In case you haven’t heard, about a month ago MicroPython has celebrated its 11th birthday. I was lucky that I was able to start hacking with it soon after pyboards have shipped – the first tech talk I ...

MicroPython is a compact implementation of the Python 3 programming language designed to work with microcontrollers. Initially announced back in 2013 as part of a Kickstarter project created by Damien ...

Your prompt matters more with MicroPython than most other codes.

Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system administration, network administration, and consulting roles. He ...

The ESP32 comes complete with a radio capable of 2.4GHz WiFi and Bluetooth. Most of the time you can ignore the technical details as MicroPython provides easy to use objects and methods which enable ...

The C/C++ programming languages have long dominated the embedded systems industry, with very few other languages being able to find a foothold. While languages such as Java and Ada have certainly ...

If you’ve used MicroPython much, you know that debugging usually amounts to printing a few things out, trying your code out, ...

There are currently around 600 programming languages to choose from, so picking the one that’s right for you can be pretty difficult. But if you’re looking for a language that’s incredibly popular, ...

The Raspberry Pi Pico is a change from the previous Pis that people are used to. This is because it is not a Linux computer, but it is a microcontroller board just like Arduino. The biggest selling ...

Colourful introductory Combining Logic Gates classroom poster. The poster covers all of the fundamental elements of the Micro:Bit programming at Computer Science, including but not limited to: A ...