Pico Display Pack - No network?

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I have the Pico Display Pack which works splendidly with the custom micro python UF2 provided. But that does not include the network library, which I need in order to be able to set the time via ntp on power-up.

Is there no library for the Pico Display Pack that I can add to the official Raspberry Pi micro python firmware?

Simon

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If you have a Pico W use the Pico W uf2 file. It also has the display pack etc libraries.
https://github.com/pimoroni/pimoroni-pico/releases/download/v1.19.17/pimoroni-picow-v1.19.17-micropython.uf2

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Many thanks for the quick response. Silly me! Being very new to the Pico I hadn’t realised that there would be two versions of the firmware.

HOWEVER: I’ve now got the correct firmware installed and any attempt to use the display results in a screen full of noise, even using Pimoroni’s own example micro python code. Any ideas why?

Simon

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Might be a glitch in the new 1.19.17 release? Maybe try 1.19.16?

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Yes, 1.19.16 is OK - thanks for the suggestion!

What’s the procedure for reporting bugs?

Simon

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I think we might have already found this one - you could keep an eye on this issue though? Pico Display 2.0 Button Test · Issue #720 · pimoroni/pimoroni-pico · GitHub

There were some big changes to how memory is allocated in 1.19.17, apparently!

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Yeah, issues like that (the second one ;) ) are better reported on the github page.

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Thanks hel, Much appreciated.

Simon

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Some new builds here you could try :)

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Thanks hel. It’ll be a couple of days before I can test the new release - my test bed is busy collecting a week’s worth of diagnostic data and I don’t want to disturb it…

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Just to let you know - the latest release has solved my display problem.

Thanks again.

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