MicroPython Forum

The most obvious limitation of the Pico is the absence of WiFi. Long before the Pyboard D I developed a means of bringing MQTT to the Pyboard 1.1. This has now been updated and ported to the Pico. The concept is an ESP8266 running a fixed firmware build and linked to the Pico via five GPIO lines, wh...

Interesting. You've evidently been busy. I can't claim to fully understand it but it looks promising. I'm not sure what to say about performance. In many applications (e.g. logging outside temperatures or air pressure) it really doesn't matter. I'm also doubtful about talking to a remote broker, esp...

I was going to point you at a faster way to bit reverse until I noticed you don't actually use the function

I don't think there is anything to be gained by putting code in boot.py and it is generally deprecated unless you are doing it for a very specific reason. I import modules at the start of their containing module, but ensure that any large buffers get created as early as possible in the start process...

Mulled over that one for a while as Pyboard RTC is not battery backed. Simplest/cheapest option for me was to go for I2C device with battery ... SparkFun Real Time Clock Module - RV-8803 It is. See this doc . Supply 1.65-3.6V on Vbat. I haven't tested this on a Pyboard D but I have four Pyboard 1.0...

I tested the protobuf implementation and had some discussions with its author to help him make it sure it played nicely with MicroPython. It struck me as very useful.

My view is that MSC mode is the spawn of the devil . Sooner or later it will bite you :( It shouldn't be necessary to unplug a Pyboard to reboot it. If you can get to a REPL with ctrl-c you can issue import pyb pyb.hard_reset() Your terminal emulator will probably kick you out, but you should be abl...

Take a contrived example of instantiating a large buffer. The point is that writing your main module buf = bytearray(10_000) import module1 ... import module10 puts the compiler at a disadvantage compared to import module1 ... import module10 # RAM used by the compiler may now be freed. I usually do...

Impressive, that looks like a major project.

That's very nice. I've always been amazed that it's possible to align the wbus connectors with the required degree of precision. I don't know a way to connect without soldering. Robert's adaptor works very well for my purposes, but I was happy soldering to one of my Pyboards. I plan to get some more...