Geremy,
In the coming months Damien will be posting his Micro Python code as open source. With your talent and understanding for these deeper kind of Python issues I would encourage you to take a look at then and help make it better. The Micro Python community currently does not exist. A few of us are starting to step forward to help get some tools in place to help make it grow. At this point I personally have no idea how much this board can or will do and what it will live up to. This is a snippet of a email I sent to a friend on the first day this project opened up on kickstarter and I stumbled upon it. Personally I was excited by what a rich, deep set of highly talented and diverse people make up the Python community was doing in an area that is of interest. > > Even when it looks like someone is reaching for blue sky. > > Some days you just have to blindly support that dreamer. > > As every once in a while. > > They manage to grab on to………………….. a piece of it. > > > > Maybe I'm crazy. > > But I think this guy might have a chance of moving the ball forward. As of today 1437 people from around the world have also signed up to support Damien as well. Again I can't encourage you enough that when the code is made public with your expertise that maybe you will look at it and help make it better for the rest of Micro Python community. Bottomline for me is I think it's just real cool idea to be able to use Python in this way. And as you can see I've been fairly vocal about helping push that idea to help get the word out. -Kevin On Dec 9, 2013, at 1:46 PM, geremy condra <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Kevin LaTona <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 7, 2013, at 11:33 AM, geremy condra <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Having said that, supporting open source hardware is a win. If that's what > > you're going for I'd prefer you spent your time/money/resources elsewhere, > > but hey- that diversity of opinions and options is part of what makes > > openness amazing. > > > > I spent some time on Google today and went 10 pages deep. > > Found lots of cools stuff but didn't find anything like this. > > > I found a fair amount ARM based boards that all needed Linux OS running on > them. > > So unless I am missing something. > > > There currently is not a micro board with an ARM chip that is embedding > Python into the silicon like this project. > > AFAICT, this is not actually a Python machine in the same sense as a lisp > machine or similar- it's just an ARM board running code that happens to have > been written in Python. So I'm not sure what you mean by "embedding Python > into the silicon". Of course, we'll need to actually see code to know for > sure. > > It's starting to feel like comparing all these other boards and this Micro > Python project is an apples to oranges comparison. > > Lots of options out there. > > > > Damien just posted a new stretch goal that if it's met. > > He will be porting Micro Python over to run on the Anduino Due board. > http://arduino.cc/en/Main/arduinoBoardDue > > So as you can see this not just about this board, as it is about pushing > Micro Python out and onto ARM chips in different ways. > > > I know Damien told me he visited ARM's HQ not long ago showing them the chip > and they were pretty excited by the idea. > > > This Friday at 2PM is the deadline for supporting the project. > > http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/214379695/micro-python-python-for-microcontrollers > > > > -Kevin > > >
