TinyPICO Firmware
TinyPICO Firmware
What is the difference between the TinyPICO firmware and the GENERIC-SPIRAM firmware?
Re: TinyPICO Firmware
Right now, there's no difference I think, but Seon's plan is to make it include some extra libraries to support board functionality (like the rgb led). (Which I think are included in the firmware it ships with?)
Re: TinyPICO Firmware
Jimmo is correct... the TinyPICO firmware that I ship on the board ( this link https://github.com/tinypico/tinypico-mi ... r/firmware ) includes all of the TinyPICO specific helpers and Dotstar library included frozen in the firmware, instead of requiring them to be added to the file system.
These changes have been submitted as a pull request in mainline so that should be merged "soon?" Then the TinyPICO version on the official MP downloads page will also include this by default.
It also uses QIO instead of DIO to improve Flash speed, but that might already be merged...
Cheers,
Seon
Unexpected Maker
These changes have been submitted as a pull request in mainline so that should be merged "soon?" Then the TinyPICO version on the official MP downloads page will also include this by default.
It also uses QIO instead of DIO to improve Flash speed, but that might already be merged...
Cheers,
Seon
Unexpected Maker
Re: TinyPICO Firmware
Thanks Jimmo.
Yeah, the TinyPICO firmware contains several .py files in the filesystem that control the RGB LED etc. As far as I can tell they are not incorporated as frozen byte code.
If one burns the TinyPICO firmware into the module, one can then (using rshell) copy the above files back to the host PC/Mac. Given this, is there any point in further using the TinyPICO firmware?
Yeah, the TinyPICO firmware contains several .py files in the filesystem that control the RGB LED etc. As far as I can tell they are not incorporated as frozen byte code.
If one burns the TinyPICO firmware into the module, one can then (using rshell) copy the above files back to the host PC/Mac. Given this, is there any point in further using the TinyPICO firmware?
Re: TinyPICO Firmware
Sorry Seon, Your reply must have come in while I was editing mine!
Re: TinyPICO Firmware
No problems @paulg
So now that 1.12 is out, the TinyPICO helper stuff is now frozen as byte code in the firmware - yay!
Cheers,
Seon
So now that 1.12 is out, the TinyPICO helper stuff is now frozen as byte code in the firmware - yay!
Cheers,
Seon