Pico SDK Tools

This repository is used to provide pre-built binaries of the SDK tools for Windows, macOS, Raspberry Pi OS, and other Linux operating systems (builds performed on Ubuntu). These binaries are primarily for use by the pico-vscode extension, and the release format is subject to change at any time.

The tools currently included are:

• picotool
• OpenOCD (includes linuxgpiod and cmsis-dap adapters)
• pioasm
• RISC-V Toolchain

Installing the tools

Note: This installer is in beta, so arguments and format are subject to change

installer/install_pico_tools.py is a script that downloads these tools, plus the Arm GCC toolchain, CMake and ninja, into ~/.pico-sdk - the same layout the pico-vscode extension uses - and puts them on PATH

It needs Python 3.9 or newer, and git if you want it to clone the SDK too:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/raspberrypi/pico-sdk-tools/main/installer/install_pico_tools.py
chmod +x install_pico_tools.py
./install_pico_tools.py

It is also a composite action, so a GitHub Actions job can install the same set of tools in one step:

- uses: raspberrypi/pico-sdk-tools/installer@main
  with:
    sdk-version: '2.3.0'

See installer/README.md for the full details.