tidal kiln Jun 6, 2019, 10:49 PM

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you can type commands in REPL and get stuff to happen - like an LED turns on and stays on

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those same lines in a file do not

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without somekind of parking loop at the end

simple pulsar Jun 6, 2019, 10:49 PM

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yes, it's not intuitive to a beginner

tidal kiln Jun 6, 2019, 10:50 PM

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but hopefully easy to explain, and thus the guide update

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and can always update and improve as we go

obsidian dome Jun 6, 2019, 11:51 PM

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I have a possible bug. Does anyone have a Feather M0 running Adafruit CircuitPython 4.0.1 on 2019-05-22 they could check something for me?

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it seems to be an error with importing adafruit_ssd1306

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If so try the following code: ```import board
import busio
import digitalio
import adafruit_ssd1306 # bad if done here

btns = list()
for inp in [board.A3, board.A4, board.A5]:
da_btn = digitalio.DigitalInOut(inp)
da_btn.switch_to_input(digitalio.Pull.UP)
btns.append(da_btn)

import adafruit_ssd1306 # fine if done here

i2c = busio.I2C(board.SCL, board.SDA)
oled = adafruit_ssd1306.SSD1306_I2C(128, 32, i2c)

oled.fill(0)
oled.text('Hello', 5, 0, 1)
oled.text('World', 5, 10, 1)
oled.show()

old = [x.value for x in btns]

while True:
for i in range(len(btns)):
v = btns[i].value
if v != old[i]:
print('%d %s becomes %s' % (i, old[i], btns[i].value))
oled.pixel(1, i*10, not v)
oled.show()
old[i] = v```

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Line 4 vs line 12 being commented seems to toggle an error. line 4 will result in :main.py output: Traceback (most recent call last): File "main.py", line 4, in <module> File "adafruit_ssd1306.py", line 38, in <module> File "adafruit_framebuf.py", line 342, in <module> MemoryError: memory allocation failed, allocating 136 bytes

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Seems odd since my perusal of adafruit_freambuf.py does not seem to have 342 lines.

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Though I am using the .mpy version downloaded tonight.

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If someone can reproduce, I will file a bug

tidal kiln Jun 6, 2019, 11:56 PM

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Adafruit CircuitPython 4.0.1 on 2019-05-22; Adafruit Metro M0 Express with samd21g18
>>> 
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 4, in <module>
  File "adafruit_ssd1306.py", line 38, in <module>
  File "adafruit_framebuf.py", line 342, in <module>
MemoryError: memory allocation failed, allocating 136 bytes

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might not be a bug, but just the limited space on the M0

obsidian dome Jun 6, 2019, 11:57 PM

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ok, it's legit.

tidal kiln Jun 6, 2019, 11:57 PM

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if it's a bug, it'd happen on M4 as well

obsidian dome Jun 6, 2019, 11:57 PM

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try with the line 4 commented out and line 12 uncommented

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I ran it with 'import gc' and had about 2K space free when using line 12 instead of line 4

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Never got past line 4 to print the gc output otherwise.

tidal kiln Jun 7, 2019, 12:00 AM

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yah, i get past it if i comment/uncomment

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Adafruit CircuitPython 4.0.1 on 2019-05-22; Adafruit Metro M0 Express with samd21g18
>>> 
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 14, in <module>
RuntimeError: SDA or SCL needs a pull up

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don't have anything wired up, so hit the I2C pull up issue

obsidian dome Jun 7, 2019, 12:02 AM

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if i insert this: ```import gc
print(gc.mem_free()) # this fixes it

tidal kiln Jun 7, 2019, 12:07 AM

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could do a gc.collect() also

manic glacierBOT Jun 7, 2019, 12:16 AM

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iraytrace

[adafruit/circuitpython] Issue opened: #1929 memory allocation / garbage collection error

There seems to be an issue with adafruit_framebuf.py (perhaps in conjunction with adafruit_ssd1306.py) in some circumstances.

This is observed when running

Adafruit CircuitPython 4.0.1 on 2019-05-22; Adafruit Feather M0 Express with samd21g18

and using libraries from the 4.0 bundle downloaded today the following behavior is observed:

In the code below line 4 and 12 are identical. Which one is uncommented determines which behavior is seen.

import board
import busio
...

obsidian dome Jun 7, 2019, 12:19 AM

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This is going to be a tough one to track, as all my attempts to instrument the code to find out what is happening cause the problem to move / evaporate.

manic glacierBOT Jun 7, 2019, 2:09 AM

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1929: memory allocation / garbage collection error

I don't think this is a bug per se, but is due to memory fragmentation and when garbage collection is triggered. We see this kind of thing due to the limited RAM available on M0 boards. As mentioned in discord, you can intersperse gc.collect() calls between imports and that may help.

tough flax Jun 7, 2019, 2:29 AM

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Hi folks - right now, what's the recommended solution for a simple CircuitPython board with WiFi support? Feather M4 + Airlift Wing? Metro M4 Airlift? Is there a board (like the M0+WiFi) that has wifi built in in a Feather Form factor? I don't think the ESP32 runs CP right?

manic glacierBOT Jun 7, 2019, 3:46 AM

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iraytrace

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1929: memory allocation / garbage collection error

If you have enough experience with the memory management system to assert this, then I bow to your expertise.

Question: Give that adafruit_framebuf.py has 148 lines, how is the following happening:

... File "adafruit_framebuf.py", line 342, in ...

The things that make me scratch my head include:

Calling gc.mem_free() shows at least 2K free once code starts executing. (ok so free might not be contiguous)
Calling gc.collect() doesn't change anything. Grated, for some me...

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1929: memory allocation / garbage collection error

I agree that it's more problematic than I'd normally expect. I'll try to reproduce this with a debugger running and see exactly where it's failing internally in terms of memory.

https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_framebuf/blob/master/adafruit_framebuf.py is 409 lines. Where did you see only 148?

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iraytrace

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1929: memory allocation / garbage collection error

OK, my total mistake there. I landed on https://github.com/adafruit/micropython-adafruit-framebuf/blob/master/framebuf.py which of course is not the right repository. I need to read what google gives me more carefully.

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iraytrace

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1929: memory allocation / garbage collection error

I edited my earlier comment with the second example code to make it easier to understand what code was just run in the output that shows memory usage.

manic glacierBOT Jun 7, 2019, 6:30 AM

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hydronics2

[adafruit/circuitpython] Fork created: hydronics2/circuitpython

manic glacierBOT Jun 7, 2019, 6:56 AM

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skndungu

[adafruit/circuitpython] New star added

crimson ferry Jun 7, 2019, 3:01 PM

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@tough flax I think you hit the two main strategies that are currently available and fully supported by Adafruit. You can substitute an ItsyBitsy M4 (or any Adafruit M4 board) for the Feather M4. And you can substitute an Airlift Breakout or an ESP32 Breakout or even an ESP32 Feather (no stacking onto a Feather M4 though). There are some supported 3rd-party M4 boards out there: https://circuitpython.org/downloads There's no CP to run directly on an ESP32, just the NINA firmware that acts as a co-processor.

Downloads

CircuitPython Organization

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There is a 3rd-party single-board M4+ESP32 out there,https://circuitpython.org/board/sam32/ (I have no experience with this one) I can't find it for sale, but it's open source hardware afaict.

SAM32 Download

An open source “swiss army knife” for hardware and IoT applications. This board is designed for quickly prototyping a wide range of makerspace, university, a...

tidal kiln Jun 7, 2019, 5:00 PM

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@tough flax In general - something that uses ESP32 as a SPI peripheral. Starting with 4.x, there won't be CP builds for ESP.

ESP8266 is no longer supported. With 4.x we've chosen to focus on microcontrollers with built-in USB to ensure a consistent CircuitPython experience across all boards we support.

pastel panther Jun 7, 2019, 5:42 PM

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@idle owl @slender iron do either of you know how easy or not it is to use cookiecutter for non-python projects? I have arduino in mind

slender iron Jun 7, 2019, 5:42 PM

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I imagine it'd be easy. it just generates files

pastel panther Jun 7, 2019, 5:43 PM

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I was mainly wondering if the templating works well for non-python stuff, so I could sub-in class names, etc

modest atlas Jun 7, 2019, 7:17 PM

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Hello gang

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I was going over Dave's guild on his trinket m0 hack

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Is there a list of flash IC's that will work with this mod

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Does any one k ow if the AT25SF041 4mb serial flash 8-soic will work the same way

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http://daveastels.com/trinket-m0-express-hack.html

stuck elbow Jun 7, 2019, 8:15 PM

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@modest atlas here's a list -- that's also where you add a new one, when needed: https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/blob/master/supervisor/shared/external_flash/devices.h

GitHub

adafruit/circuitpython

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

slender iron Jun 7, 2019, 10:36 PM

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Ok, my brain is fried but here is displayio with partial updates: https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/compare/master...tannewt:dirty_area?expand=1

GitHub

adafruit/circuitpython

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

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it almost works perfectly except with the quotes demo which leaves some pixels unchanged

tired cloak Jun 8, 2019, 1:03 AM

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I've got what may be a weird question... is there a way to write error messages to SD card? My PyPortal sometimes hangs but with the display frozen not on the REPL. TIA! -z

pastel panther Jun 8, 2019, 1:42 AM

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@tired cloak Do you mean having the errors that normally appear on the REPL get written to the SD card? If so, I don't think that's possible at the moment though redirecting stderr would be a nice feature.

You can write to files on the SD card though you'd have to do it manually:
https://learn.adafruit.com/micropython-hardware-sd-cards?view=all

CircuitPython Hardware: SD Cards

Learn how to use a microSD card to store code & data with CircuitPython and MicroPython!

tired cloak Jun 8, 2019, 1:47 AM

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Yes, the REPL errors. For some reason, after running it connected to a PC for multiple days it didn't hang, but moving it just out of reach (by like 10 feet) and it hangs, but I can't see why.

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I may look into adding serial/sd output to try to identify where it is hanging, but I suspect it is a weird internet connectivity issue. (Also running one of the AdaBox 011 examples, so I doubt it is the code.)

manic glacierBOT Jun 8, 2019, 3:24 AM

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C47D

[adafruit/circuitpython] Issue opened: #1930 \[Wishlist\] I2S support on feather nRF52840 express

Hi,

I'm interested in audio applications using the nRF52840, as far as i know there is no support (yet) for the I2S peripheral on this device.

I did a very basic research and i think i know the big picture on how to add support for this and i would like to know if I am on the right track or if there is work already done in this regard, so i won't duplicate it.

So the nRF hal is based on nrfx which already have support for the I2S peripheral. I should implement I2SOut.h and `I2SOut....

orchid basinBOT Jun 8, 2019, 3:47 AM

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makermelissa

[adafruit/circuitpython-org] Pull request opened: #222 Updated Orange Pi R1 Image, deleted old Orange Pi image

This updates the Orange Pi image to the latest one taken at Adafruit and removes an old image that was an artifact of the image optimizations.

orchid basinBOT Jun 8, 2019, 4:11 AM

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sommersoft

[adafruit/circuitpython-org] Pull request opened: #223 Bump adabot To Current

Has an update to fix Travis cron jobs.

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sommersoft

[adafruit/circuitpython-org] Pull request closed: #222 Updated Orange Pi R1 Image, deleted old Orange Pi image

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kattni

[adafruit/circuitpython-org] Pull request closed: #223 Bump adabot To Current

manic glacierBOT Jun 8, 2019, 4:26 AM

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sommersoft

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1930: I2S support on feather nRF52840 express

@C47D #1035 already has this as a goal.

I did a very basic research and i think i know the big picture on how to add support for this and i would like to know if I am on the right track or if there is work already done in this regard, so i won't duplicate it.

I don't know of anyone working on it at the moment. I have PDMIn started, but its kind of stalled as of late. I will throw this out though: AudioOut also isn't done yet on the nRF52, which has proved a bit of a barrier to ver...

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sommersoft

[adafruit/circuitpython] Issue closed: #1930 I2S support on feather nRF52840 express

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sommersoft

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request closed: #1920 Improve rST consistency for rst2pyi use

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sommersoft

[circuitpython:master] 2 new commits

cfe24b8 Improve rST consistency for rst2pyi use - tannewt
9e4396b Merge pull request #1920 from tannewt/fix_rst - sommersoft

manic glacierBOT Jun 8, 2019, 2:13 PM

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C47D

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1930: I2S support on feather nRF52840 express

Thanks @sommersoft

manic glacierBOT Jun 8, 2019, 4:01 PM

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LOGre

[adafruit/circuitpython] Fork created: LOGre/circuitpython

manic glacierBOT Jun 8, 2019, 4:30 PM

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shazz

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request opened: #1931 Added pin for SD CS

Add pygamer's pin to support SD card

Ref: forums post

Code used to test:

import sys
import os
import adafruit_sdcard
import board
import busio
import digitalio
import storage

# Connect to the card and mount the filesystem.
spi = busio.SPI(board.SCK, board.MOSI, board.MISO)
cs = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.SD_CS)
sdcard = adafruit_sdcard.SDCard(spi, cs)
vfs = storage.VfsFat(sdcard)
storage.mount(vfs,...

manic glacierBOT Jun 8, 2019, 6:39 PM

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smurfix

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1380: Simpler mechanisms for asynchronous processing $thoughts$

I have ported the Trio core to MicroPython. No interrupt support yet, because lack of time, but adding that shouldn't be too difficult.

Interrupt handling would most likely look like this:

import trio
async def main():
    p = Pin(…)
    async for evt in p.interrupt():
        print("Hey, pin changed:", evt)
trio.run(main)

manic glacierBOT Jun 8, 2019, 7:10 PM

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C47D

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request opened: #1932 \[WIP\] I2SOut on nRF

Hi,

Here's the ongoing work for the support of I2S on nRF targets, i do have a Feather nRF52840 express, so i'm planning to test with it (i haven't looked if i have i2s pins available on the breakout pins).

I am still new to CP codebase so if you see anything wrong don't hesitate on letting me know, that is why i rather have this PR publically available and not in a local machine.

Regards,

Carlos

idle owl Jun 8, 2019, 7:11 PM

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<@&356864093652516868> Here is the notes doc for Monday's CircuitPython Weekly 11amPT/2pmET. Everyone is welcome! Please add your hug reports and status updates, even if you'll be attending the meeting - it's super helpful! If you're going to miss the meeting, feel free to add your notes as well and I'll read them off as we get to them. Thanks! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E9pEBg_u_hkA36JRgLDmqVWBWV5UJeNeyQ0wacl1R8E/edit?usp=sharing

Google Docs

CircuitPython Weekly for June 10th, 2019

CircuitPython Weekly for June 10th, 2019 Video is available here on YouTube. Join here for the chat all week: https://adafru.it/discord The weekly happens normally at 2pm ET/11am PT on Mondays. Check the #circuitpython channel on Discord for notices of change in time ...

manic glacierBOT Jun 8, 2019, 7:11 PM

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C47D

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1035: nrf: implement audiobusio\.I2SOut

Thanks @sommersoft, #1932 is the WIP for this.

umbral dagger Jun 8, 2019, 10:30 PM

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Demoing Circuitpython on the PyBadge at Maritime DevCon.

📎 image0.jpg

manic glacierBOT Jun 9, 2019, 2:29 AM

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shazz

[adafruit/circuitpython] Issue opened: #1933 CircuitPython 4\.x Performance issue with the pygamer vs\. MicroPython

Hi,

I did a simple loop test in python to compare to my STM32F4 based MicroPython board and the results are quite unexpected. CircuitPython is 16x than MicroPython slower for equivalent CPU frequency.

