Published April 11, 2026 © MIT

Control Pico W From Anywhere (No Coding!)

Control your Raspberry Pi Pico W remotely from anywhere in the world. No coding required! Control relays & monitor sensors.

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Control Pico W From Anywhere (No Coding!)

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Raspberry Pi Pico W

USB-A to Micro-USB Cable

relay module 5vdc

Story

## The Day My Students Stopped Being Afraid

I teach at ITPM. Maritime training. My students will one day work on ships - big ones, with complex industrial systems.

**The Beginning**

I have 17 years of experience in HVAC, electric systems, hydrodynamics, PLC programming, and industrial automation. For the last 6 years, I've been building web applications.

But OceanRemote wasn't born from experience. It was born from fear.

Last year, I watched my students freeze in front of a PLC. These are smart kids. But automation scared them. One wrong button could break something expensive. So they wouldn't touch anything.

I made them build everything from scratch.

And something changed. Big, complicated PLCs stopped being scary. They looked at those industrial giants and thought: "I built something like this. I understand this."

— One of my OM3 students

**The Problem**

My students need to practice on real equipment. Relays. Pumps. Sensors. Industrial systems.

The problem? The equipment stays on the training vessel. The students go home.

They couldn't practice. They couldn't experiment. They couldn't learn.

So I asked myself: What if I could build a bridge?

**The Solution**

I gave them a Raspberry Pi Pico W. Not the industrial equipment. Not the million-dollar systems. Just a $6 board, some relays, and a WiFi connection.

I told them: "Build something you can control from your phone."

They looked at me like I was crazy.

But then OceanRemote worked. One student. Then another. Within weeks, they were controlling lights, pumps, sensors - from their bedrooms, from the cafeteria, from anywhere.

The Pico W became their playground. No fear of breaking things. No expensive mistakes. Just learning.

**Now I See Something Bigger**

OceanRemote started as a tool for my ITPM students. These young generation will graduate with their OM3 qualification - Ouvrier Maritime 3ème grade - ready to navigate the open oceans.

But this platform? It can become something much bigger.

Not just for a training vessel. But for makers, technicians, hobbyists, and industries worldwide.

Today, OceanRemote works with any Pico W, anywhere in the world. Zero coding required. They just configure their device, copy the code, flash it to the Pico W, and start controlling.

And it's free. Because my students shouldn't be the only ones who get to learn this way.

Try it. Break things. Learn.

That's the whole point.

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**🌊 The vessel rocks. The connection never breaks.**

*From a classroom on waves to a global platform.*

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### Links

- **Platform:** [https://www.oceanremote.net](https://www.oceanremote.net)

- **Video Tutorial:** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb7SWzza_0g](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb7SWzza_0g)

- **GitHub:** [https://github.com/supportOceanremote](https://github.com/supportOceanremote)

No code needed ! OceanRemote generates the complete Arduino code for you

// This code is auto-generated by OceanRemote
// Create your free account to get your unique code:
// https://www.oceanremote.net

#include <ArduinoJson.h>
#include <WiFi.h>

// Your WiFi credentials
const char* ssid = "YOUR_WIFI_SSID";
const char* password = "YOUR_WIFI_PASSWORD";

// OceanRemote API endpoint
const char* serverUrl = "https://www.oceanremote.net/api/device/state/";

// Your unique device token (get from OceanRemote)
String deviceToken = "YOUR_UNIQUE_TOKEN_HERE";

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
  
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    delay(500);
    Serial.print(".");
  }
  
  Serial.println("Connected to WiFi!");
}

void loop() {
  // Your generated code goes here
  // OceanRemote provides the complete code
  delay(2000);
}

Credits

mustapha guedouar

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Industrial automation engineer & teacher. 17 years hardware. 6 years coding. Started on ship electrical systems.

Control Pico W From Anywhere (No Coding!)

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Story

Code

No code needed ! OceanRemote generates the complete Arduino code for you

Credits

mustapha guedouar

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Control Pico W From Anywhere (No Coding!)

Control Pico W From Anywhere (No Coding!)

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Story

Code

No code needed ! OceanRemote generates the complete Arduino code for you

Credits

mustapha guedouar

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