MicroPython

Index

1. Introduction
2. Dependencies
3. Demo videos
4. Additional information

Introduction

The Python programming language's flexibility and ease-of-use have made it wildly popular in academia and in general in many realms where speed of development and flexibility is more important than performance. Python is an interpreted language, which means that it is not in principle a good fit for embedded systems. In the past, a number of attempts have been made at porting it to embedded platforms. MicroPython is currently the most successful port. It is a C language port of the Python 3 language. The EoT board supports MicroPython. A REPL system is already available on top of the MQTT communication protocol. This allows sending of instructions and receiving responses remotely, from a PC or tablet. Work is currently underway to extend the language to use the EoT hardware capabilities.

The MicroPython interpreter uses the MQTT_API on myriad site. Multiclient is supported.

Dependencies

• Crypto
• SDCardIO
• WifiFunctions
• TimeFunctions
• Camera
• libccv

Demo videos

• See a demo video of MicroPython running in EoT here
• See a demo video of image gradient's MicroPython here
• See a demo video of code editor's MicroPython here
• See a demo video of SD card management's MicroPython here

Additional information

• About MicroPython's readme
• About Install and use Python in test_pulga