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craggy harbor Nov 28, 2018, 6:41 PM

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I'll implement it myself then ^^

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 6:42 PM

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CP 3.1.1

>>> dir("hello")
['find', 'rfind', 'index', 'rindex', 'join', 'split', 'splitlines', 'rsplit', 'startswith', 'endswith', 'strip', 'lstrip', 'rstrip', 'format', 'replace', 'count', 'partition', 'rpartition', 'center', 'lower', 'upper', 'isspace', 'isalpha', 'isdigit', 'isupper', 'islower']

Python 3

>>> dir("hello")
['__add__', '__class__', '__contains__', '__delattr__', '__dir__', '__doc__', '__eq__', '__format__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__', '__getitem__', '__getnewargs__', '__gt__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__init_subclass__', '__iter__', '__le__', '__len__', '__lt__', '__mod__', '__mul__', '__ne__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__rmod__', '__rmul__', '__setattr__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subclasshook__', 'capitalize', 'casefold', 'center', 'count', 'encode', 'endswith', 'expandtabs', 'find', 'format', 'format_map', 'index', 'isalnum', 'isalpha', 'isdecimal', 'isdigit', 'isidentifier', 'islower', 'isnumeric', 'isprintable', 'isspace', 'istitle', 'isupper', 'join', 'ljust', 'lower', 'lstrip', 'maketrans', 'partition', 'replace', 'rfind', 'rindex', 'rjust', 'rpartition', 'rsplit', 'rstrip', 'split', 'splitlines', 'startswith', 'strip', 'swapcase', 'title', 'translate', 'upper', 'zfill']

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 6:43 PM

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Neat I didn't know you could dir() a string.

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 6:44 PM

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@craggy harbor this tries to explain: https://learn.adafruit.com/circuitpython-essentials/circuitpython-expectations#differences-between-circuitpython-and-python-18-7

craggy harbor Nov 28, 2018, 6:45 PM

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thanks 😃

pastel panther Nov 28, 2018, 6:55 PM

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@idle owl pretty sure you can dir() just about everything. I miss that feature in Ruby just about every day when I'm doing stupid stuff like thing.methods-Object.methods

craggy harbor Nov 28, 2018, 7:00 PM

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by the way: is it possible to add a function to - in this case - the standard String class in Python 3?

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It is in Swift ("extensions"), but I don't know whether it's possible in Python and if so how .

pastel panther Nov 28, 2018, 7:01 PM

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Hey @slender iron, seen anything like this?:
https://github.com/gdsports/USB_Host_Library_SAMD

GitHub

gdsports/USB_Host_Library_SAMD

USB host library 2.0 for Zero/M0/SAMD. Contribute to gdsports/USB_Host_Library_SAMD development by creating an account on GitHub.

slender iron Nov 28, 2018, 7:02 PM

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thats pretty wild

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tinyusb has some code for host support but it hasn't been used recently

gusty kiln Nov 28, 2018, 7:08 PM

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anybody see any issues with this? https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Blinka/pull/55

GitHub

add RPi.GPIO to requirements by brennen · Pull Request #55 · ada...

We're looking to dispense with this, but in the meantime I think it's breaking a fair number of installs.

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 7:08 PM

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@pastel panther interesting. This sounds useful.

gusty kiln Nov 28, 2018, 7:09 PM

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i.e., will installing RPi.GPIO break in some way i'm not thinking of on platforms besides pi or a 64-bit desktop debian?

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 7:10 PM

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@craggy harbor you can extend the str class

>>> class StringyMcGoo(str):
...     def foo(self):
...         print("super cool new function")
... 
>>> s2 = StringyMcGoo("hello")
>>> s2
'hello'
>>> s2.foo()
super cool new function
>>> s2.upper()
'HELLO'
>>>

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 7:10 PM

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@gusty kiln as in do other platforms care about having it installed?

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no way to check if it's an RPi, eh?

gusty kiln Nov 28, 2018, 7:12 PM

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there is a way to limit by platform, but i'm not sure if it's expressive enough to actually nail it down to a pi.

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 7:13 PM

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you're doing something similar with rpi_ws281x

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i think

gusty kiln Nov 28, 2018, 7:13 PM

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yeah

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that one's on my list of stuff to change. guess i'll see what it takes to fix that.

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(it's incorrectly missing... pi 1 & zero, i think?)

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 7:15 PM

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right, but i think that's just because you only have armv7l

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the zeros are armv6l

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but it seems like that platform_machine mechanism generally works

raven canopy Nov 28, 2018, 7:34 PM

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@gusty kiln @tidal kiln is there a "better" environment marker that can be used? https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0508/#id23

Python.org

PEP 508 -- Dependency specification for Python Software Packages

The official home of the Python Programming Language

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 7:35 PM

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If anyone's got a moment: https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_Bundle/pull/115

GitHub

Add TMP006 to bundle. by kattni · Pull Request #115 · adafruit/A...

raven canopy Nov 28, 2018, 7:36 PM

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I.e. sys_platorm or os_name?

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 7:36 PM

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@idle owl merged

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 7:36 PM

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@tidal kiln Thanks!

gusty kiln Nov 28, 2018, 7:37 PM

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@raven canopy @tidal kiln i think in both cases i can probably still limit by platform_machine, with armv6 included.

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in general none of this is going to work on, say, windows systems anyhow.

raven canopy Nov 28, 2018, 7:39 PM

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👍

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 7:41 PM

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both of those report the same on a RPi and a PC running linux

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i'm not sure there is a truly deterministic way to know if it's a "pi" vs. some other ARM device running linux

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@idle owl how long does it take before that TMP006 is available to install?

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 7:44 PM

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@tidal kiln Where

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Pi?

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 7:45 PM

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yep. via pypi.

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 7:45 PM

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5 minutes. Sometimes longer. It definitely deployed successully.

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 7:46 PM

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nice. that's fast. so it's not a "next day" thing. thanks.

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 7:46 PM

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Nah, "sometimes longer" is 20 minutes or something. But usually it's really quick.

prime flower Nov 28, 2018, 8:00 PM

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Getting errors building mpy-cross. When I do make -C mpy-cross/ it returns Traceback (most recent call last): File "../py/makeqstrdata.py", line 21, in <module> import huffman ImportError: No module named 'huffman' make: *** [build/genhdr/qstrdefs.enum.h] Error 1 make: *** Deleting file `build/genhdr/qstrdefs.enum.h'

raven canopy Nov 28, 2018, 8:08 PM

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@prime flower git submodule update --init --recursive?

prime flower Nov 28, 2018, 8:09 PM

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@raven canopy thanks, forgot the --recursive flag

raven canopy Nov 28, 2018, 8:10 PM

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I've forgotten all the things I forgot.. 😁

prime flower Nov 28, 2018, 8:10 PM

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After doing the init, it throws make: msgfmt: No such file or directory make: *** [build/genhdr/en_US.mo] Error 1

raven canopy Nov 28, 2018, 8:23 PM

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That would be related to the translation in 4.x (as was Huffman). Is your local fully up to date? @prime flower

onyx hinge Nov 28, 2018, 8:25 PM

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on linux at least, msgfmt is a program supplied by the OS -- you might have to install an OS package for it, a brew on mac, or what have you. IF "which msgfmt" prints nothing, this is probably the problem @prime flower

prime flower Nov 28, 2018, 8:25 PM

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yeah, git log shows latest comits

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@onyx hinge yep, that prints nothing

main meteor Nov 28, 2018, 8:38 PM

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Or it's installed but not on the path, but that's less likely.

prime flower Nov 28, 2018, 8:45 PM

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Ended up not being installed on the path, but installed

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nice, tinylora w/encryption in mpy form fits on the feather m0 RFM9x board 😃

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the power of mpy

raven canopy Nov 28, 2018, 9:18 PM

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"By the power of mpy..." #oldguycartoonreference

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 9:18 PM

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I was able to replicate a failure with CPX and the cpx lib reported on the forums: https://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=144243&p=712276 I talked to @tulip sleet about it and we concluded that it seems to be an issue in LIS3DH. I'm not able to replicate the issue so far on 3.0.3. Next step is to test shake using LIS3DH alone instead of through the cpx lib to see if it fails. Currently waiting on it to fail again on a different CPX to make sure it's solidly repro'able. Then will test it with LIS3DH.

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The first failure was the most descriptive failure: ```Auto-reload is on. Simply save files over USB to run them or enter REPL to disable.
code.py output:
Shake detected!
Shake detected!
Shake detected!
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "code.py", line 4, in <module>
File "adafruit_circuitplayground/express.py", line 258, in shake
File "adafruit_lis3dh.py", line 199, in shake
File "adafruit_lis3dh.py", line 165, in acceleration
File "adafruit_lis3dh.py", line 334, in _read_register
File "adafruit_lis3dh.py", line 333, in _read_register
File "adafruit_bus_device/i2c_device.py", line 86, in readinto
OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error

Press any key to enter the REPL. Use CTRL-D to reload.
soft reboot

Auto-reload is on. Simply save files over USB to run them or enter REPL to disable.
code.py output:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "code.py", line 1, in <module>
File "adafruit_circuitplayground/express.py", line 700, in <module>
File "adafruit_circuitplayground/express.py", line 121, in init
RuntimeError: SDA or SCL needs a pull up

Press any key to enter the REPL. Use CTRL-D to reload.```

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I was able to get it to fail again, but it did not return OSError the second time, only the RuntimeError.

tulip sleet Nov 28, 2018, 9:20 PM

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the lis3dh is failing to respond after an I2C read try. That's causing the OSError

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 9:20 PM

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you're shaking it so hard the I2C electrons are falling out

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and then the pull up resistors flew off?

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 9:21 PM

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Naturally it's not failing this time.

prime flower Nov 28, 2018, 9:22 PM

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I'm hitting against a pylinter error saying there's no-name-in-module (https://travis-ci.com/brentru/Adafruit_CircuitPython_TinyLoRa/jobs/161534288#L518), but it's defined as a class in the main file (https://github.com/brentru/Adafruit_CircuitPython_TinyLoRa/blob/master/adafruit_tinylora/adafruit_tinylora.py#L74)

GitHub

brentru/Adafruit_CircuitPython_TinyLoRa

LoRa and The Things Network - with CircuitPython! Contribute to brentru/Adafruit_CircuitPython_TinyLoRa development by creating an account on GitHub.

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 9:23 PM

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@idle owl that forum post looks like they never even got it to run at all- just got the pull up error message right away

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 9:24 PM

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They said they got it on multiple devices as well. So maybe it was working for a period of time. The thing is, once it happens, a reset doesn't fix it, you have to power it off and back on by unplugging it.

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 9:24 PM

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if the other devices were not CPX, then it could be there wiring

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but this sounds like it's all CPX

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 9:25 PM

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I feel like they meant CPX.

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 9:25 PM

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or at least one is

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 9:25 PM

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They're using the cpx lib code

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 9:25 PM

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how did you get the SDA/SCL message?

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 9:25 PM

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Ran this on 3.1.1 and waited: ```python
from adafruit_circuitplayground.express import cpx

while True:
if cpx.shake(shake_threshold=20):
print("Shake detected!")

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Got it to happen twice on one board. But it's not happening on a different one now.

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 9:27 PM

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but it also looks like you were shaking it?

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 9:27 PM

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I shook it a few times and then let it sit

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and it failed while sitting.

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 9:28 PM

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i'll test too

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 9:28 PM

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Ok thanks

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 9:28 PM

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think bundle version matters?

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 9:28 PM

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They are frozen libs

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It failed with or without a lib folder, which is as it should be.

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 9:29 PM

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that makes it even easier then

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you mention 3.0.3 above? but looks like they say 3.1.1

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 9:30 PM

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We were testing on 3.0.3 to see if it would fail or not to try to figure out where the failure was introduced.

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I couldn't get it to fail on 3.0.3 but it's also now not failing on 3.1.1, so...

tulip sleet Nov 28, 2018, 9:31 PM

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@tidal kiln I think the SDA/SCL message is because the LIS3DH is so hosed that it's pulling down SDA and/or SCL after it gets stuck. It has to get power cycled to fix.

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 9:31 PM

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I have two going. I want to repro it one more time with the cpx lib and then I'll do shake with the LIS3DH code.

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 9:31 PM

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for your case above, yes. for them, not sure - they go straight to the SDA/SCL message

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 9:32 PM

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I feel like they didn't see the failure point.

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And then opened the serial to that message

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That's my guess.

