Side-Quest on Pi Ada Tutorial

Side Quest: Debugger

krischik@users.sourceforge.net (Martin Krischik) — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:28:11 +0200

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.

Side Quest: Floating Point Fixed

krischik@users.sourceforge.net (Martin Krischik) — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:44:57 +0200

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

Side Quest: Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W

krischik@users.sourceforge.net (Martin Krischik) — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:44:57 +0200

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

Side Quest Update: The Breadboards Have Arrived!

krischik@users.sourceforge.net (Martin Krischik) — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:30:00 +0100

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.

Side Quest: Breadboards – Why Cheap Ones Just Don’t Cut It

krischik@users.sourceforge.net (Martin Krischik) — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:32:38 +0100

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.

From Repetitive to Elegant: My Improved Pico Ada Makefile

krischik@users.sourceforge.net (Martin Krischik) — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:51:15 +0100

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.

Hardware Reset Button

krischik@users.sourceforge.net (Martin Krischik) — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:42:41 +0100

Adding a Hardware Reset Button – Goodbye USB Plug Wrestling

Configuring Passwordless sudo for picotool

krischik@users.sourceforge.net (Martin Krischik) — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:20:00 +0100

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