diff --git a/picovga.c b/picovga.c
index 3e9439e..647e9f8 100644
--- a/picovga.c
+++ b/picovga.c
@@ -1,22 +1,19 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "pico/stdlib.h"
 
+#include "hardware/pio.h"
+
+// "assembled program"
+#include "video.pio.h"
+
 const uint OUTPIN = 1;
 
 int main()
 {
-    stdio_init_all();
 
-    gpio_init(OUTPIN);
-    gpio_set_dir(OUTPIN, 1);
-
-    while (1) 
-    {
-
-        gpio_put(OUTPIN, 1);
-
-    }
+    PIO pio = pio0;
 
+    
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/video.pio b/video.pio
index e69de29..f832610 100644
--- a/video.pio
+++ b/video.pio
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+.program video
+
+; recieve one word from TX FIFO (to the OSR)
+; stall when FIFO empty
+; pop the lsb in the out pin
+
+loop:
+    pull
+    out pins, 1
+    jmp loop
+
+% c-sdk {
+static inline void video_program_init(PIO pio, uint sm, uint offset, uint pin) {
+    pio_sm_config c = video_program_get_default_config(offset);
+
+    // Map the state machine's OUT pin group to one pin, namely the `pin`
+    // parameter to this function.
+    sm_config_set_out_pins(&c, pin, 1);
+    // Set this pin's GPIO function (connect PIO to the pad)
+    pio_gpio_init(pio, pin);
+    // Set the pin direction to output at the PIO
+    pio_sm_set_consecutive_pindirs(pio, sm, pin, 1, true);
+
+    // Load our configuration, and jump to the start of the program
+    pio_sm_init(pio, sm, offset, &c);
+    // Set the state machine running
+    pio_sm_set_enabled(pio, sm, true);
+}
+%}