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Raspberry Pi Pico SDK

  • Software
  • Microcontrollers and firmware tools
  • Framework

The C/C++ SDK for RP-series microcontrollers such as the Raspberry Pi Pico and Pico 2, providing headers, libraries and a CMake build system for writing programs.

Made by Raspberry Pi, United Kingdom (checked on github.com/raspberrypi (opens in a new tab)).

Source on GitHub: github.com/raspberrypi/pico-sdk (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 079c6f3 (opens in a new tab).

Licenses

Code
BSD-3-Clause (opens in a new tab)

Read by Robotheca from LICENSE.TXT (opens in a new tab) (BSD-3-Clause) at commit 079c6f3 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

What it does

  • Lets programs in C, C++ or assembly run on Pico-series devices, starting from a conventional main() function.
  • Provides C-level APIs for all of the microcontroller's hardware, including PIO (Programmable IO).
  • Offers higher-level libraries for timers, synchronization, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth networking, USB and multicore programming.
  • Includes complete register definition headers for direct hardware access when needed.
  • Builds programs with CMake, producing ELF, UF2 and other output files for debugging or drag-and-drop installation.
  • Supports RISC-V builds for the RP2350 with a prebuilt compiler toolchain.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 079c6f3.

Getting started

Difficulty
Intermediate
Hardware it needs, as the project states it
Raspberry Pi Pico or Raspberry Pi Pico 2 devices, built with a native compiler and a GCC ARM cross compiler; boards are selected with PICO_BOARD, such as pico2 or pico_w.

Maintenance

Status
Active: a commit in the last 90 days
Newest commit
5 Sept 2026 on master
Latest release
2.3.1 (5 Sept 2026)

Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.

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Robots on Robotheca that use it

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