[Hardware Issue] - RPi Pico W - Unable to load contrib (out of space)

[tradiuz]

Hardware Issue

Describe the bug

Out of space error when trying to install micropython-europi-contrib on a RPi Pico W

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

• Download micropython (latest = 1.28.0)
• Install oled package (micropython_ssd1306)
• Install europi package (micropython_europi)
• Attempt to install contrib package (micropython_europi_contrib)

Expected behavior
Contrib package should install.

Images

After installing micropython, ssd1306 and europi packages:

Error during install of contrib package:

Storage space after contrib fails (-64kB!)

Additional context

Error log:

install --progress-bar off micropython-europi-contrib
Looking in indexes: http://127.0.0.1:36628
127.0.0.1 - - [14/May/2026 13:13:04] "GET /micropython-europi-contrib/ HTTP/1.1" 200 -
Collecting micropython-europi-contrib
  Using cached micropython_europi_contrib-0.21.2-py3-none-any.whl
Installing collected packages: micropython-europi-contrib
Successfully installed micropython-europi-contrib-0.21.2
Starting to apply changes to the target.
Copying micropython_europi_contrib..............Error Could not write next block after having written 5120 bytes to /lib/contrib/dscn2.py

[chrisib]

I'm not entirely surprised. Since the wi-fi update we've seen memory issues with the Pico 1 boards. I don't personally own a Pico W (just a 2W) so I can't dig into this much.

My current recommendation would probably be to use an older release. Or instead of installing the entire -contrib package via the package manager, simply copy the scripts you intend to use onto the Pico using Thonny's file browser.