Turn a Raspberry Pi Pico W into a driverless USB WiFi adapter

Adafruit Blog is highlighting a clever new firmware project that turns a Raspberry Pi Pico W microcontroller into a USB WiFi adapter that requires no special drivers. The firmware creates a transparent bridge between the Pico W's wireless connection and its USB interface, letting your host computer see it as a standard network device. What makes this especially elegant: your system only needs the CDC-NCM drivers that come built-in to modern operating systems—no custom kernel modules or special wireless stack required. The project is MIT licensed and available on GitLab, offering embedded developers a low-cost way to add WiFi connectivity to Linux devices without the complexity of traditional USB adapters.

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