Display Pimoroni explorer board not (always) working

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Today I have received a new PIM550 Pico Explorer board.

The board is connected with USB to a laptop with Windows 11
Thonny installed.

As a beginner with a new PIM550 Pico PI PIMORONI explorer base I have a question
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Where can I find the uf2 files from pimoroni-pico-v1.18.8-micropython.uf2 to pimoroni-pico-v1.22.x-micropython.uf2?

I should expect they are located anywhere at Releases · pimoroni/pimoroni-pico · GitHub
I already found pimoroni-pico-v1.18.7-micropython.uf2 on the location Release Version 1.18.7 · pimoroni/pimoroni-pico · GitHub and
I found pico-v1.23.0-1-pimoroni-micropython.uf2 on the location Releases · pimoroni/pimoroni-pico · GitHub
The problem is that to show some text I had to use pimoroni-pico-v1.18.7-micropython.uf2 to let work the example of mr. Shoe (Feb.2021) as can be found at
Pico Explorer Display - not working? - #2 by Shoe
When I am using pico-v1.23.0-1-pimoroni-micropython.uf2 then no text is dispayed getting the error in Thonny:
’ File “”, line 3, in
AttributeError: ‘module’ object has no attribute ‘get_width’ ’

So I like to try all uf2 files from v1.18.8 till v1.22 to check when it is going wrong.

What is the most recent uf2 version?

In the PIMORONI explorer board there is nothing connected to a breakout connector.
And I have mounted a new PICO-PI W version but assume that in this case it does not matter why it is with some uf2 versions not working. I have also tried the picow-v1.23.0-1-pimoroni-micropython.uf2 file but again no working display.

Thank you for your help in advance.

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The example you’ve referred to is very old, and uses functions that are no longer in the current firmware, which is why you’re getting an error trying to run it. You’d be better off running the examples in the Pimoroni GitHub, which will be up to date with the firmware.

(pimoroni-pico/micropython/examples/pico_explorer at main · pimoroni/pimoroni-pico · GitHub)

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What version Pico do you have plugged into the Pico Explorer Base?
The Pico, PicoW, and Pico2 each use a different uf2 file.

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Thank you for that link. I have tried a couple of .py-examples in that link. With success in combination with picow-v1.23.0-1-pimoroni-micropython.uf2 as the latest version ( I am using a pico w).

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I have plugged a PicoW into the Pico Explorer Base.
I have not yet tried an example with WIFI but I’m going to assume that it will work as well.
Thanks for thinking along.

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