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by tomlogic
Fri Mar 09, 2018 5:36 pm
Forum: MicroPython pyboard
Topic: Recommended C IDE for pyboard build/debug?
Replies: 2
Views: 2473

Recommended C IDE for pyboard build/debug?

Are there any recommendations for an IDE to use when working on the pyboard firmware (i.e., writing C code to build, install and debug MicroPython itself)? Specifically, I'm looking for a GUI IDE I can run on Ubuntu. I searched the forum and found some posts about Python IDEs, but was wondering if a...
by tomlogic
Fri Mar 09, 2018 5:28 pm
Forum: Other Boards
Topic: Compiling MicroPyton with IAR & Keil c compiler
Replies: 18
Views: 16378

Re: Compiling MicroPyton with IAR & Keil c compiler

It is possible to compile MicroPython with IAR Embedded Workbench. I've ported it to run inside of Digi International's XBee products (currently Cellular and Zigbee) on SiLabs EFM/EFR hardware. Some issues I encountered: Since IAR uses a project file instead of a Makefile, I had to manually add the ...
by tomlogic
Tue Jun 27, 2017 1:45 am
Forum: Development of MicroPython
Topic: Understanding bytecode compiler and its limits
Replies: 5
Views: 5691

Re: Understanding bytecode compiler and its limits

If you are compiling from a vstr (paste mode) then you will need to have enough heap available for the entire script. Much less heap memory is needed if you instead compile from some other source, eg from a file. Actually, in my case I'm compiling from source stored in addressable flash. So I set u...
by tomlogic
Fri Jun 23, 2017 12:40 am
Forum: Development of MicroPython
Topic: Understanding bytecode compiler and its limits
Replies: 5
Views: 5691

Understanding bytecode compiler and its limits

I'd like to start understanding how the bytecode compiler and lexer work, and why it seems to quickly fill the heap. For example, trying to compile a version of ftplib (using tabs for indentation instead of 4 spaces) passed to the compiler as a vstr (paste mode) or using mp_lexer_new_from_str_len(),...
by tomlogic
Fri Mar 03, 2017 6:45 am
Forum: Development of MicroPython
Topic: Understanding definition of mp_uint_t and UINT_FMT in mpconfigport.h
Replies: 2
Views: 4177

Re: Understanding definition of mp_uint_t and UINT_FMT in mpconfigport.h

My recollection is that mp_int_t and mp_uint_t need to be types which are large enough to store a pointer. If that's the case, I believe my configuration is a good portable method of setting up those types and macros, assuming a platform has inttypes.h and stdint.h as defined in C99. Since intptr_t...
by tomlogic
Thu Mar 02, 2017 10:16 pm
Forum: Development of MicroPython
Topic: Understanding definition of mp_uint_t and UINT_FMT in mpconfigport.h
Replies: 2
Views: 4177

Understanding definition of mp_uint_t and UINT_FMT in mpconfigport.h

I've been working on a port of MicroPython as a component of existing framework for an ARM-based platform using an IAR compiler, and I'm trying to understand the relationship between mp_uint_t and UINT_FMT as defined in mpconfigport.h. The plan is to have this code work on other hardware platforms s...
by tomlogic
Fri Sep 23, 2016 10:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Questions
Topic: Comparison to Zerynth's Python for Embedded?
Replies: 9
Views: 12041

Comparison to Zerynth's Python for Embedded?

I just caught a link to a company called Zerynth talking about Python on microcontrollers. It looks like they haven't based their work on MicroPython (and they don't make any references to it).

Can anyone comment on how MicroPython compares to what they're doing?
by tomlogic
Wed Sep 14, 2016 12:49 am
Forum: Development of MicroPython
Topic: Storing and executing compiled code in ROM
Replies: 5
Views: 5042

Re: Storing and executing compiled code in ROM

pythoncoder wrote:Might it be easier to cross compile your code and upload the bytecode via serial?
If I cross-compile and upload bytecode via serial, can I then execute that from its location in flash without having to load it into RAM?
by tomlogic
Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:30 pm
Forum: Development of MicroPython
Topic: Portability of code compiled with mpy_cross
Replies: 1
Views: 2973

Portability of code compiled with mpy_cross

I want to confirm some assumptions I've made about the portability of code compiled with mpy_cross, based on my understanding of the QSTR interned strings: Compiled bytecode stores indices into the QSTR pool of the MicroPython build installed on the pyboard. This is why it's necessary to recompile M...
by tomlogic
Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:15 pm
Forum: Development of MicroPython
Topic: Storing and executing compiled code in ROM
Replies: 5
Views: 5042

Storing and executing compiled code in ROM

(After originally posting this, I found this post from almost two years ago , but I think that with mpy_cross and persistent bytecode, the situation has changed since then.) I'm working on a port of MicroPython to a platform without a filesystem. I'm currently considering a process of uploading a .p...