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by tomlogic
Thu Aug 25, 2016 10:18 pm
Forum: Development of MicroPython
Topic: Recommended Development Platform
Replies: 4
Views: 4773

Re: Recommended Development Platform

Dave, Thanks for the confirmation! I'll stick with Ubuntu since I already have the VM spun up. I was able to install the necessary packages and complete a build. I won't have my hardware until next week, but this is definitely promising. Most importantly (at the moment) is that I now have a generate...
by tomlogic
Thu Aug 25, 2016 8:02 pm
Forum: Development of MicroPython
Topic: Recommended Development Platform
Replies: 4
Views: 4773

Recommended Development Platform

I'm working to port MicroPython to an ARM-based platform, embedded inside of an existing codebase built with the IAR Embedded Workbench running under Windows. I'd like to explore the codebase running on the pyboard to understand it better, but would like some guidance on the recommended development ...
by tomlogic
Tue Aug 09, 2016 12:51 am
Forum: Development of MicroPython
Topic: Heap allocation and uint32_t alignment
Replies: 1
Views: 2274

Heap allocation and uint32_t alignment

Just getting my feet wet with the MicroPython codebase, and porting it to an ARM-based platform. I think I understand how the heap works in the "minimal" platform design, but I was surprised that it was an array of "char" instead of an array of "uint32_t". On a platform that requires alignment of 32...