MicroPython, bringing Python to hardware for everyone #OHM2019

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The next chapter for electronics is Python, from powerful Raspberry Pi computers to low-cost microcontrollers which are able to drive robotics, to running Machine Learning, micropython-ieeespectrum-python/”>the most popular programming language in the world (Python) has arrived on hardware, and we have MicroPython and its creator, Damien George, to thank.
First up, what is MicroPython?
MicroPython is a lean and efficient implementation of the Python 3 programming language that includes a small subset of the Python standard library and is optimised to run on microcontrollers and in constrained environments.
The MicroPython pyboard is a compact electronic circuit board that runs MicroPython on the bare metal, giving you a low-level Python operating system that can be used to control all kinds of electronic projects.
MicroPython aims to be as compatible with normal Python as possible to allow you to transfer code with ease from the desktop to a microcontroller or embedded system.
There’s also a good history of MicroPython over on Wikipedia, and we’ve posted about some of the early days, history, and its recent 6th birthday…
17th Sept 2013: first code running on a microcontroller, on the very first prototype of the pyboard
The Early Days of MicroPython – YouTube.
April 29, 2019 is the sixth ‘birthday’ of MicroPython.
At the April Melbourne Meetup, Damien George, creator of MicroPython, delves into his archives and shows the earliest code and notes about the goals of the language.
It’s a nice way to celebrate MicroPython’s sixth birthday!
forum.micropython.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=6356″>In newsletter #8 from MicroPython, Damien published some never-before-seen details about the start of MicroPython.
A piece of hardware that is small and cheap, runs python scripts, and has good low-level access to hardware.
Put python scripts on flash and it runs them (maybe have a (multicolour?) led that flashes on error and writes a “core” dump to the flash).
In addition to the open-source software, the PyBoard (2013) is open-source hardware

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