MicroPython was created by Damien George in 2013 In response, Scott and Limor gave a fascinating look at the origins of CircuitPython and the decision to spin it off into a separate project.

For those of you unfamiliar with CircuitPython it is an open-source derivative of the MicroPython programming language targeted toward students and beginners.

Micropython comes already with some modules and enough functions to get some stuff out-of-the-box working. E.g. the infamous version of “hello world” for microcontrollers aka led-blinking.

The differences between the Python and MicroPython programming languages are minute, but they make a powerful difference.

It is now possible to run Arduino and MicroPython side-by-side on multi-core microcontrollers. Opening up a wealth of new applications across ...