Matt presented a news roundup and Seon Rozenblum discussed some of the trials and tribulations of manufacturing TinyPICO (unrecorded).

News roundup

MicroPython on SAMD

• Damien has raised PR #4863
• A first-cut at MicroPython on SAMD
  • The micro family used in many Adafruit boards
  • Not a lot of features, yet
    • REPL over USB serial
  • SAMD 21 and 51 (M0 and M4)

Obsidian ESP32

• Thomas McKahan has started a campaign for his Obsidian ESP32
  • ESP32 in a Raspberry Pi form factor
  • WROOM-B: 16MB Flash, 8MB RAM
  • Use RPi ‘Hats’
• Available on Crowd Supply
  • $US35 + SH

micropython-stubber

• Jos Velinden released micropython-stubber
• A set of tools, libraries and configuration to improve VS Code
  • For MicroPython use
  • Stubs out MicroPython specific libraries, tidies up pylint, provides intellisense

hackaBLE

• hackaBLE is a small nRF52832 dev board
  • Breadboard or castellate
  • Requires a programming probe
  • Can run Micro or Circuit Python
• From Electronut Labs
  • Who used similar tech for Papyr
• Available on Tindie for US$17

Fomu in the wild

• Starting to see Fomu’s in the wild…
• …like this one running MicroPython on a RISC-V softcore!
• What’s a Fomu?
  • A Lattice FPGA running in a Tomu form factor
  • What’s Tomu?
    • A microcontroller that fits inside a USB port

Giant Board

• The Giant Board is a Linux-capable FeatherWing
  • SAMA5D2 Cortex-A5 500MHz
  • 128MB RAM, micro SD
• Pick one up from Crowd Supply for US$50-80

TTGO watch

• TTGO have released an ESP32-powered watch
• Decent specs
  • 16MB flash, 8MB PSRAM
  • Accelerometer, RTC clock
  • 240x240 touchscreen
  • Micro SD, battery and charge circuit
• US$40

ESP32 MicroPython Webcam

• Tsaarni: MicroPython with OV2640 support
  • C module for camera support
  • MicroPython to manage the images
• <40 lines of MicroPython
  • Web server with camera

FemtoBeacon ESP32-D2WD

• The FemtoBeacon is a tiny ESP32 based board
  • Can’t overstate how small it is!
• 2MB Flash, 500KB RAM
• A PICO-D4 version is coming too…
• Available on Tindie, US$30

PyCon AU 2019

• There are a few MicroPython talks coming up in PyCon AU!
• Me: “Extending MicroPython: Using C for Good!”
  • A Deep Dive (70 min) - scary!
• Michal Galka: “MicroPython Gotchas”
• Jack Reichelt: “What makes Micro:bits different?”
• Anthony Joseph: “Using python-programmed microcontrollers to build comedy props”

Roadmap for Next Release

• Roadmap for next release (v1.11->v2.0?)
• What’s next for MicroPython?

TinyPICO

• Successful campain!
• Seon to give a quick overview…