Side-Quest

From UART logging and OpenOCD to GDB scripts and Visual Studio Code — everything I needed (and the battles I fought) to make debugging work on macOS.

How to adapt the existing Ada projects for the newer Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W — a quick side quest with all the necessary changes explained

Floating point support for the Raspberry Pi Pico is now fixed.

Unboxing the new transparent BusBoard BB830T, side-by-side comparison with the Freenove board, a quick nerd-out on fingertip sensitivity, and how I prepared identical setups for both my Raspberry Pi Pico and Pico 2W. Plus a note on why Ada support for the Pico 2W is still a bit flaky.

Discover why I’m switching breadboards mid-project – from loose buttons ruining shots to rock-solid BusBoard reliability. Plus a peek at my new transparent setup and some exciting 6502 bits ordered on the side.

I started with a repetitive Makefile that broke without manual Pico_Upload. After some pair programming with Grok, here’s the much cleaner version I now use for every chapter.

Adding a Hardware Reset Button – Goodbye USB Plug Wrestling

How I tried (and failed) to set up passwordless picotool flashing on macOS — and what actually works better.