#17 Python on bare metal with MicroPython

How many layers of abstraction and indirection are between your python code and machine instructions? What if that number could be 1 and Python itself was the operating system? That would be so amazing, right?

In fact, it is amazing and it's called Micropython. Join Michael and Damien as they discuss the genesis, philosophy, internals, and more about MicroPython; Damien's Python on a chip implementation.

Links from the show:

micropython: micropython.org


micropython at GitHub: github.com/micropython


PyStone benchmark: stackoverflow.com/questions/2091508/how-should-you-interpret-the-pystone-value-across-machines


micropython feature video: youtube.com/watch?v=5LbgyDmRu9s


WiPy: kickstarter.com/projects/wipy/the-wipy-the-internet-of-things-taken-to-the-next/description


micropython at pycon: youtube.com/watch?v=MZ_KOS2BSEo

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