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DaveDoes anyone with micropython knowledge see why the EMF badge would prompt an invalid syntax code in line 13, when I try to run this? Maybe it's not even on this line. I've thrown it into Mu Editor, but it wouldn't tell me anything. All indents are spaces. <a href="https://gist.github.com/davedarko/e85d4f0c76fffd45e80228f2f217072e" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://gist.github.com/davedarko/e85d4f0c76fffd45e80228f2f217072e</a><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/tildagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tildagon</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/micropython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#micropython</a>

StylusYay! We've officially removed support for building <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/microPython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microPython</a> with <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/python2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#python2</a> <a href="https://github.com/micropython/micropython/pull/17870" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/micropython/micropython/pull/17870</a>

Dr Footleg (he/him)It was challenging to design such a small modular <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/3Dprinted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#3Dprinted</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/robot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#robot</a> for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/PiWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PiWars</a> in 2024. I have started to work on the code again as so much was unfinished for the competition. This was my first robot using a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RaspberryPi</a> 5 and my first robot with encoder motors. I wrote mechanum mixing with IMU support in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Micropython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Micropython</a> for the Motor2040 board, which the Pi5 talks to over the USB lead. After some work to better comment the code I have finally published it on <a href="https://github.com/Footleg/PiWars2024" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/Footleg/PiWars2024</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/3Dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#3Dprinting</a>

Patrick Van OosterwijckAnother thing I'm a big fan of is MicroPython! ManT1S will ship with an OTA-capable <a href="https://noc.social/tags/MicroPython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroPython</a> runtime pre-installed, with WebREPL enabled out of the box. This means that you can load files and get a console over the network when you use the ManT1S-Bridge! It's hard to beat the convenience of connecting your device, popping into a <a href="https://noc.social/tags/shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shell</a> and interactively playing with the <a href="https://noc.social/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hardware</a> to get started. <a href="https://noc.social/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#embedded</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/dev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dev</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#development</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#python</a> <a href="https://www.crowdsupply.com/silicognition/mant1s" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.crowdsupply.com/silicognition/mant1s</a>

Jeremy, aka Jaharmi<a href="https://social.lol/@pauls" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@pauls</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@bigzaphod" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bigzaphod</a> Totally agree! <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ESPHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ESPHome</a> was my gateway into this, and then to <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MicroPython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroPython</a> /#CircuitPython. I used MicroPython for an electronic conference name badge with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/airquality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#airquality</a> sensors, which has been pretty fun as a project. (Not to mention useful, as it also led to my discovery of a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/headache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#headache</a> / <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/migraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#migraine</a> trigger I was unaware of before.)

Stylusooh interesting. Someone else is working on MicroPython for m68k.I just discovered <a href="https://github.com/yunkya2/micropython-x68k/tree/port-x68k/ports/x68k" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/yunkya2/micropython-x68k/tree/port-x68k/ports/x68k</a> The documentation is all in Japanese and I haven't plugged it into a translator yet to find out the details except that possibly this version is for Sharp X680x0.<a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/retroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retroComputing</a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/m68k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#m68k</a>-micropython <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/micropython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#micropython</a>

Jonathan HoggFuck me! A PR I opened adding PCNT support to the ESP32 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MicroPython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroPython</a> port *four* years ago last week has just been merged!Which is great news as I've got two projects in flight that are going to need it and I can finally stop maintaining my own fork

RevK :verified_r:I have a few of these, well, will have a few more over next week...<a href="https://www.tindie.com/products/revk/esp32-s3-mini-1-n4-r2-dev-board-all-gpios/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tindie.com/products/revk/esp32-s3-mini-1-n4-r2-dev-board-all-gpios/</a>I am tweaking the design but all of them do 2A 3.3V power for many peripherals, and ALL the GPIOs for an ESP32-S3-MINI-1-N4-R2, and a single WS2812 LED.USB-C and DC 5V-17VThey are ideal for anyone wanting to play around with these processors, whether native ESP IDF, <a href="https://toot.me.uk/tags/micropython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#micropython</a>, <a href="https://toot.me.uk/tags/arduino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#arduino</a>, or whatever.

John_NewallThis prototype cycle for my temperature and humidity tracker is almost complete with a new 50% slimmer case. It's been quite a journey <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#electronics</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/kicad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kicad</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/esp32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#esp32</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/micropython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#micropython</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/blender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blender</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/3dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#3dprinting</a>

Scott Small 🇨🇦For those not following <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/m68kMicroPython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#m68kMicroPython</a> development, a lot has been happening rather quickly in the last couple of weeks!There's enough support for the Toolbox now that I've been able to re-create the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Macstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Macstodon</a> splash/loading screen with it - see below.Big thanks to <a href="https://social.afront.org/@stylus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@stylus</a> for all his hard work developing the port and making this possible!<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroProgramming</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VintageMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VintageMac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MacOS</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ClassicMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassicMac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/68k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#68k</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Python</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MicroPython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroPython</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/@smallsco/114889267494614758" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://oldbytes.space/@smallsco/114889267494614758</a>

StylusI made a new release of m68k-micropython: <a href="https://github.com/m68k-micropython/micropython/releases/tag/20250720" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/m68k-micropython/micropython/releases/tag/20250720</a>This adds the following groups of mac APIs (which I didn't actually test):<ul><li>deskmgr</li><li>dialogmgr</li><li>fontmgr</li><li>menumgr</li><li>textedit</li></ul><a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/m68kMicroPython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#m68kMicroPython</a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/micropython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#micropython</a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macintosh</a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/vintageMacintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vintageMacintosh</a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/retroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retroComputing</a>

