Sorry to ask this, probably again, but… where can I get the base of install for the Pico clock, one suitable for the raspi 2350 Pico 2W please.
Please explain. Are you looking for the/a clock software to display the time ? or are you looking for how to attach a real time clock (RTC) ?
Somewhere in the forum there is a post about clock software and RTC is documented in the PicoMite manual and several posts in the forum.
So so sorry, I meant Pico Calc, not clock. I’m blaming auto correct 
I’m after the .uf2 files for the base Raspi Pico2 W, or indeed the .uf2 file for any Pico.
the UF2 you install depends largely on what you want to run on it. each program/firmware is a different UF2. the versions that will run on a pico 2 (regardless of wireless or not) will usually say either “2350” or “pico2” in the filename.
my personal recommendation is that you use UF2 loader so you can easily switch between said firmwares from the SD card without having to flash manually from a computer each time: GitHub - pelrun/uf2loader: Bootloader that loads firmware from PicoCalc's SD card Slot.
from there you can put the firmwares you want on your SD card, like a lua programming environment: GitHub - Lana-chan/picocalc_lua: A minimal port of Lua for the PicoCalc or a master system emulator: GitHub - Lana-chan/picocalc-smsplus: SMS Plus port for the PicoCalc
there are many others as well you can find in this forum, those are just the ones i maintain
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Thanks, that is what I am after a .uf2 loader not OS. The lack of (maybe easily) findable documentation is hindering my progress to be honest, hence the probably stupid questions.
Hi
I’m still having issues. I have copied the boot file to my SD card and uploaded the correct booloader.uf2 file to the Pico2w and I just get a black screen on power up of the PicoCalc. I have even tried writing the PicoMite_PICO2_V6.00.03_PicoCalc.uf2 directly to my Pico2W and still get a blank screen. I am using the bootsel button correctly and can install firmware such PicoWare successfully, so why can’t I get the bootloader to work or PicoMite BASIC?
because the bootloader currently doesn’t support PicoMite on Pico 2, that’s a known issue. Hopefully it will be fixed soon. In the meantime you need to simply install directly the PicoMite on Pico 2.
- Go to BOOTSEL mode
- copy the UF2 to the Pico 2
and voilá!
One more thing:
For Pico 2 you need flash_nuke.uf2 to delete bootloader. Otherwise it won’t work.
Yes, I have tried that (just installing Pico basic) but it doesn’t work. I just get a blank screen on power up. Also why wouldn’t the boot loader work and just come up with the list of uf2s?
Where do I get flash_nuke from please?