windows machine and VSCode IDE for the Pico is challenging. This article introduces a piece-of-cake method to overcome this problem.