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 9:32 PM

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could be

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 9:32 PM

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It happened pretty quickly the first time.

solar whale Nov 28, 2018, 9:36 PM

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@prime flower I ran into a problem trying to run the TinyLoRa code if I had the folder adafruit_tinylora in the same folder as tinylora_simpletest.py -- it works fine if I just copy everything from adafruit_tinylora to the folder with tinylora_simpletest.py and get rid of the adafruit_tinylora/ folder. Travis may be having a similar issue...

prime flower Nov 28, 2018, 9:37 PM

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@solar whale I figured that it's not sourcing it correctly, but a bunch of other repositories are set up like this

solar whale Nov 28, 2018, 9:39 PM

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agreed -- not sure why it is not working -- is there an issue with the folder being adafruit_tiinylora and the module being adafruit_tinylora.py ??

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 9:41 PM

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@idle owl no issues here. even tried shaking. runs fine. it may be something marginal or a detail not known yet. i'd ask for more info:

what were the other devices?
how were you powering?
were you actually shaking?
can you replicate the SDA/SCL message with simple REPL check?

from adafruit_circuitplayground.express import cpx

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i'd guess something related to power is getting shaken loose

tulip sleet Nov 28, 2018, 9:44 PM

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is this typical code, that you have a tight loop that calls shake over and over again? Usually once you detect a shake you go do something else.

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 9:44 PM

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It's the example in the Made Easy guide I think.

prime flower Nov 28, 2018, 9:44 PM

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@solar whale I'm not sure, haven't hit this issue in pylint before

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 9:44 PM

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I would say typically on shake() you do something like light up or whatever.

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But there's an example in the Made Easy guide for shake() and it's a tight loop.

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 9:45 PM

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@tulip sleet https://learn.adafruit.com/circuitpython-made-easy-on-circuit-playground-express/shake

tulip sleet Nov 28, 2018, 9:46 PM

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I still think the SDA/SCL error is a secondary error. There is an unseen OSError, and then the soft reset tries to create a new I2C object on the dedicated LIS3DH pins, and then that fails.

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 9:46 PM

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^^ seems likely, with the initial error related to a marginal power interrupt

tulip sleet Nov 28, 2018, 9:47 PM

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maybe..., but Kattni got it stop with nothing special, and the forum person reports it on multiple boards, I think?

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 9:47 PM

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Marginal power interrupt simply laying on my desk?

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 9:48 PM

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but you did shake it first

main meteor Nov 28, 2018, 9:48 PM

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Now I'm tempted to go grab a CPX and try it too.

tulip sleet Nov 28, 2018, 9:49 PM

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ask forum person if there's a particular kind of shaking that's causing it

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 9:49 PM

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worth asking them to try again with an explicit request to not shake

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could also be brown out if running from battery

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 9:49 PM

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@tidal kiln Do you mind responding to the post?

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I hadn't shaken it in a solid 3 minutes before it failed the second time. However, I've got two running and I can't get them to fail again. Even tried copying and deleting files to/from the board to get it to reload and it's not hanging.

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 9:52 PM

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yah. i'll chime in with my 2 cents. if you come up with more info, you can post it.

tulip sleet Nov 28, 2018, 9:54 PM

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but they are seeing the error in the repl, so probably usb powered

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could try calling cpx.shake() without an if statement to call it as fast as possible

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 9:54 PM

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ah good point

tulip sleet Nov 28, 2018, 9:56 PM

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while True: cpx.shake(20) is the fastest, or use lis3dh.shake(20)

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 9:56 PM

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I changed my code to that too.

tulip sleet Nov 28, 2018, 10:01 PM

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i wonder if the file got written out twice (which happens sometimes with a delayed write with various editors), that would interrupt the loop and then restart the program. Like write the file over and over (add/remove junk on a comment line) to see if it can be force failed

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did you get it to fail from repl or only in main.py?

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 10:01 PM

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code.py. I never tried it in the REPL.

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I started one of them running from the REPL.

tulip sleet Nov 28, 2018, 10:02 PM

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the actual failing code in busio.I2c.readinto() fails because it tries to read from the device twice. If it can't read twice then it fails

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 10:02 PM

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let's see what they say about the other info

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questions posted

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 10:35 PM

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....CPX still running fine, but need that USB cable now...looks like at least 30min without issue

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 10:53 PM

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HAh! Both of mine failed!

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One from the REPL, one from code.py

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I forgot they were going. I was not shaking them.

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  File "<stdin>", line 2, in <module>
  File "adafruit_circuitplayground/express.py", line 258, in shake
  File "adafruit_lis3dh.py", line 199, in shake
  File "adafruit_lis3dh.py", line 165, in acceleration
  File "adafruit_lis3dh.py", line 334, in _read_register
  File "adafruit_lis3dh.py", line 333, in _read_register
  File "adafruit_bus_device/i2c_device.py", line 86, in readinto
OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error```

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  File "code.py", line 4, in <module>
  File "adafruit_circuitplayground/express.py", line 258, in shake
  File "adafruit_lis3dh.py", line 199, in shake
  File "adafruit_lis3dh.py", line 165, in acceleration
  File "adafruit_lis3dh.py", line 334, in _read_register
  File "adafruit_lis3dh.py", line 333, in _read_register
  File "adafruit_bus_device/i2c_device.py", line 86, in readinto
OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error



Press any key to enter the REPL. Use CTRL-D to reload.```

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@tidal kiln @tulip sleet ^^

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 10:55 PM

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did the code.py one soft reboot and get the SDA/SCL error also?

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 10:55 PM

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It didn't reload after the OSError this time. Let me reload it manually.

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code.py output:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "code.py", line 1, in <module>
  File "adafruit_circuitplayground/express.py", line 700, in <module>
  File "adafruit_circuitplayground/express.py", line 121, in __init__
RuntimeError: SDA or SCL needs a pull up



Press any key to enter the REPL. Use CTRL-D to reload.```

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 10:58 PM

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interesting...ok. let me dig out a spare cable and let this one run again...

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 10:58 PM

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Now I have to remember how to use LIS3DH alone on the CPX.

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 10:59 PM

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probably can just use lis3dh simpletest

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 11:00 PM

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got it. Running now.

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 11:01 PM

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huh. i just got the SDA/SCL error right away.

tulip sleet Nov 28, 2018, 11:12 PM

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@idle owl was one on 3.0.3 and one on 3.1.1.?

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 11:12 PM

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3.1.1

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both

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  File "<stdin>", line 2, in <module>
  File "adafruit_lis3dh.py", line 199, in shake
  File "adafruit_lis3dh.py", line 165, in acceleration
  File "adafruit_lis3dh.py", line 334, in _read_register
  File "adafruit_lis3dh.py", line 333, in _read_register
  File "adafruit_bus_device/i2c_device.py", line 86, in readinto
OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error
>>>```

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With LIS3DH ^^

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that was through the REPL.

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 11:13 PM

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do you have a repeatable process?

tulip sleet Nov 28, 2018, 11:13 PM

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did you even bother to shake it? I think shaking may make no difference??

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 11:13 PM

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No I didn't shake it that time at all

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 11:13 PM

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i got it without shaking also

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can't repeat though

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 11:14 PM

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I ran this in the REPL: ```python
import board
import adafruit_lis3dh
import busio
import digitalio

i2c = busio.I2C(board.ACCELEROMETER_SCL, board.ACCELEROMETER_SDA)
int1 = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.ACCELEROMETER_INTERRUPT)
lis3dh = adafruit_lis3dh.LIS3DH_I2C(i2c, address=0x19, int1=int1)
lis3dh.range = adafruit_lis3dh.RANGE_8_G

while True:
lis3dh.shake()``` and left it sitting on my desk.

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That's my "process". The one running LIS3DH through code.py hasn't failed yet.

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@tulip sleet Should I drop one back to 3.0.3?

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 11:16 PM

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so just prints False until hitting issue?

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 11:16 PM

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Yes

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Unless you were to shake it in which case it would print True.

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In theory.

tulip sleet Nov 28, 2018, 11:17 PM

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could, you could also try changing total_delay from 0.1 to a lower value (like 0 !)

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 11:17 PM

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what is total_delay?

tidal kiln Nov 28, 2018, 11:17 PM

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doesn't seem related to shake. will just let this run.

tulip sleet Nov 28, 2018, 11:17 PM

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I'd just take out the print statements. If it fails it will hang, and the printing will slow down the accesses to the device

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 11:17 PM

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I'm running what I posted above

tulip sleet Nov 28, 2018, 11:18 PM

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    def shake(self, shake_threshold=30, avg_count=10, total_delay=0.1):
        """
        Detect when the accelerometer is shaken. Optional parameters:
        :param shake_threshold: Increase or decrease to change shake sensitivity. This
                                requires a minimum value of 10. 10 is the total
                                acceleration if the board is not moving, therefore
                                anything less than 10 will erroneously report a constant
                                shake detected. (Default 30)
        :param avg_count: The number of readings taken and used for the average
                          acceleration. (Default 10)
        :param total_delay: The total time in seconds it takes to obtain avg_count
                            readings from acceleration. (Default 0.1)

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 11:18 PM

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ah. done.

tulip sleet Nov 28, 2018, 11:19 PM

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you know, all that shake does is read acceleration over and over, so you could just try while True: lis3dh.acceleration

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 11:19 PM

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ok

tulip sleet Nov 28, 2018, 11:20 PM

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all that shake does is compute a mean square average of several acceleration readings.

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i thought it was some special function of the chip, but that was a misconjecture

idle owl Nov 28, 2018, 11:21 PM

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Ok, have that running in code.py and through the REPL

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(on two boards)

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 12:13 AM

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still printing False.... i think. or maybe it's just frozen.

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ah. nope. it's still scrolling....

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so that's ~1 hour

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 12:15 AM

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Running code.py: ```Auto-reload is on. Simply save files over USB to run them or enter REPL to disable.
code.py output:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "code.py", line 12, in <module>
File "adafruit_lis3dh.py", line 165, in acceleration
File "adafruit_lis3dh.py", line 334, in _read_register
File "adafruit_lis3dh.py", line 333, in _read_register
File "adafruit_bus_device/i2c_device.py", line 86, in readinto
OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error

Press any key to enter the REPL. Use CTRL-D to reload.

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failed.

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import board
import adafruit_lis3dh
import busio
import digitalio

i2c = busio.I2C(board.ACCELEROMETER_SCL, board.ACCELEROMETER_SDA)
int1 = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.ACCELEROMETER_INTERRUPT)
lis3dh = adafruit_lis3dh.LIS3DH_I2C(i2c, address=0x19, int1=int1)
lis3dh.range = adafruit_lis3dh.RANGE_8_G

while True:
    lis3dh.acceleration

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 12:17 AM

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i'm still just looping shake()

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 12:18 AM

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I failed it on shake() on both boards, so I moved on to acceleration.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 12:18 AM

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really twitchy issue

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have you come up with anything repeatable yet?

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 12:19 AM

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shake() was repeatable. cpx was repeatable.

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What do you mean?

raven canopy Nov 29, 2018, 12:20 AM

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@tidal kiln are you running it with int1 as well?

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 12:21 AM

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yep. same above. just with shake() in the loop

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 12:21 AM

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I'm not sure what you mean by repeatable. It takes time between failures, but it always fails. That's a repeat. So what do you mean if that doesn't count?

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 12:21 AM

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i can't recreate what failed for you

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 12:21 AM

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@tidal kiln could I request a codereview from you on a library?

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 12:22 AM

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Repeatable by you, ok.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 12:22 AM

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@prime flower sure - is it a CP lib?

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 12:22 AM

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yep, its kinda large but you had great feedback on the MCP3x library when I was working thru it

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https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_TinyLoRa/pull/1

GitHub

Adding TinyLoRa Code and Examples by brentru · Pull Request #1 ·...

raven canopy Nov 29, 2018, 12:22 AM

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i'll spin a CPX up. what version are we targeting? 3.0.3 or 3.1.1?

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 12:23 AM

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I have two different CPXs that have both failed. I'm not sure.

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3.1.1

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One is running code from the REPL, one is running code.py

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the code I posted above

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Frozen LIS3DH.

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so don't have any libs, no lib folder

raven canopy Nov 29, 2018, 12:26 AM

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copy

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in REPL, sitting still, no fail yet.

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 12:28 AM

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It's taken a fairly long time sometimes.

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@tidal kiln You said it failed for you earlier.

