Goal: use a microprocessor (most likely RPi Pico, i.e. RP2040) for SDR analysis in combination with RTL2832U (typical rtl-sdr dongle) and output some information on a small LCD display (connected with SPI or I2C).
Since the dongle is usually accessed through USB, so I plan to use RPi Pico USB socket for communication with RTL2832U. Therefore, to upload the code, I plan to use RPi Debug Probe and use SWD Debug and UART Serial instead.
I am looking for the development environment which would fit the best for this. I started to work with Pycharm and uploaded micropython code through USB (after dropping micropython uf2 file). I couldn’t upload the code through the RPi Debug Probe with Pycharm. I also read that debug options for python are limited comparing to C++.
Question: what development environment would you recommend? Preferably on macOS, but I am open to alternatives. I mean not upload once, after typing 1K commands in terminal, but a really convenient environment for serious development.
Somebody say Pycharm is good if you do python, some say CLion if you use C++ while it is integrated gdb and openocd. Somebody claim VS Code fits the best.
Question repeated: did anyone do something like this and can advise from hir own experience? Links to some review articles are also highly appreciated.
Relevant questions, though not answering mine
Debugging micropython code using raspberrypi pico debug probe
Raspberry Pi Debug Probe fails with `Error: Failed to connect multidrop rp2040.dap0`
