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 - don't print values live it will mess up with timing and it won't work at all
 - initialize the pin as output then when it's time to read make it input, pull up and down doesn't work like output
 
-There's a branch with basic 7 segment display support
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+There's a branch with basic 7 segment display support
+
+#### Compilation
+
+It's tricky, I recommend using vscode with the pico extension\
+[Follow the guide](https://datasheets.raspberrypi.com/pico/getting-started-with-pico.pdf#_introduction), but compile an example so that you know you can have a working setup, then go back here.
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