April 2019
Intermediate to advanced
646 pages
16h 48m
English
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MicroPython
MicroPython is one of the youngest alternative implementations on that list, as its first official version was released on May 3, 2014. It is also one of the most interesting implementations. MicroPython is a Python interpreter that was optimized for use on microcontrollers and in very constrained environments. Its small size and multiple optimizations allow it to run in just 256 kilobytes of code space and with just 16 kilobytes of RAM.
The main reference devices that you can test this interpreter on are BBC's micro:bit devices and pyboards, which are simple-to-use microcontroller development boards, that are targeted at teaching programming and electronics.
MicroPython is written in C99 (it's C language standard) and can be ...