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A Raspberry Pi Pico with 1 socket to socket jumper wire attached to the GND pin and 1 pin to socket attached to GP18.
Use 1 socket-to-socket jumper wire and 1 pin-socket jumper wire.

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# Import the Switch component
from picozero import Switch
from time import sleep

# Set up Switch with correct pin number  
switch_1 = Switch(18)

# Check Switch state in a loop
while True:
    if switch_1.is_closed:
        print("Switch is closed")
    else:
        print("Switch is open")   
    sleep(0.1) # small delay

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