

“Host computer” refers to the computer used to program the target Raspberry PI Pico board in this tutorial.

Program the board using the Thonny IDE running on the host computer, as described in the steps.

The USB port powers the board and a program controls the on-board LED. There is no need to do any soldering or circuit building when doing a quick test of the Raspberry PI Pico microcontroller board. Hardware for Starting with the Raspberry Pi Pico
