Home

What's Pico-W-Go?

Pico-W-Go is a Visual Studio code extension designed to simplify and speed up the development of MicroPython projects for the Raspberry Pi Pico and Pico W boards.

---

Features:

• Autocompletion data for Pylance and the Python extension as well as docs for MicroPython modules which are present on the Pico W
• A VS code terminal implementation for the MicroPython REPL on the board for easy communication with the Pico (W)
• The ability to upload and run projects or individual files to the board
• An integrated pinout map for the Pico-W board
• Additional commands integrated in Visual Studio Code to address and control the Pico boards
• An integrated FTP server to manage the files on the Pico board

---

Information about supported platforms and environments can be found here.

Additional requirements:

• MicroPython firmware flashed onto the Raspberry Pi Pico (W):

  • See raspberry pi docs for help.

• Python 3.9 or newer installed on your system and in your PATH.

Required additional Visual Studio Code extensions:

• ms-python.python
• visualstudioexptteam.vscodeintellicode
• ms-python.vscode-pylance

---

Platform specific notes:

• Raspberry Pi 4b and 400
• Linux
• Windows 10/11

---

• Changelog
• Known issues
• Planed features