#lighthack with Raspberry Pico

old thread, but was wondering if anyones gotten #lighthack working on the Raspberry Pi Pico?

looking for any tips or tricks for getting it running.

Thanks for you time.

I got it to work, is there a specific question or problem?

Thanks for the response, I’m having trouble getting a complete handshake from a fresh startup of the lighthack board.

Here’s my current setup:

Arduino IDE (1.18.19)
Latest Manual Download of CNMAT OSC

Board Manager:

Earl Philhower – Raspberry Pi Pico/RP2040 (1.9.14)

Official Arduino – Arduino Mbed OS RP2040 (2.6.1)

Windows 10 and Raspberry Pi 4

ETCnomad EOS v3.1

With the Philhower board setup, I have to ‘jump-start’ serial monitor in Arduino IDE for the handshake to complete. By ‘jump-start’ I mean I have to open up Serial Monitor, let messages print, then close it in order for Eos Nomad to give the “IoCard – OSC USB Device Handshake complete [OK]” sign. Without ‘jump-starting’ the board, it get hung at “IoCard – OSC USB Device Handshake Initiated [ETCOSC?] and never makes it to an OK.

With the Official Arduino board setup, this ‘jump-start’ method does not work and I can’t get any connections or handshakes.

If I’m using the Philhower setup and I’ve ‘jump-started’ the board, I have complete functionality and have been able to control fixture as desired.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks for the response, I’m having trouble getting a complete handshake from a fresh startup of the lighthack board.

Here’s my current setup:

Arduino IDE (1.18.19)
Latest Manual Download of CNMAT OSC

Board Manager:

Earl Philhower – Raspberry Pi Pico/RP2040 (1.9.14)

Official Arduino – Arduino Mbed OS RP2040 (2.6.1)

Windows 10 and Raspberry Pi 4

ETCnomad EOS v3.1

With the Philhower board setup, I have to ‘jump-start’ serial monitor in Arduino IDE for the handshake to complete. By ‘jump-start’ I mean I have to open up Serial Monitor, let messages print, then close it in order for Eos Nomad to give the “IoCard – OSC USB Device Handshake complete [OK]” sign. Without ‘jump-starting’ the board, it get hung at “IoCard – OSC USB Device Handshake Initiated [ETCOSC?] and never makes it to an OK.

With the Official Arduino board setup, this ‘jump-start’ method does not work and I can’t get any connections or handshakes.

If I’m using the Philhower setup and I’ve ‘jump-started’ the board, I have complete functionality and have been able to control fixture as desired.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I will test the Earl Philhower core tomorrow, The official Arduino core have a problem with the Serial implementation because it is based on mbed. 

Using macOS Monterey with Arduino IDE 2.0-rc3
The USB test works fine with Earl Philhower Core, I attached an USB test. After uploading you should close the IDE, maybe that cause a problem with detecting.

usb_test_sketch.zip

Updated to Arduino IDE 2.0-rc3 with the Earl Philhower Core, still have to 'jump-start' serial monitor.

Closing Arduino IDE didn’t seem to have an affect, while leaving serial monitor open does block the comm port.

Did you tried with the test sketch? Did you use the last version of the Earl Philhower core?
After upload, close the app, detach the pico and attach back the USB cable, then start Nomad.
Or try to start Nomad and after starting attach the Pico.

yes, it still gets hung at [ETCOSC?] without the 'jump-start'.

Let me try the whole sequence again.

with Earle Philhower Core (1.19.14)

here's a screenshot of starting Nomad then plugging in the Pico with the usb_test_sketch you attached.

the same happpens when upload, close the app, unplug the Pico, re-plug Pico, and start Nomad.

I will look into Win10 on my bootcamp partition tomorrow.

Sounds good. At this point I've even tried a fresh install of windows 10 and still no luck. Still have to open serial monitor.

So i tried with Win10, no luck. Sorry that I can't help. It is a known problem also with other microcontroller boards. macOS handling of USB is very different to Win10. I'm begging for support of Teensy and Pico for years but there is no date for support.

Thanks for your time.