Tag: microPython
Raspberry Pi Dives Into The Microcontroller World With The New Raspberry Pi Pico
Today, we woke up to some very interesting news. The Raspberry Pi foundation is finally taking their first steps in Arduino territory! Well, not quite, as they are more working together than rivaling each other. After both companies dominate the maker market with their widely popular,...
Continue Reading$6 WT32-ETH01 is a Tiny ESP32 board with Ethernet
We have seen how good the ESP32 series of microcontrollers is, as they are probably the second favorite (only dethroned by the mighty Arduino boards) among makers, with their connectivity being their strongest suit, making it easy to develop IoT applications with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth...
Continue ReadingWemo’s launches W600-PICO that supports Micro-Python for only $2
W600 – PICO is currently the most recent board released by Wemos. The company is responsible for boards like the D1 and D32. This board is based on a Winner Micro - W600 SoC. The first time users had the opportunity to work with the chip when Seeed released multiple boards starting from...
Continue ReadingMeet the STM32 “Black Pill” Development Board
After playing second (maybe third?) fiddle for a while to a range of maker-friendly boards from Arduino and others, STMicro finally got it right with the STM32F103C8T6 Arm Cortex-M3 microcontroller-based "BluePill" development board which can be programmed using the Arduino IDE. As all...
Continue ReadingThe Maixduino – Sipeed’s New Neural Network MAix-Based Board
Sipeed released their 64-bit RISC-V MAix module at the end of last year, crowdfunding a series of boards on Indiegogo built majorly to do machine learning inferencing at the edge, with no cloud needed. There has been a lot of work put in, to document and support the MAix module,...
Continue ReadingPyboard D Series MicroPython Board Features STM32F7 MCU, WiFi and Bluetooth
Pyboard D-series (aka Pyboard D, or just PyBD) board was introduced during the Micropython presentation at FOSDEM 2019 and it's build around a faster STM32F7 Cortex-M7 MCU, with 512Kb of RAM, and 2Mb of Flash, as well as built-in WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity. It also features a pair...
Continue ReadingFomu Runs MicroPython And Fits Into Your USB Port
When it comes to the world of Microcontrollers, FPGAs, DSPs, or basically anything related to embedded devices, we have traditionally been accustomed to something averagely big (in regards to this domain) and even created some standards like SBCs (Single Board Computers) to categorize...
Continue ReadingHeart-rate monitor on a small OLED display with MicroPython
By Martin Fitzpatrick @ martinfitzpatrick.name show us how to build the micro display heart-rate monitor. Pulse sensors have become popular due to their use in health-monitors like the Fitbit. The sensors used are cheap, simple and pretty reliable at getting a reasonable indication of...
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