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MicroPython Projects

You're reading from   MicroPython Projects A do-it-yourself guide for embedded developers to build a range of applications using Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789958034
Length 294 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Down the Rabbit Hole with MicroPython 2. Managing Real-Time Tasks FREE CHAPTER 3. Writing a MicroPython Driver for an I/O Expander 4. Developing an Application Test Harness 5. Customizing the MicroPython Kernel Start Up Code 6. A Custom Debugging Tool to Visualize Sensor Data 7. Device Control Using Gestures 8. Automation and Control Using Android 9. Building an Object Detection Application Using Machine Learning 10. The Future of MicroPython 11. Downloading and Running MicroPython Code
12. Assessments 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Hardware and software design

The requirements for this project give us a very concrete direction concerning the hardware and software, but at the same time, there is quite a bit of wiggle room as to how exactly we implement our architecture. In this section, we are going to develop the hardware and software architecture that we will use to build our gesture controller.

The gesture hardware architecture

There are just three major components that we need to be concerned about within the hardware architecture:

  • The MicroPython development boards
  • The APDS-9960
  • The LEDs

Just as in the previous projects, we can power the MicroPython board through a USB connector, at least during development. As we saw in the last lab, if you are...

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