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REPL fail. ```acceleration(x=0.0, y=0.0383047, z=9.23143)
acceleration(x=0.0383047, y=-0.0383047, z=9.19312)
acceleration(x=0.0, y=0.0, z=9.26973)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 2, in <module>
File "adafruit_lis3dh.py", line 165, in acceleration
File "adafruit_lis3dh.py", line 334, in _read_register
File "adafruit_lis3dh.py", line 333, in _read_register
File "adafruit_bus_device/i2c_device.py", line 86, in readinto
OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 12:28 AM

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yah. oddly. when i first plugged it back in for testing.

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it tried to run the code.py and failed

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and i could soft reset and get it over and over

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i think it even did it after the first hard reset

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but then never again

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 12:30 AM

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Then I don't understand why you're saying you haven't been able to repeat the failure, when your definition of "repeat" is to repeat the failure I had. You got it once.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 12:30 AM

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a repeatable process that can reproduce the error for anyone who follows the process

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i tried a few things to see if i could get it to repeat, but failed

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 12:31 AM

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Ok. Well my process is I run the code above, on two separate boards, one through the REPL, and one through code.py, and I let them sit. I took over an hour or something this time but they both failed.

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shake() uses acceleration repeatedly, so we wanted to narrow it better than shake(). That's why I changed what I was running. But it failed on shake() for me as well.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 12:33 AM

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yah. makes sense. keep drilling into it i guess.

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need something that can be a little quicker for troubleshooting

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 12:36 AM

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If the failure takes an hour, it's no less of a failure. If that's how long it takes to troubleshoot it, then that's what we have to deal with.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 12:40 AM

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oh wow. just happened.

cosmic fractal Nov 29, 2018, 12:43 AM

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W00t, just got my itsy bitsy m4 express, and got circuit python work and its awesome!

raven canopy Nov 29, 2018, 12:44 AM

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i changed to RANGE_16_G to maybe speed it up/variable check. been running about 10 minutes.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 12:45 AM

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seems like when it happens the LIS3DH needs to be power cycled to recover

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which the reset button does not do

raven canopy Nov 29, 2018, 12:46 AM

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i dug in the sheet to see if there was any "don't feed after midnight" type warnings. didn't see any.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 12:49 AM

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@cosmic fractal nice! the itsy is fun.

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d'oh...missing shows....

raven canopy Nov 29, 2018, 12:51 AM

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@tidal kiln haha. i was too...

cosmic fractal Nov 29, 2018, 12:51 AM

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📎 20181128_165105.jpg

raven canopy Nov 29, 2018, 12:53 AM

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its like there's an itsy bitsy snake in that car... blinka

cosmic fractal Nov 29, 2018, 12:59 AM

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Yep lol

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 1:07 AM

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@tulip sleet It failed using acceleration. Both from code.py and the REPL.

craggy harbor Nov 29, 2018, 1:09 AM

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@cosmic fractal I got mine today as well, great little things! (in my case feather m4 exp)

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 1:09 AM

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@idle owl could now try same thing with 3.0.3 and wait patiently

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 1:10 AM

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@tulip sleet ok

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@tulip sleet Running one from code.py and one from the REPL on 3.0.3. I'll let you know what happens.

raven canopy Nov 29, 2018, 1:40 AM

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i started mine just as S&T began...still running. 3.1.1, and changed to RANGE_16_G.

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 1:43 AM

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I've been running 3.0.3 since I said earlier. So far it hasn't failed. I'll leave it overnight. Should at least narrow it to where the issue was introduced. Or not.

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 1:47 AM

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@nis#0186 Got a slo-mo video of the Trinket M0 DotStar LED. Will follow with the code in a moment if I can get this MP4 to load up. Well, here is a Dropbox link to the video, it's too large to upload here. https://www.dropbox.com/s/jpe432ungutces2/20181128_195257_001.mp4?dl=0 Hope you can access this!

Dropbox

20181128_195257_001.mp4

Shared with Dropbox

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@timber mango#086 My code is here:

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my code that runs okay on USB Serial Monitor but hangs when running on 6v battery pack.

📎 Barometer9.py

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@timber mango Sorry for the confusion before. Always appreciate your help!

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 2:09 AM

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@hard heart what do you mean by it hanging up? servos don't move?

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 2:13 AM

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@tulip sleet Just now on 3.0.3: ```Auto-reload is on. Simply save files over USB to run them or enter REPL to disable.
code.py output:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "code.py", line 12, in <module>
File "adafruit_lis3dh.py", line 165, in acceleration
File "adafruit_lis3dh.py", line 334, in _read_register
File "adafruit_lis3dh.py", line 333, in _read_register
File "adafruit_bus_device/i2c_device.py", line 86, in readinto
OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error

Press any key to enter the REPL. Use CTRL-D to reload.

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From code.py

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I had already typed out that it hadn't failed, and that I would let you know in the morning. But then it failed.

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 2:15 AM

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so maybe it's worth opening an issue on the LIS3DH library that while True: lis3dh.acceleration eventually fails

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 2:16 AM

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Ok. I'll do it in the morning.

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I'm about to post to the forum as well

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REPL version just failed.

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 2:34 AM

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@tidal kiln Works like this: When i'm cabled up to USB and have a Serial Monitor running it just works.

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Challenge comes when I unplug the USB Cable and it continues to work on the 6v battery pack. About an hour or so later it seems to become unresponsive (servos don't do anything anymore from that point forward) and the Dotstar starts blinking quite furiously and randomly.

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Trying to start it up on the battery pack alone is a no-go.

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It just bumps the servo about 10 degrees and then stops and does its crazy blinking pattern.

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Battery pack is topped of with fresh alkalines.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 2:38 AM

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that first thing just sounds like the batteries might be running down after the ~hour of running

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 2:39 AM

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I've tried a fresh set just now. Same result. Voltmeter shows a good solid 6v across VBAT and GND.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 2:40 AM

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but it runs OK for that length of time if powered via USB?

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 2:40 AM

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hours, yes

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 2:41 AM

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if you try again with the same batteries, do you get another ~hour of running again?

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 2:42 AM

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No. Battery operation with original set or a new set of batteries, same result, it won't start up properly.

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Sorry If I was unclear. It just doesn't initialize and start up properly when on batteries.

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If I start on USB and switch over to batteries while it is running it runs successfully for about and hour.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 2:44 AM

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ok, if you do that same thing again, with the same batteries, then does it run again for ~hour

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 2:44 AM

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Yes.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 2:48 AM

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i'm not seeing anything in the loop that actually moves the servos

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 2:49 AM

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It's buried in a function call.

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Look at ForecastTo()

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 2:51 AM

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UpdateForecast() -> Change() -> ForecastTo()

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 2:51 AM

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Works like a charm when plugged in. Yes, that's right.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 2:51 AM

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thanks. yah. it was a bit buried. see it now.

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but no dotstar updates? that looks commented out

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 2:54 AM

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It is. Intentionally. I was trying to make sure I wouldn't mask the diagnostic blinks from the Trinket.

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Before I had the servo running, I wass using Dotstar colors to indicate forecast values.

raven canopy Nov 29, 2018, 2:55 AM

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@tidal kiln @idle owl when running LIS in REPL, was each failure preceded by x=0.0, y=0.0? i'm seeing more 0.0 on the cpx.acceleration than with the LIS lib directly.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 2:55 AM

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does it seems like the dotstar activity you get when it stops could be status?

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https://learn.adafruit.com/welcome-to-circuitpython/troubleshooting#circuitpython-rgb-status-light-18-18

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 2:56 AM

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No. Blinks are irregular, as far as I can tell. According to RTD it should be regular blinks of different colors to indicate failure line.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 2:56 AM

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should be. not super easy to decode. but should be like in that link.

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 2:57 AM

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I posted a video above. It's in slo-mo after 4 seconds. See for yourself.

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When seen in real time it's a flicker so rapid I can't keep track of the blinking.

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I guess one thing I can try, is to comment out the Servo stuff and try to run it using the DotStar colors as a replacement. If that works on battery then maybe its the Servo code. Dunno. Puzzling that it works on USB.

manic glacierBOT Nov 29, 2018, 3:01 AM

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nickzoic

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #703: Ethernet FeatherWing Library

OK no worries, I'll try and replicate with that version.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:02 AM

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not sure what to make of that blink pattern. but it is odd that it does try to do something on the dotstar when it stops.

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it's kind of like it is trying to do the status RGB thing

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and maybe you had a random comm issue on i2c talking to your sensor

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:04 AM

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That's what I thought at first. But the pattern is unclear to me. Doesn't seem to be blinking according to the debug codes that are given.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:04 AM

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how consistent is that ~hour run time before it stops?

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:05 AM

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approx. I'd say it's 40-55 min. I haven't timed it precisely but was nearby waiting for the failure after the first couple of times.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:06 AM

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@raven canopy i don't think that mattered. kattni got it to fail eventually with that code in the scroll back. both via REPL and from a code.py

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:06 AM

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I thought it might be memory exhaustion, which is why I deinit'd the Servo after using it. Worried that I was using up battery and memory. I think my current coding prevents that from being the case.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:09 AM

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and something like that shouldn't care about battery vs. USB for power

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:09 AM

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Earlier I had longer sleeps between barometer readings (3600 s) but I have it turned down to more frequent so I can watch the behavior better on the Serial Monitor.

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I wish it was just the batteries. But I've tried three sets now. Alll of them fresh alkalines.

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Voltmeter readings are good on all. Circuit really shouldn't draw much when the Servo is off.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:12 AM

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you could also just disconnect the servos

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:12 AM

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True.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:12 AM

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the code will still run

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and you could see if it goes further without that power draw

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:13 AM

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woon't it throw an error on the initilization and movement commands?

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:14 AM

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no. there's not "sense" going on, it's just PWM signals that are being sent out

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if they go nowhere, it doesn't care

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:15 AM

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trying it now

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I get a solid Blue on the Dotstar. Per RTD that means BLUE: Circuit Python is starting up

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Looks like it should be steady Green to indicate the code.py is running.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:18 AM

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so it's just staying blue?

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:18 AM

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yep

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I could try the Reset button

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:19 AM

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the code you attached here was named Barometer9.py - are you saving it as code.py on the board?

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:19 AM

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yes

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like I said, it's been working while plugged into the USB with Serial Montior running

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:20 AM

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and now you're just getting blue status RGB?

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:20 AM

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yes. Servo cable is unplugged but nothing else is changed.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:24 AM

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let's sanity check that RGB

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:24 AM

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okay

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:25 AM

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is your USB connection handy?

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:25 AM

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yes

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:25 AM

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connect via that and connect to the REPL and see if you get white

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:27 AM

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Nope. Still blue. But I see

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"""

#

uto-reload is on. Simply save files over USB to run them or enter REPL to disable.
main.py output:
Pressure: 1017.01 hPa 30.00 inHg
VBat voltage: 4.50
Pressure: 1016.94 hPa 30.00 inHg Hi 1010.24 Lo 1023.78 State 1 1016.94
Pressure: 1017.02 hPa 30.00 inHg Hi 1010.24 Lo 1023.78 State 1 1017.02

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"""

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Seems to be running.

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RGB is a nice royal blue.

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Defnitely not White

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:31 AM

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press CTRL-C to stop main.py from running

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:32 AM

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okay, done.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:32 AM

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and then press ENTER

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hopefully get to >>>

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:32 AM

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that put me into the REPL

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CP 3.1.1

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:33 AM

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cool. but RGB still blue?

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:33 AM

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No. Now it's white.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:33 AM

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that checks then

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let's try a different main.py

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:34 AM

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Okay

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:34 AM

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copy or rename the one you currently have so it does't get lost

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:34 AM

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Got it saved.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:35 AM

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make this your new main.py:

import time

while True:
    time.sleep(1)

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:36 AM

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done.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:36 AM

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are you still at the REPL prompt? >>>

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:36 AM

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I hit Ctl-D

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It's running.

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LED Is BLUE

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:37 AM

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hmm. when you did CTRL-D it said something like:

soft reboot

Auto-reload is on. Simply save files over USB to run them or enter REPL to disable.
main.py output:

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and then just sat there?

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:37 AM

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Adafruit CircuitPython 3.1.1 on 2018-11-02; Adafruit Trinket M0 with samd21e18

soft reboot

Auto-reload is on. Simply save files over USB to run them or enter REPL to disable.
main.py output:

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That's what it shows right now.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:38 AM

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that's all good

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but you got a blue LED?

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:38 AM

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Yes

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:38 AM

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trinket m0, right?

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:38 AM

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According to the docs it should be Green right now. Right?

