MicroPython: coding your own hardware

If there’s one programming language that’s really taken the world by storm in the last ten years, it’s Python. Its winning combination of easy-to-learn syntax and mountains of installable packages has made it the choice for everything from teaching kids to code through to university research and machine-learning. But that same combo is also lowering the barrier to entry into a mind-blowing world of hardware development, thanks to a version of Python designed specifically for stand-alone CPUs called ‘microcontrollers’. Say hello to ‘MicroPython’.

How microcontrollers make the world tick

You won’t see an issue of pass by without at least several billion references to CPUs, clock