Wifi bridge for RPI Pico

RP2040 based microcontroller boards running MicroPython.
Target audience: MicroPython users with an RP2040 boards.
This does not include conventional Linux-based Raspberry Pi boards.
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Re: Wifi bridge for RPI Pico

Post by pythoncoder » Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:28 pm

Your best solution would be to use a Pyboard D.

The bridge is designed for the ESP8266 because, at the time I wrote it, the ESP8266 was considerably cheaper than the ESP32. If I were designing a bridge using ESP32 I would use a UART for communication between the Pyboard and the ESP. The bitbanged interface was a workround for ESP8266 which only has one fully functional UART; I wouldn't use it with any other chip.

I do not plan to port it to ESP32. The Pyboard D is an excellent way to get MQTT to STM. The bridge is a way to get MQTT to the Pico, but boards with RP2 and WiFi exist and will be supported by MicroPython. My view is that the bridge is obsolescent.
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