Python is more and more coming to replace C as the programming language of choice, and this trend can now also be seen in the world of microcontrollers. Taking the ESP32 as an example, this article ...

Python is one of the most widely used, and easy to learn programming languages to date. So, with the introduction of MicroPython, programming hardware-based microcontrollers got very easy. If you have ...

In 2012, the Raspberry Pi Foundation introduced us to a single board computer, the Raspberry Pi, which was mainly promoted for teaching the basics of computer science to kids. But 9 long years later, ...

Summary: MicroPython is a software implementation of a programming language largely compatible with Python 3, written in C, that is optimized to run on a microcontroller. MicroPython consists of a ...

While languages such as Ada and C++ have gained some adoption in certain circles, for the most part embedded software is still dominated by the procedural and dangerous C programming language. A few ...

In case you haven’t heard, about a month ago MicroPython has celebrated its 11th birthday. I was lucky that I was able to start hacking with it soon after pyboards have shipped – the first tech talk I ...

If you have purchased one of the new Raspberry Pi Pico microcontrollers launched by the Raspberry Pi Foundation earlier this month and are a little stuck on what to do next. You may be interested to ...

The Challenger RP2040 WiFi is a microcontroller board from iLabs. It combines a Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller with an ESP8285 for Wi-Fi connectivity. The board has two LEDs, one of which is a ...

This is the MicroPython project, which aims to put an implementation of Python 3.x on microcontrollers and small embedded systems. You can find the official website at micropython.org. WARNING: this ...

One of the nicest amenities of interpreted programming languages is that you can test out the code that you’re developing in a shell, one line at a time, and see the results instantly. No matter how ...