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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)

Developing a RESTful API to control the LEDs

This recipe will show you how to create a RESTful API hosted on the ESP8266 that will let API clients inquire about the status of the LEDs, as well as toggle them on and off. In previous recipes, we've seen how you can use MicroPython as a client to access RESTful web services.

Now, we will flip this around, and provide RESTful web services so that other devices and computers on the network can connect to the board and control its hardware. You will find this recipe very useful whenever you need to have other computers and devices on the network remotely connect to your projects and control components on them.

Getting ready

You will need access to the REPL on the ESP8266 to...