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Yes, Trinket M0.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:39 AM

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correct. green. i'm playing along.

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:39 AM

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See the REPL line above.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:39 AM

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i've got green

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:39 AM

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You're making me think I've got a wiring issue...

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Craziest thing was that it was working on USB power.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:41 AM

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is that how it's powered now?

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:41 AM

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By USB.

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I could try pulling the Trinket from the breadboard altogether. See if the light changes color

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:42 AM

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might as well - looking at your video, doesn't look like you have anything really attached to it

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could just pop it off

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:43 AM

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yep. trying now.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:43 AM

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cool. yah, let's just try this again with the trinket tethered via USB

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if you get blue again, i'm thinking we should try driving the dotstar directly in code and see what happens

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:44 AM

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It's still blue. But the REPL is locked up. Can't CTL-C

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:45 AM

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the bread board disconnect may have made it unhappy. try a reset and reconnect.

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:47 AM

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Okay, reset worked. Still RGB is blue.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 3:48 AM

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@idle owl @tulip sleet i think it might be somewhat generic to doing i2c comms in a tight loop. i can get there eventually with this also:

import board, busio, adafruit_lis3dh

i2c = busio.I2C(board.ACCELEROMETER_SCL, board.ACCELEROMETER_SDA)
lis3dh = adafruit_lis3dh.LIS3DH_I2C(i2c, address=0x19)

while True:
    lis3dh.read_adc_raw(1)

#

all right, let me write up a quick dotstar code....

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let's do this in REPL

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here are the lines to get started:

import board
import adafruit_dotstar

ds = adafruit_dotstar.DotStar(board.APA102_SCK, board.APA102_MOSI, 1)

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then you can try:

ds[0] = 0xff0000

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and see if you get RED

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 3:59 AM

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SOrry. Did this while waiting

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import board # for Board Pins
import time
import adafruit_dotstar as dotstar # for onboard RGB LED

dot = dotstar.DotStar(board.APA102_SCK, board.APA102_MOSI, 1, brightness=0.2)

while True:
dot[0]=[0,0,255]
time.sleep(2.0)
dot[0]=[255,0,0]
time.sleep(2.0)
dot[0]=[0,255,0]
time.sleep(2.0)

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dutifully cycling RGB through Red, Green, Blue

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 4:00 AM

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but do you know where in the sequence it is relative to the color you are seeing?

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:00 AM

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If you want I can just lock it on Red.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 4:00 AM

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do that, and then green, blue etc.

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very simple sanity check

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:01 AM

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Now it is locked on Red only

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while True:
#dot[0]=[0,0,255]
#time.sleep(2.0)
dot[0]=[255,0,0]
time.sleep(2.0)
#dot[0]=[0,255,0]
#time.sleep(2.0)

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 4:01 AM

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one color down, two to go

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:02 AM

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Now Green only.

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Now Blue only.

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All three seem to work as anticipated.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 4:03 AM

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ok. at least that checks.

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were you saving that also as main.py?

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:04 AM

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When I comment out all the DotStar specific stuff, RGB goes back to Blue.

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This is WEIRD

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import board # for Board Pins
import time
#import adafruit_dotstar as dotstar # for onboard RGB LED

#dot = dotstar.DotStar(board.APA102_SCK, board.APA102_MOSI, 1, brightness=0.2)

while True:
#dot[0]=[0,0,255]
#time.sleep(2.0)
#dot[0]=[255,0,0]
time.sleep(2.0)
#dot[0]=[0,255,0]
#time.sleep(2.0)

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Now the RGB is Green

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What I thought it was supposed to be in the first place.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 4:08 AM

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do you know what you did to finally get green?

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:09 AM

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Just commented out the Dotstar stuff, like the code above.

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That's all I did.

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Wasn't expecting that result.

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 4:09 AM

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what editor are you using?

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:09 AM

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Caret

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 4:09 AM

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on what OS?

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:10 AM

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Chrome OS

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 4:10 AM

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ha! exactly where i was going next. glad dan's here.

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 4:12 AM

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it's possible that your changes are not being written back to the main.py in a timely manner. I haven't looked as to whether caret flushes the file when writing it out

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looking at the source now

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:13 AM

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According to some sources it flushes immediately. It's why I was using it.

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Have had no trouble with CTL-S having immediate and expected effects on the code.py

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Board has reacted immediately with the changes I've entered.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 4:14 AM

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https://learn.adafruit.com/welcome-to-circuitpython/creating-and-editing-code#1-use-an-editor-that-writes-out-the-file-completely-when-you-save-it-6-13

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 4:15 AM

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well, that's good. so it looks like the completely commented-out main.py has no while True:, so it exits after running. Is that right?

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 4:15 AM

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i think it's looping on a sleep(2)?

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:16 AM

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https://learn.adafruit.com/using-circuit-playground-express-makecode-circuitpython-on-a-chromebook/using-circuitpython

Using Circuit Playground Express, MakeCode and CircuitPython on a ...

A chromebook works just as well as other computers for using MakeCode and CircuitPython!

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 4:17 AM

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@hard heart FYI - here's how to do code markup:
https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/articles/210298617-Markdown-Text-101-Chat-Formatting-Bold-Italic-Underline-

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for pasting code snippets here, etc.

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:18 AM

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import time
#import adafruit_dotstar as dotstar # for onboard RGB LED

#dot = dotstar.DotStar(board.APA102_SCK, board.APA102_MOSI, 1, brightness=0.2)

while True:
  #dot[0]=[0,0,255]
  #time.sleep(2.0)
  #dot[0]=[255,0,0]
  time.sleep(2.0)
  #dot[0]=[0,255,0]
  #time.sleep(2.0)```

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like that?

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 4:19 AM

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excellent! yep

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:19 AM

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just looping on a sleep right now

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 4:20 AM

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that is saved as main.py and you have a green RGB?

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:20 AM

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I did, yes. Not anymore

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I broke out to the REPL and then CTL-D

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Now it's White.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 4:21 AM

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ah. ok. i get that too, when running from a REPL soft boot.

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:22 AM

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Thought it should be Green, what with it running a sketch right now.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 4:22 AM

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kind of threw me too. you should get green if you disconnect from REPL and restart it

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so it's running it without REPL

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:23 AM

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will try.

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Did it. Now it's back to Blue

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No REPL. Hit the Reset button on the Trinket.

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Blue.

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 4:25 AM

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what version of CPY is this?

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:25 AM

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3.1.1

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Docs recommended upgrade to LATEST, so I did.

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Came with 1.0 loaded

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 4:26 AM

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actually, scratch what i said, i get white if i run via an import from REPL

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but i do get green if i CTRL-D

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 4:27 AM

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could you save the files you need and then do (in the REPL)

import storage
storage.erase_filesystem()

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then try a plain while True: pass main.py on the empty filesystem

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:28 AM

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okay

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 4:28 AM

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it's possible the 1.0 filesystem is a wee bit messed up. Uploading 3.1.1 doesn't necessarily erase the filesystem

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 4:30 AM

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FWIW - i ran that myself when i grabbed this trinket m0 to start testing this...just part of the "start from a clean slate" process

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:30 AM

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Okay. Did both steps. RGB is Blue.

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RUnning your main.py of while True: pass

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 4:33 AM

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I can't reproduce that. I did the same steps. it's a bit baffling

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:34 AM

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Sho nuff!

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Gotta hang it up in a couple minutes. 6am meetings and all that... Fun! Any last ideas for now?

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 4:34 AM

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if you double-click to TRINKETBOOT< what is is in INFO_UF2.TXT?

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:35 AM

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WIll try.

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 4:36 AM

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not really, the dotstars changed a bit from an early batch to a later batch, but mostly in color intensity. it may just be a flaky dotstar, or an out-of-calibration clock on the trinket (it's not a crystal clock). It should be clocking from USB, though

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:36 AM

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UF2 Bootloader v1.23.0 SFHR
Model: Trinket M0
Board-ID: SAMD21E18A-Trinket-v0```

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 4:36 AM

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you might try it on another machine or a USB hub.

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that's the same as me

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 4:36 AM

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same me also

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dan - we tried driving dotstar directly in code, it worked as expected

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 4:37 AM

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yeah, that's weird

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:37 AM

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funny. same word i used just a bit ago.

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 4:37 AM

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is the board still connected to other stuff now?

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:38 AM

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Is it realistically possible that the Trinket is damaged?

opaque charm Nov 29, 2018, 4:38 AM

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I can't install adafruit-io library for windows python. can anyone please help?

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:38 AM

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No the board is only connected to the USB cable, nothing else

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 4:38 AM

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it's slightly possible.

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:39 AM

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I had discounted that as highly unlikely. But the Blue dotstar RGB when a sketch is running doesn't seem right.

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 4:39 AM

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we can sleep on it, no reason to keep you up

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 4:40 AM

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seems to be a day for weird issues

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:40 AM

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Thanks. I'll be back around again. WOuld like to get it working. Thought I was there and now this. Thanks to you and Cater for all your patience tonight!

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 4:41 AM

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sorry we kind of went down a rabbit hole

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:41 AM

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glad to exhaust the possiblities

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 4:42 AM

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@opaque charm could you provide more details? What's the failure?

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 4:42 AM

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If nothing else I'll get a second board and try with it. But I'd still like to reload this one with a fresh copy of CP311 and try again.

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@tulip sleet @tidal kiln Thanks for your help. Signing off for now. 73!

manic glacierBOT Nov 29, 2018, 4:45 AM

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PTS93

[adafruit/circuitpython] Issue opened: #1362 CircuitPython Bindings for Arduino

So granted this might sound rather odd but I think it would be quite tremendous for a large user base.
Given that all the core modules for CPY are written in C/C++. Would it be feasible to add bindings for Arduino in order to gain the ability to compile code written for the Arduino abstraction layer as a native module for CircuitPython?

Similar to how the Python ecosystem on PC often works were a lot of libraries rely on an underlying C library and simply wrapping that for Python.

This...

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 5:06 AM

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@hard heart there's a small possibility that this is due to some USB glitch with the Chromebook. If you could test it with another host computer (and/or just a USB power supply), that would be interesting.

pastel panther Nov 29, 2018, 5:07 AM

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@tulip sleet I take it there is theoretically a maximum size for a python code file on an m0

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(really m4 too, but of course an m0 would be much smaller)

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 5:07 AM

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.py or .mpy?

pastel panther Nov 29, 2018, 5:07 AM

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.py

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 5:09 AM

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it has to get compiled, which can take a variable amount of ram. It has to keep the parse tree in RAM during compilation, maybe. I'm not that familiar with the compiler part. So a specific filesize is probably not possible to specify

pastel panther Nov 29, 2018, 5:09 AM

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right

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anyways I think I'm flirting with the max on my adxl34x driver and it's smaller than expected

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I was playing with a test file and I noticed that (expectedly) methods eat up memory faster than raw text

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 5:11 AM

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i've had to mpy-cross libraries just to test them

pastel panther Nov 29, 2018, 5:11 AM

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are there libs that are only usable on m0s mpy-cross'd?

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 5:12 AM

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yes

pastel panther Nov 29, 2018, 5:12 AM

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ok. I guess I won't lose too much sleep on this then

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 5:12 AM

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or in combination with other libs, definitely

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yeah, if it's in the bundle it will always be .mpy, so that's the case to shoot for

pastel panther Nov 29, 2018, 5:13 AM

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ok

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 5:13 AM

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ok, gn! got to sleep!

pastel panther Nov 29, 2018, 5:13 AM

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'nite 👋

manic glacierBOT Nov 29, 2018, 8:15 AM

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1292: Consider using HCI protocol for low\-level BLE interface

Going to punt this to long term. For 4.0 we'll use the SD.

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #815: Cache the NRF52 SDK for travis builds

We haven't had issues so closing for now.

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] Issue closed: #815 Cache the NRF52 SDK for travis builds

manic glacierBOT Nov 29, 2018, 10:09 AM

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s-light

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request opened: #1363 MAX PWMOut frequency

analyzed and documented the maximal PWMOut frequency.

tested on Adafruit ItsyBitsy M4 Express Pin D9 and D12:
output peak-to-peak voltage
→ @ 6MHz ~3.3V
→ @ 7MHz ~3.1V
→ @ 10MHz ~2.7V
→ @ 15MHz ~1.8V
→ @ 30MHz ~0.35V
→ values above 30MHz generate no output.

