Plasma 2350W first run problem

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Very basic question:

I followed this guide: GitHub - pimoroni/plasma

Downloaded plasma_2350_w-v1.0.0-micropython-with-filesystem.uf2 (my board is a W)

Step 1 to 3 are OK.

Step 4: after the reset, if I open the “file” view in Thonny, I see local files only.

“import plasma” gives me back this error: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘plasma’

What am I doing wrong ?

Normally the modules are loaded from the board, is it correct ?

At power on and after the reset, my neopixel strip shows a rainbow, it seems to me that a demo program is running

I am running Thonny through flatpak on an Ubuntu machine. I also tried the native Ubuntu version of Thonny (it is not the last version), but the result is the same.

I did the same things on a Windows machine, I got exactly the same problem.

Pino

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I reply to myself because I figured out how to solve this problem.

I had to choose the board type clicking on the bottom right part of the Thonny window. It was “Local Python 3”, now is “MicroPython (Raspberry Pi Pico)” and it is working.

Bye,

Pino

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Your not the first, and won’t be the last, to be caught out by that. ;)
Especially with it almost out of sight in the lower right.

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Thanks for your understanding :-))

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