Tony is a Geek

Okay, not that one.... How am I only finding out about this now? Yes, you can opt. for MicroPython, if that's your thing... and there are lots of "extra" IoT components that you can add too. I added the SDCard and ILI9341 components to the screen above - you can then link them up to the GPIO pins. You can then write the C code, as you would normally.... and then you can execute the code and DEBUG it normally. This is quite an interesting concept - I am not sure exactly how many times you can re-flash the actual PICO, but it will have a shelf life... and I reckon over the past 2 weeks, I've probably flashed mine about 500 times!  Obviously, this won't replace the need for actual device testing - but, it will help reduce the code / test / debug / get it right cycle and then once happy then extract out. Yes, it also won't cater for custom hardware either - but I do believe it does allow you to upload your existing code / libraries and will include them - I need t...

Buy a device from here (or you could make your own from parts, it's all open source) Pretty useful usage of an ESP32 IoT device = Arduino..... they forgot the whole "watch" part, but the next time you're in a 'chosen establishment' (does anyone visit real banks anymore?) you could have a little probe around to see what insecure wifi is hanging around.... or even just annoy your "friends" on the train... "fun for all the family" :-D