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Yay... great to see MicroPython on the micro:bit getting some love. In case you're interested, here are the docs for MicroPython on the board -- you can do a re

by ntoll 10y ago

Yay... great to see MicroPython on the micro:bit getting some love. In case you're interested, here are the docs for MicroPython on the board -- you can do a remarkable amount on such a small device: https://microbit-micropython.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ https://microbit-micropython.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ (Caveat - I was involved in the MicroPython side of things. So good to see the other dev environments represented in the comments here.) Hurrah! :-)

pjmlp 10y ago
Thanks to MicroPython adoption rate, I see it as the BASIC of IoT. :) Nice work.
- askvictor 10y ago
  Unfortunately there is a lack of easy to use tooling... Mu for the microbit is nice, but other platforms don't have an easy to use editor and file uploader
  - ntoll 10y ago
    Do you mean other hardware platforms upon which MicroPython runs, or other software platforms that target the micro:bit? If the former, work is in progress on that front (I am the maintainer of Mu).
    - askvictor 10y ago
      Hi! I've been working on adapting mu for other platforms (askvictor/eduvik). My main concern is other hardware platforms (microbit support is great) - there's nothing which 'just works' for esp8266 and other serial-based devices, so any students I point in that direction have to get through a heap of unnecessary technical hurdles to get up and running.
LeoPanthera 10y ago
I wonder whether it would be possible to make MicroPython functional on an original 1980s BBC Micro, which has a 6502 and a whole 32K of RAM. The "beeb" stores interpreters on pluggable 32K ROMs.
- ntoll 10y ago
  Cute idea. Care to suggest a URL of two about pluggable ROMs for interpreters?
  - LeoPanthera 10y ago
    In the 80s they were called "language ROMs" There's some high-level stuff here http://beebwiki.mdfs.net/Paged_ROM http://beebwiki.mdfs.net/Paged_ROM (see "Languages") and I have asked my BBC Micro developer friends to send me some more useful docs, which I'll forward to you as soon as I get them. Edit: Actually that page has some pretty low-level stuff on it as well, which may keep you busy for a while.
  - LeoPanthera 10y ago
    Here's a couple of emails from people who know more about it than me: https://pastebin.com/y2k4zYx2 https://pastebin.com/y2k4zYx2

by ntoll 10y ago

pjmlp 10y ago

Thanks to MicroPython adoption rate, I see it as the BASIC of IoT. :) Nice work.

askvictor 10y ago
Unfortunately there is a lack of easy to use tooling... Mu for the microbit is nice, but other platforms don't have an easy to use editor and file uploader
- ntoll 10y ago
  Do you mean other hardware platforms upon which MicroPython runs, or other software platforms that target the micro:bit? If the former, work is in progress on that front (I am the maintainer of Mu).
  - askvictor 10y ago
    Hi! I've been working on adapting mu for other platforms (askvictor/eduvik). My main concern is other hardware platforms (microbit support is great) - there's nothing which 'just works' for esp8266 and other serial-based devices, so any students I point in that direction have to get through a heap of unnecessary technical hurdles to get up and running.

LeoPanthera 10y ago

I wonder whether it would be possible to make MicroPython functional on an original 1980s BBC Micro, which has a 6502 and a whole 32K of RAM. The "beeb" stores interpreters on pluggable 32K ROMs.

ntoll 10y ago
Cute idea. Care to suggest a URL of two about pluggable ROMs for interpreters?
- LeoPanthera 10y ago
  In the 80s they were called "language ROMs" There's some high-level stuff here http://beebwiki.mdfs.net/Paged_ROM http://beebwiki.mdfs.net/Paged_ROM (see "Languages") and I have asked my BBC Micro developer friends to send me some more useful docs, which I'll forward to you as soon as I get them. Edit: Actually that page has some pretty low-level stuff on it as well, which may keep you busy for a while.
- LeoPanthera 10y ago
  Here's a couple of emails from people who know more about it than me: https://pastebin.com/y2k4zYx2 https://pastebin.com/y2k4zYx2