pico 2 starter kit -how to upload programs
**1.Use a cable to Connect the device to the computer.
**2.Download Code and Libraries
The code and library files have been updated. Please scroll to the bottom of the following page and download the files from the red-highlighted section as shown in the screenshot:
https://www.elecrow.com/wiki/All-in-one_Starter_Kit_for_Pico_2_with_Common_Board_design.html
**3.Please place the downloaded library files in the Arduino runtime library path.
Here's how to do it:
Go to File > Preferences in the Arduino IDE. In the Sketchbook location field, take the path shown there and add “\libraries” to the end — this is your Arduino runtime library path.
Open this path, then copy and paste all the contents(as shown in the image below) from the Libraries folder you downloaded into it.
**4.Double click the .ino file in one lesson folder from the code we provided to open it in Arduino IDE .
for example:
**5.Board installing and selecting
(1) Configure Additional Boards Manager URLs:
In the Arduino IDE, click on File → Preferences, then paste the following URL into the "Additional Boards Manager URLs" field:. Then Click OK.
https://github.com/earlephilhower/arduino-pico/releases/download/global/package_rp2040_index.json
（If you need to add multiple URLs, click the icon on the right to open the pop-up window and add URLs. Different URLs need to be separated by line breaks, and then click OK.）
(2) Install the Required Board:
Click on Tools → Board → Boards Manager, search for "2040", and install the following board.
Make sure you have installed version 4.2.0 of the Raspberry Pi Pico / RP2040 / RP2040 board package in the Arduino IDE. Use other versions may cause errors.
(3) Click Tools → Board,Select the Board "Adafruit Feather RP2350 HSTX" as shown in the following image :
**6.Enter bootloader mode manually using the following method:
Step 1: long Press and hold the BOOT button, then short press the RESET button.
Step 2: Release RESET first, then release BOOT.
**7.In the Arduino IDE, go to Tools > Port, and select the port labeled “UF2_PORT”, as shown in the screenshot below.
**8.After completing the steps above, click Upload in the Arduino IDE to upload the program.