Details available here:
https://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=152372&p=753830#p753830

Test code:

def test():
    s = time.monotonic
    count = 0
    r = range(0, 10000000)

    startTime = s()
    for count in r:
        pass
    endTime = s()

    du...

bronze geyser Jun 9, 2019, 1:42 PM

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I expected NOT to get an import error for ustruct? : >>> import ustruct Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: no module named 'ustruct' Adafruit CircuitPython 4.0.1 on 2019-05-22; Adafruit ItsyBitsy M0 Express with samd21g18

raven canopy Jun 9, 2019, 2:06 PM

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@bronze geyser we changed ustruct to just struct.

bronze geyser Jun 9, 2019, 2:06 PM

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@raven canopy ah - thank you. There seems to be learning docs and docs in general that have ustruct.

raven canopy Jun 9, 2019, 2:08 PM

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yeah, guides may be outdated. if you come across one, please submit feedback on the guide. the libraries have all been updated to at least try both ways, for backwards compatibility.

bronze geyser Jun 9, 2019, 2:09 PM

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well, this one works https://learn.adafruit.com/pm25-air-quality-sensor/circuitpython-code ... however, it implies there is a ustruct...this confused me (but i am extremely easily confused)

PM2.5 Air Quality Sensor

This sensor is like a breath of fresh air

raven canopy Jun 9, 2019, 2:25 PM

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yeah, there's the fallback for ustruct:

try:
    import struct
except ImportError:
    import ustruct as struct

it first tries struct, and if that fails it assumes 3.x and then attempts to import ustruct

manic glacierBOT Jun 9, 2019, 4:56 PM

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reveriequest

[adafruit/circuitpython] Fork created: reveriequest/circuitpython

manic glacierBOT Jun 9, 2019, 8:00 PM

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C47D

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1925: \[DRAFT\] Initial support for RGB led as Status indicator, fixes \#1382

Hi,

Thanks for your patience, I did a quick debug session for this and noticed a couple of things:

The common_hal_pulseio_pwmout_set_duty_cycle breakpoint is hit and then i continue but the LED takes a little while to lit or sometimes i doesn't lit at all, at the end of the attached log there's an example self=0x20001ca8 <rgb_status_r>, duty=12336) but the red LED remains off.
Is this somewhat expected?
When the common_hal_pulseio_pwmout_set_duty_cycle breakpoint is hit...

obsidian dome Jun 10, 2019, 1:16 AM

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I just had a pull request build fail. It says the build failed, but it isn't clear to me what about the build failed.

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Can someone point me to the clue?

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OK, it looks like a missing docstring. Fixed that.

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Will the CI run again or is the pull request dead now?

tidal kiln Jun 10, 2019, 1:48 AM

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it will run again when you push the commits

obsidian dome Jun 10, 2019, 2:34 AM

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Should a FeatherM4 get hot when driving a Feather Oled? Something between the battery connector, NeoPixel and M4 is getting really hot (as in too hot to touch). If I disconnect the oled, it doesn't happen. I don't know enough about the

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board layout to understand what it might be.

main meteor Jun 10, 2019, 2:37 AM

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No, it shouldn't get hot.

tulip sleet Jun 10, 2019, 2:48 AM

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@obsidian dome Could you start a forum thread about this, with a photo of the boards showing your soldering? Describe how you're connecting the board. That will help our hardware support people help you.

obsidian dome Jun 10, 2019, 2:48 AM

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Will do.

obsidian dome Jun 10, 2019, 4:13 AM

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Has anyone gotten the ssd1306 to scroll? Reading https://cdn-shop.adafruit.com/datasheets/SSD1306.pdf i see it can do it. I have been able to make it happen a couple times, but not reliably. Given that I2C can get painfully slow, I was hoping to off-load some of the display animation to the ssd1306 itself.

manic glacierBOT Jun 10, 2019, 2:55 PM

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shazz

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1931: Added pin for SD CS

Hum... it looks like the commits I pushed after my pull request are taken into account ? Is it normal ?

novel sail Jun 10, 2019, 2:58 PM

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How do I make this for an rgbw neopixel?

manic glacierBOT Jun 10, 2019, 3:18 PM

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1931: Added pin for SD CS

@shazz Your PR is merging against a branch (master), not a particular commit. Is that what you mean?

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shazz

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1931: Added pin for SD CS

Yes... I did not know... I thought it was for a commit.
So I guess I need to rollback then create a branch for my tests with Scott :)

idle owl Jun 10, 2019, 3:39 PM

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<@&356864093652516868> Here's the notes doc for today's CircuitPython Weekly. Everyone is welcome! Please add your hug reports and status updates to the doc even if you'll be attending. If you're not attending, you can still add your updates and I will read them off as I get to them. Meeting is today at 11amPT/2pmET. Talk to you soon! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E9pEBg_u_hkA36JRgLDmqVWBWV5UJeNeyQ0wacl1R8E/edit?usp=sharing

Google Docs

CircuitPython Weekly for June 10th, 2019

CircuitPython Weekly for June 10th, 2019 Video is available here on YouTube. Join here for the chat all week: https://adafru.it/discord The weekly happens normally at 2pm ET/11am PT on Mondays. Check the #circuitpython channel on Discord for notices of change in time ...

umbral dagger Jun 10, 2019, 4:58 PM

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@gilded cradle The name badge running on the PyBadge was great at the conference. I was constantly getting asked about it.

gilded cradle Jun 10, 2019, 4:58 PM

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That's awesome Dave

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Do you have a video of your presentation?

umbral dagger Jun 10, 2019, 5:00 PM

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No, they didn't record them. It's a small (700 attendees) regional conference with a tight budget. They're looking into recording for the future. It's too bad, there were some really good talks. Many were hyper-regional, but there were plenty of general ones.

gilded cradle Jun 10, 2019, 5:01 PM

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Aww, well I'm glad it was such a big hit.

obsidian dome Jun 10, 2019, 5:39 PM

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I see that the adafruit_ssd1306 is using the (older) framebuffer instead of (newer) displayio. Is anyone looking at switching it over?

gilded cradle Jun 10, 2019, 5:46 PM

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Yeah, we were waiting until CircuitPython 4.0 stable was released and now that it has been, we can start looking at adding monochrome and eInk displays soon.

modern wing Jun 10, 2019, 5:50 PM

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Good afternoon folks -- finally able to make the call live, and I'll be lurking due to background noise adabot

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👋

minor plume Jun 10, 2019, 5:57 PM

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I'm mostly lurking in the live chat because I'm at work (on my lunch break, but still...) Nit O

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But I made it!

idle owl Jun 10, 2019, 6:00 PM

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<@&356864093652516868> Meeting starts in a couple of minutes!

slender iron Jun 10, 2019, 6:01 PM

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📎 image0.jpg

tidal kiln Jun 10, 2019, 6:02 PM

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lurking 🕵

sterile bronze Jun 10, 2019, 6:02 PM

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lurking

modern wing Jun 10, 2019, 6:02 PM

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"We're going to drive this back-end loader through the property. I'd be a shame if that house got in the way."

turbid radish Jun 10, 2019, 6:03 PM

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Lurking today

inland tusk Jun 10, 2019, 6:03 PM

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crunched the flora and fauna completely

neat folio Jun 10, 2019, 6:06 PM

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lurking (distracted by rl 😦 )

prime flower Jun 10, 2019, 6:07 PM

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http://adafruitdaily.com

modern wing Jun 10, 2019, 6:08 PM

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Thanks 😃

pastel panther Jun 10, 2019, 6:12 PM

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@minor plume If you want you can post any hug reports or updates here (@ me) and @idle owl can read them

minor plume Jun 10, 2019, 6:13 PM

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@pastel panther Sounds good. I do have a hug report for the animated Pride jewelry I made with a Feather and a NeoPixel Featherwing. I've posted a writeup and the code at https://github.com/tammymakesthings/fw_neopixel_pride

GitHub

tammymakesthings/fw_neopixel_pride

Animated LGBT Pride Badge with Adafruit Feather/NeoPixel - tammymakesthings/fw_neopixel_pride

idle owl Jun 10, 2019, 6:14 PM

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https://circuitpython.org/libraries/contributing

Libraries - Contributing

CircuitPython Organization

minor plume Jun 10, 2019, 6:14 PM

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I also want to get more involved with contributing to Circuit Python, but I found out this morning I need to get the okay from my employer's Legal team first. 🙁 Hoping to get that this week.

pastel panther Jun 10, 2019, 6:15 PM

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@minor plume Did you want that included in the notes?

slender iron Jun 10, 2019, 6:15 PM

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@minor plume thank for checking that first

minor plume Jun 10, 2019, 6:16 PM

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@pastel panther The hug report can be. The other I'd rather not have in the notes.

pastel panther Jun 10, 2019, 6:16 PM

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OK!, no problemo

raven canopy Jun 10, 2019, 6:17 PM

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🥊

solar whale Jun 10, 2019, 6:19 PM

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so - is clock streching OK -- just an issue with MCP9600?

tulip sleet Jun 10, 2019, 6:20 PM

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http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/MCP9600-Data-Sheet-Errata-80000741C.pdf see the second column

pastel panther Jun 10, 2019, 6:20 PM

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(i bad ad tyuping)

neat folio Jun 10, 2019, 6:20 PM

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"EVERYONE IS awersome!" 😉 (yes awersome)

raven canopy Jun 10, 2019, 6:23 PM

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i've been meaning to dig deeper into the stubs. scanned the PEP, but just barely.

slender iron Jun 10, 2019, 6:25 PM

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welcome!

modern wing Jun 10, 2019, 6:26 PM

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+1 for the quad featherwing kits. They're earmarked for my next order.

minor plume Jun 10, 2019, 6:29 PM

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Updates: I'm designing a CircuitPython/Maxbotix LV-EZ4 sensor for my car to avoid running into the wall when I'm parking at home, because I have bad depth perception. I'm also getting my first 3D printer this week, which I'm very excited about.

obsidian dome Jun 10, 2019, 6:31 PM

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@minor plume I would love to hear more about your sensor for parking!

slender iron Jun 10, 2019, 6:31 PM

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me too!

minor plume Jun 10, 2019, 6:31 PM

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@obsidian dome I'm planning to blog about it and also do a project writeup on github when it's done.

raven canopy Jun 10, 2019, 6:32 PM

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put me down as a third! 🙌 3⃣

minor plume Jun 10, 2019, 6:32 PM

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Blog is tammymakesthings.com, but I'm trying to move it to GitHub Pages/Jekyll before I update it.

obsidian dome Jun 10, 2019, 6:32 PM

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Where do you blog? I've got a number of projects I would like to shar and I am looking for how to best do this.

minor plume Jun 10, 2019, 6:32 PM

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Right now my blog is on Wordpress, but I'm trying to get Jekyll set up and migrate it this week/weekend.

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(My Wordpress site also hasn't been updated in a year, which I'm trying to fix.)

neat folio Jun 10, 2019, 6:33 PM

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:badger:

pastel panther Jun 10, 2019, 6:33 PM

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🍄 🍄

raven canopy Jun 10, 2019, 6:33 PM

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"ohhh! its a snake!" blinka

modern wing Jun 10, 2019, 6:35 PM

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Also lurking 😃

idle owl Jun 10, 2019, 6:36 PM

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😊

neat folio Jun 10, 2019, 6:36 PM

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statusssss update = <-- progresssss + distractions -----> 😮

pastel panther Jun 10, 2019, 6:37 PM

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ADD-A- adabot

raven canopy Jun 10, 2019, 6:38 PM

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https://gist.github.com/sommersoft/f975309ce1d187677f0efa36c19f91a8

pastel panther Jun 10, 2019, 6:38 PM

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@raven canopy dem's some sweet logs

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@minor plume mangled the notes that @idle owl read, sorry 😦

gilded cradle Jun 10, 2019, 6:41 PM

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Nice! I'm getting my 3rd 3D printer this week.

minor plume Jun 10, 2019, 6:41 PM

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@pastel panther No worries, thanks for trying. 😃

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@gilded cradle What are you getting? I'm getting a Creality Ender 5. Seemed a reasonable place to start...

gilded cradle Jun 10, 2019, 6:42 PM

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I'm getting a Prusa MK3S.

minor plume Jun 10, 2019, 6:42 PM

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Nice!

neat folio Jun 10, 2019, 6:42 PM

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multitasking...

📎 crickettrailer.jpg

gilded cradle Jun 10, 2019, 6:42 PM

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Thanks

modern wing Jun 10, 2019, 6:43 PM

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@gilded cradle What are your other printers?

gilded cradle Jun 10, 2019, 6:43 PM

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A Creality Ender 3 and a Custom one based on the MendelMax that I built and upgraded multiple times.

modern wing Jun 10, 2019, 6:44 PM

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Nice 😃 I have a Prusa Mk2S -- pretty solid. I want to get the multi-material upgrade eventually.....

gilded cradle Jun 10, 2019, 6:44 PM

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Yeah, I was eyeballing that

main meteor Jun 10, 2019, 6:48 PM

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I started with a Mini Delta, eyeing the Průša i3 Mk3S as a next step.

slender iron Jun 10, 2019, 6:49 PM

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@obsidian dome are you using a monochrome screen?

gilded cradle Jun 10, 2019, 6:50 PM

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yeah, ssd1306 is monochrome

slender iron Jun 10, 2019, 6:50 PM

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kk, we'll get to that in the weeds

obsidian dome Jun 10, 2019, 6:50 PM

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@slender iron Yes. It's pn 2900

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@slender iron 128x32

inland tusk Jun 10, 2019, 6:52 PM

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In-the-weeds How to poll the interupt pins on the MCP23017?

slender iron Jun 10, 2019, 6:52 PM

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k displayio only supports 16bit screens now

raven canopy Jun 10, 2019, 6:55 PM

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@inland tusk looks like int_flag and some associated functions are available: https://circuitpython.readthedocs.io/projects/mcp230xx/en/latest/api.html#adafruit_mcp230xx.mcp23017.MCP23017.int_flag

inland tusk Jun 10, 2019, 6:58 PM

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@raven canopy thanks Iwill look into that. But I need to for more than one chip.

raven canopy Jun 10, 2019, 7:03 PM

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you're very welcome, charles!

modern wing Jun 10, 2019, 7:04 PM

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Thank you all 😃

neat folio Jun 10, 2019, 7:04 PM

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has anyone done the solenoid drum kit in circuitpython?

minor plume Jun 10, 2019, 7:05 PM

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Thank you, all! I'll try to not be text-only next time.

slender iron Jun 10, 2019, 7:05 PM

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thanks!

gilded cradle Jun 10, 2019, 7:05 PM

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Thanks everyone

turbid radish Jun 10, 2019, 7:05 PM

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Thanks Kattni!

pastel panther Jun 10, 2019, 7:05 PM

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thanks everyone!

modern wing Jun 10, 2019, 7:06 PM

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I'm going to bounce, ya'll have a good one 🌇

solar whale Jun 10, 2019, 7:07 PM

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Have a great week -- off to the farmers market 😀

obsidian dome Jun 10, 2019, 7:10 PM

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@minor plume Are you planning on putting the LV-EZ4 on the car or on the garage? If the car, then where is your readout? On the garage wall I could see creating a light that displays how close you are to ideal position.

neat folio Jun 10, 2019, 7:11 PM

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if it was a function of the garagewall, would work for any vehicle parking there... 😮

main meteor Jun 10, 2019, 7:11 PM

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You could get fancy with a light like https://www.adafruit.com/product/2993

minor plume Jun 10, 2019, 7:12 PM

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@obsidian dome On the car. Sensor on the license plate frame to a display inside the car, is my current thought. But we'll see.

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I don't have a garage where I live. My parking space is against the side of the house.

neat folio Jun 10, 2019, 7:12 PM

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ah, silver lining... if function of vehicle, works for any parking location 😉

minor plume Jun 10, 2019, 7:13 PM

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Yup.

neat folio Jun 10, 2019, 7:14 PM

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if you use a 1 meter neopixel strip as your indicator, it could be a one-to-one display of distance to object 😮

obsidian dome Jun 10, 2019, 7:14 PM

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My concern becomes dirt and debris smacking it while driving. That could take it out fast. Need an appropriate cover.

minor plume Jun 10, 2019, 7:14 PM

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Version 1 I'll run a wire from the sensor to the display. Version 2 I'd like to use BLE, but will see.

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And making a cover is part of the reason I bought a 3-D printer. That will be one of my first projects, I think.

obsidian dome Jun 10, 2019, 7:15 PM

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rain?

main meteor Jun 10, 2019, 7:15 PM

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You could use something like https://www.adafruit.com/product/2424 which would look right at home in a car.

minor plume Jun 10, 2019, 7:15 PM

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It doesn't rain often here, but yeah, need to figure out how to waterproof the sensor.

obsidian dome Jun 10, 2019, 7:16 PM

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I know a lot of cars have some sort of range sensor in the rear bumpers these days. I wonder what they use.

