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Learn how to upload the burgerbot.py file to a Raspberry Pi Pico using Thonny IDE.

By Kevin McAleer,    1 Minute

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To upload the burgerbot.py file to a Raspberry Pi Pico using Thonny IDE, you’ll need to follow these steps:

1. Connect the Raspberry Pi Pico to your computer using a USB cable.
2. Open Thonny IDE on your computer.
3. Go to the “Tools” menu and select “Options”.
4. In the “Options” window, go to the “Interpreters” tab.
5. Under “Interpreters”, select “Raspberry Pi Pico” from the list of available devices.
6. Click “OK” to close the “Options” window.
7. In Thonny, go to the “File” menu and select “Open”.
8. Locate the burgerbot.py file on your computer and select it.
9. In Thonny, go to the “File” menu and select “Save As”.
10. Save the file to the Raspberry Pi Pico.
11. In Thonny, go to the “Run” menu and select “Run Current Script”.
12. The output of the script will be displayed in the Thonny IDE console.