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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

The RGB pushbutton I/O expander project requirements

The primary goal for this project is to gain experience with developing a driver for external chips using MicroPython. In order to gain this experience, we will select hardware that allows us to expand the I/O capabilities of the pyboard and connect an RGB pushbutton to the expanded I/O. Before we jump into selecting components or writing any code, we first need to define the requirements for this project. We have two different sets of requirements that need to be considered: hardware and software. Let's look at each set of requirements individually.

Hardware requirements

The hardware requirements for this project are relatively loose. As we saw in the last chapter...