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Hmmm. https://www.amazon.com/Front-Rear-Sensor-Parking-Buzzer/dp/B0178S97O6

minor plume Jun 10, 2019, 7:17 PM

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I wonder if there's a laser sensor I could use for V2? Those would be easier to waterproof, I'd think.

obsidian dome Jun 10, 2019, 7:19 PM

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And you could turn up the voltage to "vaporize obstacle" 😉

minor plume Jun 10, 2019, 7:19 PM

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Ha!

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I wish.

main meteor Jun 10, 2019, 7:21 PM

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Some are ultrasonic, some are radar.

neat folio Jun 10, 2019, 7:24 PM

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did someone already mention on 4010? https://www.adafruit.com/product/4010

Slamtec RPLIDAR A1 - 360 Laser Range Scanner

Is your favorite robot currently in a mid-life crisis? Does it need a new purpose or perhaps, direction? Well now you can find your way with the affordable and easy to use Slamtec ...

slender iron Jun 10, 2019, 7:24 PM

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@tidal kiln can you think of any other debugging for this: https://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=152610 ?

neat folio Jun 10, 2019, 7:28 PM

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I "always" have problems with permissions(?) with downloaded files... (I'm a proud tinfoilhat wearer, and usually have security jacked way higher than it needs to be, and suffer the side-effects) ... could the MacOS be "being helpful" in the background on the files created by the downloaded files? (which it seems ran OK)

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just a conspiracy theory, I'm a PC user mostly, know just enuf to ask silly questions

tidal kiln Jun 10, 2019, 7:31 PM

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@slender iron more of @tulip sleet question probably. the known things are generally here:
https://learn.adafruit.com/welcome-to-circuitpython/troubleshooting#circuitpy-drive-does-not-appear-20-12
but always seems like there are new and exciting edge cases
dan - see link above.
MacOS, they get PORTALBOOT but not CIRCUITPY folders

slender iron Jun 10, 2019, 7:31 PM

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or circuitpy serial apparently

tulip sleet Jun 10, 2019, 7:33 PM

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we have also seen CIRCUITPY fail to appear when certain MacOS RAID drivers are installed

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if they've installed software for a third-party external drive it might interfere

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also make sure they're running latest Mu

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@tidal kiln ^^

tidal kiln Jun 10, 2019, 7:36 PM

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@slender iron probably easiest is to suggest they try another, preferably non-mac, computer and see what happens

slender iron Jun 10, 2019, 7:37 PM

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kk, will reply

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thanks!

tidal kiln Jun 10, 2019, 7:39 PM

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np. if it starts looking like what @tulip sleet is suggesting, then he's more knowledgeable about that stuff than i am

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@slender iron also maybe link to here:
https://learn.adafruit.com/welcome-to-circuitpython/advanced-serial-console-on-mac-and-linux
as another way to try and get at serial console

slender iron Jun 10, 2019, 7:42 PM

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yup, on it

lone sandalBOT Jun 10, 2019, 7:43 PM

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yyolk

[adafruit/awesome-circuitpython] New star added

manic glacierBOT Jun 10, 2019, 8:13 PM

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crowecawcaw

[adafruit/circuitpython] New star added

idle owl Jun 10, 2019, 11:00 PM

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@tulip sleet Regarding sorting which board and therefore what things to init etc, what about using if hasattr(board, 'ACCELEROMETER_INTERRUPT'):? It looks like both PyBadge (nonLC) and PyGamer both have it, and presumably PyBadgeLC would not.

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Haven't loaded the LC firmware yet to test

tulip sleet Jun 10, 2019, 11:01 PM

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@idle owl, that's one way, but os.uname() will give you the actual name of the board. If you're looking for functionality, testing pins is good. If you're looking for "is it this board", then I'd use uname

idle owl Jun 10, 2019, 11:02 PM

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ok thanks

tulip sleet Jun 10, 2019, 11:02 PM

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`os.uname[1] or [2] or something, not sure which

manic glacierBOT Jun 10, 2019, 11:33 PM

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shazz

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1931: Added pin for SD CS

Ok, looks ok now.

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request closed: #1931 Added pin for SD CS

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tannewt

[circuitpython:master] 2 new commits

9c49af0 Added pin for SD CS - shazz
c85e111 Merge pull request #1931 from LOGre/master - tannewt

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shazz

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1931: Added pin for SD CS

Ah ah :) A little messy for a 1-line commit :) but I'll do better next time !

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1931: Added pin for SD CS

No problem!

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1925: \[DRAFT\] Initial support for RGB led as Status indicator, fixes \#1382

Try commenting out the -flto line in the makefile and doing it again. (only samd51 may have the space for it though.)

I use this https://github.com/bnahill/PyCortexMDebug to inspect the TC registers and the PORT to check the mux settings.

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1933: CircuitPython 4\.x Performance issue with the pygamer vs\. MicroPython

This doesn't surprise me because performance hasn't been our focus. I'll probably take a glance for simple improvements in the next couple weeks but we'd totally take PRs that improve things.

manic glacierBOT Jun 11, 2019, 12:38 AM

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C47D

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1925: \[DRAFT\] Initial support for RGB led as Status indicator, fixes \#1382

I only got a SAMD21 device and if I comment out the -flto line the flash isn't enough :/.

I will check the repo, thanks for the link.

raven canopy Jun 11, 2019, 4:54 AM

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RosiePi is now running tests... input() was tricky; kept putting the REPL into autoindent mode, which manifested backspace ctrl characters. Now to write some deeper tests...
https://gist.github.com/sommersoft/cc34a28d89fc10f263a7a23c3574535d

manic glacierBOT Jun 11, 2019, 5:06 AM

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1933: CircuitPython 4\.x Performance issue with the pygamer vs\. MicroPython

I did some research on this. I looked at the stm32 port settings in MicroPython. In our ports, we use MICROPY_VM_HOOK_LOOP and MICROPY_VM_HOOK_RETURN to call run_background_tasks()` very frequently. This happens after every jump opcode and every return. We do this to service USB background tasks that need to use polling instead of interrupts.

If do not define the HOOK macros to call run_background_tasks() , your timingtest and a similar one done with explicit increment and test cod...

manic glacierBOT Jun 11, 2019, 2:34 PM

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shazz

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1933: CircuitPython 4\.x Performance issue with the pygamer vs\. MicroPython

Thanks Dan! Interesting findings! "This happens after every jump opcode and every return" looks pretty scary :)

so everything happens here, ans especially usb_background(), right?

// aka MICROPY_VM_HOOK_LOOP and MICROPY_VM_HOOK_RETURN

void run_background_tasks(void) {
    // Don't call ourselves recursively.
    if (running_background_tasks) {
        return;
    }
    assert_heap_ok();
    running_background_tasks = true;

    #if (defined(SAMD21) && defined(PIN_PA02)...

manic glacierBOT Jun 11, 2019, 3:01 PM

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1933: CircuitPython 4\.x Performance issue with the pygamer vs\. MicroPython

Further testing: I have turned on MICROPY_OPT_COMPUTED_GOTO which is a performance enhancement in the VM interpreter (adds about 1700 bytes ti firmware). This further speeds up the basic timing loop by a factor of 5. Together these seem to account for pretty much all the speed differences.

The basic test I am using (to avoid any issues about how range() is implemented:

import time
def test():
    i = 100000
    startTime = time.monotonic()
    while i > 0:
        i -= 1
  ...

idle owl Jun 11, 2019, 3:07 PM

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@tulip sleet You said I could load the LC firmware on the non-LC PyBadge? Did I misunderstand that?

tulip sleet Jun 11, 2019, 3:07 PM

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yes, exactly

idle owl Jun 11, 2019, 3:07 PM

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I can't find the build. I only see PyBadge.

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Not on GitHub or circuitpython.org

tulip sleet Jun 11, 2019, 3:11 PM

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have to build it by hand, hold on

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... we don't have a board def yet, only a bootloader for LC

idle owl Jun 11, 2019, 3:17 PM

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@tulip sleet Ah. That would explain it.

manic glacierBOT Jun 11, 2019, 3:51 PM

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kevinjwalters

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1644: Varying duty\_cycle on PWMOut very occasionally results in a high blip

Took me a while to get back to this but just found my electronics and reassembled with CPX and worked out I had a duff breadboard track.

Just tested your version and it's far, far worse!

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shazz

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1933: CircuitPython 4\.x Performance issue with the pygamer vs\. MicroPython

Interesting ! I'll try tonight on my pygamer to enable MICROPY_OPT_COMPUTED_GOTO and disable CIRCUITPY_DISPLAYIO. I'll post my results here.

gilded cradle Jun 11, 2019, 4:33 PM

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@tulip sleet @idle owl Regarding the PyBadge LC, I think it uses the same firmware as the PyBadge. I noticed a resistor in the product photos for the neopixels that isn't present on the full PyBadge and I believe the purpose of that is to set the middle neopixel as neopixel 0.

tulip sleet Jun 11, 2019, 4:36 PM

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@idle owl @gilded cradle MakeCode folks are using the board info in the bootloader to determine what's on the board. They store board-specific info (what kind of joystick, light sensors, etc.) in the Arcade bootloaders. We don't have ready access to that without adding some C code to CPy.

gilded cradle Jun 11, 2019, 4:38 PM

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Ok, that makes sense about it being a different bootloader.

idle owl Jun 11, 2019, 4:39 PM

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Hmm. Checking for button presses only works with a delay, otherwise it returns 0 more than half the time even if something is pressed

gilded cradle Jun 11, 2019, 4:42 PM

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Yeah, I had to put in a delay as well. I think the way it was designed was to give you it's last state, but it doesn't seem to maintain that state and instead clears the state when reading.

idle owl Jun 11, 2019, 4:43 PM

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Bleh ok. Hmm.

gilded cradle Jun 11, 2019, 4:44 PM

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Maybe it might be worth filing as a bug?

idle owl Jun 11, 2019, 4:44 PM

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Possibly

gilded cradle Jun 11, 2019, 4:45 PM

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I think @stuck elbow wrote it. I just don't know if that was the intended behavior.

manic glacierBOT Jun 11, 2019, 4:45 PM

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request opened: #1934 Turn on MICROPY\_OPT\_COMPUTED\_GOTO for 5x CPU\-bound speedup

Turning this on gives about a 5x speedup (!) for CPU-bound code.

I expect the first submission of this PR to fail because it won't fit on some boards. I'll adjust with further commits.

idle owl Jun 11, 2019, 4:45 PM

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At least we could find out if if was intentional.

gilded cradle Jun 11, 2019, 4:45 PM

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Yeah

idle owl Jun 11, 2019, 4:46 PM

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Had a message fail to send: If you want to file an issue, that would work.

gilded cradle Jun 11, 2019, 4:46 PM

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Ok

manic glacierBOT Jun 11, 2019, 4:51 PM

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makermelissa

[adafruit/circuitpython] Issue opened: #1935 GamePadShift requires a delay

One of the things that I found while working with GamePadShift is that reading it too fast will sometimes return 0 even if there are buttons pressed. I believe this is because it shifts the bits out when it is read and doesn't maintain state. I'm not sure if this was the intended behavior or just a result of a fast CPU reading faster than the shift register is reading the buttons. I think it would be useful to maintain the state after reading the buttons so subsequent reads don't show up as n...

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ladyada

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1935: GamePadShift requires a delay

yeah @deshipu mentioned this before i think? it would be nice if we had a queue of button presses!

slender iron Jun 11, 2019, 4:59 PM

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@tulip sleet nice job on the performance stuff!

manic glacierBOT Jun 11, 2019, 6:46 PM

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deshipu

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1935: GamePadShift requires a delay

It's not a bug, this is how it is supposed to work, and how it is documented. Reading the buttons state clears the buffer, and it will remain empty until new button presses are registered. This is shouldn't be a problem in any normal application, as the buttons are being read every 30ms or so, and no human is able to see that.
I suppose it can be surprising if you read the button state in a tight loop more than once per frame, but why would you ever need to do that?

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deshipu

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1935: GamePadShift requires a delay

We could make it work as expected if instead of clearing the buffer, we set a flag that tells the code that updates the buttons to clear the buffer when it reads their state. But I don't think it's worth the effort without an actual use case that would require it.

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makermelissa

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1935: GamePadShift requires a delay

The use case is @kattni is working on a library to make accessing buttons easier and is running into them returning 0 sometimes when they're still being pressed.

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deshipu

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1935: GamePadShift requires a delay

Is there code available?

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makermelissa

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1935: GamePadShift requires a delay

She'll have to give that to you. However, I had to add a delay for the same reason in https://learn.adafruit.com/pybadge-conference-badge-multi-language-unicode-fonts

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kattni

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1935: GamePadShift requires a delay

It's a sparse WIP. I can create a quick repo and push the code if you want it. It's designed to work on PyGamer/PyBadge, though only tested on gamer so far.

I'm writing a library that's meant to be designed like the Circuit Playground Express cpx library - a general purpose wrapper library that makes all the functionality of the boards available in one place. The first thing I did to test the button code was the equivalent of print(pybadger.get_pressed()) in a while True: loop. It d...

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deshipu

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1935: GamePadShift requires a delay

I will try to propose a pull request that lets you use it like that.

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request opened: #1936 forgot tools/git\-checkout\-latest\-tag\.sh in PR \#1909

Forgot to git add tools/git-checkout-latest-tag.sh in #1909. I had added a Makefile target that used this script.

tulip sleet Jun 11, 2019, 7:27 PM

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@slender iron (thanks for above) I'm submitting the MICROPY_OPT_COMPUTED_GOTO PR against master, but would you want it against 4.0.x instead? (Prob not). If 4.0.x, I'll be doing another PR to pull in the latest 4.0.x changes, because I need some of them to shrink a few more builds properly.

slender iron Jun 11, 2019, 7:29 PM

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@tulip sleet I think master. we should do 4.1.0 soon

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it sped up celeste load times from 5+ seconds to under 2 😃

tulip sleet Jun 11, 2019, 7:29 PM

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woot! how about game play?

slender iron Jun 11, 2019, 7:30 PM

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I was thinking we should do the audio mixer stuff with 5.x too

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some of it is now too fast 😃

tulip sleet Jun 11, 2019, 7:32 PM

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lol. Also, we could tighten up the background task stuff and achieve I think maybe 2x there (3x is if it's not present at all). We call some of the background tasks only at certain intervals, but I'm not sure what intervals we can tolerate. E.g. have to ask Thach what the tusb task max interval is. Also should inline some of that if possible

slender iron Jun 11, 2019, 7:33 PM

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ya, agree there is room to improve that too

manic glacierBOT Jun 11, 2019, 7:40 PM

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1925: \[DRAFT\] Initial support for RGB led as Status indicator, fixes \#1382

@C47D Please email me, scott@adafruit.com and we'll get you more boards. Thanks!

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] Issue opened: #1937 Create an empty lib folder when creating CIRCUITPY filesystem

Create an empty lib directory (folder) when the root filesystem is created. Suggested by @ladyada.

manic glacierBOT Jun 11, 2019, 8:11 PM

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request closed: #1936 forgot tools/git\-checkout\-latest\-tag\.sh in PR \#1909

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dhalbert

[circuitpython:4\.0\.x] 2 new commits

5164a6e forgot tools/git-checkout-latest-tag.sh in PR #... - dhalbert
036e7a3 Merge pull request #1936 from dhalbert/git-chec... - dhalbert

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request opened: #1938 Merge latest 4\.0\.x changes to master

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C47D

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1925: \[DRAFT\] Initial support for RGB led as Status indicator, fixes \#1382

Just did @tannewt :-)

marble hornet Jun 11, 2019, 8:37 PM

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I figured it had to do dynamic rescaling and sizing of apps!

manic glacierBOT Jun 11, 2019, 9:43 PM

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request closed: #1938 Merge latest 4\.0\.x changes to master

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dhalbert

[circuitpython:master] 15 new commits

b5fc646 Update frozen libs - dhalbert
e84f3b1 make crickit cpx pinyin build fit - dhalbert
4e85c1e Implement forced clean builds for boards so des... - dhalbert
a9a2227 Removed warning box regarding SAMD21 builds - jpecor
71c7aca Add top-level Makefile target to update frozen ... - dhalbert

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] Issue closed: #1910 Force clean build for certain languages in Travis

slender iron Jun 11, 2019, 9:54 PM

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@tulip sleet are you fixing the broken builds for the speedup?

tulip sleet Jun 11, 2019, 9:55 PM

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yes, on the phone but will start again in a few

slender iron Jun 11, 2019, 9:55 PM

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kk, just didn't see anything going by

tulip sleet Jun 11, 2019, 10:02 PM

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@slender iron, starting another batch of builds I think will partially fail. will ping you when ready

slender iron Jun 11, 2019, 10:02 PM

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kk, I'm having space issues in m0 builds too

tulip sleet Jun 11, 2019, 10:03 PM

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do you have a PR in the pipelin?

