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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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Controlling the boot sequence

When the MicroPython board boots, it will eventually reach a point where it needs to mount a filesystem to look for the boot.py and main.py scripts so that it can execute any application scripts. There are several different places where these scripts could be located, including the following:

  • The microcontroller's internal flash memory
  • An SD card that has been inserted into the SD card slot
  • An attached eMMC module

So, how does MicroPython decide where to look when booting? The answer depends on the MicroPython build that you are using. For example, builds for the PYBD1.x boards always defaulted to the SD card if an SD card was inserted. If developers wanted to force MicroPython to boot from the internal flash, ...

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ISBN: 9781789958034