MicroPython is a compact implementation of the Python 3 programming language designed to work with microcontrollers. Initially announced back in 2013 as part of a Kickstarter project created by Damien ...

The ESP32 comes complete with a radio capable of 2.4GHz WiFi and Bluetooth. Most of the time you can ignore the technical details as MicroPython provides easy to use objects and methods which enable ...

Explore two new Elektor Academy Pro STM32 programming courses, featuring MicroPython and Arduino, as part of the Embedded ...

**** articles from the second edition not yet updated. The SPI bus can be difficult to make work at first, but once you know what to look for about how the slave claims to work it gets easier. To ...

There's a reason for many of the differences from CPython: the interpreter needs to be able to run on devices with low resources. Additionally, the project applies several optimizations. One of these ...

The new Pyboard D-series micro-controller is now available for purchase at a rather hefty price of £43 ($56), offering developers a low-powered device for running programs created with MicroPython, a ...

Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system administration, network administration, and consulting roles. He ...

Microcontrollers are wonderfully useful things, but programming them can be a little daunting if you’re used to the simplicity of compiling for regular PCs. Over time though, this has become easier.

There are plenty of small microcontrollers available for all kinds of tasks, each one with its unique set of features and capabilities. However, not all of us want to spend time mucking about in C or ...

The Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller was released at the start of the year, and this book may be of interest if you are looking to programme it in MicroPython: yes, its Programming the Raspberry Pi ...