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However, I did it with an ESP8266 running MicroPython; I was impressed that such a small, cheap little computer was able to connect to the internet, retrieve XML, parse it (this step in particular), and update the state of each of the WS8211 lights with ease, all with some quick, easy-to-write Python.
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When you have a product that is running out of flash and you want to deploy an update for your customers, you need that granular control. I just can’t fathom deploying a full product where I don’t have this sort of control? From a performance/space standpoint there is decades of compiler optimization experience with IAR/GCC, I’m not sure micropython can achieve that.
I don't think it's inconceivable that there would be a product where you'd have ample storage and CPU power for your application and would want to optimize for speed of development instead. I've built things on MicroPython that would be just fine to ship as they were, for example, if I were to commercialize them.
I guess I’m speaking from the standpoint of a firmware engineer, I honestly don’t think going with micro-python for our next product will buy us anything.
However, as I said; if you’re not into firmware and/or just getting started, this makes a great prototyping language.
Is there any support for embedding it within an application, i.e. as a replacement for Lua? Or is there another lightweight Python implementation (or Python-like language) that supports this?
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I don't think it's inconceivable that there would be a product where you'd have ample storage and CPU power for your application and would want to optimize for speed of development instead. I've built things on MicroPython that would be just fine to ship as they were, for example, if I were to commercialize them.
When engineers start cutting corners and start to design not for performance but “speed of development” — it becomes a slippery slope. I guess I’m speaking from the standpoint of a firmware engineer, I honestly don’t think going with micro-python for our next product will buy us anything. However, as I said; if you’re not into firmware and/or just getting started, this makes a great prototyping language.
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I don't think it's inconceivable that there would be a product where you'd have ample storage and CPU power for your application and would want to optimize for speed of development instead. I've built things on MicroPython that would be just fine to ship as they were, for example, if I were to commercialize them.
When engineers start cutting corners and start to design not for performance but “speed of development” — it becomes a slippery slope. I guess I’m speaking from the standpoint of a firmware engineer, I honestly don’t think going with micro-python for our next product will buy us anything. However, as I said; if you’re not into firmware and/or just getting started, this makes a great prototyping language.
If it was good enough to run Turbo Basic, Quick Basic, Turbo Pascal, Turbo C++, Clipper, it can easily take MicroPython.
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When engineers start cutting corners and start to design not for performance but “speed of development” — it becomes a slippery slope. I guess I’m speaking from the standpoint of a firmware engineer, I honestly don’t think going with micro-python for our next product will buy us anything. However, as I said; if you’re not into firmware and/or just getting started, this makes a great prototyping language.
If you're a firmware engineer and already familiar with the ins and outs of C, I don't think it buys you anything, agreed. I also don't think there's something fundamentally wrong with it that would force a hobbyist to rewrite everything in C if they wanted to commercialize their prototype.
(And hopefully get sucked into firmware(I wish we had more firmware-engineers ;-) ))
MicroPython seems to be heavily focused on embedded systems . Is there any support for embedding it within an application , i.e. as a replacement for Lua? Or is there another lightweight Python implementation (or Python-like language) that supports this?
I think this is good for someone getting started with microcontrollers(similar to the Arduino) However, one should not be disillusioned — I doubt this can be used to deploy a mass market product. However, I can see micro-python’s value in rapid-prototyping to some extent for someone who is not into embedded/firmware as much.