Installing _thread module

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Installing _thread module

Post by aihrig » Mon Aug 17, 2020 10:29 pm

Hi all,

I'm new to MicroPython, trying to get MicroWebSrv2 running and it requires the _thread module which does not appear to be part of the image for the ESP8266.

Can anyone guide me on installing this?

Thanks for any assistance!
Arlo

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Re: Installing _thread module

Post by rcolistete » Tue Aug 18, 2020 9:47 pm

There is no thread support on MicroPython for ESP8266, see :
- GitHub issue #3667 "esp8266: multi threading";
- topic "Thread support ESP8266 build" in MicroPython Forum.
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Re: Installing _thread module

Post by aihrig » Tue Aug 18, 2020 9:49 pm

Darn - thank you. Time to switch to ESP32 then.

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Re: Installing _thread module

Post by rcolistete » Wed Aug 19, 2020 6:21 am

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Re: Installing _thread module

Post by pythoncoder » Wed Aug 19, 2020 11:17 am

uasyncio
Which is supported on ESP8266 and is much more efficient that threading. Applications using it are also less prone to nasty runtime bugs.
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