Voltage Levels are correct if my old scope and my measuring is correct ;-)
so please someone with a good high-speed scope verify this..
the currently hard-coded 6MHz was eventually chosen as up to this point there is no dr...

craggy harbor Nov 29, 2018, 10:22 AM

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Does CP support lambdas?

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I'm not sure whether I'm doing something wrong or if it's not supported.

timber mango Nov 29, 2018, 10:33 AM

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i don't tried it yet

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have you a simple example for copy and paste?

manic glacierBOT Nov 29, 2018, 11:52 AM

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yeyeto2788

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1094: String internationalization for Spanish\.

Sorry guys for the late reply, I'll fork the repo to make the changes and then I'll ask for the PR.

Regards.

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yeyeto2788

[adafruit/circuitpython] Fork created: yeyeto2788/circuitpython

manic glacierBOT Nov 29, 2018, 12:59 PM

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s-light

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1363: MAX PWMOut frequency

a FrequencyOut would be a good fit as counterpart to the proposed / wip FrequencyIn

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 1:08 PM

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@craggy harbor yes, lambdas work:

>>> l = lambda x: x*2
>>> l(3)
6

marble hornet Nov 29, 2018, 1:20 PM

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i am making cp, well trying to, and the compiler gave me this error: jonahs-mbp:circuitpython jonahym$ make BOARD=metro_m4_express Makefile:22: *** The 'sphinx-build' command was not found. Make sure you have Sphinx installed, then set the SPHINXBUILD environment variable to point to the full path of the 'sphinx-build' executable. Alternatively you can add the directory with the executable to your PATH. If you don't have Sphinx installed, grab it from http://sphinx-doc.org/. Stop. jonahs-mbp:circuitpython jonahym$

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but i din't have to instal sphinx last time (new computer)

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am i missing the toochain?

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 1:21 PM

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what directory are you in. You need to do that build in ports/atmel-samd. There is a top-level Makefile too.

marble hornet Nov 29, 2018, 1:22 PM

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oooooh thnx i forgot that 1mo please

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it only gave me a autogen_usb_descriptor.c file and a genhdr directory

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no other files

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 1:25 PM

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cd ports/atmel-samd
make BOARD=metro_m4_express clean
make BOARD=metro_m4_express

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did you get an error?

marble hornet Nov 29, 2018, 1:26 PM

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no, it just deleted the directory

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this is a fresh download

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**clone

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i did run the submodule update tho

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 1:27 PM

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well, you have to do this setup stuff: https://learn.adafruit.com/building-circuitpython/macos

marble hornet Nov 29, 2018, 1:27 PM

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oh like: /bin/sh: arm-none-eabi-gcc: command not found ?

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 1:27 PM

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i would call that an error 😃

marble hornet Nov 29, 2018, 1:28 PM

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😂 oops

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I had the toolchain already installed on my old computer before i started using cp. my bad

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 1:30 PM

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np - there are many moving parts to this

marble hornet Nov 29, 2018, 1:30 PM

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😂 billions of electrons ? 😉

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while the toolchain is downloading can i ask more inelegant questions?

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 1:32 PM

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sure!

marble hornet Nov 29, 2018, 1:34 PM

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so💁 is the toolchain used to take the c code and turn it into the bin?

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 1:35 PM

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yes, it compiles c into ARM machine language

marble hornet Nov 29, 2018, 1:35 PM

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and Microsoft's code is somewhere in the repo right ?

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 1:35 PM

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you need a "cross-compiler" instead of a native compiler

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you mean the uf2 bootloader? that's in a different repo; the bootloader is installed seprately

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it's the compiler and the linker (puts object (.o) files together into the final image)

marble hornet Nov 29, 2018, 1:37 PM

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but the bootloader takes in .uf2 files?

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 1:38 PM

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yes, but the bootloader is already installed - you don't need to build and reinstall it. the bootloader is not part of CircuitPython. CircuitPython is "just antoher program" (I've been ribbed for saying that). in the sense that blink, CPy, or anything else loaded by the bootloader is "just another program"

marble hornet Nov 29, 2018, 1:41 PM

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👌 😀 , so whats the difference between .bin and .uf2 when they are made by the compiler?

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 1:42 PM

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the .uf2 is just a reformatted bin. It's broken up in chunks, each of which identifies where it should be written into flash. https://github.com/Microsoft/uf2

marble hornet Nov 29, 2018, 1:45 PM

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Are those the "magic blocks" that they were talking about before?

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And then the bootloader navigates between the blocks?

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 1:46 PM

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not sure who "they" is. the bootloader looks at each block in the .uf2 file, and writes the data in that block into flash at the specified location

pastel panther Nov 29, 2018, 1:51 PM

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goooooooood morning probably not west coast people

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(got up early to help someone start their car and now I'm trying to be productive)

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 1:55 PM

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you got less sleep than i did

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@hard heart I tried a Trinket on a Samsung Chromebook updated to latest Chrome OS, and did not see different colors than usual.

manic glacierBOT Nov 29, 2018, 2:25 PM

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yeyeto2788

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request opened: #1364 Add some msgstr translations

Help on issue #1094

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yeyeto2788

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1094: String internationalization for Spanish\.

Hello guys! happy to announce that I have done the first PR #1364 I hope it is ok.

There are some things that I wondered while I was translating, I'll list them down here to see what you think.

There are some typos in english, should I fix them also?
If I fix a typo in English I guess that it has to be also fixed on the code in order to match the msgid, right?
Regarding words like (int, tuple, list, etc) for me it is ok to have something like this int (entero).
...

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 2:34 PM

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@tulip sleet Thanks for the advice "there's a small possibility that this is due to some USB glitch with the Chromebook". Will try it on a Win 7 PC I've got here, and also on a different Chromebook.

manic glacierBOT Nov 29, 2018, 2:35 PM

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1094: String internationalization for Spanish\.

Sure, please fix any English typos as well, and yes, you'll need to find the original location and fix that.

Adding things like int (entero) is probably not necessary, since a user has to know the original vocabulary in order to use the language. When in doubt, it's good to be more concise than verbose, since we have limited flash space, especially on M0 boards.

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 2:35 PM

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@tulip sleet USB 2 vs 3 shouldn't matter, should it?

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 2:36 PM

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It shouldnt

tulip sleet Nov 29, 2018, 2:36 PM

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it shouldn't, but worth trying both

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we've seen an issue or two with particular brands of USB3 controllers

hard heart Nov 29, 2018, 2:37 PM

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@tulip sleet @prime flower Thanks. Will try both just for chuckles. Different machines, different OSes, different USB flavors. If I end up with a running sketch and a solid Blue RGB Dotstar, I'm thinking it's a confirmed HW error.

manic glacierBOT Nov 29, 2018, 2:54 PM

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cpennel

[adafruit/circuitpython] New star added

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yeyeto2788

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1094: String internationalization for Spanish\.

@dhalbert thanks for the info.

I'll check again for those typos and keep in mind about flash space.

manic glacierBOT Nov 29, 2018, 4:20 PM

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sabas1080

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1364: Add some msgstr translations

tal vez "objeto no iterable" y se sigue entendiendo bien, considerando el ahorro de memoria

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sabas1080

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1364: Add some msgstr translations

hay un typo falta un "s"

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sabas1080

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1364: Add some msgstr translations

se escucha raro "a minimo", creo seria "un minimo de" o "esperaba minimo"

manic glacierBOT Nov 29, 2018, 5:40 PM

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kattni

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1330: call for the creation of the first "LEARN SESSION"

@DakotahRedstone If you're around earlier today (Thursday), I have a review I can hold off on and stream if you'd like me to go through one as well as Scott.

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 5:53 PM

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@idle owl would you be able to modify a travis cfg (the key issue from last time) so it works properly for pypi? I'm pretty sure I did the setup.py and requirements correctly

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 5:54 PM

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Possibly.

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Link please

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To the repo and Travis

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 5:54 PM

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I just don't want the same issue I had last time popping up again. I'll submit a PR with a travis for the file, unmodified for pypi

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 5:55 PM

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I'm not sure what you're asking then

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 5:56 PM

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travis encrypt --add deploy.password didn't work properly for me last time, could I add you to review it before I merge it in?

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 5:58 PM

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Sure, I'll review it, but the issue you had last time was the password was encrypted wrong. The hash looks like a hash regardless of what was encrypted. So it's not something I could review. What repo is this? Is Travis enabled on it?

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The TinyLoRa repo?

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 5:58 PM

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https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_TinyLoRa

GitHub

adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_TinyLoRa

Adafruit Tiny LoRa. Contribute to adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_TinyLoRa development by creating an account on GitHub.

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I haven't added a travis config to the repo, or enabled it, yet

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 6:00 PM

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Says I don't have rights to activate it. Who created the repo?

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 6:00 PM

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MikeB

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he might not've added the cpy lib helper group?

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 6:00 PM

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I went in and added them.

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It's on there with the correct permissions.

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Got it. It's activated.

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

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@prime flower Is there a reason you didn't do a PR for the other files? Why did you commit directly to the repo?

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 6:11 PM

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I misread something on the 'checklist' page of the library guide

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 6:13 PM

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You're supposed to run cookiecutter, then merge all of your work into the cookiecuttered files, and then create a PR with all of it. Then, as we discussed previously, do the PyPI setup on a second PR once the first one is merged so we can more easily troubleshoot any issues that arise. There is rarely a good reason to commit directly to a library repo. It bypasses the Travis checks and can break things unintentionally.

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 6:15 PM

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The second PR is independent from the code?

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 6:15 PM

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Correct. PyPI can be finicky so it's easiest to do it in its own PR to deal with the issues it presents.

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Most of the time it's fine, but the one time it's not, it's so nice to have it separate.

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Otherwise you're trying to do too many things at once. Multiple PRs are fine.

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Each PR should have a focus. The first one is the initial commit.

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The README should be called README.rst not readme.rst. I'm not sure how much it matters, but we strive for consistency. That is the sort of thing we can catch in a PR vs a direct commit.

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 6:19 PM

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Okay. Issue I had was I did run cookiecutter on the repo I was working on previously (brentru/...) and merged that in. I can see how that'd cause issues, though, since the cfg might be different between the two...

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 6:20 PM

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I haven't done it that way, so I'm not sure.

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I run it fresh and start fresh, merging in my working files at that point.

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As a general rule, you should never need write access to a repo to add files to it (obviously there are exceptions that are handled differently than libraries). You can always do a PR, even for simple things.

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I believe merging PRs requires permissions, but that's a different purpose.

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 6:26 PM

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Okay, added that to my notes.

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 6:27 PM

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Let's get the current PR merged and then see where the repo is at and go from there. Does that sound ok to you?

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 6:27 PM

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Sounds ok. I was going to suggest doing a reset to initial commit but that could mess more up than it'd fix..maybe?

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 6:29 PM

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That wouldn't be a bad idea.

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I had something come up just now, I need to go deal with, I'll be back in about 10 minutes. Sorry. We can continue then.

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 6:31 PM

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sure, no rush.

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 6:43 PM

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Ok.

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@prime flower Reversing the initial commit is not a bad idea. Then you can get the PR set to where it needs to be, Travis will run on it, and we can make sure everything is set.

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 6:48 PM

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I'm not sure how to do that without it being "dangerous". I was going to do a git reset --hard <commit> but that could be wrong.

tawny creek Nov 29, 2018, 6:48 PM

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@slender iron I ordered some GD25Q16C SPI flash to use instead of the previous chip and am getting the same blue white light blinky

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 6:48 PM

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I did it recently, let me see what I did

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I used revert, but it was the most recent commit. hmm.

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I can clone the PR and revert it

tawny creek Nov 29, 2018, 6:52 PM

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just a heads up/ update, going to probably default to using an older fw and a working chip combo -

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 6:53 PM

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@prime flower also - sry - i haven't had a chance to review yet. i skimmed it real quick though.

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 6:54 PM

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@prime flower Do you want me to do that? I have to push directly to the repo to do it so I want to make sure we're on the same page here.

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 6:55 PM

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@idle owl that's okay with me.

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 7:05 PM

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@prime flower Ok, done.

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So now you want to get all of the cookiecutter files added to the current PR. This will also jumpstart Travis on the PR now that it's activated. You want to make sure Travis is activated on a repo before you make a PR, otherwise it doesn't run on the PR.

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 7:07 PM

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(added to notes) I'll do that now and shoot a PR with cookiecutter files to the repo

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 7:08 PM

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You don't need to do a separate PR

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All of the cookiecutter stuff can go in the current PR. The initial code PR.

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 7:09 PM

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Ok

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 7:09 PM

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Cookiecutter is considered part of the initial setup, so it's happy in the initial PR.

