# Graphics on Pico Display - Tutorial **URL:** \ **Category:** Learning Resources\ **Created:** [February 15, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/graphics-on-pico-display-tutorial/16272 "2021-02-15T16:30:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/graphics-on-pico-display-tutorial/16272/21 "2021-02-26T09:33:14Z")
I was just about to ask that same question. Downloaded and saved for future use. Thanks Tony and Shoe. Insert thumbs up smiley here. =) ---
**Author:** ![Airborne2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@Airborne2](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Airborne2)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/graphics-on-pico-display-tutorial/16272/22 "2021-02-27T09:47:27Z")
Shoe…I have received an email back from Pimoroni about my problem and they6 say that the reply was delayed due to “working through a very high volume of support tickets” so they do seem to have an active support department… ---
**Author:** ![Airborne2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@Airborne2](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Airborne2)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/graphics-on-pico-display-tutorial/16272/23 "2021-02-27T10:11:21Z")
Shoe, Thanks for the pointer to the “Flash\_Nuke.uf2” download…sounds like a suicide pill for use as as a last resort…scary. But somehow I do not think that that will solve my problem. My “Pico Display Pack” ,which exhibits the problem of a residual sketch still existing in the Display buffer and a new “Demo” sketch “underlaying” the residual sketch. The Pico Display Pack is connected to the Pico MCU via the Pimoroni Omnibus Pack. I have swapped Pico’s back and too on the Omnibus and the problem still persists so,… to my mind…the problem lies in the buffer memory of the Pico Display Pack, not the Pico MCU “flash” memory. What I think I need is something to “blast” just the Display Pack “flash memory”…does that sound logical to you?? ---
**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/graphics-on-pico-display-tutorial/16272/24 "2021-02-27T10:27:28Z")
I will be ordering one or more of those Captain Resseti reset buttons. I have a button with female jumper leads on it that I can use with my Omnibus for now. No having to unplug the USB. I’m no expert on this, but my guess is certain parts of the PICO get configured a certain way when you run one file, and some of that doesn’t get undone when you run a second file. Not without a reset. Best guess anyway. ---
**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/graphics-on-pico-display-tutorial/16272/25 "2021-02-27T10:31:43Z")
I “think” the flash\_nuke.uf2 just puts it back to the “out of the box” state? Ready for you to decide it you want to go C+, Micro Python, or Circuit Python by flashing a new uf2. That’s my read on it, I don’t see it doing any harm. ---
**Author:** ![Shoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Shoe](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Shoe)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/graphics-on-pico-display-tutorial/16272/26 "2021-02-27T10:33:09Z")
So the Display pack doesn’t have any flash itself, the RAM in the display driver should get wiped when the board is reset (it needs power to hold the data). However, I’ve been doing a bit of graphics work on the Pico Explorer, and occasionally I end up in an odd situation where saving new programs just doesn’t seem to work and it keeps runing the old program. Backing up the programs and nuking the file system seems to undo it. ---
**Author:** ![Tonygo2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/tonygo2/32/7814_2.png) [@Tonygo2](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Tonygo2)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/graphics-on-pico-display-tutorial/16272/27 "2021-02-27T11:30:46Z")
I’m getting possible ‘reliability’ problems with my explorer. I’m using it most of the day and as time goes on I get random pixels, mainly at the bottom but occasionally at the top and Thonny and the Pico stop talking to each other. I unplug the big end of the USB cable at the PC end. Pulling/pushing the small end in Pico is just asking for trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Shoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Shoe](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Shoe)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/graphics-on-pico-display-tutorial/16272/28 "2021-02-27T11:38:33Z")
Yes, I’ve been getting something similar Tony. I’m not sure if this is an issue with MicroPython, the Pico, or the Explorer, but somewhere, something is going wrong. I bought one the of the Captain Resetti boards exactly because I didn’t want to be putting a lot of wear on the USB port. I’m really surprised the Pico doesn’t come with one, it’s super useful. ---
**Author:** ![borgs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b77776/32.png) [@borgs](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/borgs)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/graphics-on-pico-display-tutorial/16272/29 "2021-02-27T11:44:28Z")
I’ve got my Pico attached to a very cheap 3 port USB hub on my desk. I’m just using the middle USB at the moment. I’ve had to unplug and re-plug hundreds of times in the last week so I’ll see how long that middle USB port lasts. My soldering is rubbish right now so won’t be getting a Captain Resetti until much later although I’m thinking of just breaking down a USB data cable and putting a reset switch into that instead. ---
**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/graphics-on-pico-display-tutorial/16272/30 "2021-02-27T11:51:17Z")
You can get USB cables with power switches in them, you just have to make sure its a Data cable and not just power. [Previous page](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/graphics-on-pico-display-tutorial/16272.md?page=1)