Stylus<a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/m68kMicroPython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#m68kMicroPython</a> happenings: The "struct-types" branch is coming along. There are now autogenerated bindings for the following parts of the API: modmactypes.c modqd.c modtoolboxevent.c modtoolboxutil.c modwindowmgr.cthere's probably broken stuff but for instance you can now splat directly onto the screen<pre><code>>>> scrn = qd.qdGlobals().screenBits >>> n = scrn.bounds.bottom * scrn.rowBytes >>> for i in range(n): scrn.baseAddr[i] = i </code></pre>and types are checked:<pre><code>>>> qd.FillRect(7, "blue") Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> TypeError: Expected int, got Rect </code></pre>um well except the error message is backwards 💦 and in upstream <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/micropython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#micropython</a> land my exploration found that there were problems with the uctypes module and "REPR_B", so I'm working on fixing that and ensuring it stays fixed via the CI system: <a href="https://github.com/micropython/micropython/pull/17688" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/micropython/micropython/pull/17688</a>right at the moment, the micropython PR is failing for some reason that will probably be more obvious to me once I've had another night to recover from jet lag.

Mike Coats 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌍♻️Here we go! An ESP32-S3 running MicroPython using each of the Monstera leafs as a capacitive touch pad.Each pad works individually and multitouch works across all four too!<a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#electronics</a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/microPython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microPython</a>

Poul-Henning KampI am a sucker for opto-electronics, so got this discarded kit (ex CNN's London studio?)Each button has a 36x24 LCD display and red+green LEDS.Well-designed hardware: ColdFire (=68k) CPU, plenty of RAM, plenty of FLASH, serial port, ethernet etc.Firmware ? Not so impressive, but very easy to get rid of:Anybody can flash new firmware from ethernet: No userid, no password, all you need to know is the IP# and how they botched their CRC-16 implementation.Now it runs <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MicroPython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroPython</a> :-)

Mike Coats 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌍♻️My latest blog post: Metronalmost<a href="https://mikecoats.com/metronalmost/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mikecoats.com/metronalmost/</a>This metronome, by design, will never, ever, tick exactly once per second. This infuriating object is designed to thwart the goals of <a href="https://hackaday.social/@hackaday" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@hackaday</a>'s One Hertz Challenge contest.<a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/code" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#code</a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#electronics</a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/hackaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hackaday</a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/microPython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microPython</a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/openSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openSource</a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/openHardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openHardware</a>

StylusI went ahead and created a github organization for a fresh fork of micropython, and then made a release. You can get a fresh dsk of this micropython mac port from <a href="https://github.com/m68k-micropython/micropython/releases" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/m68k-micropython/micropython/releases</a> and as <a href="https://oldbytes.space/@smallsco" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@smallsco</a> noted it works on infinitemac.org<a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/umac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#umac</a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/microPython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microPython</a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/retro68" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retro68</a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macintosh</a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/retroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retroComputing</a>

StylusDoing a little iterative code development in micropython on an emulated m68k mac... I might not be so happy with the loading time if a real floppy was involved, but in an emulator it's heckin' snappy.Clearly I need to tackle the issue that you can't REALLY draw to the same window as the terminal....<a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/micropython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#micropython</a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#python</a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/retroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retroComputing</a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/retro68" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retro68</a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macintosh</a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/m68k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#m68k</a>

StylusNow you can witness one of the first quickdraw calls from MicroPython on mac... 🎉 ⬛ <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/micropython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#micropython</a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#python</a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/retro68" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retro68</a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macintosh</a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/m68k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#m68k</a>

AxWaxhow it started: "let's try to get started on a set for my <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/RFFF25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RFFF25</a> gig"how it's going: "attempting (and so far failing) to completely rewrite some 2-year-old <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/MicroPython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroPython</a> code on my DIY MIDI to CV interface" 😩

XaviIs there anyone in the room with knowledge about <a href="https://talamanca.social/tags/ESP32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ESP32</a> microcontrollers?I am playing with a <a href="https://talamanca.social/tags/Waveshare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Waveshare</a> development board that has an <a href="https://talamanca.social/tags/AMOLED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AMOLED</a> and a touchscreen, and it says it has built-in <a href="https://talamanca.social/tags/SH8601" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SH8601</a> display driver and <a href="https://talamanca.social/tags/FT3168" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FT3168</a> capacitive touch chip, using <a href="https://talamanca.social/tags/QSPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#QSPI</a> and <a href="https://talamanca.social/tags/I2C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#I2C</a> communication respectively.<a href="https://www.waveshare.com/product/arduino/boards-kits/esp32-s3-touch-amoled-1.8.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.waveshare.com/product/arduino/boards-kits/esp32-s3-touch-amoled-1.8.htm</a>It directly works in <a href="https://talamanca.social/tags/Arduino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Arduino</a> with <a href="https://talamanca.social/tags/C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#C</a>, but I am trying to make it work with <a href="https://talamanca.social/tags/MicroPython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroPython</a>. Before I spend effort trying to compile it with <a href="https://talamanca.social/tags/LVGL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LVGL</a>, I want to know if I could print a "Hello World" to the screen as is, and while my mind tells me that I need a driver, the sentence "built-in display driver using QSPI" makes me think that I could eventually use the display without code drivers, but I don't know how.I'd love to see an example, if it's possible, or to be pointed to any resources that I can read in this regard. I am complete newbie.Re-posts are appreciated.Thank in advance 😊

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