Smart Cities - Tiny House at Home (Alternate way)

Required Items

• Raspberry pi pico wh (wireless with headers)
• OneWire temperature sensor
• Other sensors:
  • Precision temperature sensor
  • RTC - Real Time Clock
• Breadboard to join sensors + required cables/jumper wires

Installing Thonny IDE

Follow installation steps for your os

For Windows/Mac

visit the thonny website and download the latest windows installer https://thonny.org/

For Linux

Installer (installs private Python 3.10 on x86_64, uses existing python3 elsewhere)

bash <(wget -O - https://thonny.org/installer-for-linux)

Re-using an existing Python installation (for advanced users)

pip3 install thonny

Thonny IDE Setup

Steps to setup Thonny for use with pico w

Connect Raspberry pi pico

1. Connect the pico to your computer using a micro-USB to USB-A cable
2. Open Thonny IDE
3. Click 'Configure Interpreter' or the hamburger menu on the bottom right

1. Select 'MicroPython (Raspberry Pi Pico)'