Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-06-02 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 8:09 AM, MRAB wrote: > Look at the "Software" page: > > """We use the mpy language to program the MSP430 microcontroller. MPY is > short for Microcontroller PYthon.   mpy is based on the Python computer > language. In fact to keep things simple it is only a small subset of t

Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-06-02 Thread MRAB
On 02/06/2012 22:25, Chris Angelico wrote: On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 7:18 AM, MRAB wrote: Putting "LaunchPad", "Python" and "MakerFaire" into Google, plus the "It has an m somewhere in it and it's 3 letters", quickly led me to: http://www.mpyprojects.com -- Heh, Google's awesome :) I was ju

Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-06-02 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 7:18 AM, MRAB wrote: > Putting "LaunchPad", "Python" and "MakerFaire" into Google, plus the > "It has an m somewhere in it and it's 3 letters", quickly led me to: > > http://www.mpyprojects.com > -- Heh, Google's awesome :) I was just thinking "Hm, three letters with an M?

Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-06-02 Thread MRAB
On 02/06/2012 21:47, boj wrote: There is a 3rd party programmer for the LaunchPad that lets you program it in Python, but I forgot what they were called. It has an m somewhere in it and it's 3 letters. I saw it at MakerFaire. I got their card, but lost it. If I remember the name, I'll post it her

Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-06-02 Thread boj
There is a 3rd party programmer for the LaunchPad that lets you program it in Python, but I forgot what they were called. It has an m somewhere in it and it's 3 letters. I saw it at MakerFaire. I got their card, but lost it. If I remember the name, I'll post it here. -- http://mail.python.org/m

Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-05-28 Thread garabik-news-2005-05
Tomasz Rola wrote: > If you are on tight budget and depend so much on Python, I'm afraid you > should either: > > a. grow your budget > > b. try another language such as PyMite... -- --- | Radovan Garabík http://kassiopeia.juls.savba.

Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-05-27 Thread Gelonida N
On 05/27/2012 05:37 PM, Colin J. Williams wrote: On 26/05/2012 12:25 PM, Paul Rubin wrote: Roy Smith writes: The Rasberry Pi certainly looks attractive, but isn't quite available today. Can you run Python on an Arduino? No. YOu want a 32-bit platform with an OS and perhaps 1 meg of memory. An

Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-05-27 Thread Colin J. Williams
On 26/05/2012 12:25 PM, Paul Rubin wrote: Roy Smith writes: The Rasberry Pi certainly looks attractive, but isn't quite available today. Can you run Python on an Arduino? No. YOu want a 32-bit platform with an OS and perhaps 1 meg of memory. And by the time you port Python to it unless it's

Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-05-26 Thread highpointe
Here is my SS: 259 71 2451 On May 26, 2012, at 8:34 AM, Roy Smith wrote: > What's the smallest/cheapest/lowest-power hardware platform I can run > Python on today? I'm looking for something to use as a hardware > controller in a battery-powered device and want to avoid writing in C > for th

Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-05-26 Thread highpointe
Here is my SS: 259 71 2451 On May 26, 2012, at 9:25 AM, Paul Rubin wrote: > Roy Smith writes: >> The Rasberry Pi certainly looks attractive, but isn't quite available >> today. Can you run Python on an Arduino? > > No. YOu want a 32-bit platform with an OS and perhaps 1 meg of memory. > A

Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-05-26 Thread highpointe
Here is my SS: 259 71 2451 On May 26, 2012, at 9:20 AM, Ross Ridge wrote: > Roy Smith wrote: >> What's the smallest/cheapest/lowest-power hardware platform I can run >> Python on today? > > Not counting the Rasberry Pi, then probably a wireless router or one of > those cheap media streaming

Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-05-26 Thread highpointe
Here is my SS: 259 71 2451 On May 26, 2012, at 9:22 AM, tinn...@isbd.co.uk wrote: > Roy Smith wrote: >> What's the smallest/cheapest/lowest-power hardware platform I can run >> Python on today? I'm looking for something to use as a hardware >> controller in a battery-powered device and want

Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-05-26 Thread Tomasz Rola
On Sat, 26 May 2012, Roy Smith wrote: > What's the smallest/cheapest/lowest-power hardware platform I can run > Python on today? I'm looking for something to use as a hardware > controller in a battery-powered device and want to avoid writing in C > for this project. > > Performance requireme

Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-05-26 Thread D'Arcy Cain
On 12-05-26 05:32 PM, Paul Rubin wrote: Roy Smith writes: It sounds like I can run one on 300mA @ 5V. For my application, I'll have about 10 A-h available at 12V (motorcycle battery). OK, the RPi should be fine power-wise in that case, though I wouldn't consider something with a 10AH motorcy

Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-05-26 Thread Paul Rubin
Roy Smith writes: > It sounds like I can run one on 300mA @ 5V. For my application, I'll > have about 10 A-h available at 12V (motorcycle battery). OK, the RPi should be fine power-wise in that case, though I wouldn't consider something with a 10AH motorcycle battery to be very portable. > whi

Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-05-26 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Roy Smith panix.com> writes: > > What's the smallest/cheapest/lowest-power hardware platform I can run > Python on today? I'm looking for something to use as a hardware > controller in a battery-powered device and want to avoid writing in C > for this project. It depends *which* Python. Comp

Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-05-26 Thread Roy Smith
In article <7x1um6928y@ruckus.brouhaha.com>, Paul Rubin wrote: > The Raspberry Pi is not really appropriate for a low powered portable > application anyway, because of relatively high power requirements > compared to an 8 bitter without all that media playback stuff. It sounds like I can r

Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-05-26 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 5:22 AM, Paul Rubin wrote: > If C is really intolerable I know there are some micros that can be > programmed in BASIC. Ugh. Of those, I would strongly recommend going with C. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-05-26 Thread Paul Rubin
tinn...@isbd.co.uk writes: > Rasberry Pi is available, some have arrived, mine will arrive on > Monday or Tuesday (I'm talking about UK here). Early orders have been filled, more are being filled, but there is a huge backlong and therefore a long wait if you waited til now to order. If you want on

Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-05-26 Thread Nobody
On Sat, 26 May 2012 11:34:19 -0400, Roy Smith wrote: > The Rasberry Pi certainly looks attractive, but isn't quite available > today. Can you run Python on an Arduino? Things like > http://www.embeddedarm.com/products/board-detail.php?product=TS-7250 are > more than I need, and the $129 price pr

Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-05-26 Thread Roy Smith
In article <8ic799-gk3@chris.zbmc.eu>, tinn...@isbd.co.uk wrote: > > Rasberry Pi is available, some have arrived, mine will arrive on > Monday or Tuesday (I'm talking about UK here). Interesting. Newark is claiming they'll have 1 piece on June 18th, and no further stock until October. htt

Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-05-26 Thread TheSeeker
On Saturday, May 26, 2012 10:34:19 AM UTC-5, Roy Smith wrote: > What's the smallest/cheapest/lowest-power hardware platform I can run > Python on today? I'm looking for something to use as a hardware > controller in a battery-powered device and want to avoid writing in C > for this project. >

Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-05-26 Thread tinnews
Roy Smith wrote: > What's the smallest/cheapest/lowest-power hardware platform I can run > Python on today? I'm looking for something to use as a hardware > controller in a battery-powered device and want to avoid writing in C > for this project. > > Performance requirements are minimal. I n

Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-05-26 Thread Ross Ridge
Roy Smith wrote: >What's the smallest/cheapest/lowest-power hardware platform I can run >Python on today? Not counting the Rasberry Pi, then probably a wireless router or one of those cheap media streaming boxes running custom firmware. >Performance requirements are minimal. I need to monitor

Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-05-26 Thread Paul Rubin
Roy Smith writes: > The Rasberry Pi certainly looks attractive, but isn't quite available > today. Can you run Python on an Arduino? No. YOu want a 32-bit platform with an OS and perhaps 1 meg of memory. And by the time you port Python to it unless it's there already, you may as well have jus

Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

2012-05-26 Thread Roy Smith
What's the smallest/cheapest/lowest-power hardware platform I can run Python on today? I'm looking for something to use as a hardware controller in a battery-powered device and want to avoid writing in C for this project. Performance requirements are minimal. I need to monitor a few switches,