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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)

Sweeping a servo

In this recipe, you will learn how to create a script that continually moves a servo from the lowest to the highest angle and back again, in a sweeping motion. In some ways, the code is similar to the light animations that we have seen in previous chapters, as we will change the output of the board with time delays between each change to create an animated visual effect.

In the case of servos, though, it is the attached arm that will become animated with a sweeping motion. The approach used in this recipe can be adapted to any number of projects in which you want some servo attachments to continually sweep from one position to another.

Getting ready

You will need access to the REPL on the Circuit Playground...