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i mean, do you have a PR you need to get in for the beta

slender iron Jun 11, 2019, 10:03 PM

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getting close https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/compare/master...tannewt:dirty_area?expand=1

GitHub

adafruit/circuitpython

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

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ya, the partial updates

tulip sleet Jun 11, 2019, 10:04 PM

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excellent

slender iron Jun 11, 2019, 10:05 PM

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fixes three issues 😃

tulip sleet Jun 11, 2019, 10:07 PM

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[:bowling pin:] * 3

slender iron Jun 11, 2019, 11:06 PM

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@tulip sleet what do you think about disabling gc optimization instead of your vm one?

tulip sleet Jun 11, 2019, 11:08 PM

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to make things fit? I shrunk stuff a lot so once this PR works you may have an easier time

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did you test the diff? (time and space)

slender iron Jun 11, 2019, 11:10 PM

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space was over 1k free on hallowing

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didn't test speed

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but I'd take slow memory over slow vm

tulip sleet Jun 11, 2019, 11:12 PM

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yah

# optimising gc for speed; 5ms down to 4ms on pybv2
$(PY_BUILD)/gc.o: CFLAGS += $(CSUPEROPT)

slender iron Jun 11, 2019, 11:12 PM

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ya, I commented it out

tulip sleet Jun 11, 2019, 11:13 PM

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could try -O2

slender iron Jun 11, 2019, 11:13 PM

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but we could do it for m0 only

tulip sleet Jun 11, 2019, 11:14 PM

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yes, definitely, not sure how much time we're losing by pruning the inlines lower and lower

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But I think the VM improvement would swamp that

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so hallowing m0 is the stumbling block now with your new code?

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I can fiddle with that while the build is going

slender iron Jun 11, 2019, 11:15 PM

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one of the worst

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I'm looking into function inlining to figure out why that knob wins us back space. also tried one lto partition and only got a 100s of bytes back

tulip sleet Jun 11, 2019, 11:17 PM

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well, any function that's called twice or more but is smaller than the threshold will get inlined. is that what you mean?

slender iron Jun 11, 2019, 11:18 PM

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I'm looking to see what functions those are

tulip sleet Jun 11, 2019, 11:18 PM

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all functions called only once will get inlined, I think

slender iron Jun 11, 2019, 11:18 PM

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so we could mark some noinline directly

tulip sleet Jun 11, 2019, 11:18 PM

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i have a script for that, I think. I'll look

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#!/bin/bash
arm-none-eabi-nm --print-size --size-sort --reverse-sort --radix=d $1

named elf-function-size

slender iron Jun 11, 2019, 11:20 PM

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what does it do?

tulip sleet Jun 11, 2019, 11:20 PM

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feed it an elf file, it prints out the size of all functions (and other sized things)

slender iron Jun 11, 2019, 11:20 PM

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but not which ones were inlined right?

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I'm having gcc output a cgraph file

tulip sleet Jun 11, 2019, 11:21 PM

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right

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i used it to find very big functions and see why they were so big and did I need them

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it actually might not skip the inline ones, because it incldues all the lto symbol names

slender iron Jun 11, 2019, 11:23 PM

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hrm

tulip sleet Jun 11, 2019, 11:23 PM

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00057288 00000036 T mp_sys_exit.lto_priv.1727
00081792 00000036 T mp_stream_close
00111340 00000036 T mp_obj_get_float
00075988 00000036 T mp_math_radians.lto_priv.1314
00075952 00000036 T mp_math_degrees.lto_priv.1315

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etc

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i wonder if they're there for debugging or whether that info is elsewhere in some -g table

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00110528 00000032 T mp_obj_len
00100796 00000032 t mp_obj_is_float.lto_priv.1555
00100796 00000032 T mp_obj_is_float.lto_priv.1554.lto_priv.1746
00100796 00000032 T mp_obj_is_float.lto_priv.1553.lto_priv.1755
00100796 00000032 T mp_obj_is_float.lto_priv.1552.lto_priv.1756
00100796 00000032 T mp_obj_is_float.lto_priv.1551.lto_priv.1759

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also, unrelated to this, we might want to be grabby in travis and start splitting up into 7 or 8 jobs instead of 5

main meteor Jun 11, 2019, 11:30 PM

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I used to use nm for that.

slender iron Jun 11, 2019, 11:32 PM

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I think I'd rather try and optimize the build

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00037900 00000632 t mcu_processor_get_temperature

tulip sleet Jun 11, 2019, 11:40 PM

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@slender iron ok, the VM opt PR is all successful

raven canopy Jun 11, 2019, 11:40 PM

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i've been pushing some heuristic methods around in my head to only build what needs to be built. for instance, if a PR has changes to only ports/nrf/*, then there is no need to build samd. but, if changes are in shared-bindings/etc, then a full suite build is needed.

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obviously, this doesn't speed up any individual builds. which would still be a good goal to have, imo. 😄

slender iron Jun 11, 2019, 11:43 PM

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the other approach could actually be to share more files between builds

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have to track flags better then though

raven canopy Jun 11, 2019, 11:43 PM

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yeah. if only cacheing propagated across stages... 😦 travis docs mention uploading to S3, iirc.

slender iron Jun 11, 2019, 11:44 PM

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inline limit is such a big stick

tulip sleet Jun 11, 2019, 11:48 PM

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we are reaching the limit with the pinyin translation. Basically I turned off nearly all inlining, I think. When the limit is 23 it frees up a tremendous amount of space, which might be a lot of the hri routines

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the temperature code could use some algebra

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it's pretty much copy/paste from atmel

slender iron Jun 11, 2019, 11:52 PM

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    2667```

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running now with 23 limit

tulip sleet Jun 11, 2019, 11:54 PM

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-fno-inline
Do not expand any functions inline apart from those marked with the always_inline attribute. This is the default when not optimizing.

Single functions can be exempted from inlining by marking them with the noinline attribute.

slender iron Jun 11, 2019, 11:58 PM

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with 23 its 2494

tulip sleet Jun 12, 2019, 12:03 AM

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the hallowing has longints turned on; I turned it off in the CPX Crickit build, Gemma, and Trinket

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i turned those off months ago, not recently

slender iron Jun 12, 2019, 12:47 AM

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sorry for the slow review @tulip sleet I want to figure out what the inline stuff is doing

tulip sleet Jun 12, 2019, 12:48 AM

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np - I thought you were doing that in your own PR.

manic glacierBOT Jun 12, 2019, 1:00 AM

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shazz

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1933: CircuitPython 4\.x Performance issue with the pygamer vs\. MicroPython

@dhalbert, with the last CircuitPython source code, when I add #define MICROPY_OPT_COMPUTED_GOTO (1) I got this error at compilation time:

In file included from ../../py/vm.c:129:0:
../../py/vmentrytable.h:27:5: error: "__clang__" is not defined, evaluates to 0 [-Werror=undef]
 #if __clang__
     ^~~~~~~~~
../../py/vmentrytable.h:116:5: error: "__clang__" is not defined, evaluates to 0 [-Werror=undef]
 #if __clang__
     ^~~~~~~~~
cc1: all warnings being treated as...

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1933: CircuitPython 4\.x Performance issue with the pygamer vs\. MicroPython

Change both #if __clang__ to #ifdef __clang__. The original is a bit sloppy and we turn on warnings on that.

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1933: CircuitPython 4\.x Performance issue with the pygamer vs\. MicroPython

Note the PR: https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/pull/1934

manic glacierBOT Jun 12, 2019, 1:25 AM

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shazz

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1933: CircuitPython 4\.x Performance issue with the pygamer vs\. MicroPython

Thanks!

So I ran again the same test with MICROPY_OPT_COMPUTED_GOTO enabled and CIRCUITPY_DISPLAYIO disabled:

Results: 35.3ms

So a huge improvement but still some room for optimization to reach the ~10ms on an equivalent 120MHz STM32F4 board with MicroPython.

Good job @dhalbert !

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shazz

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1934: Turn on MICROPY\_OPT\_COMPUTED\_GOTO for 5x CPU\-bound speedup

Tested, works on the pygamer.

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1933: CircuitPython 4\.x Performance issue with the pygamer vs\. MicroPython

Thanks! The next step is more work, which is to figure out how to call the background tasks only as often as necessary. That will get the next 2-3x speedup, I think.

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1933: CircuitPython 4\.x Performance issue with the pygamer vs\. MicroPython

We really appreciate your taking the time to do this comparison and point out the big disparity.

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shazz

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1933: CircuitPython 4\.x Performance issue with the pygamer vs\. MicroPython

Just tried at 200Mhz: 21.2 ms.

Ah ah, no issue :) It forces me to go into the details to get a better understanding of CircuitPython, I like that. But a beer in the Walking City downtown would be appreciated too.

tough flax Jun 12, 2019, 7:09 AM

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Anybody up late for some PyPortal debugging?

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I'm getting this:

Saving data to  /sd/buttons.json
Read 12000 bytes, 16565 remaining
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "code.py", line 84, in <module>
  File "adafruit_pyportal.py", line 612, in wget
OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error
OSError:

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It creates the file buttons.json in the right place, but it's empty

manic glacierBOT Jun 12, 2019, 8:04 AM

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1934: Turn on MICROPY\_OPT\_COMPUTED\_GOTO for 5x CPU\-bound speedup

I did some size improvements here: https://github.com/tannewt/circuitpython/commit/5399f02395d8d24d2c5bbf62157dbfec8b01e3be

tough flax Jun 12, 2019, 8:04 AM

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Seems it can read from the SD fine but fails on the write() call
I am going to manually load up the SD card with the data I need - I need this to move forward, but down the road, I think there's an issue here

manic glacierBOT Jun 12, 2019, 8:10 AM

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deshipu

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request opened: #1939 When clearing gamepad buffer, use the last button state, not 0

When reading the accumulated button presses in gamepad and gamepadshift,
don't clear the buffer to "no buttons pressed", but instead set it to
the current (last checked) state. This clears the accumulated presses,
but retains any ongoing ones.

This fixes #1935

manic glacierBOT Jun 12, 2019, 12:12 PM

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1934: Turn on MICROPY\_OPT\_COMPUTED\_GOTO for 5x CPU\-bound speedup

That jogged my memory: I saw breakage a long time ago when I set the inline limit relly low: #322. I tested it briefly with 23 but it was really just a smoke test

manic glacierBOT Jun 12, 2019, 1:17 PM

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1934: Turn on MICROPY\_OPT\_COMPUTED\_GOTO for 5x CPU\-bound speedup

USB_MIDI is turned on for all builds. We could turn it off for small builds. Saves 728 bytes.

I looked at the pinyin translation in hopes of trimming it a bit. It's not that verbose in terms of character count: it's the double-byte characters that really push it up.

manic glacierBOT Jun 12, 2019, 2:01 PM

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1934: Turn on MICROPY\_OPT\_COMPUTED\_GOTO for 5x CPU\-bound speedup

Using regular -Os instead of -O3 (SUPEROPT) for gc.c saves 2144 bytes.

Using regular -Os instead of -O3 (SUPEROPT) for vm.c only saves 524 bytes.

My inclination is to slow down gc for CIRCUITPY_SMALL_BUILD and/or for the overflowing builds, as you suggested. Then we can dial way back towards normal on CFLAGS_INLINE_LIMIT. I'll work on setting up compilation flags for this.

tulip sleet Jun 12, 2019, 5:11 PM

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@slender iron I'm on track with turning off -O3 for gc.c for certain builds. I had to fix a debugging typo that turned off -O3 for vm.c also, which I didn't intend. Oddly, that caused tests/micropython/extreme_exc.py to fail, but only on the native gcc used by travis, which is quite old. It didn't fail on my more recent native gcc.

slender iron Jun 12, 2019, 5:19 PM

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@tulip sleet

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have you tried gcc 9 yet?

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I'm wondering if it'll speedup lto

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that does look like the difference between samd and nrf build times

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doesn't look faster to me. on my arch box a translation is still 17 sec

tulip sleet Jun 12, 2019, 5:28 PM

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gcc 9 for arm? No, haven't tried it yet. There's no ARM release yet for that. I tried gcc 8 a while ago, and it was very similar: a trinket build was maybe 100 bytes smaller

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there should be a new bi-annual ARM release soon, within a few weeks

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@slender iron &

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this new stuff I did this morning means the clean builds for pinyin are no longer necessary, so that will speed things up a bit

slender iron Jun 12, 2019, 5:35 PM

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ya, arch builds it themselves. will compare size

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not sure the arm release is very different than upstream

tulip sleet Jun 12, 2019, 5:36 PM

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i dont' really expect lto to get much faster: it has to do a lot of work

slender iron Jun 12, 2019, 5:36 PM

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alot of the work is loading in large files I think. if they get smaller then it could speed up

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limiting it to one lto partition is a couple second speed boost and a few hundred bytes I think

tulip sleet Jun 12, 2019, 6:15 PM

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@slender iron PR #1934 succeeded; no more teeny inline limits. Smallest is 55.

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I have to take J to an appt in 15 mins. Will be out for several hours.

slender iron Jun 12, 2019, 6:17 PM

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ok, great! will merge in and get my pr sent out

tulip sleet Jun 12, 2019, 6:18 PM

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do you still want to try for a beta tonight, or no rush?

slender iron Jun 12, 2019, 6:20 PM

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no rush if you are out. we can always say it's coming soon

tulip sleet Jun 12, 2019, 6:21 PM

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ok - not sure when I'm back but will be before meeting

slender iron Jun 12, 2019, 6:23 PM

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np

manic glacierBOT Jun 12, 2019, 6:25 PM

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request closed: #1934 Turn on MICROPY\_OPT\_COMPUTED\_GOTO for 5x CPU\-bound speedup

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tannewt

[circuitpython:master] 6 new commits

ea760c0 Turn on MICROPY_OPT_COMPUTED_GOTO for 5x CPU-bo... - dhalbert
aa3316b Merge remote-tracking branch 'adafruit/master' ... - dhalbert
0b3f297 shrink a bunch of builds to fit - dhalbert
1bb4fcc Turn off SUPEROPT on gc.c instead of trying to ... - dhalbert
ba1b36a Uncomment vm.c SUPEROPT (debugging typo); trim ... - dhalbert

slender iron Jun 12, 2019, 6:28 PM

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@stuck elbow I'm going to rebase your fix so it goes out in the next stable release

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(and merge into 4.0.x)

prime flower Jun 12, 2019, 6:48 PM

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@tough flax I had a similar issue yesterday with sd write as well, freshly formatted card, wasnt sure if it was my hardware or the code at the time

tough flax Jun 12, 2019, 6:54 PM

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Very strange - today, that same device decided to just "disappear" 1/2 the /lib directory contents. It wasn't even connected to a PC

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Now I get this when trying to copy in adafruit_display_text

📎 unknown.png

lone sandalBOT Jun 12, 2019, 7:24 PM

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bonneyc

[adafruit/awesome-circuitpython] New star added

manic glacierBOT Jun 12, 2019, 8:22 PM

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request closed: #1939 When clearing gamepad buffer, use the last button state, not 0

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tannewt

[circuitpython:4\.0\.x] 2 new commits

5e265f4 When clearing gamepad buffer, use the last butt... - deshipu
076a3f8 Merge pull request #1939 from pewpew-game/gamep... - tannewt

slender iron Jun 12, 2019, 9:12 PM

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https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_BusDevice/pull/29

GitHub

Remove debug param. It increases frozen and RAM by 800ish bytes. b...

idle owl Jun 12, 2019, 9:13 PM

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@slender iron Do you Limor's input on that? I think it was primarily for her use in the end.

slender iron Jun 12, 2019, 9:14 PM

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I don't think it's worth it regardless. 800 bytes is a lot for something not used often

idle owl Jun 12, 2019, 9:14 PM

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Ok.

slender iron Jun 12, 2019, 9:14 PM

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wishing I had stopped it in review

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it impacts hallowing in particular

idle owl Jun 12, 2019, 9:15 PM

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Merged.

slender iron Jun 12, 2019, 9:15 PM

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thank you!

idle owl Jun 12, 2019, 9:15 PM

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Yep!

slender iron Jun 12, 2019, 9:17 PM

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I'm releasing it now

idle owl Jun 12, 2019, 9:18 PM

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Right on

manic glacierBOT Jun 12, 2019, 9:31 PM

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request opened: #1940 Add partial display update support\.

