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MicroPython Projects

By : Jacob Beningo
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MicroPython Projects

By: Jacob Beningo

Overview of this book

With the increasing complexity of embedded systems seen over the past few years, developers are looking for ways to manage them easily by solving problems without spending a lot of time on finding supported peripherals. MicroPython is an efficient and lean implementation of the Python 3 programming language, which is optimized to run on microcontrollers. MicroPython Projects will guide you in building and managing your embedded systems with ease. This book is a comprehensive project-based guide that will help you build a wide range of projects and give you the confidence to design complex projects spanning new areas of technology such as electronic applications, automation devices, and IoT applications. While building seven engaging projects, you'll learn how to enable devices to communicate with each other, access and control devices over a TCP/IP socket, and store and retrieve data. The complexity will increase progressively as you work on different projects, covering areas such as driver design, sensor interfacing, and MicroPython kernel customization. By the end of this MicroPython book, you'll be able to develop industry-standard embedded systems and keep up with the evolution of the Internet of Things.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Downloading and Running MicroPython Code

Running the test harness

Running the test harness on the target will not be any different than running any other MicroPython script. Copy main.py, test_harness, and the test scripts to the pyboard. From the terminal, you can use Ctrl + C to terminate any application that is already running. Then, use Ctrl + D to cause a soft reset to occur on the pyboard. At this point, you should see an output from the test harness similar to the following:

From the preceding output, we can see that the script has been started and that testing has begun. We can see our test setup operation followed by the execution and reporting operations. We can also see that the first three tests pass successfully but that our final test, the LSB I/O – Low test, fails. From the test report, it looks like the I/O stayed at the high state rather than toggling low.

There are several potential causes for...