1 00:00:00,660 --> 00:00:08,760 When Michael Python was first published in 2014, only one board supported the original pinboard a few 2 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:14,930 years later this month of Python support for a wide range of microcontrollers, including the specialty 3 00:00:14,940 --> 00:00:18,960 to which is the one that will be using this course in this lecture. 4 00:00:18,990 --> 00:00:23,130 We'll take a closer look at the boards that can use Markward Python. 5 00:00:24,750 --> 00:00:26,850 And let's start with the original pinboard board. 6 00:00:27,180 --> 00:00:33,870 The PIEBALD one is the board that Damián George designed to run Michael Python for his Kickstarter project 7 00:00:33,870 --> 00:00:34,860 in 2014. 8 00:00:35,550 --> 00:00:43,140 The pay board contains an SDM 32 microcontroller chip, which is based on an cortex and for C.P.U, 9 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:49,540 it has one thousand twenty four kilobytes of flash room and one hundred ninety two kilobytes of RAM. 10 00:00:50,310 --> 00:00:59,040 It also features a micro SD card slot for an expanded file system and accelerometer real time clock 11 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:00,960 for programmable LCD. 12 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:06,890 Twenty nine CEOs and two digital unlooked converters, among other things. 13 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:08,850 Then you add these series. 14 00:01:08,850 --> 00:01:16,020 PIEBALD also uses an SDM 32 microcontroller, but has a deep style form factor that makes it easier 15 00:01:16,020 --> 00:01:17,610 to integrate into projects. 16 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:25,950 Got more flash and ram capability for external flash as well wi fi and Bluetooth connectivity and improvements 17 00:01:25,950 --> 00:01:27,030 across the board. 18 00:01:27,900 --> 00:01:33,870 The pay board is the golden standard for what a micro python device looks like. 19 00:01:35,140 --> 00:01:45,420 OK, then of course we have the if E.S.P family of devices, the E.S.P 32 and the other E.S.P eight 20 00:01:45,420 --> 00:01:52,500 to six six are almost fully supported by micro python learnt about the lack of Bluetooth support, for 21 00:01:52,500 --> 00:01:57,060 example, for the E.S.P 32 in the previous lecture E.S.P. 22 00:01:57,060 --> 00:02:04,710 Three to specific libraries, a document that on the main micro Python documentation website next to 23 00:02:04,710 --> 00:02:13,200 the PI Board, the E.S.P three, two and SBA to six six seem to have the widest range of community contributed 24 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,180 micro python libraries. 25 00:02:15,990 --> 00:02:20,970 This means that there is a good chance that you'll be able to find a device driver for your favorite 26 00:02:20,970 --> 00:02:28,470 display or since at the time of writing this Bluetooth is not supported and this is because of how much 27 00:02:28,470 --> 00:02:31,820 memory this implementation would require wi fi. 28 00:02:31,860 --> 00:02:34,350 However, as you probably already know, it's fully functional. 29 00:02:35,070 --> 00:02:40,980 So apart from Bluetooth, almost all of the end user features on the E.S.P three two can be used in 30 00:02:40,980 --> 00:02:50,180 Micro Python, Tyner's, CPU's, M, wi fi ice, Quixey, Spy Sleep and the digital converters. 31 00:02:50,190 --> 00:02:51,210 All of those work. 32 00:02:51,730 --> 00:02:58,950 It's even possible to read the internal temperature sensors there, especially to is the microcontroller 33 00:02:58,950 --> 00:03:05,850 that have chosen to use in this course because of the excellent micro python implementation, the richness 34 00:03:05,850 --> 00:03:10,080 of its hardware and my familiarity with it from previous projects. 35 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:18,460 Now let's have a look at the Raspberry Pi pickle, the Raspberry Pi picture was released earlier in 36 00:03:19,190 --> 00:03:21,910 twenty one, selling for around five dollars. 37 00:03:22,420 --> 00:03:28,100 And it's powered by the brand new iPad 20 40 microcontroller. 38 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:33,130 These microcontroller was actually designed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. 