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Python on Pebble

• the_duke 10y ago
  For the confused ones (I was!): This is about writing an app for the Pebble smartwach (https://www.pebble.com https://www.pebble.com) in Python by using the Python to Javascript compiler transcrypt (http://transcrypt.org/ http://transcrypt.org/).
  • zyxley 10y ago
    This feels... at best kinda silly. Is there anything actually gained here compared to, say, even just using ES6 + Babel?
    • Kihashi 10y ago
      I expect that it would be nicer for those of us who know python but not JS. Although it might be overall better just to learn some JS.
• grenoire 10y ago
  This isn't exactly Python on Pebble, it's transcribed-to-JS Python. I'm a bit disappointed by the premise...
• TickleSteve 10y ago
  The pebble is just a normal Cortex-M processor, so Python should already run on it. (https://github.com/micropython/micropython/wiki https://github.com/micropython/micropython/wiki)
  • vasaulys 10y ago
    Is there a guide to doing this? I'm curious to know, the pebble seems like a closed system so it would be hard to "just run micropython" on it vs. something more open.
    • fsiefken 10y ago
      AFAIK it's only either C or Javascript that you can use to create your WatchApp. See https://developer.pebble.com/guides/ https://developer.pebble.com/guides/
      • vasaulys 10y ago
        ok that I knew, I suppose you could compile python via C, at least theoretically.
  • wvenable 10y ago
    Memory requirements make this unfeasible for the Pebble.
    • zump 10y ago
      micropython ARM is around 80K.
      • wvenable 10y ago
        Exactly.