[CentralOH] micropython

[Thomas Winningham]

So I messed with MicroPython a ton on a NodeMCU board (also an ESP8266) ...
It was an absolute blast. Unfortunately, after much head scratching I think
I ultimately had memory fragmentation errors from trying simply to do too
much dynamically in Python... or at least I *think* that was the issue. It
would simply reset after 10 minutes of working? I since then rewrote
everything I was doing (two servos and two steppers) in Arduino code using
PlatformIO to manage the project, and everything works a lot better. I'm
still using a lot of Python to interact with the thing though.

I do think that the MicroPython project is insanely cool, and the code runs
so quickly. Even the Unix port is fun to play with for sure. I think they
list their ESP8266 support as experimental at the moment, so I just wanted
to chime in with a heads up if you find yourself beating your head against
the wall, it may not be your fault.

On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Neil Ludban <nludban at columbus.rr.com> wrote:

> Just found both of these at MicroCenter and brought them home:
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Python-Microcontrollers-Getting-
> Started-MicroPython/dp/1259644537
>
> http://linksprite.com/wiki/index.php5?title=LinkNode_D1
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