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 7:10 PM

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issue w/that is the initial code PR has that first init commit

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 7:12 PM

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I'm not sure it will care. If it's going to care, what we've already done will cause issues. Worse case it'll say there's a merge conflict and you can resolve it using the GitHub GUI, but since the difference is that the files no longer exist, I'm not sure it matters.

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Hmm.

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Let's try something simple and we'll see what happens.

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Copy the cookiecuttered LICENSE file into the repo. I believe your name should be in the license anyway so there's a change you can make.

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Push the change to the PR, see if it chokes.

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As a separate comment: I think we're avoiding having __init__.py files in the package directory. You appear to have one in there.

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I may be conflating with something else, but I remember there being an issue for removing all of the empty init files.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 7:16 PM

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@prime flower checkout the commit history on this recent repo:
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_TMP006/commits/master
esp. the first several

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 7:19 PM

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@neat folio I posted to the GitHub issue you created. I have a review I can stream today if you're around before the planned session with Scott. I could probably do it afterwards as well.

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@tidal kiln LSM9DS0 is working. There's a couple of things that should change, but I'm holding off on the review in case a live-stream is desired. I'll get to it today or tomorrow regardless of whether the stream happens. Don't make any changes to it so I have something to review.

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 7:24 PM

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@idle owl ok, I removed the previous docs, added in the cookiecuttered files to the PR

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 7:25 PM

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No conflicts and Travis is running! Looks good!

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Failed 😄

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 7:25 PM

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expected

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 7:25 PM

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Yep 😃

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 7:25 PM

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ok, it hit that weird no-name-in-module and sourcing error it hit before...

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I think the first pylint is because the .travis script doesn't check adafruit_tinylora/ for the main files

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 7:26 PM

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@idle owl np. that's a weird one. i'm essentially just being a puppet at this point. i probably wouldn't change anything unless obvious or told to.

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 7:26 PM

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@prime flower The capitalisation on the README file matters.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 7:27 PM

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that's basically a ladyada PR at this point

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 7:27 PM

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@tidal kiln Fair enough. fwiw it's print statements I'm going to ask you to remove and then it's good to go. But it's the only review I can walk someone through right now so I'm glad it needs simple changes.

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 7:28 PM

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if they're that simple i'll do them

raven canopy Nov 29, 2018, 7:28 PM

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@idle owl you're correct. There is an issue to remove __init__.py.
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_Bundle/issues/77

GitHub

Remove Use of __init__.py Where Possible · Issue #77 · adafruit/...

From discussion on Discord, it was decided we need to move away from having init.py files in every repo. This was previously required (I'm told), and is a CPython 2.x remnant. There are non...

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 7:28 PM

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weird, it's readme.rst on my repo but cap's on my machine

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 7:28 PM

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@tidal kiln yah that's all that I will be requesting. and that's why I said don't do it until I review it because they're really simple changes 😄

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@prime flower You on a Mac?

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 7:29 PM

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yeah

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@raven canopy ok, removing..

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 7:31 PM

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I ran into this, it's something to do with the filesystem not recognising changes like that. The super kludgey workaround is to rename it to readme1.rst, commit, rename it to README.rst, commit. Some combination of Git and the Mac makes it difficult to change case on file names that already exist. In theory you could do it from the GitHub GUI, but then your PR isn't even with your local and you have to sort that which is difficult.

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 7:31 PM

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weird..okay, I'll rename it in this commit and then name it back in the next.

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 7:32 PM

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You need to see file moved readme.rst > README.rst or something like that in your git status

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Otherwise it hasn't seen the changes

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That should appease Sphinx for now.

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 7:32 PM

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file modified, right?

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 7:33 PM

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Something like that, I was guessing.

manic glacierBOT Nov 29, 2018, 7:33 PM

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deanm1278

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request opened: #1365 add mixer voice objects and volume control

https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/issues/1306

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 7:34 PM

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alright, both of those were added. travis should find the folder where the files are now...

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should still fail on pylint, cant figure out those linter issues...might be a sourcing problem?

solar whale Nov 29, 2018, 7:37 PM

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moacs are usaully set up with "case-insenstive" file systems -- may be partially responsible for the confusion...

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 7:37 PM

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Yes that's what I was referring to with the filesystem issue.

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 7:37 PM

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that darn no-member for SPIDevice again...

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 7:38 PM

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You can disable that one.

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 7:38 PM

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from the pylintrc or from the .py?

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 7:39 PM

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Never alter .pylintrc. If changed need to be made, we'll make them across all repos. Use # pylint: disable=no-member on the line that has the issue.

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 7:40 PM

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alright, fixedup that and license. Do you think the example/ is having an issue sourcing the main file...or something like that? I've never seen this one

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https://travis-ci.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_TinyLoRa/jobs/161811185#L524

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 7:41 PM

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Yeah looking at that now.

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Looks like that's what the __init__.py file was doing. Give me a couple of minutes, I'm looking into it.

manic glacierBOT Nov 29, 2018, 7:43 PM

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1347: Update for Grand Central Rev B

Comment is now obsolete.

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1347: Update for Grand Central Rev B

Should be PB31 (PB21 is already SCL).

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 7:46 PM

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@prime flower Do me a favor and test (on the M4 so you're not mpying and so on) the simpletest code with the folder structure without the __init__.py file and make sure it still works

manic glacierBOT Nov 29, 2018, 7:46 PM

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DakotahRedstone

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1330: call for the creation of the first "LEARN SESSION"

@kattni That would be great! thanx! At the moment I am downloading/installing the Twitch app... (nothing like leaving things til the last minute) :( but in a few minutes I will be up and running/available.

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 7:48 PM

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@idle owl without the init, it's unable to source ImportError: no module named 'adafruit_tinylora.TinyLoRa

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 7:48 PM

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@prime flower Ok. Thank you.

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 7:51 PM

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I think I see the issue, looking at dan's link to fancyled from the commit..

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 7:52 PM

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I pinged Dan on it.

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 7:59 PM

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I think I got it. The imports without a init require the example to source differently

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 8:00 PM

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I had to change how the examples worked on CharLCD without the init

manic glacierBOT Nov 29, 2018, 8:02 PM

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kattni

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1330: call for the creation of the first "LEARN SESSION"

No rush! Let's plan on ~1530EST. That will give us an hour and a half before Scott's planned stream. I'm finishing up some other things so it might be a little after that.

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 8:04 PM

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alright! getting packet sends on the modified code, gonna do a lint on it

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 8:06 PM

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Nice!

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 8:08 PM

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but pylint pops up the same no-name-in-module errors I had before on the example

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 8:09 PM

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But the example works with the current file structure?

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I'll have Dan take a look at it if so

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 8:11 PM

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Yeah, it works with the file structure (had to rework some of the code, moved it to a new branch for now - https://github.com/brentru/Adafruit_CircuitPython_TinyLoRa-1/tree/modified-file-structure)

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 8:13 PM

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You can push your changes to the PR if you want.

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 8:14 PM

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good idea, it'll show where the issue is in travis

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brb, lunch

manic glacierBOT Nov 29, 2018, 8:16 PM

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DakotahRedstone

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1330: call for the creation of the first "LEARN SESSION"

@kattni excellent! I just created dakotahredstone account on twitch... so app setup up and running (looks like for viewing only, don't have a camera setup atm ).

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 8:25 PM

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@prime flower Please let me know when you're back. Once I'm done with the live stream, we can sort it.

slender iron Nov 29, 2018, 8:25 PM

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I'm gonna do a test stream now with finishing up build things

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 8:26 PM

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I was wondering about audio. Leave it to Discord and use the voice chat for audio?

slender iron Nov 29, 2018, 8:28 PM

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https://twitch.tv/tannewt

Twitch

tannewt - Twitch

▶ Play video

prime flower Nov 29, 2018, 8:47 PM

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@idle owl back.

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ooo a #scottstream 😄

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 8:50 PM

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https://www.twitch.tv/adafruit_kattni/

Twitch

adafruit_kattni - Twitch

▶ Play video

slender iron Nov 29, 2018, 8:51 PM

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will stream at 2pm pacific again

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 8:54 PM

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Alright, streaming a GitHub review!

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 9:20 PM

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@tidal kiln That PR review is in for LSM9DS0

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 9:20 PM

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yep. watching live stream.

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nicely done!

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i think all those items are ladyada items, from her code in the .zip, so we'll see what she says

manic glacierBOT Nov 29, 2018, 9:42 PM

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jarmitage

[adafruit/circuitpython] New star added

slender iron Nov 29, 2018, 10:17 PM

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<@&356864093652516868> I'm streaming now. https://twitch.tv/tannewt

Twitch

tannewt - Twitch

▶ Play video

raven canopy Nov 29, 2018, 10:18 PM

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all looks and sounds good!

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 10:40 PM

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hardware's in the mail 😃

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 11:00 PM

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yep. mainly just an excuse to fill in missing hardware for future testing. the change is (should be) trivial.

raven canopy Nov 29, 2018, 11:02 PM

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great. now we have "the git weeds"... 🌻

sacred edge Nov 29, 2018, 11:15 PM

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If I want to play around in Makecode, and then return to Circuit Python... What are the do's and don'ts?

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 11:16 PM

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@sacred edge Nothing, really. Make sure you back up all your code in case the file system gets erased on your board, but otherwise, have at!

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And eject the board if it's mounted, before unplugging it, but that's something you should do regardless.

sacred edge Nov 29, 2018, 11:18 PM

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Thanks @idle owl Sounds simple enough... Board is working great by the way!! Thanks for your help the other day.. BTW - How do I address the LED's in my newly aquired "Jewel RGBW" through Makecode?

tidal kiln Nov 29, 2018, 11:18 PM

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@pastel panther there's also this approach:
https://help.github.com/articles/checking-out-pull-requests-locally/

idle owl Nov 29, 2018, 11:20 PM

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@sacred edge I haven't done enough with MakeCode to know. I would check the Learn system, I feel like there may be a guide on it. I assume that there's an option for external NeoPixels somewhere, and you tell it what pin you attached your jewel to, and then you can tell it what to do. But that's a general MakeCode thing, so I'm guessing. You can also ask in the #help-with-makecode channel, you might find the answer there. 😃

pastel panther Nov 29, 2018, 11:20 PM

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scott's halloween costume for next year

📎 wacker.jpg

digital slate Nov 30, 2018, 12:00 AM

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have had a couple of problems where the files on my CP device either go read only or become corrupted

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thinking I'm potentially messing up the memory somehow

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but not sure if there's a way to check

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I usually end up wiping the storage and then reloading files

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should I be ejecting the drive each time? Is it possible it's related to that?

idle owl Nov 30, 2018, 12:04 AM

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@digital slate You want to eject every time you press reset or unplug the board for sure. What editor are you using?

digital slate Nov 30, 2018, 12:05 AM

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notepad++

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and atom once in a while

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the editors can mess stuff up?

idle owl Nov 30, 2018, 12:05 AM

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Some can. If they don't fully write to the board immediately on save

digital slate Nov 30, 2018, 12:05 AM

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oo

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interesting

idle owl Nov 30, 2018, 12:05 AM

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Hold on we have a list of "safe" editors.

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https://learn.adafruit.com/welcome-to-circuitpython/creating-and-editing-code#1-use-an-editor-that-writes-out-the-file-completely-when-you-save-it-6-13

Welcome to CircuitPython!

New to CircuitPython? This is the place to start.

digital slate Nov 30, 2018, 12:06 AM

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awesome

idle owl Nov 30, 2018, 12:06 AM

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So the issue is that sometimes the file doesn't write completely and then you remove the board or it resets and corrupts the file system.

digital slate Nov 30, 2018, 12:07 AM

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I recompiled using a different flash part, so I was concerned it might have been that

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like one of the parts listed in the flash parts

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but still, non standard

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I'd be much happier if it's an editor thing

idle owl Nov 30, 2018, 12:08 AM

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I wouldn't rule that out, but if you're running into it repeatedly and using an editor that Dan tested and decided can cause issues, start there. Much easier solution. 😃

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Basically as long as you safe eject the board after writing, you can use even an editor that takes a while. But it's better to use one that writes fully.

digital slate Nov 30, 2018, 12:09 AM

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yep, definitely

exotic pumice Nov 30, 2018, 12:11 AM

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happy to see vim is a "safe" editor 😃

exotic pumice Nov 30, 2018, 12:35 AM

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I've never actually edited files on the device, just used the REPL

digital slate Nov 30, 2018, 12:48 AM

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haven't had any problems since installing the atom plugin, so that seems to have fixed it, thanks!

idle owl Nov 30, 2018, 12:55 AM

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@digital slate For sure! Glad it worked!

digital slate Nov 30, 2018, 12:55 AM

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now I only have to contend with my very very limited python skills

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but I suppose that's how I get better! 😃

exotic pumice Nov 30, 2018, 12:59 AM

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@digital slate are you planning any Amp Hour episodes about your CircuitPython experience?

digital slate Nov 30, 2018, 1:00 AM

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plan to talk about it at some point, but it's for client work

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so until they say ok, I have to wait

exotic pumice Nov 30, 2018, 1:00 AM

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I see

digital slate Nov 30, 2018, 1:01 AM

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but they hired me because they want me to talk about it...so probably!

