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MicroPythonOS – An Android-like OS for microcontrollers

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Re: MicroPythonOS – An Android-like OS for microcontrollers

#41

Those tech bros should just...stop. SBC is already cheap enough that you can throwaway without caring anything. Stop bloating MCU with....useless stuff. If anyone suggest me "Python in mcu" professionally, i would never be able to trust them again.

This software stack targets a $17 ESP-S3 board that comes with an integrated touch screen, 8 MB of PSRAM and 16 MB of flash.

https://www.waveshare.com/esp32-s3-touch-lcd-2.htm

Re: MicroPythonOS – An Android-like OS for microcontrollers

#42

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Compared to other microcontrollers: ESP32 is very power hungry. Shiny displays are very power hungry, Wi-Fi is power hungry. So expect to draw about 5 watts/hour continuously while in operation with all bells and whistles. With this said (I'm also using them for off-grid) you will need to put them to sleep and only use the display when absolutely needed for most scenarios. I've recently started using devices with e-p…

> 5 watts/hour Typo I'm guessing, but I found this unit of "energy acceleration" amusing.

"Gotta go fast" :-)

In my language we say it colloquially that way, turned out wrong in English. Should have been 5 Wh.

Re: MicroPythonOS – An Android-like OS for microcontrollers

#43

Serious recommendation: I would not have R. Kelly anywhere on your project page. If you’re trying to give a 30 second elevator pitch about what your project does, you should not have a name be a guy spending 30+ years in prison for child sexual abuse.

Where do you draw the boundary? Can I no longer enjoy watching space jam because it contains songs by R Kelley? A WiFi SSID which is a pun from a popular song seems pretty far removed from promoting or celebrating R Kelley.

Re: MicroPythonOS – An Android-like OS for microcontrollers

#45

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> 5 watts/hour Typo I'm guessing, but I found this unit of "energy acceleration" amusing.

"Gotta go fast" :-) In my language we say it colloquially that way, turned out wrong in English. Should have been 5 Wh.

Rather you would say it draws 5 watts. If someone is interested in draw over a period, e.g. over one hour, you'd say it used 5Wh in that period.

Re: MicroPythonOS – An Android-like OS for microcontrollers

#46

Serious recommendation: I would not have R. Kelly anywhere on your project page. If you’re trying to give a 30 second elevator pitch about what your project does, you should not have a name be a guy spending 30+ years in prison for child sexual abuse.

Where do you draw the boundary? Can I no longer enjoy watching space jam because it contains songs by R Kelley? A WiFi SSID which is a pun from a popular song seems pretty far removed from promoting or celebrating R Kelley.

You can enjoy whatever you want! Your parent comment provided PR advice, not a moral judgement on anyone who enjoys any piece of art made by unsavory people.

And to be honest, I think you too understand this, deep down

Re: MicroPythonOS – An Android-like OS for microcontrollers

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Hidden project members, masked domain info and offshore hosting designed to avoid dcma. No thanks.

In countries other than the USA there are strict controls on personal information. The UK/European countries have GPDR for example.

This has nothing to do with GDPR, but nice try. By default you need to provide your details for domain registration, to hide these details is optional.

Nothing wrong with that, but coupled with hiding yourself on open source project as well and coupled with host which proudly advertises:

Dedicated Servers & VPS with DMCA Ignored Hosting

No, thanks. Probably Russkis but still.

Re: MicroPythonOS – An Android-like OS for microcontrollers

#50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Gotta go fast" :-) In my language we say it colloquially that way, turned out wrong in English. Should have been 5 Wh.

Rather you would say it draws 5 watts. If someone is interested in draw over a period, e.g. over one hour, you'd say it used 5Wh in that period.

> If someone is interested in draw over a period, e.g. over one hour, you'd say it used 5Wh in that period.

Wh per hr? Let's just cut through the confusion and say it draws (J/s)Hr / Hr. :P

More seriously, if you are interested in energy the "correct" SI unit is J although in electrical applications [k/Mega/Giga]Whr is common. If you are interested in energy draw over a period, aka power, the "correct" and common unit is W. While 5 Wh per hour might seem simpler, it is equivalent to say this thing draws as much energy per hour as a device that that draws 5W would draw over one hour - needlessly redundant.

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