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66 lines
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The Micro Python project
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This is the Micro Python project, which aims to put an implementation
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of Python 3.x on a microcontroller. The project also includes a small
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microcontroller board based around the STM32F405RG.
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WARNING: this project is in its early stages and is subject to large
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changes of the code-base, including project-wide name changes and API
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changes. The software will not start to mature until March 2014 at the
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earliest. For the moment the priority is the hardware.
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Major components:
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- py/ -- the core Python implementation, including compiler and runtime.
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- unix/ -- a version of Micro Python that runs on Unix.
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- stm/ -- a version of Micro Python that runs on the Micro Python board
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with an STM32F405RG.
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- pybv3/ -- schematics, gerbers and EAGLE files for revision 3 of the
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Micro Python board.
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Additional components:
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- unix-cpy/ -- a version of Micro Python that outputs bytecode (for testing).
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- tests/ -- test framework and test scripts.
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- tools/ -- various tools.
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"make" is used to build the components, or "gmake" on BSD-based systems.
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The Unix version
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The "unix" part requires a standard Unix environment with gcc. It works
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only for 64-bit machines due to a small piece of x86-64 assembler for
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the exception handling.
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To build:
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$ cd unix
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$ make
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Then to test it:
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$ ./py
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>>> list(5 * x + y for x in range(10) for y in [4, 2, 1])
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Ubuntu and Mint derivatives will require build-essentials and libreadline-dev
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packages installed.
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The STM version
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The "stm" part requires an ARM compiler, arm-none-eabi-gcc, and associated
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bin-utils. For those using Arch Linux, you need arm-none-eabi-binutils and
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arm-none-eabi-gcc packages from the AUR. Otherwise, try here:
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https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded
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To build:
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$ cd stm
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$ make
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Then to flash it via USB DFU to your device:
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$ dfu-util -a 0 -D build/flash.dfu
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You will need the dfu-util program, on Arch Linux it's dfu-util-git in the AUR.
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