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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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MicroPython thread mechanism

The last scheduling paradigm that developers can use to schedule tasks is the MicroPython thread mechanism. In a microcontroller-based system, a thread is essentially a synonym for a task. There are some minor differences, but they are beyond the scope of this book. Developers can create threads that will contain task code. Each task could then use several different mechanisms to execute their task code, such as the following:

  • Waiting on a queue
  • Waiting on time using a delay
  • Periodically monitoring for a polled event

The thread mechanism has been implemented directly from Python 3.x and provides developers with an easy method for creating separate tasks in their application. It is important to recognize that ...

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