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haha

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You've heard the episodes with Tony and Scott?

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https://theamphour.com/383-an-interview-with-scott-shawcroft/

The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast

#383 – An Interview with Scott Shawcroft

Chris talks with Scott Shawcroft who works at Adafruit on CircuitPython. He helped to port MicroPython to the SAMD21 chipset and discusses the details of getting a language working on a new platfor…

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https://theamphour.com/323-an-interview-with-tony-dicola/

The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast

#323 – An Interview with Tony DiCola

Tony DiCola from Adafruit joins Chris and Dave to talk about how to use MicroPython on a variety of microcontrollers! Learn how to use a high level, interpreted language to control low level hardwa…

exotic pumice Nov 30, 2018, 1:04 AM

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Possibly, I don't remember

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listening now

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I have a vague recollection of this google chit-chat

digital slate Nov 30, 2018, 1:17 AM

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@exotic pumice you said you edit files externally and then push them via the REPL?

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or how do you sync with your device?

exotic pumice Nov 30, 2018, 1:18 AM

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no, I just haven't had a need to use anything but the REPL

digital slate Nov 30, 2018, 1:18 AM

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ah, so you're not writing drivers or anything?

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doesn't that mean you'd need to reenter info a lot?

exotic pumice Nov 30, 2018, 1:19 AM

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my circuitpython use has been limited, my main goal is Rust on samd21/samd51

digital slate Nov 30, 2018, 1:19 AM

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ah, gotcha

exotic pumice Nov 30, 2018, 1:20 AM

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I chat here because this is where ppl with experience bringing new languages to the board hang out

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and they're very knowledgable about the hardware

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I've done a couple of small contributions to circuitpython to give back

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 1:23 AM

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Are multiple SPI slaves supported in circuitpython SPI?

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(busio)

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This line of code throws an error:
self._spi = busio.SPI(board.SCK, MOSI=board.MOSI, MISO=board.MISO)

Pin PA17 in use

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How could I check if the pin is in use?

exotic pumice Nov 30, 2018, 1:35 AM

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try this maybe

while not spi.try_lock():
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it looks like there is a chip select in the spi library https://learn.adafruit.com/circuitpython-basics-i2c-and-spi/spi-devices

CircuitPython Basics: I2C and SPI

Learn how to talk to I2C and SPI devices with CircuitPython!

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 1:37 AM

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nah this is before chip select.

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Essentially it doesn't let me use SCK, MOSI, MISO twice to initialize two spi objects.

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I need to initialize only one spi object and two SPIDevice's

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But it would be nice to know whether an SPI object is already there so my code can act accordingly.

exotic pumice Nov 30, 2018, 1:38 AM

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board.SCK, board.MOSI and board.MISO are the physical pins

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 1:38 AM

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yes

exotic pumice Nov 30, 2018, 1:38 AM

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so you can't use those twice

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 1:38 AM

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I know

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how can I check if they are in use already?

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I mean I could catch the exception that occurs when I try to allocate them for the 2nd time, but it's not so elegant

exotic pumice Nov 30, 2018, 1:39 AM

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yeah that's what I'd suggest, a try/except, but I'll look if there's a property

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 1:40 AM

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okay, thanks 😃

exotic pumice Nov 30, 2018, 1:44 AM

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https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/blob/ab94344baee1a5d73d3890de16319cab1e2616de/ports/esp8266/common-hal/microcontroller/Pin.c#L61

GitHub

adafruit/circuitpython

CircuitPython - a Python implementation for teaching coding with microcontrollers - adafruit/circuitpython

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not sure how you call that from python land

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let me try

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 1:45 AM

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thanks 😃 I figure it's easier if I just create the SPI object in my main class and pass it to my library as an argument.

exotic pumice Nov 30, 2018, 1:45 AM

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It could be board.SCK.pin_is_free()

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but I'm gonna check

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 1:46 AM

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create a single spi object and pass it to each driver along with a unique CS pin

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the drivers will take care of locking/unlocking the bus

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 1:50 AM

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I have different "devices" that I use

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self._device = SPIDevice(self._spi, cs, baudrate=speed, polarity=0, phase=0)

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seems to work 😃

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 1:51 AM

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that's what the drivers use, typically with a context manager, which is what does the bus locking/unlocking

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 1:51 AM

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what's that driver that you're speaking about?

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I'm writing my own library for some SPI antenna boards taking existing python code (Raspberry Pi) and adapting it to CP

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 1:52 AM

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the drivers for the various sensors and breakout boards - all the stuff that's in the library bundle

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let me find a good SPI example

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 1:52 AM

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Oh yeah you mean the libaries 😄

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sure thanks!

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 1:53 AM

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https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_BMP3XX/blob/master/adafruit_bmp3xx.py#L248

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 1:55 AM

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yup just like my code 👍

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 1:55 AM

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it's commented out, but here's the userland side of it:
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_BMP3XX/blob/master/examples/bmp3xx_simpletest.py#L12

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 1:56 AM

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yeah this one is 1:1 like mine 😄

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 1:56 AM

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if you had a second SPI device, you give it the same spi object created there

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 1:56 AM

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yup

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 1:57 AM

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then write your driver like the example and you should be good

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 1:57 AM

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it's working for the first device but I have some issues with the second one, but it'll probably up shortly, as well 😉

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thankfully debugging is awesome in CP !

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 1:58 AM

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are you getting an error message? or it's just not working?

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 1:59 AM

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an error message coming from my library 😉

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I am reading from a register and not getting what is expected, but just 0s

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oh got it 😄 wrong CS pin

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I knew it would sort itself out quickly

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 2:00 AM

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ah. the joys of driver writing.

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:00 AM

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hehe

exotic pumice Nov 30, 2018, 2:00 AM

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it doesn't look like pin_is_free() is accessible from python

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:00 AM

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I'm finding it a lot of fun, it's my first time though

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while we're here: can I map from an int 6 to "board.D6" easily somehow?

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 2:00 AM

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a good datasheet helps

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can you give more context on how that's being used?

exotic pumice Nov 30, 2018, 2:01 AM

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you could make a list and then use a 6 to index into it

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digital_pins = [board.D0, board.D1, board.D2, board.D3, board.D4, board.D5, board.D6]
i = 6
digital_pins[i]

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gives you board.D6

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:03 AM

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yeah good idea

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 2:04 AM

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or a dict, so you don't need N entries

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>>> pins = {6:board.D6}
>>> pins[6]
board.D6
>>>

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:06 AM

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yeah nice one 👍

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 2:08 AM

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also, for fixed chunks of info like things, try to use tuple () instead of list []

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somewhat more efficient, tuples are immutable, so good for things like that

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but if you needed to dynamically alter stuff, then you'd want the list []

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:19 AM

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ok I see, makes sense!

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Regarding SPI, now that I have 2 devices attached, I encounter a weird behaviour (because seemingly undeterministic): I perform a connection check after initialization of the devices. This encompasses reading values from specific registers. Strangely, sometimes I get random values and sometimes I get what is expected.

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Is it possible that the busio.SPI library doesn't check for concurrent access and two memory access to two different devices are trying to be executed at the same time?

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By the way: both antennas work 😄

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 2:25 AM

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shouldn't happen. in theory only one part of the code at a time should be accessing and using the bus.

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is it 2 of the same device?

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:25 AM

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hmmm then it's my error, thanks

marble hornet Nov 30, 2018, 2:25 AM

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@tulip sleet IT'S COMPILING THANKS!

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:25 AM

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yup 2 equal devices

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 2:25 AM

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so you're using 2 copies of your driver class?

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:26 AM

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yes

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well 2 instances

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 2:26 AM

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are there any class level shared buffers?

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:26 AM

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no I don't think so because I don't know how to do that 😄

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hmm it looks like when I execute a method of one object, it executes on both somehow

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 2:30 AM

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it sounds like the two instances are sharing resources somewhere/somehow

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:30 AM

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yep

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 2:30 AM

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can you share code?

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:30 AM

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sure

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in the main class:
mySPI = busio.SPI(board.SCK, MOSI=board.MOSI, MISO=board.MISO)
ticc1101_1 = TICC1101(device=9, spi=mySPI)
ticc1101_2 = TICC1101(device=6, spi=mySPI)

in the library init:
cs = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D9 if device == 9 else board.D6)
self._spi = spi
self._device = SPIDevice(self._spi, cs, baudrate=speed, polarity=0, phase=0)

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I think the error is somewhere here.

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 2:37 AM

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are you actually using self._spi anywhere else in the class?

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:38 AM

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nope

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I guess I should remove that global variable then 😉

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 2:39 AM

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don't think that's causing any issue, but it's not really needed

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just pass spi straight into SPIDevice constructor

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:39 AM

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yeah did that

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weird, the issue persists even if I don't create the second object at all, as long as the SO pin of the second antenna is connected.

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 2:40 AM

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is the first parameter being used to set the CS pin?

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in your TICC1101 ctor

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:40 AM

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yes the first parameter sets CS and that works fine

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 2:41 AM

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curious why you don't pass in a pin object?

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:41 AM

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so my main class is cleaner 😄

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but probably nicer code if I pass the object right?

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 2:42 AM

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the bigger issue is that you are limiting your driver to only work on boards that actually have a D9 and a D6

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:42 AM

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I know that's for testing purposes 😉

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omfg

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 2:43 AM

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by a cleaner main - you're trying to avoid doing all the digital pin setup in your user code?

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:44 AM

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I'm so dumb

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the pins are probably floating in the antenna before being set to specific values

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so they transmit data to the microcontroller

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my issue was this setup:

initialize first SPI connection
do something with it
initialize second SPI connection
do something with it

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I chanced it to this order: 1 3 2 4

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now it works

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while I'm at it, I'll implement your suggestion 😃

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 2:46 AM

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are 2 and 4 like initialization stuff for the TICC1101?

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:47 AM

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yeah I set the frequency and that stuff

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 2:48 AM

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oh, and that was in your user code

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:49 AM

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yes the user has to be able to set the frequency that he wants to send and transmit on

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these guys are able to do a range of frequencies, pretty cool!

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 2:49 AM

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ok, 1 3 2 4

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:50 AM

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yes

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 2:51 AM

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it was probably the CS state for the second device that was preventing the original order

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:51 AM

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yeah something like that

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listen I have another question

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how do I put my "helper methods" etc in a different file?

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I need to import but it doesn't like it

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does the helper class need an init?

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 2:54 AM

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you're currently putting them all in a folder under lib?

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:54 AM

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yes I now have two files in a folder in lib

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 2:55 AM

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make a new subfolder

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:55 AM

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lib/cpcc1101/cpcc1101.py
lib/cpcc1101/helper.py

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 2:56 AM

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yah, like that

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and you want cpcc1101.py to be able to import and use stuff in helper.py?

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:57 AM

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is there a way that lets me access the functions as if they were in the current file?

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yep

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 2:57 AM

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what does your current import line look like? in cpcc1101.py

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:57 AM

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from pycc1101.helper import HELPER

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 2:58 AM

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try

from .helper import HELPER

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 2:59 AM

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and then HELPER.myfunc right?

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 2:59 AM

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if you want to use everything as if it were in same file:

from .helper import *

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yes to first one / example

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 3:00 AM

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ahh nice

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 3:00 AM

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but is HELPER a class?

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 3:01 AM

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yes

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nah I always have to do HELPER.asdf

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 3:01 AM

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you're just using it to store utility functions

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 3:01 AM

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yes

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 3:02 AM

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are those functions fairly specific to the TICC1101?