Different operations to the display tree have different costs. Be
aware of these costs when optimizing your code.

Changing tiles indices in a TileGrid will update an area
covering them all.
Changing a palette will refresh every object that references it.
Moving a TileGrid will update both where it was and where it moved to.
Adding something to a Group will refresh each individual area it
covers.
Removing things from a Group will refresh one area that covers all
previous loc...

idle owl Jun 12, 2019, 9:31 PM

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@slender iron Is there a built in font anywhere in CircuitPython or related stuff? That doesn't require you to have a separate bdf or bin file or whatever else.

slender iron Jun 12, 2019, 9:32 PM

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yup! in terminalio

idle owl Jun 12, 2019, 9:32 PM

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Oh! Beautiful. Ok. Thanks.

tidal kiln Jun 12, 2019, 10:05 PM

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@idle owl built in font:
https://learn.adafruit.com/circuitpython-display-support-using-displayio/text#basic-text-with-built-in-font-8-2

idle owl Jun 12, 2019, 10:09 PM

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@tidal kiln Thanks, already got it working 😃

idle owl Jun 12, 2019, 10:25 PM

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@slender iron Am I seeing right that terminalio.FONT is one size only?

slender iron Jun 12, 2019, 10:26 PM

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yup

idle owl Jun 12, 2019, 10:26 PM

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Ok, thanks.

slender iron Jun 12, 2019, 10:26 PM

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you can scale it in a group though

idle owl Jun 12, 2019, 10:26 PM

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Oh

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Ok

slender iron Jun 12, 2019, 10:26 PM

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it'll look chunky

idle owl Jun 12, 2019, 10:26 PM

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Fair enough

rose root Jun 13, 2019, 12:15 AM

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@tulip sleet i'm here

tulip sleet Jun 13, 2019, 12:16 AM

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if you take a look at the CPX schematic, that's a great example.

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https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-circuit-playground-express/downloads

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do you have any adafruit samd21 or 51 boards?

rose root Jun 13, 2019, 12:19 AM

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I do

tulip sleet Jun 13, 2019, 12:19 AM

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any express boards?

rose root Jun 13, 2019, 12:19 AM

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Adalogger M0. And I think the Feather BLE.

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No CPX.

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the .sch file doesn't name the flash chip. Looking through the tutorials to see if it's said there.

tulip sleet Jun 13, 2019, 12:20 AM

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you can get a small version of circuitpython on the adalogger. Microsoft wrote a nicer bootloader that appears as a USB drive, and you just drop files on it. Also it emualtes the arduino bootloader

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CPX flash chip choices are here: https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/blob/master/ports/atmel-samd/boards/circuitplayground_express/mpconfigboard.mk#L12

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mostly we've ben using the GD25Q16C

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getting CPy on your adalogger: https://learn.adafruit.com/welcome-to-circuitpython/non-uf2-installation. It's worth looking at the whole guide if you're new to CircuitPython to see what its capabilities are.

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@rose root btw: https://learn.adafruit.com/make-it-pulse

Make It Pulse

Use a Circuit Playground Express to see your pulse graphed out

rose root Jun 13, 2019, 12:27 AM

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Yeah I really like the pulse sensor. It comes out really clean too.

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If you could move the IR LED (which I think is closer to the center) next to the light sensor, you could do pulse oximetry.

tulip sleet Jun 13, 2019, 12:28 AM

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we'll take note of that!

rose root Jun 13, 2019, 12:28 AM

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Also, any thoughts on adding a battery charger to the CPX? That was pretty critical for my smartwatch.

tulip sleet Jun 13, 2019, 12:29 AM

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reason for no battery charger was that LiPO batteries aren't that great for primary classrooms, because they're dangerous if punctured, bent, etc. So we encourage AA battery holders, etc.

rose root Jun 13, 2019, 12:30 AM

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That makes sense. I was debating whether to go with LiPo or coin cell myself.

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I settled with LiPo somewhat reluctantly, but this year I'm putting the watch in an enclosure so that will make me feel better. I'm teaching high schoolers so I'm a bit more at ease. If these were middle schoolers though, definitely not.

tulip sleet Jun 13, 2019, 12:33 AM

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that sounds ok. Coin cells might not last that long.

rose root Jun 13, 2019, 12:35 AM

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Yeah. They're a bit smaller than AAA batteries, but I could get some rechargeable ones. Their capacity is a bit of the downside though.

tulip sleet Jun 13, 2019, 12:45 AM

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@rose root sorry, distracted by video and a PR. Take a look and see what you think.

rose root Jun 13, 2019, 12:46 AM

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No worries. I’m distracted by Ask An Engineer. I’ll dig in a bit. I probably won’t get it running for this year, due to time constraints but I’m already working on a version for next year anyway. I also want to use this design for college students too. I need a few more sensors. Environmental, UV, etc.

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Also, what’s PR? Lol.

tulip sleet Jun 13, 2019, 12:47 AM

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pull request, in github 😃

rose root Jun 13, 2019, 12:47 AM

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Got it. Hahaha.

manic glacierBOT Jun 13, 2019, 1:05 AM

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kflmiami420

[adafruit/circuitpython] Issue opened: #1941 Adafruit SI1145 UV Lux sensor missing libraries for Raspberry Pi in python

I am working on a a personal project that needs Uv Index I purchased the SI1145 for my raspberry pi . There are no Adafruit_CircuitPython_SI1145 libraries,drivers in python for this sensor to be used with a raspberry pi.

Please create a driver so I can get UV Index readings from this sensor

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1940: Add partial display update support\.

be rotated (missing "d"). Could you also whether it's clockwise or counterclockwise?

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1940: Add partial display update support\.

I'd use size_t instead of int32_t.

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1940: Add partial display update support\.

missing newline at end of file

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1940: Add partial display update support\.

maybe not - I looked on stackoverflow, and, it depends.

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ladyada

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1941: Adafruit SI1145 UV Lux sensor missing libraries for Raspberry Pi in python

hiya that sensor isn't recommended for UV readings, as it does not have a true UV sensor. try the VEML7700!

manic glacierBOT Jun 13, 2019, 6:56 AM

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1940: Add partial display update support\.

yup, good catch. in general coordinates are 16 bit and scale 8.

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1940: Add partial display update support\.

was experimenting but not needed.

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1940: Add partial display update support\.

easier to read either way. :-)

manic glacierBOT Jun 13, 2019, 7:31 AM

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1940: Add partial display update support\.

Didn't work with naive memset. This has the advantage of knowing the array type and that it is aligned.

manic glacierBOT Jun 13, 2019, 9:36 AM

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wallarug

[adafruit/circuitpython] Fork created: wallarug/circuitpython

craggy galleon Jun 13, 2019, 11:26 AM

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shhh... That was meant to be a secret Git Bot 🙃 😂

manic glacierBOT Jun 13, 2019, 11:56 AM

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wallarug

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request opened: #1942 robohatmm1: samd51g19a varient port

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wallarug

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request closed: #1942 robohatmm1: samd51g19a varient port

manic glacierBOT Jun 13, 2019, 12:29 PM

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] Issue closed: #1169 Support partial display updates

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] Issue closed: #1705 displayio\.Group rotation and flipping

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] Issue closed: #1923 Displayio / MiniTFTFeatherWing noise at left edge of screen

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request closed: #1940 Add partial display update support\.

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dhalbert

[circuitpython:master] 8 new commits

eb21fc3 Add partial display update support. - tannewt
6db4f45 Update translations - tannewt
a35d9b4 Refactor deinit check to reduce code size. - tannewt
a91ad05 Change to one lto partition for ultimate optimi... - tannewt
0b1f605 Turn off gc opt for more M0 boards - tannewt

tulip sleet Jun 13, 2019, 1:30 PM

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@slender iron I just changed run_background_tasks() in a very simple way to run the tasks only every msec. That gives a 2.2x speedup. 1 msec is good for USB, according to thach. is 1 msec ok for display refresh (or even longer? how long?). Only other one to worry about is the ethernet support background task.

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void run_background_tasks(void) {
    if (last_finished_tick == ticks_ms) {
        // Wait at least a msec between running background tasks.
        return;
    }
...

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so combination of this and the other is >10x

pastel panther Jun 13, 2019, 2:52 PM

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hey @gilded cradle Which display that adafruit carries (and has displayio support or can with a bit of work) has the largest pixels? I want to work on some graphics stuff that would me much easier if I could see single pixel errors without squinting and turning my head sideways

main meteor Jun 13, 2019, 2:55 PM

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Heh, I have a flip-dot display where each dot is about 60mm across, but AdaFruit doesn't carry it and I sincerely doubt displayio supports it.

slender iron Jun 13, 2019, 3:42 PM

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@tulip sleet the displays should regulate their own timing via queue_refresh. may need to make it faster to get to though

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1 ms isn't great because the frames don't always align on those bounds

pastel panther Jun 13, 2019, 3:49 PM

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@slender iron is a working CDC but now MSC likely a flash chip issue? If so, I should be able to get a working CPY drive by enabling INTERNAL_FLASH_FILESYSTEM=1 instead of QSPI_FLASH_FILESYSTEM, ya?

tulip sleet Jun 13, 2019, 4:22 PM

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@slender iron Since 60fps is 16.67/msec per frame, I thought 1msec might be fast enough. Do you want it to be on 1msec boundaries? The display refresh should run for no more than 1msec itself so that USB gets serviced often enough.

gilded cradle Jun 13, 2019, 4:25 PM

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@pastel panther, it's the HX8357 display.

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You could use RA8875, but it doesn't currently have displayio support yet

pastel panther Jun 13, 2019, 4:26 PM

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Oh goodie, I have one of those

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how hard is it to get 8-bit support working with it in CP? The pyportal uses 8-bit, right?

gilded cradle Jun 13, 2019, 4:28 PM

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Yeah, it does. I just haven't tried it yet.

slender iron Jun 13, 2019, 4:48 PM

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@pastel panther ya, CDC but no MSC implicates the flash chip

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@tulip sleet ideally we can line up with the displays actual refresh signal

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https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/blob/master/shared-module/displayio/__init__.c#L127

GitHub

adafruit/circuitpython

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

pastel panther Jun 13, 2019, 4:50 PM

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Still haven't ruled out a soldering issue but trying to get the super small winbond W25Q80DV working by adding a def to the flash devices.h didn't help so far

slender iron Jun 13, 2019, 4:52 PM

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I usually add a breakpoint here: https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/blob/master/supervisor/shared/external_flash/external_flash.c#L211

GitHub

adafruit/circuitpython

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

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then from the debugger you can verify that you matched the id correctly

tulip sleet Jun 13, 2019, 4:57 PM

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@slender iron The check is

bool displayio_display_frame_queued(displayio_display_obj_t* self) {
    // Refresh at ~30 fps.
    return (ticks_ms - self->last_refresh) > 32;
}

so it looks like checking this every 1msec will be fine. The current impl is still on a msec boundary because it's checking ticks_ms, it seems to me.

slender iron Jun 13, 2019, 4:58 PM

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true for now but at some point it may change

pastel panther Jun 13, 2019, 4:58 PM

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Ah excellent thanks. On the topic of gdb, when I was working on the bitmap stuff I got tonnes of milage out of turning off the size optimization whle debugging. Is that still a good way if you have the space, or is there something else I could be doing? My main issue was with arguments being optimized out

slender iron Jun 13, 2019, 4:58 PM

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celeste isn't running the right speed so that may be part of it

tulip sleet Jun 13, 2019, 4:59 PM

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do you mean you tried my change or do you mean tip of master rightn ow

slender iron Jun 13, 2019, 4:59 PM

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@pastel panther I usually turn lto off but not change -Os. anything optimized out you can mark volatile temporarily 😃

tulip sleet Jun 13, 2019, 5:00 PM

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or you mean less < 1msec granuarlity may be necessary?

slender iron Jun 13, 2019, 5:00 PM

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@tulip sleet the ms boundary may be causing it to run too fast

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ya

pastel panther Jun 13, 2019, 5:01 PM

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Ya I tried that previously and I guess wasn't satisfied for some reason. Maybe it was just that I had to do it for everthing I cared about and turning off -0s was just easier?

tulip sleet Jun 13, 2019, 5:02 PM

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i was thinking about adding several counters to the tick interrupt routine to count when a particular background task needed to be run. They would then set a global flag for that background task, saying "yes, please run me the next time you check"

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still, 1msec granularity on a 30fps frame rate seems pretty granualar if it's 1/32

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i can submit a PR with the current simple patch and we can hold it for further testing. I still need to vet that 1ms is good enough for network

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network is 1 second (!)

void network_module_background(void) {
    static uint32_t next_tick = 0;
    uint32_t this_tick = ticks_ms;
    if (this_tick < next_tick) return;
    next_tick = this_tick + 1000;
...

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oh, also audio_dma_background() to consider. Do you think that def might need <1msec?

slender iron Jun 13, 2019, 5:38 PM

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audio depends on the buffer size

manic glacierBOT Jun 13, 2019, 6:36 PM

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1845: Added Spanish Translations

Anyone want to pick this up to get it in? Does it just need an update to master?

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request opened: #1943 Merge in gamepadshift fix to master\.

manic glacierBOT Jun 13, 2019, 7:26 PM

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request closed: #1943 Merge in gamepadshift fix to master\.

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tannewt

[circuitpython:master] 3 new commits

5e265f4 When clearing gamepad buffer, use the last butt... - deshipu
076a3f8 Merge pull request #1939 from pewpew-game/gamep... - tannewt
6d388a3 Merge pull request #1943 from adafruit/4.0.x - tannewt

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] Issue closed: #1935 GamePadShift requires a delay

slender iron Jun 13, 2019, 7:26 PM

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@tulip sleet anything else you want to get in for 4.1.0-beta.0?

tulip sleet Jun 13, 2019, 7:27 PM

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no, i think it's good!

slender iron Jun 13, 2019, 7:27 PM

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kk, will kick it off now before I eat lunch

tulip sleet Jun 13, 2019, 7:28 PM

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i'll away from home for a couple of hours shortly.

slender iron Jun 13, 2019, 7:28 PM

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k np

manic glacierBOT Jun 13, 2019, 7:31 PM

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1929: memory allocation / garbage collection error

Someone care to summarize where we're at on this?

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1919: Expose a user\-defined Frequency kwarg in BusIO's I2C

Why do you need to change it as you go?

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1913: Crash into the HardFault\_Handler

@iraytrace any update on this?

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New tag created: 4\.1\.0\-beta\.0

manic glacierBOT Jun 13, 2019, 8:21 PM

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brentru

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1919: Expose a user\-defined Frequency kwarg in BusIO's I2C

@tannewt The ATECC608A requires the frequency to be decreased to wake the chip up, then increased again when a command needs to be sent.

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New release published: 4\.1\.0\-beta\.0

orchid basinBOT Jun 13, 2019, 8:26 PM

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adafruit-adabot

[adafruit/circuitpython-org] Pull request opened: #224 Automated website update for release 4\.1\.0\-beta\.0

Automated website update for release 4.1.0-beta.0 by AdaBot.

