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MicroPython Projects
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MicroPython Projects

by Jacob Beningo
April 2020
Intermediate to advanced
294 pages
7h 53m
English
Packt Publishing
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Navigating the startup code

The startup code for the STM32 port can be found in main.c, which is located in the micropython/ports/stm32 directory. This folder also contains the code for various peripheral modules. In order to make heads or tails of the startup code, I recommend that you open main.c and locate the stm32_main function. stm32_main contains the initialization sequence for MicroPython.

In addition to stm32_main.c, the main.c module also contains several additional functions that are used to support the system startup. The support code in main.c includes additional initialization for items such as the following:

  • A flash error state code
  • A filesystem reset code, such as creating default main.py and boot.py files
  • Filesystem initialization ...
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