microbit-workspace

Personal workspace for learning to use the Microbit with Rust, TinyGo and Python.

Links

• Microbit GitHub
• Microbit Adafruit
• Rust
• TinyGo
• MicroPython

Experiments

• Rust
• TinyGo
• MicroPython

RunMe Playbook

This and other readme files in this repo are RunMe Playbooks.

Use this playbook step/task to update the RunMe CLI.

If you don't have RunMe installed, you'll need to copy/paste the command. :)

go install github.com/stateful/runme/v3@v3

Install Playbook dependencies:

go install github.com/charmbracelet/gum@latest

Installing Tools

Install generic tools dependencies.

# install generic tool dependencies

set -e
set -x

printf "\n"

sudo nala install --no-autoremove -y gcc-arm-none-eabi

set +x

Install Rust language dependencies.

# install rust language dependencies

set -e
set -x

printf "\n"

sudo nala install --no-autoremove -y gcc-arm-none-eabi

cargo install probe-rs
cargo install flip-link

set +x

Install TinyGo language dependencies.

# install tinygo language dependencies

set -e
set -x

printf "\n"

sudo nala install --no-autoremove -y gcc-arm-none-eabi

go install github.com/tinygo-org/tinygo@latest

set +x

For MicroPython Package Management, learning to use mip and mpremote.

Adafruit MicroPython tutorials:

• Firmware Loading

Install Python/MicroPython language dependencies.

# install python/micropython language dependencies

set -e
set -x

printf "\n"

sudo nala install --no-autoremove -y gcc-arm-none-eabi cmake ninja-build srecord libssl-dev yotta
printf "\n"

python --version
pip install --upgrade mpremote

if [[ ! -d .venv ]]; then
    latest_python_version="$(pyenv versions --bare | grep '^3[.]' | sort -V | tail -n 1)"
    pyenv local "${latest_python_version}"
    pyenv local
    printf "\n"

    latest_mp_version="$(pyenv versions --bare | grep micropython | sort -V)"
    if ! pyenv versions | grep -q "${latest_mp_version}"; then
        pyenv install "${latest_mp_version}"
        pyenv versions
    fi
    printf "\n"

    # can't use pdm with micropython
    # pyenv local "${latest_mp_version}"
    # pyenv local
    # printf "\n"

    pyenv versions
    printf "\n"

    # instead of pip use
    # micropython -m mip install pkgname

    pdm venv create -w virtualenv --with-pip python
    printf "\n"

    pdm use python
    printf "\n"
fi

# create lock file
pdm lock
printf "\n"

# use lock file to update .venv
pdm sync
printf "\n"

set +x