Objectives/Strategy: A stand-alone programmable on the fly CircuitPython entity and the conceptual chucks of stuff needed to get there.

File storage is using on-board non-volatile memory or a memory card This will edit files by taking input from UART and output to the attached display.

Adapt a text editor MicroPython-editor (pye) from robert-hh to run on a CircuitPython Board with attached display.

Use a 'REPL-interceptor' to allow text input from UART to control the command execution of python input from the keyboard.

Transmit keyboard input to main processor using UART.Use a co-processor to take input from a USB keyboard (Arduino-based USB Host for SAMD with software modified from code by gdsports).

It is deliberately taking bits and pieces from others and using glue, Fun-Tak, feathers and bailing wire to make it work. Use cases: This could be useful as a part of ultraportable microcontroller electronics prototyping kitĪs a prototype, the objective of this project is to hack together something that can demonstrate the concept. Who is this for: Anyone that wants a self-contained, portable, prototyping computer running CircuitPython that’s in the form of a hinged duck Secondary Outcome: Show what is possible so that new features might get integrated into simpler hardware designs and software hooks (e.g. Primary Outcome: Demonstrate a computer using CircuitPython

A 'REPL'-like command line for entering python commands (to edit file, run file, etc.).A text editor for creating and editing python code.USB Keyboard input (now handles long key presses).No matter the word used, the main objective shall be to understand: Does this direction of progress actually simplify and accelerate development?ĬyberDÛCK: A baby, waddling step toward flexible, low-cost, fully self-contained portable prototyping rig that you can program on the fly! Although our mind and language struggles to define what is and isn't a computer, the definition must be left for the dictionary. The line of distinction between microcontroller and computer continues to blur.

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