MicroPython Projects

Cooperative multitasking using asyncio

So far, we have examined how we can schedule tasks in a MicroPython-based system using round-robin, timers, and threads. While threads may be the most powerful scheduling option available, they aren't deterministic schedulers and don't fit the bill for most MicroPython applications. There is another scheduling algorithm that developers can leverage to schedule tasks within their systems: cooperative scheduling. 

A cooperative scheduler, also known as cooperative multitasking, is basically a round-robin scheduling loop that includes several mechanisms to allow a task to yield the CPU to other tasks that may need to use it. The developer can fine-tune the way that their application behaves, and their tasks ...