New boards:

electronut_labs_blip

idle owl Jun 13, 2019, 9:02 PM

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@slender iron About to cookie BusDevice_Debug - realising that the way we cookie things means that the repo name and the lib name have to be consistent (unless I go through and change a bunch of things manually afterwards, which I can do if needed). It's not currently consistent with BusDevice/adafruit_bus_device. Should I go with Bus_Device_Debug for the name?

slender iron Jun 13, 2019, 9:08 PM

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sure, I'd do debug first too

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so Debug_Bus_Device

idle owl Jun 13, 2019, 9:08 PM

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Any particular reason?

slender iron Jun 13, 2019, 9:09 PM

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reads better to me?

idle owl Jun 13, 2019, 9:09 PM

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fair enough

slender iron Jun 13, 2019, 9:09 PM

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not sure how to describe

idle owl Jun 13, 2019, 9:10 PM

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No worries

slender iron Jun 13, 2019, 9:10 PM

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debug is an adjective I think. modifying bus device

simple pulsar Jun 13, 2019, 9:10 PM

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@slender iron @idle owl Does alphabetical ordering/grouping come into your decision? (I know nothing about what you are discussing, btw)

idle owl Jun 13, 2019, 9:11 PM

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@simple pulsar Not really. It's going to be a short lib that inherits bus_device but allows for debug statements.

simple pulsar Jun 13, 2019, 9:14 PM

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On a different subject, I'm thinking about implementing a msgpack library as I've been playing with CircuitPython code to read IR from MakeCode. Would Adafruit want a small general purpose msgpack library? I was going to implement the small subset needed for MakeCode IR protocol but the rest could be added later. I need to see how much can be reused from existing libs too.

slender iron Jun 13, 2019, 9:14 PM

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libraries are always good. I don't know what msgpack is though

simple pulsar Jun 13, 2019, 9:15 PM

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Yet another XDR type thing but focuses on compactness https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack/blob/master/spec.md

GitHub

msgpack/msgpack

MessagePack is an extremely efficient object serialization library. It's like JSON, but very fast and small. - msgpack/msgpack

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It sounds like the JSON generation realised their stuff was getting a bit bulky at times

main meteor Jun 13, 2019, 9:16 PM

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I think that (and the ability to transport binary information) is what's behind BSON as well.

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I'm glad good old XDR is still remembered.

simple pulsar Jun 13, 2019, 9:17 PM

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I remember when XML started being used a lot for pasisng data around and I thought I wonder what's going to happen next

slender iron Jun 13, 2019, 9:17 PM

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sounds like protocol buffers

simple pulsar Jun 13, 2019, 9:17 PM

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Each generation has their XDR!

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Ok, I'll take a stab at a very small version that respects the M0 world but allows more to be added as people want to do more with it.

slender iron Jun 13, 2019, 9:21 PM

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thanks! having the same api as the normal python module is a bonus. I wouldn't name it the same though

simple pulsar Jun 13, 2019, 9:23 PM

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I've glanced at two python modules, will take that into account

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Trivia: Just realised ASN.1 might battle XDR in age terms.

manic glacierBOT Jun 13, 2019, 9:28 PM

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C47D

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1845: Added Spanish Translations

@tannewt I can take a look at it later tonight, if it needs update i can do it until tomorrow night.

lone sandalBOT Jun 13, 2019, 9:47 PM

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jbilligmeier

[adafruit/awesome-circuitpython] New star added

manic glacierBOT Jun 13, 2019, 9:49 PM

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jbilligmeier

[adafruit/circuitpython] New star added

simple pulsar Jun 13, 2019, 9:55 PM

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There's some odd search behaviour with circuitpython.readthedocs.io, see my post on https://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=152497

orchid basinBOT Jun 13, 2019, 11:06 PM

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython-org] Pull request closed: #197 boards: add Electronut Labs Blip page

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython-org] Pull request closed: #224 Automated website update for release 4\.1\.0\-beta\.0

crimson ferry Jun 14, 2019, 12:41 AM

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Installing a new .uf2 never used to wipe my CIRCUITPY, but adafruit-circuitpython-pyportal-en_US-4.1.0-beta.0.uf2 did. Expected? circuitpython also seems much larger, I assume general practice now will be not to load the whole lib bundle even on 8MB devices.

crimson ferry Jun 14, 2019, 1:10 AM

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Change in Group behavior? ValueError: Layer already in a group. when trying to add the same group to more than one layer (used to be allowed).

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Where's the best place for beta feedback? Wow, displayio is 🚅 (fast), nice!

tulip sleet Jun 14, 2019, 1:19 AM

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@crimson ferry Please file issues in the circuitpython repo, like any other bug. Thanks!

crimson ferry Jun 14, 2019, 1:20 AM

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OK, thanks. Sometimes I don't know if it's a bug or me doing something n00b 😉

tulip sleet Jun 14, 2019, 1:25 AM

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@crimson ferry I loaded the beta three different boards, including a PyPortal, and it didn't erase CIRCUITPY. I'm mystified why yours would get erased.

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And it's true that the lib is getting larger all the time. We've modified the guides and stopped recommending copying over the whole thing. Now just copy what you need.

crimson ferry Jun 14, 2019, 1:36 AM

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Sounds good. The wiping could have been spurious, or more related to me renaming my CIRCUITPY last night... looking like something local... macOS Finder shows the new name, but bash shows 11 space chars for the Volume name. I'll start over clean and sort it out.

stuck elbow Jun 14, 2019, 10:03 AM

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So yeah, my secret project is now public: https://blog.europython.eu/post/185584014022/europython-2019-warning-spoiler-alert

Tumblr

EuroPython Blog

EuroPython 2019: Warning - Spoiler alert!

Usually, we try to have something as surprise for our attendees every year. However, for this year’s conference, we have decided to give our attendees something to play with and this needs a little...

tulip sleet Jun 14, 2019, 12:12 PM

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@timber mango Congratulations!! We'll publicize this well via our usual outlets.

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Try the 4.1 beta and see how much faster it is for your games.

solar whale Jun 14, 2019, 12:37 PM

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Just put 4.1 beta on a pew-pew 10 -- works fine!

stuck elbow Jun 14, 2019, 12:37 PM

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\o/

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unfortunately the europython ones will ship with 4.0.0-rc3 or some such

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because I had to provide the firmware to be flashed to the factory up front

old smelt Jun 14, 2019, 2:12 PM

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@tulip sleet - I was inspired by your Show and Tell update regarding the speed-up with 4.1 Beta. I'm seeing ~2X increase in speed from reset to initial

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....draw of the screen.

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Oh and it it's refreshing much faster, too. Nice. Thanks!

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What's the secret to that 5X improvement? 😃

stuck elbow Jun 14, 2019, 2:29 PM

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goto optimization

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https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/commit/a06a97e2cba36233d229ba44c3acd9007affe1c9

GitHub

Merge pull request #1934 from dhalbert/vm-computed-goto · adafrui...

Turn on MICROPY_OPT_COMPUTED_GOTO for 5x CPU-bound speedup

tulip sleet Jun 14, 2019, 2:32 PM

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https://blog.adafruit.com/2019/06/14/europython-2019-spoiler-attendees-getting-circuitpython-powered-pewpew-game-consoles-circuitpython-badgelife-gaming-python-europython-deshipu/

Adafruit Industries - Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!

EuroPython 2019 Spoiler: attendees getting CircuitPython-powered P...

Via the EuroPython blog: Usually, we try to have something as surprise for our attendees every year. However, for this year’s conference, we have decided to give our attendees something to play wit…

lethal abyss Jun 14, 2019, 3:02 PM

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Is there anything started to have Arcada equivalent with CircuitPython?
asking for a friend 😃

manic glacierBOT Jun 14, 2019, 3:18 PM

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gpshead

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1898: Treat an empty sep on binascii\.hexlify as no sep\.

fyi - I added sep in CPython 3.8. :)

tulip sleet Jun 14, 2019, 3:32 PM

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@slender iron this is weird:

../../shared-module/displayio/TileGrid.c: In function 'displayio_tilegrid_get_refresh_areas':
../../shared-module/displayio/TileGrid.c:443:52: error: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions [-Werror=sign-compare]
         if (displayio_area_size(&self->dirty_area) <= 2 * self->pixel_width * self->pixel_height) {
                                                    ^~
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors

Only happens when I compiled an nrf build with DEBUG=1. Doesn't happen on non-DEBUG or on atmel-samd DEBUG builds. Changing 2 to 2U makes it go away. I'll include that in next BLE PR.

slender iron Jun 14, 2019, 3:39 PM

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@lethal abyss @idle owl is working on a badge focused abstraction and we intend to have a gaming one

lethal abyss Jun 14, 2019, 3:43 PM

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Good news. I'll watch what will come, I will test it and use it for sure. If I may help, i will

idle owl Jun 14, 2019, 3:51 PM

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@lethal abyss I'll keep you posted as I get something worth testing 😃

lethal abyss Jun 14, 2019, 3:52 PM

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@idle owl ooops, spotted 😃 no problem, I'll be around 😉

idle owl Jun 14, 2019, 4:04 PM

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@slender iron With displayio if I create some rects and text using splashby appending, I'm finding if all I have is that set of code in there, and nothing in a loop, it appears for a moment, disappears, and the code finishes running. Is that how it's supposed to work? If I wanted to simply create that set of things and have them remain on the display, does that mean a while True: pass below it?

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Because it works with the pass in a loop below the code.

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But it feels like it might be a kludge.

slender iron Jun 14, 2019, 4:25 PM

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@idle owl can you post your full example?

slender iron Jun 14, 2019, 4:45 PM

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@crimson ferry I hadn't thought of reusing a group in more than one parent but with the dirty area tracking I needed to do it because the child elements only have one set of areas

manic glacierBOT Jun 14, 2019, 4:47 PM

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anecdata

[adafruit/circuitpython] Issue opened: #1944 4\.1\.0\-beta\.0 terminalio with ili9341 no longer uses whole screen

Adafruit Feather M4 Express with samd51j19 (31b)
CircuitPython 4.1.0-beta.0 on 2019-06-13
CircuitPython Library Bundle 20190613
2.4" TFT FeatherWing

This test will initialize the display using displayio
and draw a solid red background
"""

import board
import displayio
import adafruit_ili9341
import time

spi = board.SPI()
tft_cs = board.D9
tft_dc = board.D10

displayio.release_displays()
display_bus = displayio.FourWire(spi, command=tft_dc, chip_select=tft_cs)

...

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1944: 4\.1\.0\-beta\.0 terminalio with ili9341 no longer uses whole screen

Please post a picture.

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anecdata

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1944: 4\.1\.0\-beta\.0 terminalio with ili9341 no longer uses whole screen

For comparison, hx8357 with 3.5" FeatherWing works fine in this config.

crimson ferry Jun 14, 2019, 4:54 PM

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@slender iron Thanks, I figured it was some optimization or tightening some loose checking. I've changed my code.

manic glacierBOT Jun 14, 2019, 4:57 PM

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anecdata

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1944: 4\.1\.0\-beta\.0 terminalio with ili9341 no longer uses whole screen

Added a loop cointer so it's clear the print statements are unique. Some code uses a little more of the top of the screen than others, but never more than half, that I've seen.
<img width="957" alt="Screen Shot 2019-06-14 at 11 56 24 AM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16617689/59525236-74abc500-8e9b-11e9-9f5c-810561ae1aec.png">

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anecdata

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1944: 4\.1\.0\-beta\.0 terminalio with ili9341 no longer uses whole screen

Well, now that I'm banging on it more, it seems that maybe the init just got in a funny state. I'm able to get the whole screen now. Successive reloads didn't clear something, had to remove battery and completely power down. Thought I had done that last night, but possibly not. I'll close this if I don't see any strangeness in the next couple of days.

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makermelissa

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1944: 4\.1\.0\-beta\.0 terminalio with ili9341 no longer uses whole screen

Yeah, sometimes when working with displays they'll stick with the first init codes they see and if you don't unplug completely this can either lull you into a false sense of security or see issues where there aren't any. I've had it happen to me a few times while working on the drivers. :)

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makermelissa

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1944: 4\.1\.0\-beta\.0 terminalio with ili9341 no longer uses whole screen

Perhaps the display isn't resetting properly.

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anecdata

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1944: 4\.1\.0\-beta\.0 terminalio with ili9341 no longer uses whole screen

It's possible my display is quirky, I don't have a 2nd to test. But I put 4.0.1 back on and it worked fine. But 4.1.0-beta.0 is still acting up after that.

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makermelissa

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1944: 4\.1\.0\-beta\.0 terminalio with ili9341 no longer uses whole screen

I'm thinking maybe partial display updates exposed something. Do you happen to have a PyPortal to test with? It also uses the ili9341?

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1919: Expose a user\-defined Frequency kwarg in BusIO's I2C

Ugh, weird.

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1845: Added Spanish Translations

Thank you @C47D

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anecdata

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1944: 4\.1\.0\-beta\.0 terminalio with ili9341 no longer uses whole screen

PyPortal terminalio is fine, but I believe it uses parallel interface to TFT, not SPI.

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makermelissa

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1944: 4\.1\.0\-beta\.0 terminalio with ili9341 no longer uses whole screen

Yeah, but at least it's a good data point. I can hook up a display in a little bit and see if the behavior is the same on mine. I also have a few different ili9341 displays.

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1944: 4\.1\.0\-beta\.0 terminalio with ili9341 no longer uses whole screen

Or maybe the new interpreter speedup means it needs a delay now somewhere in the Python code?

idle owl Jun 14, 2019, 5:38 PM

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Pro tip: save your changes, or the updates won't apply. 🤦

manic glacierBOT Jun 14, 2019, 5:40 PM

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sommersoft

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1919: Add \.frequency property to BusIO's I2C

Ugh, weird.

Agreed. I looked at the sheet, and from what I can tell it's similar to a clock stretch, by holding SCL high for a minimum amount of time to wake from sleep.

Dropping the frequency does seem the best approach. I peeked at the M4 sheet and saw an SCL hold register/property, but that would likely be just as bleh to implement; if it would even address this. Not to mention far less useable across the ecosystem.

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anecdata

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1944: 4\.1\.0\-beta\.0 terminalio with ili9341 no longer uses whole screen

Oddly (though perhaps related), I'm not seeing discernible speedup on the 2.4" FeatherWing.

idle owl Jun 14, 2019, 5:40 PM

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@slender iron I'll post the code in a bit, I got into something else in the meantime. :multitracking:

slender iron Jun 14, 2019, 5:44 PM

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ya, I'm off to solder for a bit

manic glacierBOT Jun 14, 2019, 5:58 PM

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caternuson

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1941: Adafruit SI1145 UV Lux sensor missing libraries for Raspberry Pi in python

So is this a yay or nay for having a driver?

manic glacierBOT Jun 14, 2019, 6:45 PM

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brentru

[adafruit/circuitpython] Fork created: brentru/circuitpython

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fourstix

[adafruit/circuitpython] Fork created: fourstix/circuitpython

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makermelissa

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1944: 4\.1\.0\-beta\.0 terminalio with ili9341 no longer uses whole screen

Ok, here's what I observed while testing it using the above code. When you start it, it paints a red rectangle on the entire screen fine and then prints test starting from the bottom.

Each time you save the file it repaints the red rectangle just fine showing that the init commands seem fine. However, the terminal seems to shrink a little each time. So this may be related to terminalio.

prime flower Jun 14, 2019, 7:18 PM

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@gilded cradle heya - I'm testing a PyBadge and I'm not sure how to read button presses from CircuitPython (the front btns)

gilded cradle Jun 14, 2019, 7:19 PM

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Take a look at https://learn.adafruit.com/pybadge-conference-badge-multi-language-unicode-fonts/pybadge-buttons

PyBadge Conference Badge With Unicode Fonts

Turn your PyBadge into a fun badge that will get people's attention

prime flower Jun 14, 2019, 7:19 PM

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Perfect! thanks

gilded cradle Jun 14, 2019, 7:19 PM

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😃

prime flower Jun 14, 2019, 7:23 PM

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@gilded cradle yup, works 😃 thanks for writing that code

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btw super helpful explanations in that guide

gilded cradle Jun 14, 2019, 7:23 PM

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You're welcome. I'm glas it was helpful.

