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Live Q&A - Prototyping Industrial Control Concept Applications Using MicroPython and the BBC micro:bit.
Dr. Don Wilcher - Watch Now - Duration: 20:26
Live Q&A with Don Wilcher for the talk titled Prototyping Industrial Control Concept Applications Using MicroPython and the BBC micro:bit.
17:41:39 From Leandro Pérez : Hi everyone from Colombia 17:42:52 From Leandro Pérez : What do you think about the Raspberry Pi Pico as Rapid Prototyping platform... This is programmed in MicroPython too 17:45:01 From Leandro Pérez : Currently I have designed a course for an University to teach MicroPython to the students using the Raspberry Pi Pico 17:46:45 From mzaleski : I'm still researching the Microbit specs. I'm curious about combining your talk with previous talks for continuous testing. It seems the micro-bit would fit in well to easily drive the test rig for a board/firmware in continuous build & test. 17:47:23 From Michael Kirkhart : LOL! 17:48:15 From Michael Kirkhart : I have his uC/OS book! 17:48:42 From Michael Kirkhart : They still make the SLC500? Wow! 17:51:54 From Tom Tom : You mention researching machine learning in the bio, and there's a lot of buzz around ML/AI - have you put together any prototypes making using of ML that you could share? 17:56:33 From Leandro Pérez : I am teaching Micropython to my daughters ;) 17:57:53 From Davy Baker : Have you found a use case where Micropython is a better choice than CircuitPython ? 17:59:17 From Michael Kirkhart : According to the Adafruit WWW site, CircuitPython is a bit larger than MicroPython and will not fit on a BBC micro:bit (at least version 1) 18:00:04 From Leandro Pérez : Thanks @Don 18:01:01 From Sam : thank you. 18:01:07 From Charles Miller : Always a pleasure attending your talks, Don. See you at Design News soon...
Have you considered or used actual PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) I/O boards to gather some 'complex' I/Os such as RTDs, Thermocouples, Opto-Isolated Discrete Inputs, Relay Discrete outputs, etc. All you need is a MODBUS mode (RS232) and you get all kinds of neat I/Os?