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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)
11
Downloading and Running MicroPython Code

Building a sensor node

We are now ready to start building our Android-controlled sensor node using the ESP32. In this section, we are going to build the sensor node. This will require us to do the following:

  1. Install MicroPython on the ESP32.
  2. Set up the sensor node as a Wi-Fi access point.
  3. Install uasyncio.
  4. Set up an Anaconda environment.
  5. Write your application code.

There's a fair amount of work to do, so let's get started!

Installing MicroPython on the ESP32

The first step to getting our project underway is to install MicroPython on the ESP32 development. We saw in Chapter 5, Customizing the MicroPython Kernel Start Up Code, how we can get into the MicroPython kernel, customize it, and then rebuild the kernel...