On Thursday, 21 January 2021 07:59:12 GMT PeterMerchant wrote:
> I notice that it doesn't have WiFi, and I wonder if it could be programmed
> from the Arduino IDE as 'c' is mentioned. Perhaps that will come. I have
Do you not compile the C code before uploading it to an Arduino or similar?
I've never used an Arduino but have always assumed that the compiler was in
the IDE not the device.
> been using a Wemos D1 which has some of these features plus Wifi, and
> programmed in c.
That's an interesting device too, albeit a lot less capable than this latest
offering.
The microPython is the attractive thing. When i was evaluating the options at
WMT in 2016, I plumped for the RPi Zero because it was half the price of the
cheapest Arduino, but more importantly it supported Python.
Since the WMT is largely maintained by volunteers, I didn't want to use a
language that might be hard to use for novices. Since Python was going up the
popularity charts even then, and is quite powerful, I felt it was the right
choice. I still do.
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