µctrl Raspberryπ pico & arduino

[John Keith]

(01-26-2021 03:21 PM)Csaba Tizedes Wrote:  I'm not sure, but I guess, the average member here is too old to understand the feeling of the Python. The Python is the BASIC of 2020's. If you were a kid in the 80's and you know what does it mean C=, Spectrum, Enterprise 128K, you can feel the same. Just jump here and download these books: Mag Pi Free Books - this is a totally new world.

Everything is 3.3V, everything is chained into I2C, write your code in Python, your controller is a drive, upload it, RESET and run.

Raspberry produced a 32bit system 100+MHz, with integrated math for USD 4.- and they stated, the Python is the language. C'mon, what Arduino want in this field?! This will be a beginning of a new era.

Python on microcontrollers is fine for simple applications with few or no timing constraints but there are huge areas where C is mandatory. The Pico is sufficiently fast and powerful to replace DSP's for real time control of motors, inverters, etc. but C code is really necessary for real-time control.

You don't need to use old command line-based programming environments either, you can use Visual Studio Code and other modern IDE's.