Pico Blink LED Code

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)

include(pico_sdk_import.cmake)

project(pico-projects)

pico_sdk_init()

add_executable(blink_led blink_led.c)

target_link_libraries(blink_led pico_stdlib)

pico_add_extra_outputs(blink_led)

#include "pico/stdlib.h"

int main(){
    // initialise GPIO (Green LED connected to pin 25)
    gpio_init(25);
    gpio_set_dir(25, GPIO_OUT);

    //Main Loop 
    while(1){
        gpio_put(25, 1); // Set pin 25 to high
        sleep_ms(500); // 0.5s delay
        gpio_put(25, 0); // Set pin 25 to low
        sleep_ms(500); // 0.5s delay
    }
}

6 comments

1. Thanks for your very helpful videos. You created the blink project right under the pico-projects directory. What if i wanted to organize my projects better so that every project had a unique sub-folder under pic-projects, so for example pico-project/blinkfolder and other projects in their own sub-folders. What would change in the Cmakefile.txt, and in the environment variables if any. Also please illustrate with a project where there are multiple files, like main.c, blink.c that have dependencies etc, (ie: something beyond the little toy examples)

   thanks
   bammi

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   1. Hi Bammi, Thank you for your comment, hopefully I can answer your questions!

      Firstly, regarding folder structure, it is totally possible to organise your folder structure like this, looking back I should have covered this in my videos! It will require no modification to the environment variables and little modification to the CMakeLists files. Each sub-folder (i.e Pico-Projects/projectX) will need its own CMakeLists.txt file however it is a little shorter and can only needs the add_executable, target_link_libraries, pico_add_extra_outputs and any other project specific instructions. The parent folder (i.e Pico-Projects) will need the pico_sdk_import.cmake file and a CMakeLists.txt file which specifies the cmake_minimum_required, include(pico_sdk_import.cmake), pico_sdk_init(). Also in this CMakeLists.txt file are all the sub-folders (individual projects) listed with the add_subdirectory(projectX).

      This structure can be seen with the Pico-Examples folder (https://github.com/raspberrypi/pico-examples) and you can see how the ‘Parent’ CMakeLists.txt file is structured compared to the sub-folder ones. When in VS Code (assuming you are using VS Code) you open the parent folder “Pico-Projects) and can then select which sub-folder to build by selecting the [all] button near the build icon.

      Let me know if you have any further questions regarding this, I might add this to a queue of upcoming videos.

      Secondly, in terms of adding extra dependencies, in the CMakeLists.txt file you can add multiple files to the add_executable function such as:

      add_executable(hello_world
main.c
interrrupts.c
)


      If you want to add other library dependencies you can use the function add_libraries(dependency1.c …. Dependency2.c …) and if you want to add full directories you use the target_include_directories. Documentation available here: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/add_library.html, https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/target_include_directories.html.

      Hopefully this answered your questions, let me know!

      Kind regards and have a nice day,
      Mark

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      1. Thank you Mark
         Appreciate your prompt reply and all your efforts.

         cheers,
         bammi

         Reply

2. Excellent tutorials. Congratulations!

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4. Fantastic tutorial. I especially like the suggestion to include multiple folders/files under pico-projects.

   For me, I would like to see a tutorial for a Pico I2C scanner with output over USB-uart, and how to invoke the terminal in VS.

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