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MicroPython Cookbook

By : Marwan Alsabbagh
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MicroPython Cookbook

By: Marwan Alsabbagh

Overview of this book

MicroPython is an open source implementation of Python 3 that runs in embedded environments. With MicroPython, you can write clean and simple Python code to control hardware instead of using complex low-level languages such as C and C++. This book guides you through all the major applications of the MicroPython platform to build and program projects that use microcontrollers. This MicroPython book covers recipes that will help you experiment with the programming environment and hardware programmed in MicroPython. You'll find tips and techniques for building a variety of objects and prototypes that can sense and respond to touch, sound, position, heat, and light. This book will take you through the uses of MicroPython with a variety of popular input devices and sensors. You'll learn techniques to handle time delays and sensor readings, and apply advanced coding techniques to create complex projects. As you advance, you'll deal with Internet of Things (IoT) devices and integration with other online web services. In addition to this, you'll use MicroPython to make music with bananas and create portable multiplayer video games that incorporate sound and light animations into the gameplay. By the end of this book, you'll have mastered the tips and tricks to troubleshoot your development problems and take your MicroPython project to the next level.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)

Setting the actuation range of a servo

Servos vary in the range of motion their arms have. For the angles, you make a request in your software to map correctly to the angles the servo actually moves in; you need to configure the servo with its actuation range. Once configured, you will be able to accurately move the arms connected to servos into their correct positions. This is an important step in configuring any project you plan to use servos in. If you don't do this, you will face a number of strange surprises where the servo arms keep moving to the wrong positions.

Getting ready

You will need access to the REPL on the Circuit Playground Express to run the code presented in this recipe.

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