MicroPython On A Pi Pico

[granz]

I am waiting for @granz to take delivery of his Picocalc and give us a demo of its capabilities, I know very little about any kind of Pico so I need to buy a couple, probably with wireless.

Yeah, Jeff. The Pico is a pretty great little board. It runs many different languages. The best prices that I have been seeing are $5.49 (non-WiFi, https://www.amazon.com/Pre-Soldered-Raspberry-Microcontroller-Dual-Core-MicroPython/dp/B0CW3BR259) but that is a "limited time only" deal, and no mention of when it expires,) and $9.95 (for the WiFi version, https://www.amazon.com/Vis-Viva-Raspberry-Wireless-Sticker/dp/B0BHM88FCT).

[Jeff_T]

thanks definitely on this weeks shopping list. Have you ever looked at the regular Python forums they cover all subjects GUI, Games, Networking. Unfortunately it's not Micropython but close enough to get some good tips. https://python-forum.io/

Also in March Sparkfun started to roll out boards loaded with Micropython with tutorials.

https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/tags/micropython

[Jeff_T]

@granz I ordered two of the modules with wireless with soldered headers from your link, I got a break for ordering two and ended up paying 14.95 plus the taxes.

[granz]

thanks definitely on this weeks shopping list. Have you ever looked at the regular Python forums they cover all subjects GUI, Games, Networking. Unfortunately it's not Micropython but close enough to get some good tips. https://python-forum.io/

Thanks, but Python is just a minor interest to me. So, I'm going to wait for my PicoCalcs, and play with Python in portable format.

[granz]

@granz I ordered two of the modules with wireless with soldered headers from your link, I got a break for ordering two and ended up paying 14.95 plus the taxes.

Nice, glad to be able to help. MicroPython installed easily on my Pico 2W, and seemed to work with Thonny (and probably would work with mpremote.)

[granz]

Well, I did get MicroPython onto my PicoCalc but have not played with it yet (other than making sure that it works.) There is an onboard editor for it, but it looks like it may be based on another Python editor. That other editor looks like it was built without any thought of running on the PicoCalc. So, I will be taking a more in-depth look at MicroPython on my PicoCalc (going to the mechanic again today.) In addition, I would like to take a further look at that editor. If I can get it working on the Pi Pico (without the rest of the PicoCalc) then I can put together a portable Python system without any need for Thonny, or any other software on my host system.

[granz]

Well, stuck again.   The editor seems to work, but when I created a test file, and then got out (Ctrl-Q for quit,) it did not save it. When I tried again, and tried to save it (Ctrl-S to save,) the thing just sat at the "save file as..." prompt. Nothing I did would get past that prompt. Without a usable editor, there is no using Python on any system, let alone the PicoCalc.

I need to get with the author and see what to do to actually create, edit AND save the program (or any file.)