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Make the blink example work on Pico W (#507)
* Make the blink example work on Pico W It seems to confuse people that the blink example doesn't work on PicoW. To avoid further confusion, make it work, rather than build and silently do nothing.
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blink/CMakeLists.txt

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add_executable(blink
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blink.c
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blink.c
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# pull in common dependencies
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target_link_libraries(blink pico_stdlib)
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if (PICO_CYW43_SUPPORTED)
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target_link_libraries(blink pico_cyw43_arch_none)
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endif()
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# create map/bin/hex file etc.
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pico_add_extra_outputs(blink)
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blink/blink.c

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#include "pico/stdlib.h"
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// Pico W devices use a GPIO on the WIFI chip for the LED,
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// so when building for Pico W, CYW43_WL_GPIO_LED_PIN will be defined
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#ifdef CYW43_WL_GPIO_LED_PIN
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#include "pico/cyw43_arch.h"
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#endif
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#ifndef LED_DELAY_MS
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#define LED_DELAY_MS 250
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#endif
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// Perform initialisation
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int pico_led_init(void) {
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#if defined(PICO_DEFAULT_LED_PIN)
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// A device like Pico that uses a GPIO for the LED will define PICO_DEFAULT_LED_PIN
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// so we can use normal GPIO functionality to turn the led on and off
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gpio_init(PICO_DEFAULT_LED_PIN);
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gpio_set_dir(PICO_DEFAULT_LED_PIN, GPIO_OUT);
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return PICO_OK;
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#elif defined(CYW43_WL_GPIO_LED_PIN)
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// For Pico W devices we need to initialise the driver etc
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return cyw43_arch_init();
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#endif
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}
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// Turn the led on or off
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void pico_set_led(bool led_on) {
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#if defined(PICO_DEFAULT_LED_PIN)
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// Just set the GPIO on or off
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gpio_put(PICO_DEFAULT_LED_PIN, led_on);
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#elif defined(CYW43_WL_GPIO_LED_PIN)
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// Ask the wifi "driver" to set the GPIO on or off
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cyw43_arch_gpio_put(CYW43_WL_GPIO_LED_PIN, led_on);
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#endif
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}
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int main() {
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#ifndef PICO_DEFAULT_LED_PIN
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#warning blink example requires a board with a regular LED
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#else
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const uint LED_PIN = PICO_DEFAULT_LED_PIN;
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gpio_init(LED_PIN);
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gpio_set_dir(LED_PIN, GPIO_OUT);
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int rc = pico_led_init();
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hard_assert(rc == PICO_OK);
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while (true) {
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gpio_put(LED_PIN, 1);
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sleep_ms(250);
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gpio_put(LED_PIN, 0);
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sleep_ms(250);
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pico_set_led(true);
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sleep_ms(LED_DELAY_MS);
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pico_set_led(false);
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sleep_ms(LED_DELAY_MS);
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}
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#endif
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}

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