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by skimj
Mon Apr 24, 2017 5:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Questions
Topic: MicroPython round() Function
Replies: 20
Views: 26154

Re: MicroPython round() Function

Dave's explanation and solution are correct. Just to highlight the difference between the number and the display, take this example for which it wasn't obvious to me that the rounding function was working because the 2 least significant digits were the same (coincidentally): >>> round(68.79198,2) 68...
by skimj
Thu Mar 09, 2017 5:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Questions
Topic: possible to send command directly to WebREPL
Replies: 15
Views: 19286

possible to send command directly to WebREPL

Is there any trivial way to programmatically send a single command directly to WebREPL? For a simple, brute example, imagine that you need to reset the device. Your options are: 1) physically press reset button or 2) start a browser with the WebREPL client, press connect, login, and finally type:`ma...
by skimj
Thu Mar 09, 2017 5:49 am
Forum: General Discussion and Questions
Topic: umqtt/usocket questions
Replies: 0
Views: 1770

umqtt/usocket questions

I'm using version 1.8.7 on an ESP8266 board. I have a couple of questions about umqtt and usocket: 1. Would it be safe to use umqtt.simple.ping() in a timer callback? The umqtt ping function is simply `self.sock.write(b"\xc0\0")` so I think my root question is: does usocket.write allocate any memory...