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Thanks

prime flower Jun 14, 2019, 7:24 PM

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i read over some of the arcada stuff this AM and was like "why are the bits being masked"

gilded cradle Jun 14, 2019, 7:24 PM

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😃

tulip river Jun 14, 2019, 8:13 PM

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trying to get a pyportal project working. the url returns a json blob with entries[] and I need the data out of those entry objects... I'm not grokking how to do that with json_path

errant jetty Jun 14, 2019, 8:14 PM

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Just seen a 1.78 speedup on itsy bitsy M4 using 4.1.0-beta for my CPU-bound code compared to 4.0.1 - wow, don't need any C modules! Thank you 👌

tidal kiln Jun 14, 2019, 8:14 PM

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are you using the pyportal library? @tulip river

tulip river Jun 14, 2019, 8:15 PM

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yeah

scarlet maple Jun 14, 2019, 8:16 PM

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@tulip river assuming a JSON structure like:

[{"status":"At home",
   "date":"- Monday, May 1, 9:54 PM",
   "graph":"https://host/graph.png"}]

the image_json_path I use is image_json_path = [0, 'graph']

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i.e., take the 0th element from the JSON list, and get the graph element from there.

tidal kiln Jun 14, 2019, 8:17 PM

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if you call fetch it will return the JSON blob as a Python list

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and you can use that to access the data

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...a list of Python dictionaries actually

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how familiar are you with Python lists/dictionaries?

tulip river Jun 14, 2019, 8:20 PM

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very, I'm just not familar with how pyportal exposes things

scarlet maple Jun 14, 2019, 8:20 PM

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(now that I reread, cater probably is more on the right track than I am)

tidal kiln Jun 14, 2019, 8:20 PM

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ah. then you're probably closer than you think.

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you can check the source code:
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_PyPortal/blob/master/adafruit_pyportal.py#L711
but also some of the examples might help

tulip river Jun 14, 2019, 8:21 PM

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cater so if I use json_path["entries"] I should expect to just get the list of entries back

tidal kiln Jun 14, 2019, 8:22 PM

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maybe not best....just the first i thought of...
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Learning_System_Guides/blob/master/PyPortal_Tides/pp_tides.py#L51

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as a first pass, just do something like that and then print the return

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to see what you've got

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raw_info = pyportal.fetch()
print(raw_info)

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hopefully once you see that, it'll be obvious how to access

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combo of indexing and dictionary keys

tulip river Jun 14, 2019, 8:25 PM

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thanks, I think that will get me on the right track

tidal kiln Jun 14, 2019, 8:26 PM

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cool. good luck!

tulip river Jun 14, 2019, 8:31 PM

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btw I'm trying to display some ship info on a pyportal https://aprs.fi/page/api

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using that api... thats the goal

tidal kiln Jun 14, 2019, 8:39 PM

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looks like all the info is rooted at "entries"

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so that's what you'd set for json_path when creating your pyportal object

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and then fetch will return a list of dictionary(s) with all that data

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ex for getting latitude:

raw_data = pyportal.fetch()
lat = raw_data[0]["lat"]

lethal abyss Jun 14, 2019, 8:45 PM

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@idle owl I just started to explore pygamer with Circuit Python. Is your current work about having something kinda like adafruit_pyportal? I mean, something that helps having main elements grouped in a class (screen, pad, buttons...)
For now, tell me if I'm wrong, but it is up to anyone to gather compatible libraries to write anything involving pygamer?
(hope my english is clear enough)

idle owl Jun 14, 2019, 8:47 PM

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@lethal abyss Yes, it's similar to PyPortal in that it will handle all of the setup for all the components of the board in one place. You'll import this library, and then have access to all of the main functionality of both PyGamer and PyBadge. Right now, yes, it is up to you to gather the necessary libraries and write code that sets all of the hardware up. It will be easier once Adafruit_CircuitPython_PyBadger is completed.

lethal abyss Jun 14, 2019, 8:48 PM

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Ok, it makes sense

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so really, if I can help, coding, doc, tests, let me know. it is a very nice product I'd like to use in the little coding club I founded and Python is such a success with kids...

manic glacierBOT Jun 14, 2019, 8:49 PM

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brentru

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request opened: #1945 Add PyBadge AirLift

Adding board support for PyBadge AirLift M4.

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sabas1080

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1845: Added Spanish Translations

no es "yield" tal cual?

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sabas1080

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1845: Added Spanish Translations

En otras traducciones recuerdo hemos dejado allocation, porque montón suena raro y poco entendible

tidal kiln Jun 14, 2019, 8:49 PM

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"PyBadger" 😀

stuck elbow Jun 14, 2019, 8:50 PM

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badger badger badger badger badger badger mushroom mushroom

meager fog Jun 14, 2019, 9:04 PM

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⚠ we have pygamer kits in stock right now but they're going FAST! ⚠ https://www.adafruit.com/product/4277

Adafruit PyGamer Starter Kit

Please note: you may get a royal blue or purple case with your starter kit (they're both lovely colors)What fits in your pocket, is fully Open Source, and can run CircuitPython, ...

manic glacierBOT Jun 14, 2019, 9:07 PM

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ladyada

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1234: nrf24 library

for those who want to try it out - check out @rhthomas code here!
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_NRF24L01/pull/1

exotic pumice Jun 14, 2019, 9:15 PM

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let my distributor buy me one 😛

meager fog Jun 14, 2019, 9:20 PM

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they're not available for disti's at this time

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and wont be till we can have significant stock - so it may be a month

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only digikey will have em earlier

manic glacierBOT Jun 14, 2019, 9:32 PM

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C47D

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1845: Added Spanish Translations

Para mi gusto si.

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C47D

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1845: Added Spanish Translations

Me parece bien, lo mismo para yield, palabras reservadas de C, python, etc. No?

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sabas1080

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1845: Added Spanish Translations

Si

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C47D

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1845: Added Spanish Translations

@sabas1080 Tenía pensado retomar este PR en cuanto llegue a casa, si puedes haz el review, para que en cuanto llegue lo corrija.

simple pulsar Jun 14, 2019, 10:18 PM

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@stuck elbow @slender iron Computed Goto? That's a phrase from the past: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goto#Computed_GOTO_and_Assigned_GOTO 😱

Goto

GoTo (goto, GOTO, GO TO or other case combinations, depending on the programming language) is a statement found in many computer programming languages. It performs a one-way transfer of control to another line of code; in contrast a function call normally returns control. T...

main meteor Jun 14, 2019, 10:45 PM

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Easily done on an 1802 CPU, since you can do the math in a register, then make that register the program counter.

manic glacierBOT Jun 14, 2019, 11:55 PM

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rce1086

[adafruit/circuitpython] New star added

manic glacierBOT Jun 15, 2019, 5:58 AM

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C47D

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request closed: #1845 Added Spanish Translations

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C47D

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request opened: #1946 \[locale spanish\] Update spanish translation\.

Superseded #1845

manic glacierBOT Jun 15, 2019, 2:49 PM

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shazz

[adafruit/circuitpython] Issue opened: #1947 \[pygamer\] IOError when reading files from SD card

Hi,
I just figure out that there is a 'slight' difference when reading files from the flash or from the SD card.

Version: master (6/16/2019)

File generation (copied to the flash and to the SD card

time dd if=/dev/urandom of=test.dat bs=1 count=1M

Code:

import sys
import os
import adafruit_sdcard
import board
import busio
import digitalio
import storage

# Connect to the card and mount the filesystem.
spi = busio.SPI(board.SCK, board...

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jerryneedell

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1947: \[pygamer\] IOError when reading files from SD card

When I see this error ```Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error

it is a problem reading the program from the Files system -- not related to the actual code or hardware.
try copying your program over again and making sure the file system has been properly synched.

manic glacierBOT Jun 15, 2019, 3:40 PM

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shazz

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1947: \[pygamer\] IOError when reading files from SD card

In fact I ran the test code:

from the flash
from the SD card
from the REPL (line by line)

same result.
I also reformat the SD card. No change.
Running script from the SD card works, but that's really this readinto() which fails.

manic glacierBOT Jun 15, 2019, 5:18 PM

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shazz

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1947: \[pygamer\] IOError when reading files from SD card

Ah, looks it comes from here in extmod/vfs_fat_file.c

STATIC mp_uint_t file_obj_read(mp_obj_t self_in, void *buf, mp_uint_t size, int *errcode) {
    pyb_file_obj_t *self = MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(self_in);
    UINT sz_out;
    FRESULT res = f_read(&self->fp, buf, size, &sz_out);
    if (res != FR_OK) {
        *errcode = fresult_to_errno_table[res];
        return MP_STREAM_ERROR;
    }
    return sz_out;
}

then....

lethal abyss Jun 15, 2019, 8:54 PM

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I made a port of Pyportal Openweather project to my pygamer.
I added a esp32 as wifi co-processor.
It is mainly an aggregate of several Adafruit Guide adapted to Pygamer.
Hope it can help someone.
https://github.com/titimoby/Pygamer_Openweather

GitHub

titimoby/Pygamer_Openweather

experiments with pygamer, esp32 as wifi copro and openweather - titimoby/Pygamer_Openweather

manic glacierBOT Jun 15, 2019, 9:14 PM

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ladyada

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1947: \[pygamer\] IOError when reading files from SD card

maybe same issue as
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_SD/issues/14

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shazz

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1947: \[pygamer\] IOError when reading files from SD card

There is maybe a link... in this case read crashes after 200 bytes (versus hangs when write more than 1023 bytes).

Bu in any case, there is an issue with reading and writing on the SD card...

manic glacierBOT Jun 15, 2019, 9:52 PM

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moritzmaier

[adafruit/circuitpython] New star added

manic glacierBOT Jun 16, 2019, 2:56 AM

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ladyada

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1941: Adafruit SI1145 UV Lux sensor missing libraries for Raspberry Pi in python

ya, thats the same person. i think this is a very low priority driver, but if someone wants to do it, that would be very welcome :) they may benefit from checking the silabs fm transmitter, the 'i2c data access technique' silabs uses is similar

manic glacierBOT Jun 16, 2019, 3:38 AM

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1947: \[pygamer\] IOError when reading files from SD card

What is the brand, model, and size of the card? Some cards work worse than others.

We have a C-based library we are planning to use instead of the python-based SD library.

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dhalbert

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1947: \[pygamer\] IOError when reading files from SD card

I should say thinking of substituting, since we may not have space on some boards.

manic glacierBOT Jun 16, 2019, 3:57 AM

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shazz

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1947: \[pygamer\] IOError when reading files from SD card

That's a SanDisk 8GB micro SDHC class 4.
I will try with some others...

slender iron Jun 16, 2019, 5:43 PM

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<@&356864093652516868> Meeting is the normal 11am Pacific/ 2pm Eastern time here on Discord tomorrow in the CircuitPython voice channel. Notes doc is here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17bOJ2-2B11kmfcJQzcs_5tMk-FBWzA_SeUYtInaBws8/edit?usp=sharing

Google Docs

CircuitPython Weekly June 17th, 2019

CircuitPython Weekly June 17th, 2019 Welcome to the meeting notes! Feel free to add your notes for Hug Reports and Status Updates early. We do it as a round robin sorted by username. If you can’t make the meeting, then add them anyway with a “(missing meeting)” after ...

manic glacierBOT Jun 16, 2019, 10:44 PM

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mkol5222

[adafruit/circuitpython] New star added

mystic estuary Jun 17, 2019, 12:17 AM

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so like

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I've done the tutorials and stuff for the circuit playground express and I'm a little stumped at what to do now.

pastel panther Jun 17, 2019, 1:33 AM

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@tulip sleet and @slender iron Any idea what this is about? I can't use gdb or JLink commander for some reason

📎 unknown.png

manic glacierBOT Jun 17, 2019, 3:16 AM

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cpforbes

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request opened: #1948 Create a /lib directory when creating the filesystem\.

Fixes #1937

tulip sleet Jun 17, 2019, 3:56 AM

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@pastel panther do you see the same thing if you do JLinkGDBServer -device ATSAMD51J19 -if SWD ? I wonder if you're not connected properly. Try it on a second board.

manic glacierBOT Jun 17, 2019, 6:26 AM

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XinnGadget

[adafruit/circuitpython] New star added

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] Issue closed: #1937 Create an empty lib folder when creating CIRCUITPY filesystem

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request closed: #1948 Create a /lib directory when creating the filesystem\.

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tannewt

[circuitpython:master] 2 new commits

99bcb4e Create a /lib directory when creating the files... - cpforbes
cde8000 Merge pull request #1948 from cpforbes/issue1937 - tannewt

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1945: Add PyBadge AirLift

I don't think the 10 here is correct because COLMOD only takes one parameter: https://newhavendisplay.com/appnotes/datasheets/LCDs/ST7789V.pdf page 224.

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1945: Add PyBadge AirLift

CASET and RASET aren't needed in CircuitPython because the display code sends them for individual refreshes.

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] Issue opened: #1949 Implement sys\.settrace as the lowest level of a debugger or profiler

sys.settrace could be a very useful tool for performance analysis via python rather than requiring a lot from the VM/C itself.

There is a PR to micropython for it here: https://github.com/micropython/micropython/pull/4265 from @malinah

indigo wedge Jun 17, 2019, 10:03 AM

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Hi everyone, nice work with the displayio stuff, I just connected a display and got the REPL on it for free 👍

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I see I got demoted from circuitpythonista, makes sense 😅

stuck elbow Jun 17, 2019, 10:17 AM

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why does it make sense?

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now if only there was an easy way to get input into that repl as well

indigo wedge Jun 17, 2019, 10:19 AM

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cause i stopped contributing

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yeah i was wondering if there was an easy way, i would love to be able to easily use my qwerty keyboard with repl

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@stuck elbow did you see my FeatherWing? 😄

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Not sure if you would be interested in hacking on it, I could get you a unit once I assemble more 😃

stuck elbow Jun 17, 2019, 10:21 AM

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I did

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it surely looks great and there is a million things that could be done with it if only one had time for it... ;-)

indigo wedge Jun 17, 2019, 10:23 AM

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😄

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I also need unlimited time 😃

stuck elbow Jun 17, 2019, 10:25 AM

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I had to pause my CircuitPython stuff for a while, and now I have a pile of things to catch up to, with displayio having partial updates now

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I would love to play with your featherwing, but I can't really promise I will get to it any time soon

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I should receive the PyGamer in a few hours

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@indigo wedge by the way, you you also have one of those lora featherwings?

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they would make a great combo

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@indigo wedge do you have an int pin on the keyboard driver chip?

indigo wedge Jun 17, 2019, 10:41 AM

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Yes but it's optional, you can also poll the fifo state

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Since we all know circuitpython and interrupts don't mix ;)

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I don't have a Lora feather, hope someone else might get something going there

tulip sleet Jun 17, 2019, 11:33 AM

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@indigo wedge you left the Adafruit server a while ago! That's probably why, or maybe it was even automatic when that happened.

indigo wedge Jun 17, 2019, 11:33 AM

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Yes I know, that's why I said it's fair 😃

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And Hi, Dan 😃

tulip sleet Jun 17, 2019, 11:34 AM

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hi! i'm making BLE progress - you'll see more library work and bleio soon.

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the keyboard featherwing is really neat

indigo wedge Jun 17, 2019, 11:35 AM

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I've been trying to minimize my SW work and focus on HW so really happy with the bring-up. I used all components that already had circuitpython libraries so it was just a matter of changing some pins 😃

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Wanted to say thanks to everyone for their awesome work on CP and the libs

tulip sleet Jun 17, 2019, 11:36 AM

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yw! if you're around today we have our weekly audio meeting 2pm Eastern time

indigo wedge Jun 17, 2019, 11:37 AM

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not sure if I have anything to say but I might listen in 😄

tulip sleet Jun 17, 2019, 11:38 AM

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welcome to stop by - we have a lot of progress happening. previous notes here https://github.com/adafruit/adafruit-circuitpython-weekly-meeting

indigo wedge Jun 17, 2019, 11:39 AM

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Yes, I updated my custom samd51 board from 3.0-beta to master and wow, so much good stuff 😄

tulip sleet Jun 17, 2019, 11:40 AM

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more people on the team and more outside PR's :cornucopia:

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and talking about your latest hw is right on topic

indigo wedge Jun 17, 2019, 11:41 AM

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Yes, soon I'm gonna be looking for people who would like to write some code for it, in exchange for free HW 😄 But first I need to assemble more than 1 unit

tulip sleet Jun 17, 2019, 11:42 AM

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stop by with some photos, etc.

indigo wedge Jun 17, 2019, 11:43 AM

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I have many, is this the right channel to post them?

tulip sleet Jun 17, 2019, 11:44 AM

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sure!

indigo wedge Jun 17, 2019, 11:45 AM

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Here's some nice ones https://twitter.com/arturo182/status/1139987695814492160

arturo182 (@arturo182)

Here's some glamour shots before I might have to do bodges and such. Let the bring-up begin!

