Getting Pushy by adding a Button to the Raspberry Pi Pico (CircuitPython) 

Mu isn’t great. My biggest complaint about working with CorcuitPython is the lack of easy integration with better development tools. I plan to look at options later in the year, but Mu is free so it’s easy to try out if you find it useful. The interface is supposed to be easier to use, for young kids, but I find it more trouble since it’s non standard. Good luck and feel free to share your experiences!

A breadboard is useful. And you’ll want your pico to have headers soldered on, too. Check the earlier lessons in the playlist. You’ll see one on breadboards.

Are you using CircuitPython and not microphone? Those modules are built into CircuitPython. They don’t need to be added to “lib”. So if you installed CircuitPython (earlier lesson) you should be fine. Just use the import statement in your code.

Also make sure you've installed the proper CircuitPython library for your board. For example: Raspberry Pi Pico W if you're using the "W" board, Raspberry Pi Pico for that board. Has that solved you issue? Good luck!

Look at the Google sheet link in the very first video at bit.ly/circuitpython-tutorials (it’s in the video description - those are below the RU-vid videos. Sometimes you have to click to expand them). That link has all of the parts, links, etc.

@@profgallaugher Is it ok to buy a Pico WH because that is what the link takes me to that was on the spreadsheet.

That's the one to get. It has the headers pre-soldered on it. You'll want to get a breadboard, too. If you're just experimenting, the CircuitPlayground Bluefruit (CPB) board is a great first board. The CircuitPython you'll learn will mostly translate to the Raspberry Pi Pico, but the CPB has a bunch of sensors, lights, and other hardware on board, and it can be easily expanded with alligator clips. Feel free to use either, or both, but the CPB is a great first choice given it has so much embedded in it. CircuitPython will be mostly standard across the >500 boards that run the language.

Know that the Raspberry Pi Pico-WH doesn't do a whole lot on its own. You'll likely want some additional hardware if that's the one. you go with. Get a breadboard, a neopixel light strip, pin-alligator clip wires, and most of the sensors I use (e.g. the 12-pad touch sensor, distance sensor, etc) use the STEMMA-QT standard, so this product is good to use with STEMMA-QT expansion since these devices can be daisy-chained together. www.adafruit.com/product/4209. You'll also need a STEMA-QT cable to go from the port on that product to any of the STEMMA-QT expansion items - something like this will work: www.adafruit.com/product/4210 Again, the CPB is really nice as a first board because it includes so much & you can experiment with motional detection / accelerometer, lights, sounds, light sensing, buttons, and more, all on the board. This may make it easier to choose hardware for a board like the Pico-WH in the future. Cheers & good luck. Also know that Adafruit Discord is a GREAT place to ask for help. I mention this site in the intro videos.

@@profgallaugher I already have A CPB do you recommend any buttons on adafruit that could hook up to alligator clips.

Yikes. Good luck.