Re: [Tutor] Pyduino
"Wayne" wrote Yes, this is true, but he was asking to use Python *instead* of the Arduino language. I really don't think it's too hard to learn the language, it's really straightforward. I'll echo that sentiment. Just following the tutorials you can pretty much figure out everything you need to know. It's basically a simplified version of C++. caveat, if you don't know C or C++ there is a huge mountain of things to learn in migrating from Python. If you already know any C-like langfuage then the Arduino language is straightforward but from Python alone you suddenly have braces and semi colons and type definitions and a welter of other details to learn and understand. I've only browsed the docs so am no expert but it looks like a pretty close clone of C with some C++ bits added. But thats a big jump from Python. But arguably to get the most out of a tool like Arduino you probably do need a language like C vthat is conceptuially closer to the machine than to the user -- Alan Gauld Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Pyduino
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Douglas Philips wrote: >> Check out: >> http://us.pycon.org/2009/conference/schedule/event/73/ >> which has the video of the talk as well. >> That was one of the many talks I didn't see in person, and is on my queue >> to watch. Hmmm, just got bumped a lot higher on the queue since I've also >> recently been bitten by the Arduino bug. :) > > For another microcontroller python, there is PyMite: > http://us.pycon.org/2009/openspace/ForEmbeddedSystems/ > http://code.google.com/p/python-on-a-chip/ Which seems to be running on Arduino Mega: http://groups.google.com/group/python-on-a-chip/web/step-by-step-on-running-pymite-on-arduino-mega Kent ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Pyduino
Check out: http://us.pycon.org/2009/conference/schedule/event/73/ which has the video of the talk as well. That was one of the many talks I didn't see in person, and is on my queue to watch. Hmmm, just got bumped a lot higher on the queue since I've also recently been bitten by the Arduino bug. :) For another microcontroller python, there is PyMite: http://us.pycon.org/2009/openspace/ForEmbeddedSystems/ http://code.google.com/p/python-on-a-chip/ --Doug ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Pyduino
Check out: http://us.pycon.org/2009/conference/schedule/event/73/ which has the video of the talk as well. That was one of the many talks I didn't see in person, and is on my queue to watch. Hmmm, just got bumped a lot higher on the queue since I've also recently been bitten by the Arduino bug. :) -Doug ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Pyduino
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 4:22 AM, Luke Paireepinart wrote: > Yes, this is true, but he was asking to use Python *instead* of the Arduino > language. I really don't think it's too hard to learn the language, it's > really straightforward. I'll echo that sentiment. Just following the tutorials you can pretty much figure out everything you need to know. It's basically a simplified version of C++. HTH, Wayne ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Pyduino
Yes, this is true, but he was asking to use Python *instead* of the Arduino language. I really don't think it's too hard to learn the language, it's really straightforward. On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Michael Connors wrote: > >> >> You wouldn't want to run python on a 16 mhz processor, the interpreter >> would use up all your resources. The Arduino language is not too hard >> to learn. >> >> >> > > I have followed some tutorials in the Arduino playground, for talking to > the arduino from Python. You can do things like tell your LED to turn on and > off based on a key press on your computers keyboard, and from there you can > probably figure out how to do plenty of other things. > > The coding for the Arduino is still done in the native language, but the > client you use to speak to the connected arduino would be written in Python. > > -- > Michael Connors > Leiden > The Netherlands > > ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Pyduino
> > > > You wouldn't want to run python on a 16 mhz processor, the interpreter > would use up all your resources. The Arduino language is not too hard > to learn. > > > I have followed some tutorials in the Arduino playground, for talking to the arduino from Python. You can do things like tell your LED to turn on and off based on a key press on your computers keyboard, and from there you can probably figure out how to do plenty of other things. The coding for the Arduino is still done in the native language, but the client you use to speak to the connected arduino would be written in Python. -- Michael Connors Leiden The Netherlands ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Pyduino
man, here I am always complaining about people replying directly to me, and I go and do it to Joshua!meant to send this to the list. sorry! -- Forwarded message -- From: Luke Paireepinart Date: Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 3:53 AM Subject: Re: [Tutor] Pyduino To: Joshua Harper You wouldn't want to run python on a 16 mhz processor, the interpreter would use up all your resources. The Arduino language is not too hard to learn. On 9/7/09, Joshua Harper wrote: > I just bought an arduino and id like to use python instead of the arduino > language, any tips, tutorials, anything, i googled but there isnt much on it > really... > > -- > - JH > -- Sent from my mobile device ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Pyduino
There are a few projects attempting something like this, but it is not easy to get a language like Python running on the minimalist resources found in a microcontroller. Google "python microcontroller" (without the quotes).. you could also try the plural form to see if that brings up other hits. In the best case, you are going to have a limited subset of the language in some way, I'm sure. There is a fairly mature gcc toolchain for the Atmel AVR microcontrollers, so you can also use that. At least for straight C, I dunno about C++, Fortran, Objective C, Ada, or the others. Cheers On Monday 07 September 2009 20:31, Joshua Harper wrote: > I just bought an arduino and id like to use python instead of the arduino > language, any tips, tutorials, anything, i googled but there isnt much on > it really... ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Pyduino
Joshua Harper wrote: I just bought an arduino and id like to use python instead of the arduino language, any tips, tutorials, anything, i googled but there isnt much on it really.. about 3,000,000 results? -- Bob Gailer Chapel Hill NC 919-636-4239 ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
