# Pico 2 W compatible with Pico calc? **URL:** \ **Category:** PicoCalc\ **Created:** [March 28, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/pico-2-w-compatible-with-pico-calc/16351 "2025-03-28T16:10:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 25
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There’s no easy way, at present. You’ll need to create and build the firmware yourself and create whatever applications you need. You could use the Arduino IDE to create your own custom firmware for the device. Someone started working on that here: > [@BaseCode for programming PicoCalc using Arduino IDE](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/basecode-for-programming-picocalc-using-arduino-ide/16401): > I haven’t played with the uLisp port, but it’s possible it might support wifi functionality. Someone [built it for the Pico 2](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/pico-2w-ulisp-playing-notes-on-the-speakers/16458). Edit (download links for firmware): > **[PicoCalc images](https://dev.metacircular.net/picocalc-uf2)** Similarly Fuzix might support wifi, but I haven’t played with it yet either. Doesn’t seem like anyone has really been using it much, since the folks interested in Linux have seemed to gravitate toward the Luckfox Lyra (which also doesn’t have wifi, except by hardware mods). I haven’t seen anyone porting MicroPython/CircuitPython to the Pico/Pico2 for PicoCalc, but that could be a possibilty as well. I might take a look at that myself soon since I already started looking at it for the Waveshare ESP32-S3 Pico module. Edit (display works, but keyboard doesn’t on CircuitPython): > [@CircuitPython with Pico 2 W](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/circuitpython-with-pico-2-w/16394/17): > > I keep coming back to circuitpython thinking some feature or convenience will be an improvement over micropython, and finding while some particular thing is easier something else gets harder or I hit a wall doing something I can already do in micropython. The web workflow tools in circuitpython are functional, but the serial console (the local version, not their hosted web tools) sucks. Its a text box and a printout from the console, so you can issue a command but it gets janky fast. Whereas in … I suppose you could ask @guu about it, but sounds like he’s busy with other things (and he already did the inital ports of these firmwares), so I’m guessing the community efforts will probably produce something faster. So I guess the TL;DR is: wait a few months and see what develops, or jump in and try to get something working yourself. That’s kind of the general rule for all Clockwork devices, which can be either exciting, or frustrating, or both, depending on your needs and patience. 😉 --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/pico-2-w-compatible-with-pico-calc/16351)._