MicroPython and Pyboard - Python on a microcontroller: from getting started to advanced use

Presentation

Discover and master MicroPython, Python on microcontrollers, with Pyboard boards. Go beyond concepts and discover the practical aspects of the Python language applied to microcontrollers! This book guides its reader in a didactic way in the implementation of Pyboard boards without forgetting to explore the control of electronic components that can be connected to them.

Makers will easily find what they need to adapt their know-how Arduino on MicroPython, those who are not yet Makers could very well become one, programmers will easily add a new string to their bow, engineers will build new bridges between different fields of knowledge, electronic engineers will discover a tool to quickly produce prototypes and educators will be able to easily combine theory and experimentation.

Chapter after chapter, the reader discovers the implementation of the Pyboard (and Pyboard-D), the realization of simple electronic assemblies, up to theuse of advanced techniques such as the manipulation of various sensors and interfaces, PWM and analog outputs or an I2C bus. He can thus learn, for example, how to turn on an LED, activate a relay, control motors or acquire environmental data and display information on screens.

Throughout the book, the author offers tips and tricks, popularization points, detailed examples, connection diagrams, with different levels of reading that will make the reader want to go further in the use of the Pyboard to control everyday objects.

Dominique MEURISSE

Trained as an engineer and former software architect, Dominique MEURISSE is passionate about programming nanocomputers (Raspberry Pi, Odroid, OlinuXino) and microcontrollers (Arduino, Feather, ESP, Pyboard, etc.). Ardent defender of Python, MicroPython or Open-Hardware (Adafruit Industries), his passion pushes him to participate actively in the writing of the wiki, the blog and the documented product sheets of the online sales site of his company Microcontrôleur Hobby (MC Hobby SPRL). With this enthusiasm, he continues to share his knowledge by writing books dedicated to the Python language on microcontrollers.