39 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:40,440 And very quickly, several new boards came out that are based on the same microcontroller like the Feather 40 00:03:40,450 --> 00:03:43,210 20, 40, the tiny 20, 40. 41 00:03:43,930 --> 00:03:47,290 All of them can run the micro python firmware. 42 00:03:47,290 --> 00:03:52,350 And the Raspberry Pi Foundation provides excellent documentation through its website. 43 00:03:52,870 --> 00:04:00,970 I find that compared to the pinboard and the E.S.P boards, it is much harder to find micro python device 44 00:04:00,970 --> 00:04:03,420 drivers for the Raspberry Pi pickle. 45 00:04:04,060 --> 00:04:08,140 It's still a new board, so I expect that this is going to change. 46 00:04:09,220 --> 00:04:12,780 The Raspberry Pi pickle is an excellent, simple board. 47 00:04:12,820 --> 00:04:18,820 It doesn't have any wireless communications capability, but I think that this is a case where simplicity 48 00:04:18,820 --> 00:04:20,080 is an advantage. 49 00:04:20,740 --> 00:04:28,330 Along with the BBC Micro bit, the Raspberry Pi pickle is probably the easiest way to learn micro python. 50 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:39,350 Next up is expected probably the BBC Microfit, so the BBC MacRobert is a small board designed specifically 51 00:04:39,350 --> 00:04:40,510 for education. 52 00:04:40,970 --> 00:04:49,610 It uses a Nordic and RF five to eight three three application processor and contains an impressive array 53 00:04:49,610 --> 00:04:57,650 of built-In peripherals, such as an LCD matrix display, a touch sensor, a microphone, a couple of 54 00:04:57,650 --> 00:05:00,360 buttons and then accelerometer. 55 00:05:00,860 --> 00:05:08,390 It also has a two point four gigahertz transceiver that students can experiment with and create a simple 56 00:05:08,390 --> 00:05:13,760 radio communications protocol and get Markovitch to talk to each other wirelessly. 57 00:05:14,710 --> 00:05:21,640 The Michael Python implementation on the MacRobert is excellent, as expected, tested many of its hardware 58 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:26,530 components and everything seems to be working, even the radio communications. 59 00:05:28,570 --> 00:05:36,700 OK, next up, we've got the SDM thirty two boards at Texas Instruments NUCLEO and discovery boards 60 00:05:36,700 --> 00:05:43,020 in the spring of Pico, a based on the microcontrollers from the same SDM to family. 61 00:05:43,660 --> 00:05:49,370 I remind you that the PIEBALD also uses an SDM 32 microcontroller unit. 62 00:05:49,870 --> 00:05:56,590 There are several NUCLEO and discovery boards geared towards rapid prototype development for engineers, 63 00:05:56,590 --> 00:05:58,900 but are also used in education. 64 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:06,310 The Spring Pickle is a particularly popular board among makers because of how much power is packed in 65 00:06:06,310 --> 00:06:10,120 such a tiny board on the Market Python website. 66 00:06:10,150 --> 00:06:17,020 It's mentioned that the stem free to line of Michael Trollies from Estima Electronics are officially 67 00:06:17,020 --> 00:06:22,060 supported by Micro Python via the SDM 32 Cube. 68 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:30,580 How libraries the SDM through to Port of Micropayment Python contains the source code for these MCE 69 00:06:30,580 --> 00:06:31,120 use. 70 00:06:35,100 --> 00:06:42,930 OK, this was just a short list, some examples of the boards that can work with Micro Python in this 71 00:06:42,930 --> 00:06:45,230 course, we'll experiment with the SB 32. 72 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:52,680 As you know, in the last few sections of this course, I have prepared a few lectures to show you how 73 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:58,290 micro python works on the Raspberry Pi Pickle and the BBC bit. 74 00:06:59,250 --> 00:07:00,860 It's now time to get busy. 75 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:08,310 The first hands on task is to set up a copy of Phony on your computer as a development tool that would 76 00:07:08,310 --> 00:07:11,700 be using to learn micro python or the pathetic two. 77 00:07:12,230 --> 00:07:14,340 We're going to do that in the next section.