MicroPython VS esp-idf

Just putting my hand up to say that MicroPython is awesome (and runs on the RP2040). https://micropython.org

Gah, I just ordered one on impulse [1]. I've wanted to build out a WiFi PDA for quite some time now and I like this hardware.

I'm quite liking the idea of running tulip MicroPython [2] on it, or going back to pure MicroPython [3] and writing some drivers. Apparently something like ampy can be used to upload/download Python files [4].

Threads could be quite exciting for running multiple programs at once [5], although I have no idea what it means for two programs to fight over GPIO! It does seem as though MicroPython can only utilise a single core [6].

[1] https://www.lilygo.cc/products/t-deck?variant=43087936487605

[2] https://github.com/bwhitman/tulipcc/tree/main/tulip/tdeck

[3] https://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/esp32/tutorial/intro....

[4] https://www.digikey.co.uk/en/maker/projects/micropython-basi...

[5] https://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/library/_thread.html

[6] https://github.com/micropython/micropython/issues/8197

If you really want to engage in the travesty that is shoehorning a high level scripting language into an environment that has 512 bytes of RAM and less clock cycles than an electric toothbrush, there is micropython.

There is some work to implement a common CAN interface in micropython but it's some way off yet: https://github.com/micropython/micropython/pull/13149

https://github.com/raspberrypi/pico-sdk/ links to a PDF about connecting to the interwebs with a pi pico.

micropython/micropython//ports/rp2/boards/RPI_PICO_W: https://github.com/micropython/micropython/tree/master/ports...

raspberrypi/pico-sdk /lib: btstack, cyw43-driver, lwip, mbedtls, tinyusb https://github.com/raspberrypi/pico-sdk/tree/master/lib

raspberrypi/pico-examples//pico_w/wifi/access_point/picow_access_point.c:

https://github.com/raspberrypi/pico-examples/blob/master/pic...

There's an iperf opkg pkg, or is it just netperf (which works with fluent)?

raspberrypi/pico-examples//pico_w/wifi/iperf/picow_iperf.c:

Needed for hobby project, maintained by very small team. Haven't decided on specific microcontroller. Needed for general bit-banging, speed and code size are not priorities.

So far have considered MicroPython [0] [1] and Lua [2] [3], but open for suggestions for others.

What are experiences?

[0] https://micropython.org/

Python is also a general-purpose programming language. It's typically used on desktop / laptop computers. But Micropython is a variant that can be used to program embedded devices.

For returning to deep sleep from the wake-up stub you can take a look at how it is done in https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/tree/master/examples/system/deep_sleep_wake_stub

You can find the examples here: https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/tree/master/examples

I found the spi_lcd_touch example and flashed it, and it seems to run fine with either ili9341 or gc9a01 drivers selected (although both are mirrored, and one has the colours inverted compared to the other - both of which I assume are things I can fix in either driver).

If that's the case: You register a GPIO as event source and make a task waiting for it, that then just performs the I2C-transaction. Follow this example https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/blob/master/examples/peripherals/gpio/generic_gpio/main/gpio_example_main.c

IDF contains stuff like https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/blob/master/pytest.ini and https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/blob/master/tools/ci/idf_pytest/constants.py which are not part of the pytest-embedded package.

ugh.. arduino.

Better to start with ESP-IDF, there's a pretty full featured well documented web server, and a lot more.

https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/tree/master/examples/pr...

i've looked over the the ble peripheiral example https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/blob/master/examples/bluetooth/nimble/bleprph/README.md and i see it's using

Hi, I have device ESP32-S3-DevKitM-1 and i want to catch keystrokes from keyboard. I tried using this https://github.com/tanakamasayuki/EspUsbHost and example from espressif https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/tree/release/v5.1/examples/peripherals/usb/host/hid/main but when i connect keyboard it is just connecting and disconnecting. Can anyone help me with this?