Raspberry Pi Pico W Windows 10 Driver RP2 Boot Driver
For Raspberry Pi Pico W, you need to install Driver for Windows 10 operating system. When you connect the Raspberry Pi Pico W to your computer, the Port will appear as RP2 Boot in the COM&LPT menu and is unusable. To use Raspberry Pi Pico W, you need to download the driver from https://zadig.akeo.ie/.
https://github.com/pbatard/libwdi/releases/download/v1.5.0/zadig-2.8.exe
To download the current version, go to the zadig website.
Zadig settings should be as on the screen.
First Run Pi Pico W for MicroPython
Download the Firmware Releases v1.20.0 (2023-04-26) .uf2 [Release notes] (latest)
file from https://micropython.org/download/RPI_PICO_W/. Download direkt link: https://micropython.org/resources/firmware/RPI_PICO_W-20230426-v1.20.0.uf2
Then drag and drop this file into the Pico W's USB flash drive.
After this process, Pico W will be seen as a USB Serial Device.
Now open Serial Terminal and type the following codes in order. You will see your Pico's LED blinking.
from machine import Pin
from utime import sleep
pin = Pin("LED", Pin.OUT)
print("LED starts flashing...")
while True:
pin.toggle()
sleep(1) # sleep 1sec