Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!rt.uk.eu.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.124 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.75; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'runs': 0.10; 'python': 0.11; '7:58': 0.16; 'compute': 0.16; 'imo,': 0.16; 'subject:skip:m 10': 0.16; 'targeting': 0.16; 'torn': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'handles': 0.22; 'williams': 0.24; 'environment': 0.24; 'least': 0.26; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'idea': 0.28; 'point': 0.28; 'received:172.16': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; 'cool': 0.30; 'dec': 0.30; 'you\x92re': 0.31; 'class': 0.32; 'worked': 0.33; 'running': 0.33; 'computer.': 0.33; 'not.': 0.33; 'board': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'ram': 0.36; 'message-id:@gmail.com': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'how': 0.40; 'full': 0.61; 'header:Message-Id:1': 0.63; 'kind': 0.63; 'card': 0.63; 'myself': 0.63; 'interest': 0.64; 'different': 0.65; 'charset:windows-1252': 0.65; 'world': 0.66; 'price': 0.69; 'flash': 0.69; 'sweet': 0.74; 'hand': 0.80; 'it\x92s': 0.84; 'i\x92d': 0.84; 'ram,': 0.84; '2013,': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=wOAQslrPEd6b6E35WNQPSbBKFiYg4RQ1T6IPPZ8GznI=; b=GnBfkbQEZVQ26hDVWOD8AtlxiB1Kt+qHKuwkK7Ag8YsmdnzxYqraeDI7NtyzvoOwEk Ogq4xR2zS2YEVquzFWsrpSMP1nRwR2xtlOdOuaBcdMCQGOB/z6t4/5bil99YgztkO1XT 8z09U+9lCeNaX2UXcuZLe9J1agzybD7bv7z1KXwiNk5Fh6mtqM8oXcrHNB1evFvdiJuu wi5uYhFRaEIi/4QBUVTDjjrJyZ96fOztasvMbJt2Z6YfV5ih4C4wyZf05PLEkgfk6Erw oKWQzAcSlmfLfhayQDS+nYZYfsb6L5n3rfhVCdfqtS1JGBKkgXl1SnndQCjDYDAS76Z2 1mjw== X-Received: by 10.66.162.195 with SMTP id yc3mr75278914pab.64.1386086691774; Tue, 03 Dec 2013 08:04:51 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.0 \(1822\)) Subject: Re: Python for microcontrollers From: Travis Griggs In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 08:04:48 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable References: To: python-list@python.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1822) X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 32 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1386086701 news.xs4all.nl 2897 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:50197 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:60944 On Dec 3, 2013, at 6:18 AM, Colin J. Williams wrote: > On 03/12/2013 7:58 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote: >> I thought this might be of interest >> = Http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/214379695/micro-python-python-for-micr= ocontrollers >>=20 >>=20 > Is this intended to be better than the Raspberry PI? RPi handles = Python 2 or 3. >=20 > How would it differ? IMO, a whole different class of computer. =46rom that page, the board = they=92re targeting =93... clocked at 168MHz and has 1MiB flash and = 192KiB RAM.=94 They=92re running OS-less. The Pi, on the other hand actually runs a full OS (Linux) and has specs = like 700 MHz, 512MB Ram, and an sd card for storage which means you=92re = going to have to work hard to find something as small as 2G, the sweet = price point is going to actually give you 8G. Whether or not you go for their board, they=92re targeting a compute = environment that is 5x-ish slower, has at least 2000x less storage = space, and works with about a thousandth of the ram of a Pi. Having forayed into the world of small small micro controllers myself = this last year and a half, I=92m kind of torn on whether this is a good = idea or not. But I think it=92s cool they=92re trying. And I=92d = definitely try it to see how it worked out.=