On 12/03/2013 07:18 AM, Colin J. Williams wrote: > On 03/12/2013 7:58 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote: >> I thought this might be of interest >> Http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/214379695/micro-python-python-for-microcontrollers >> >> > Is this intended to be better than the Raspberry PI? RPi handles Python > 2 or 3. > > How would it differ?
Raspberry Pi is not a microcontroller. It's an embedded, but still full blown computer and operating system. Big difference. At least at this stage of the game. Maybe in the future all our microwaves will run linux on every chip. But for now, microcontrollers are dominated by 8 and 16-bit microcontrollers that run code with minimal abstraction. Years ago there were chips that ran LISP byte codes, and later Java byte codes. And the stamp chips run BASIC byte codes. And now maybe Python byte codes! At least a subset of python. Right now for prototyping I can place a small program on an Atmel chip (well most microcontrollers actually) that communicates via a well-known protocol on serial, and then I can hack my algorithms together using Python on a PC (or a RPi[1]) and give it a test. Staying in Python would rock. [1] In fact RPi's electrical interface is harder to work with than say an Arduino (3.3v, not quite as adept at interfacing with analog inputs, etc). So many people use them together by mating an Arduino add-on board to the Pi and then communicating with it over serial port. Makes a powerful combination. The RPi turns out to be a very powerful and affordable ethernet shield for arduino! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
