Fully updated for RaspberryPiPicoW, this book gets you started with RaspberryPiPico whether youre using RaspberryPiPico for a home project, industrial automation, or learning (or teaching!) electronics and programming. Microcontrollers, like the RP2040 chip at the heart of RaspberryPiPico, are computers stripped back to their bare essentials. You dont use monitors or keyboards with them instead, you program them over USB to take their input from (and send their output to) on-board input/output pins. Using these programmable connections, you can light LEDs, make noises, send text to screens, and much more. In this book, you will learn how to use the beginner-friendly MicroPython language to write programs, and youll connect up hardware to make your RaspberryPiPico interact with the world around it. Using these skills, you can create your own electromechanical projects, whether for fun or to make your life easier. Fully updated for RaspberryPi PicoW and the latest version of MicroPython, this book shows you how to: Get started with RaspberryPi Pico and PicoW Work with various electronic components Create your own programmable electronic contraptions Turn Raspberry Pi Pico W into a network-connected node for the Internet of Things Link your Pico W to your smartphone, tablet, or another PicoW with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Whether youre using RaspberryPiPico for a home project, industrial automation, or learning (or teaching!) electronics and programming, this book will show you how.