Create a minimal Raspberry Pi Pico C-language project and vscode workspace and open it in vscocde

makepico.sh

#!/bin/zsh

#
# makepico.sh
#
# Create a minimal Raspberry Pi Pico C-language project and open it in vscocde
#
# @original author Tony Smith
# @copyright 2021, Tony Smith
# @version   1.0.0
# @license   MIT
#

make_project() {
    # Create and copy the project files
    # Args: 1 -- the project path

    # Check the path and, if necessary
    # create intermediate directories
    # NOTE The check will exit on error
    check_path "${1}"

    # Get project name in lower case
    project_name=${1:t:l}
    project_path=${1}

    # Create initial C file
    make_source_file "${1}"

    # Copy over the .make file from the SDK
    file="pico_sdk_import.cmake"
    if cp "${PICO_SDK_PATH}/external/${file}" "${project_path}/${file}"; then
        # NOP
    else
        echo "Error - could not copy the ${file} file"
        exit 1
    fi

    # Make the CMakeLists.txt file for this project
    make_cmake_file "${1}"

    make_vscode_workspace_file "${1}"
    make_vscode_cpp_json "${1}"

    # And done...
    project_name=${1:t}
    echo "Project ${project_name} created at ${project_path}"

    code "${1}/pico_${1:t:l}.code-workspace"
}

make_source_file() {
    # Output lines to the file
    # Args: 1 -- project path

    echo "Creating project files..."
    project_name=${1:t}
    source_file=${1:t:l}
    {
        echo -e "/*\n *    Project ${project_name} created by makepico\n */\n\n"
        echo '#include <stdio.h>'
        echo '#include "pico/stdlib.h"'
        echo '#include "pico/binary_info.h"'
        echo '#include "hardware/gpio.h"'
        echo -e "\n\nconst uint LED_PIN = 25;\n\n"
        echo -e "int main() {\n\n   stdio_init_all();\n\n   gpio_init(LED_PIN);\n   gpio_set_dir(LED_PIN, GPIO_OUT);\n"
        echo -e "   sleep_ms(1500);\n   printf(\"Project Initialized: Hello World!\"); \n"
        echo -e "   while (1)\n   {\n      gpio_put(LED_PIN, !gpio_get(LED_PIN));\n      sleep_ms(2000);\n   }\n"        
        echo -e "   return 0;\n}\n"
    } >> "${1}/${source_file}.c"
}

make_vscode_workspace_file() {
    # Output lines to the file
    # Args: 1 -- project path

    echo "Creating project files..."
    project_name=${1:t}
    source_file=${1:t:l}
    {
        echo '{'
        echo '   "folders": ['
        echo '      {'
        echo '         "path": "."'
        echo '      },'
        echo '      {'
        echo '         "path": "'${PICO_SDK_PATH}'"'
        echo '      }'
        echo '   ],'
        echo '   "settings": {}'
        echo '}'
        
    } >> "${1}/pico_${source_file}.code-workspace"
}

make_vscode_cpp_json(){
    mkdir -p "${1}/.vscode";
    source_file=${1:t:l}
    {
    echo '{'
    echo '    "configurations": ['
    echo '        {'
    echo '            "name": "Pico",'
    echo '            "includePath": ['
    echo -e "                \"${PICO_SDK_PATH}/**\""
    echo '            ],'
    echo '            "browse": {'
    echo '                "limitSymbolsToIncludedHeaders": true,'
    echo '                "databaseFilename": "${default}",'
    echo '                "path": ['
    echo '                    "${default}"'
    echo '                ]'
    echo '            },'
    echo '            "forcedInclude": ['
    echo '                "${default}"'
    echo '            ],'
    echo '            "intelliSenseMode": "${default}",'
    echo '            "compilerPath": "${default}",'
    echo '            "cStandard": "${default}",'
    echo '            "cppStandard": "${default}",'
    echo '            "configurationProvider": "ms-vscode.cmake-tools"'
    echo '        }'
    echo '    ],'
    echo '    "version": 4'
    echo '}'
    } >> "${1}/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json"
}

make_cmake_file() {
    # Output lines to the file, interpolating the project name
    # Args: 1 -- project path

    echo "Creating CMakeLists.txt..."
    project_name=${1:t}
    source_file=${project_name:l}
    {
        echo "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)"
        echo "include(pico_sdk_import.cmake)"
        echo "project(${project_name})"
        echo "add_executable(${project_name} ${source_file}.c)"
        echo "pico_sdk_init()"
        echo "pico_enable_stdio_usb(${project_name} 1)"
        echo "pico_enable_stdio_uart(${project_name} 1)"
        echo "pico_add_extra_outputs(${project_name})"
        echo "target_link_libraries(${project_name} pico_stdlib)"
    } >> "${1}/CMakeLists.txt"
}

check_path() {
    # Check the path is valid
    # Args: 1 -- the project path as specified by the user
    project_name={$1:t}
    if [[ ! -d "${1}" ]]; then
        if mkdir -p "${1}" >> /dev/null; then
            echo "Creating project directory..."
        else
            echo "Error — could not create path for project ${project_name}"
            exit 1
        fi
    fi
}

# Runtime start
# Get the arguments, which should be project path(s)
for arg in "$@"; do
    make_project $arg
done