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 3:02 AM

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It's weird, I have coded a lot in python but always smaller stuff that was in a single file 😄

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yeah fairly specific

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but not necessarily for example I've implemented zfill

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 3:03 AM

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you could also use @staticmethod and just keep them in the same class

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maybe

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 3:04 AM

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yes true 😃

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 3:04 AM

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zfill sounds more like a generic string utility

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 3:04 AM

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yes that's true

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 3:05 AM

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maybe you want to use both

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 3:05 AM

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I'll leave it like this for now

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thanks for the input ^^

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 3:07 AM

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np. sounds like you've got some ideas to work on for now.

craggy harbor Nov 30, 2018, 3:08 AM

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yes!

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thank you very much for all the help man!

exotic pumice Nov 30, 2018, 3:29 AM

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I had an idea for a circuitpython bluetooth project today. C64 bluetooth keyboard

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I'm thinking I might need a special board to get the 17 IOs lined up though

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oh and I guess a 3.3v bidirectional level shifter

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maybe I could get away with single-direction to power the board, and then just have some way of shorting the inputs to supplied power or ground

exotic pumice Nov 30, 2018, 5:03 AM

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I was thinking feather but I need 16 IOs in a row

exotic pumice Nov 30, 2018, 5:55 AM

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maybe blue pill + https://www.adafruit.com/product/2633

Adafruit Bluefruit LE SPI Friend - Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

Would you like to add powerful and easy-to-use Bluetooth Low Energy to your robot, art or other electronics project? Heck yeah! With BLE now included in modern smart phones and tablets, its ...

manic glacierBOT Nov 30, 2018, 6:15 AM

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yeyeto2788

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1364: Add some msgstr translations

tienes razon @sabas1080, cometi un error alli porque la idea era dejarlo como la función esperaba minimo %d argumentos, tiene %d

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yeyeto2788

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1364: Add some msgstr translations

go it! :+1:

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yeyeto2788

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1364: Add some msgstr translations

:+1:

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yeyeto2788

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1364: Add some msgstr translations

@sabas1080 muchas gracias por hacer la revision, he modificado lo que me comentaste, de todos modos si ves algo mas no dudes en contactar conmigo. El hecho otro commit con los arreglos.

Saludos!

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yeyeto2788

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1364: Add some msgstr translations

done.

manic glacierBOT Nov 30, 2018, 8:20 AM

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WoodData

[adafruit/circuitpython] New star added

manic glacierBOT Nov 30, 2018, 8:35 AM

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New collaborator added: adafruit-adabot

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request opened: #1366 Add support for adding release info into adafruit/circuitpython\-org

This also changes the build script to python with better output.

I realize its a bit messy so please sanity check me on it. Thanks!

manic glacierBOT Nov 30, 2018, 11:50 AM

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Lord-Prizrak

[adafruit/circuitpython] New star added

timber mango Nov 30, 2018, 12:18 PM

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Hi, I am currently investigating if we can adopt circuitpython for our samd21 based board. The main difference on our board is that we do not use the USB controller. We only use the internal UART. What I am trying to understand is what I need to change so that I can use circuitpython in this setup. I have not been able to find any pointers in the code so far, just some older release notes (0.8.x) that mention this way. I know the esp port also uses the UART. If anyone has a suggestion, that would be highly appreciated.

manic glacierBOT Nov 30, 2018, 12:51 PM

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C47D

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1364: Add some msgstr translations

Creo que Travis esta en rojo porque en la línea 1900 sobra un espacio al final de la traducción.

marble hornet Nov 30, 2018, 12:57 PM

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could i have some help customizing a board?

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compiling cp wise

marble hornet Nov 30, 2018, 1:27 PM

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i'm having issues adding frozen modules

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trying to follow guide

native palm Nov 30, 2018, 1:34 PM

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Hey, so I'm new to this chat room, and Discord in general, but I have a question abou the boards that CircuitPython can run on.

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Is it possible to use CircuitPython on a Jetson TX2 with a carrier boards with 20 pins.

manic glacierBOT Nov 30, 2018, 2:01 PM

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1366: Add support for adding release info into adafruit/circuitpython\-org

Also add these as BIN instead of UF2:
arduino_mkr1300
arduino_zero
feather_m0_rfm69
feather_m0_rfm9x

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1366: Add support for adding release info into adafruit/circuitpython\-org

The first travis subjob failed on pca10056. I think that build is failing because the build_adafruit_bins.py directory doesn't match $BUILD here:
error is:

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '../ports/nrf/build-pca10056/firmware.bin'

I think we could actually drop the SD designation from the BUILD directory in the nrf builds, and not include it on the command line. We could just hardwire nrf52832 to s132 and all the nrf52840 boards to s140. We...

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yeyeto2788

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1364: Add some msgstr translations

Hola @C47D, en toeria pensaba que concatenaba las frases. O dices después de las comillas?

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C47D

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1364: Add some msgstr translations

Al final de esta linea, entre el punto y las comillas.

marble hornet Nov 30, 2018, 2:15 PM

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is a Jetson TX2 a linux board?

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@native palm

manic glacierBOT Nov 30, 2018, 2:16 PM

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C47D

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1364: Add some msgstr translations

We also need to ask @tannewt if here are not python keywords being translated (see #1098).

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jepler

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1366: Add support for adding release info into adafruit/circuitpython\-org

Is this intentional? It seems unrelated.

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sabas1080

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1364: Add some msgstr translations

Resuelva el problema con travis y todo ok 👍

solar whale Nov 30, 2018, 2:30 PM

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@tidal kiln made some progress on https://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=143689&p=712649#p712649 (wierd SPI issue) simple workaround but now to find out if it is a bug or a "feature"

marble hornet Nov 30, 2018, 3:05 PM

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Use make V=1, make V=2 or set BUILD_VERBOSE similarly in your environment to increase build verbosity.
make: msgfmt: No such file or directory
make: *** [build-metro_m4_express/genhdr/en_US.mo] Error 1```

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@tulip sleet i redownloaded but did everything the same way, any idea what this means?

tulip sleet Nov 30, 2018, 3:07 PM

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brew install gettext should fix it. That's one of the things in https://learn.adafruit.com/building-circuitpython/macos

marble hornet Nov 30, 2018, 3:08 PM

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hmmm, i did it yesterday

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redoing it now, thank you

tulip sleet Nov 30, 2018, 3:10 PM

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sure, easy to miss that, because git and the tool chain are much more obvious. But the builds yesterday worked?? Did you rebuild the machine again? Or maybe you were in a different Terminal??

marble hornet Nov 30, 2018, 3:13 PM

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it is a new window as my computer was turned off, it didn't work. ill try the reinstall commnad

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Use make V=1, make V=2 or set BUILD_VERBOSE similarly in your environment to increase build verbosity.
make: msgfmt: No such file or directory
make: *** [build-metro_m4_express/genhdr/en_US.mo] Error 1
Jonahs-MacBook-Pro:atmel-samd jonahym$ ```

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that error, should I turn on one of the verbose outputs?

manic glacierBOT Nov 30, 2018, 3:19 PM

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yeyeto2788

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1364: Add some msgstr translations

Ya he visto el error, en realidad estaba en la siguiente linea donde estaba un punto depues de las comillas. Mira la imagen de los logs y veras el error.

screenshot from 2018-11-30 16-18-27

Saludos.

marble hornet Nov 30, 2018, 3:23 PM

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it works when i build 3.x but not 4.x

manic glacierBOT Nov 30, 2018, 3:46 PM

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madsenibis

[adafruit/circuitpython] New star added

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jimblom

[adafruit/circuitpython] New star added

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 4:01 PM

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@solar whale interesting. are you scoping the signals at all?

solar whale Nov 30, 2018, 4:02 PM

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@tidal kiln not yet -- I have to move it back to the RPi and set it up for scope and Logic Analyzer. I'll try to get to that later today or tomorrow.

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 4:02 PM

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@solar whale i wonder if the CS pin(s) isn't working right due to the polarity change

sinful sand Nov 30, 2018, 4:03 PM

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Not sure where this belongs. My TrellisM4Express board is behaving strangely in Windows 10. When I plug in the USB cable, Win 10 reports a removable device: CIRCUITPY (G:) and a new USB Drive (H:). When I right click Open Devices and Printers I see the Trellis M4 Express If I click - Eject CIRCUITPY (G:) "nothing" happens. The device notification is still on the toolbar and G: and H: are still available in File Explorer. This is happening on two Win 10 PCs, both patched up to date. It doesn't seem to be causing a problem but I thought someone would want to know. I have only tried circuitpython so far. Also no serial or REPL connection in Mu but that's another issue.

solar whale Nov 30, 2018, 4:09 PM

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@tidal kiln Ladyada had the same thought -- see the issue.

tawny creek Nov 30, 2018, 5:27 PM

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Hi folks! Good morning! I'm not sure if this is worth an issue ticket so posting here first. If someone can give me advice on a step to take next that'd clear up some uncertainties for me on SPI flash and CP 4.3+

CP 4.2 and below
I have and used the following SPI flash varieties to build a custom Trinket M0 with SPI flash: GD25Q16C, W25Q16JV, and W25Q32BV. These work for board definitions, it mounts CIRCUITPY and is identified by Windows/Mac/Linux, also the Dotstar LED indicates that the device as a whole behaves as expected, no static blue light.

CP 4.3
Initially I only had the latter two kinds of flash, on hand W25Q16JV and W25Q32BV. Finding a reliable data sheet for the W25Q16JV was difficult, and it being sourced from a far east supplier, I went the debug route when I couldn't get the board to mount the cp drive, steady blue light (No REPL). I only got to the part of setting up the jtag + logic analyzer & sampling some data — but have no knowledge or skill to understand what was really going on, to me at least things looked okay. Instead of pouring more time into this however, I purchased SPI flash that matches the kind used by official boards, I bought a dozen or so GD25Q16C. I am able to use this newly purchased part with 4.2 and below.

The issue: On 4.3, using GD25Q16C or one of the W25Q16JV (on 4.3 it splits to IM and IQ variants) , the dotstar on the board (trinket m0 based) flashes blue, white (quickly) then stays blue after and doesn't mount CIRCUITPY , but building circuitpython 4.2 or later with the same definitions works.

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I'm going to try and pluck out the SPI flash from one of my Express boards this weekend to see if all my parts are faulty.

slender iron Nov 30, 2018, 6:02 PM

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@timber mango its not very well tested using the UART for the main serial link. Why aren't you using the USB?

solar whale Nov 30, 2018, 6:04 PM

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@tidal kiln Nice to see that the SPI issue had nothing to do with the LoRa -- reproduced with BMP280.

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 6:09 PM

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@solar whale BMP280 + LoRa? or BMP280 + LSM9DS1?

solar whale Nov 30, 2018, 6:09 PM

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reproduced lsm9ds1 errors with a bmp280 + lsm9ds1

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 6:10 PM

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ok, so mixed polarity again. cool.

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i'm scoping up

manic glacierBOT Nov 30, 2018, 6:18 PM

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sparkfun

[adafruit/circuitpython] Fork created: sparkfun/circuitpython-1

solar whale Nov 30, 2018, 6:22 PM

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@tidal kiln posted simple test cast on issue -- if you have bmp280 ...

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or you can do the same with LoRa Board

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 6:24 PM

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thanks. i do, but i'm already wired up with the lora setup.

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yep

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for now at least. might switch.

solar whale Nov 30, 2018, 6:25 PM

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really just need to read one of the lsm9ds1 sensors -- alternate with any other SPI sensor

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 6:26 PM

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maybe i'll switch. i like that. more simple.

solar whale Nov 30, 2018, 6:27 PM

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you can get teh same with LoRa -- just do the lora.receive() instead of the bmp.tempeature

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but the Lora is a much more complicated transaction.

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I have to do some serious bench cleaning before I can get my scope or logic analyzer hooked up ...

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 6:31 PM

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that's why i was thinking of switching

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it's likely just the CS dance at the beginning, so would be nice to have it followed by as simple as possible a transaction

manic glacierBOT Nov 30, 2018, 6:37 PM

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1366: Add support for adding release info into adafruit/circuitpython\-org

I thought I had handled this by only adding the SD bit if its supplied explicitly. It could be a Makefile behavior difference. Will look into it.

tidal kiln Nov 30, 2018, 6:39 PM

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oh, i was remembering wrong, polarity is for the clock

solar whale Nov 30, 2018, 6:40 PM

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but does't it use the selected clock edge to check CS?

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polarity and phase

manic glacierBOT Nov 30, 2018, 6:48 PM

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1366: Add support for adding release info into adafruit/circuitpython\-org

I'll add it back. It was failing locally for me.