You’re mistaking the Pico, a microcontroller from the raspberry pi foundation, with the Raspberry pi itself. This project uses a Pico. On that hardware, arduino code is native, python is not.

The organization has introduced the Raspberry Pi Pico, a $4 board meant to offer a gentle entry point for microcontrollers. Think of it more as a complement to a Pi aimed at tasks like analog input.

The Raspberry Pi Pico burst onto the microcontroller scene last month with much fanfare, and is already popping up in projects left, right and center. Notable for its high clock speed and exciting ...