Sorry, I should be clear on the last post. The Thonny copy paste procedure offered by kids-taxi worked like a charm.

Well that was painless and it worked. This seems to be the route to go for someone like me. Thanks again.

Thanks Ron but ... Still no port at Step 7 I appreciate all the help but I am giving up on the Pico and Arduino IDE combination. I'll try the mi...

@zander I hope your trip to the dentist is less painful than trying to make this board work.

@zander I followed the steps you outlined but no port appears. Tried unplugging and replugging multiple times, holding down the boot loader button and...

@zander Hi Ron, I did not get a private email and have not yet tried what you suggested but will shortly.

@zander Thanks Ron for the help. I have been checking the show all ports checkbox to no avail, I just did not have it checked when I did the screen s...

@zander I'll try to be more detailed here. The overall problem is that I am unable to connect to a Raspberry Pico W. Here is a screen shot of the ...

Thanks for the quick responses. I would prefer to continue in C++ as I've already invested in learning it but have no aversion to micropython. I fol...

Hi. I am using Arduino IDE 2 and have followed all the steps in the video but after many attempts, Google searches, and unplugging and reconnecting my...

Hi Will. I’m not sure the moisture sensors are very useful unless there are several placed at different depths which gets expensive and cumbersome. I ...

Thanks for the quick replies. Mike