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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

Chapter 7

  1. What are the technologies that are typically used in gesture-control applications?
    • IR LEDs and photodiodes
    • Cameras
  2. What four main gestures were covered in this chapter?
    • Forward
    • Backward
    • Left
    • Right
  3. What three analog engines are provided in the APDS-9660?
    • Proximity detection
    • Gesture detection
    • RGB color detection
  4. What is the difference between a driver and an integrated application module?
    • A driver provides access to all functionality within a chip for use generically by the application. A driver requires a developer to create a higher-level module to use the data from the driver to perform useful work. An integrated application module integrates some driver functionality into the application module so that they are highly integrated and coupled together.
  1. What method was used to determine the gesture direction?
    • Using four of the last five data points with...