## Step 1: Install software

Installing the programming environment

The Raspberry Pi Pico (H) can be programmed in various programming environments (IDEs).

A very well-known and widely used programming environment is the Arduino IDE.

In this project, we will program the Raspberry Pi Pico (H) in MircoPython.

The Thonny development environment is ideal for this.

It can be found on the website:

https://thonny.org/

for different computers.

For Thonny to work properly, the programming language Python must be installed on the computer.

Preparation of the Raspberry Pi Pico (H)

In order to program the Raspberry Pi Pico (H) in MicroPython, the compiler must be flashed to the Raspberry Pi Pico (H).

You can do this using the Thonny IDE or download the corresponding firmware file .uf2 from the download page

https://micropython.org/download/RPI_PICO/

download.