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Aww, only shows one

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I also made a video demoing CP on it and explaining the HW:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q_774u8of4

YouTube

arturo182

Handheld FeatherWing - Status Update

Assembled the first board.

▶ Play video

main meteor Jun 17, 2019, 12:44 PM

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Portable Python!

indigo wedge Jun 17, 2019, 12:52 PM

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That's the dream 😉

stuck elbow Jun 17, 2019, 12:56 PM

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I have it on my phone...

indigo wedge Jun 17, 2019, 1:02 PM

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But can it blink a LED? 😛

stuck elbow Jun 17, 2019, 2:06 PM

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is it just me, or are PyGamer's JOYSTICK_X and JOYSTICK_Y swapped?

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or am I holding it wrong?

manic glacierBOT Jun 17, 2019, 2:42 PM

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tonygo

[adafruit/circuitpython] Issue opened: #1950 Si1145

I've used this Adafruit Si1145 board with an Arduino and would really appreciate a CircuitPython driver to use with CircuitPlayground Express and Itsybitsy M4 Express. Now the sun might come out in UK anytime soon it would be really helpful.

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usemodj

[adafruit/circuitpython] New star added

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anecdata

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1944: 4\.1\.0\-beta\.0 terminalio with ili9341 no longer uses whole screen

MiniTFT FeatherWing exhibits the same display bahevior: graphics are fine, terminalio loses about one text line per reload.

manic glacierBOT Jun 17, 2019, 3:15 PM

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jhester

[adafruit/circuitpython] Fork created: jhester/circuitpython

orchid basinBOT Jun 17, 2019, 3:20 PM

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makermelissa

[adafruit/circuitpython-org] Pull request opened: #226 Updated Orange Pi PC Images

manic glacierBOT Jun 17, 2019, 3:21 PM

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brentru

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1945: Add PyBadge AirLift

Removed in latest commit.

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brentru

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1945: Add PyBadge AirLift

Removed extra COLMOD param in latest commit

lethal abyss Jun 17, 2019, 3:45 PM

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@stuck elbow i'll have a look as soon as I'm home. That's weird

orchid basinBOT Jun 17, 2019, 3:49 PM

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makermelissa

[adafruit/circuitpython-org] Pull request opened: #227 Added Odroid C2 to Blinka

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ladyada

[adafruit/circuitpython-org] Pull request closed: #227 Added Odroid C2 to Blinka

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ladyada

[adafruit/circuitpython-org] New comment on pull request #227: Added Odroid C2 to Blinka

wooo!

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ladyada

[adafruit/circuitpython-org] Pull request closed: #226 Updated Orange Pi PC Images

manic glacierBOT Jun 17, 2019, 4:00 PM

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ladyada

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1950: Si1145

duplicate of https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/issues/1941
please sub there :)

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ladyada

[adafruit/circuitpython] Issue closed: #1950 Si1145

pastel panther Jun 17, 2019, 4:27 PM

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@indigo wedge I will absolutely help with software in trade for hardware

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(probably even without it, but my free time is spare)

slender iron Jun 17, 2019, 4:28 PM

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@indigo wedge welcome back! I added you to circuitpythonistas

raven canopy Jun 17, 2019, 4:28 PM

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👋 @indigo wedge. welcome back!

indigo wedge Jun 17, 2019, 4:29 PM

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@slender iron thanks 😳

prime flower Jun 17, 2019, 4:58 PM

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@tidal kiln heya - reading over your displayio guide (really useful). what do you like using for building/displaying/modifying spritesheets?

tidal kiln Jun 17, 2019, 4:58 PM

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actually, haven't done much of that since guide.

stuck elbow Jun 17, 2019, 4:59 PM

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recommends Aseprite

tidal kiln Jun 17, 2019, 4:59 PM

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i think i just used gimp for the guide, since it was so simple

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^^ there you go. pretty sure @stuck elbow has done ~99999999% more of this than i have )

stuck elbow Jun 17, 2019, 5:00 PM

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tbh all my life I used gimp

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but it wasn't optimal

tidal kiln Jun 17, 2019, 5:01 PM

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yep. was fine for a quick one off.

stuck elbow Jun 17, 2019, 5:01 PM

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oh, I used Paint Shop Pro a long time ago, before Corel bought it

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on Windows 95

indigo wedge Jun 17, 2019, 5:02 PM

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anybody got a link to the guide?

tidal kiln Jun 17, 2019, 5:02 PM

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displayio guide?

indigo wedge Jun 17, 2019, 5:02 PM

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yeah

tidal kiln Jun 17, 2019, 5:02 PM

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https://learn.adafruit.com/circuitpython-display-support-using-displayio

indigo wedge Jun 17, 2019, 5:02 PM

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thanks!

tidal kiln Jun 17, 2019, 5:03 PM

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the sprite coverage is very basic

stuck elbow Jun 17, 2019, 5:03 PM

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https://gist.github.com/deshipu/766ead06b1a9cca87f2f878bf36e9705

Gist

Bouncing balls demo using displayio

Bouncing balls demo using displayio. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

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I got the bouncing balls demo going!

tidal kiln Jun 17, 2019, 5:04 PM

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also maybe checkout some of what JP's been doing lately? he's been doing lots more sprite gamey stuff recently.

stuck elbow Jun 17, 2019, 5:05 PM

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📎 IMG_20190617_190401.jpg

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next up: porting Jumper Wire

pastel panther Jun 17, 2019, 5:08 PM

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@tulip sleet does the trinket_m0 build not have displayio support? I saw it has the CIRCUITPY_SMALL_BUILD set but drawing a line from that to displayio support isn't clear to me

stuck elbow Jun 17, 2019, 5:11 PM

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45:# Some are always on, some are always off, and some depend on CIRCUITPY_FULL_BUILD.
55:CIRCUITPY_AUDIOBUSIO = $(CIRCUITPY_FULL_BUILD)
60:CIRCUITPY_AUDIOIO = $(CIRCUITPY_FULL_BUILD)
65:CIRCUITPY_BITBANGIO = $(CIRCUITPY_FULL_BUILD)
91:CIRCUITPY_DISPLAYIO = $(CIRCUITPY_FULL_BUILD)
96:CIRCUITPY_FREQUENCYIO = $(CIRCUITPY_FULL_BUILD)
101:CIRCUITPY_GAMEPAD = $(CIRCUITPY_FULL_BUILD)
111:CIRCUITPY_I2CSLAVE = $(CIRCUITPY_FULL_BUILD)
147:CIRCUITPY_PIXELBUF = $(CIRCUITPY_FULL_BUILD)

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(CIRCUITPY_FULL_BUILD is the opposite of CIRCUITPY_SMALL_BUILD)

pastel panther Jun 17, 2019, 5:13 PM

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@stuck elbow do you have your ball.bmp handy?

prime flower Jun 17, 2019, 5:13 PM

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@tidal kiln @stuck elbow
I keep hitting a NotImplementedError: True color BMP unsupported when exporting a 16b BMP with GIMP. What export settings did y'all use?

stuck elbow Jun 17, 2019, 5:14 PM

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https://ugame.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_images/ball.bmp

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@prime flower convert it to indexed first

tidal kiln Jun 17, 2019, 5:15 PM

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image -> mode -> indexed

pastel panther Jun 17, 2019, 5:15 PM

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it should perhaps be updated to use OnDiskBitmap?

stuck elbow Jun 17, 2019, 5:15 PM

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it shouldn't

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OnDIskBitmap is slooooooow

prime flower Jun 17, 2019, 5:16 PM

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@stuck elbow You cant export an indexed image with transparency as a bmp?

stuck elbow Jun 17, 2019, 5:16 PM

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you can select one color to be transparent

pastel panther Jun 17, 2019, 5:17 PM

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@stuck elbow slow compared to holding it in memory? That's not fair 😃

stuck elbow Jun 17, 2019, 5:17 PM

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that's what palette.make_transparent(15) does

tidal kiln Jun 17, 2019, 5:18 PM

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^^ that. but i'm not sure how you actually come up with the index value for any given .bmp file

stuck elbow Jun 17, 2019, 5:19 PM

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I use a fixed palette for my sprites

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so I know all the indices of all my colors

pastel panther Jun 17, 2019, 5:19 PM

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does imageload not have the same support for bitdepths as OnDiskBitmap? Perhaps that should be addressed by them sharing some code?

stuck elbow Jun 17, 2019, 5:19 PM

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imageload is in Python, OnDiskBitmap is in C

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I want to discuss the possibility of copying an OnDiskBitmap as Bitmap in today's in the weeds

prime flower Jun 17, 2019, 5:49 PM

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@stuck elbow Got it going with the indexed bitmap, thanks!

manic glacierBOT Jun 17, 2019, 5:49 PM

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anecdata

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1944: 4\.1\.0\-beta\.0 terminalio with ili9341 no longer uses whole screen

Some updates to above comments:

The 2.4" FeatherWing does appear to run faster with 4.1.0-beta.0 fresh out of a power cycle.

But now working on the 3.5" FeatherWing more, I am seeing some quirky behavior. It's in a super slow mode now that I can't get out of even through reverting to 4.0.1 (or back) and / or power cycling. Could be specific to my unit (I only have the one to test), or it possibly implies there is some static storage on the display chip that isn't getting completely rese...

lethal abyss Jun 17, 2019, 5:52 PM

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@stuck elbow no one listen to me or I am such a bad communicant 🤣
https://photos.app.goo.gl/eUryVp7JGrxAUMyQ6

That was the reason I asked how to activate stage module. At least now I know how to compile CircuitPython 😁

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pastel panther Jun 17, 2019, 5:54 PM

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do all of the express boards support FULL_BUILD?

sterile bronze Jun 17, 2019, 6:00 PM

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just a hug report today

old smelt Jun 17, 2019, 6:00 PM

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Lurking

prime flower Jun 17, 2019, 6:02 PM

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that's so crisp @errant grail

tidal kiln Jun 17, 2019, 6:02 PM

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lurking

prime flower Jun 17, 2019, 6:03 PM

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wants a tote bag with blinka..

inland tusk Jun 17, 2019, 6:04 PM

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@idle owl @slender iron Just lurking

stuck elbow Jun 17, 2019, 6:04 PM

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@lethal abyss I think the stage module is enabled in the official pygamer firmware

inland tusk Jun 17, 2019, 6:05 PM

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Figures

slender iron Jun 17, 2019, 6:06 PM

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/17bOJ2-2B11kmfcJQzcs_5tMk-FBWzA_SeUYtInaBws8/edit?usp=sharing

Google Docs

CircuitPython Weekly June 17th, 2019

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ionic elk Jun 17, 2019, 6:07 PM

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lurking

sterile bronze Jun 17, 2019, 6:09 PM

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Adabox has arrived at my door

slender iron Jun 17, 2019, 6:09 PM

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@tulip sleet you are unmuted

gilded cradle Jun 17, 2019, 6:11 PM

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https://youtu.be/m1miwCJtxeM

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ADABOX is out! https://www.adafruit.com/adabox012

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EuroPython 2019 attendees getting CircuitPython-powered PewPew Game Consoles! They are looking for attendees to help Radomir with workshops on the PewPew. See more on the blog post and on the PewPew workshop page.
https://blog.europython.eu/post/185584014022/europython-2019-warning-spoiler-alert
https://ep2019.europython.eu/events/pewpew-workshops/

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8/8/2019 is CircuitPython day! 8/8/2019 is CircuitPython day! This year, we’re in the planning stages and will have live videos, celebrations, and more for this very snake friendly date! For now, we’re starting to assemble the artwork in our public DropBox CircuitPython folder, check it out
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If you need to get in touch with us for planning your event and more, email: circuitpythonday@adafruit.com

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Bluefruit Circuit Playground Express is in early prototyping phase
https://youtu.be/6VQpo3v5jo8

We have a buncha' updates on circuitpython.org, specifically in BLINKA! Thanks Melissa!
https://circuitpython.org/blinka

Discord now offers "server boosts" we have 6 on our server (level 1), if we get to 10 boosts we get a banner and some other good features for the community: 150 emojis, 256 Kbps audio, server banner, 50 mb uploads for all members. Stop by and boost!
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meager fog Jun 17, 2019, 6:21 PM

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hihi here for a few mins

sly falcon Jun 17, 2019, 6:21 PM

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😊

meager fog Jun 17, 2019, 6:24 PM

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ok mic!

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blinka_cooking

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🚤

pastel panther Jun 17, 2019, 6:29 PM

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📎 VID_20190617_112827974.mp4

stuck elbow Jun 17, 2019, 6:32 PM

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that's fast :P

pastel panther Jun 17, 2019, 6:32 PM

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I increased the speed to try and beat the frame rate

stuck elbow Jun 17, 2019, 6:32 PM

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you may want to add display.wait_for_frame() in the loop

prime flower Jun 17, 2019, 6:36 PM

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📎 IMG_5861.JPG

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ok another one, but w/wifi 😃

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manic glacierBOT Jun 17, 2019, 6:39 PM

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deshipu

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request opened: #1951 Add support for PyGamer to Stage library

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deshipu

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1951: Add support for PyGamer to Stage library

Note that board.JOYSTICK_X and board.JOYSTICK_Y are reversed, because that's how they are in the current builds.

errant grail Jun 17, 2019, 6:41 PM

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Inspired by @split ocean 's proto MIDI input wing.

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stuck elbow Jun 17, 2019, 6:44 PM

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And Jumper Wire already works with Stage

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sly falcon Jun 17, 2019, 6:45 PM

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woo for a clean office!

gilded cradle Jun 17, 2019, 6:45 PM

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Nice! I'll have to try that out @stuck elbow

lone sandalBOT Jun 17, 2019, 6:46 PM

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romandze

[adafruit/awesome-circuitpython] New star added

prime flower Jun 17, 2019, 6:46 PM

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@solar whale https://learn.adafruit.com/circuitpython-display-support-using-displayio/

CircuitPython Display Support Using displayio

User friendly guide to CircuitPython's native display library - displayio.

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 6:48 PM

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What is the "trick" for setting the baudrate for a display -- I am using a 2.4 inch TFT featherewing on a feather_nrf52840 and it works, but thr REPL updates are very slow -- IIRC there is a simple way to tweak the baudrate

slender iron Jun 17, 2019, 6:49 PM

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make sure you are using 4.1.0

stuck elbow Jun 17, 2019, 6:49 PM

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@idle owl can you just scale the pixels on the display?

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 6:49 PM

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@slender iron I am -- do I just let it default or do I need to explicitly set it?

slender iron Jun 17, 2019, 6:50 PM

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default but I haven't test with nrf much

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 6:50 PM

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OK -- I'll compare to feather_m4

slender iron Jun 17, 2019, 6:51 PM

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thanks!

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repl can be kinda slow since it updates most of screen on scroll

stuck elbow Jun 17, 2019, 6:52 PM

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and not all displays have hardware scrolling that is actually useful

slender iron Jun 17, 2019, 6:52 PM

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ya, nothing uses hardware scroll now

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 6:52 PM

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OK -- may just be "they way it is" I'll poke at it.

slender iron Jun 17, 2019, 6:52 PM

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its usually the wrong direction

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 6:54 PM

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@pastel panther hope you still have time for mushroom farming!

slender iron Jun 17, 2019, 6:55 PM

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https://gist.github.com/sommersoft/45a309cc2edee153ef1e21ae4cff2af0

Gist

Verifier #5 Is Alive!

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pastel panther Jun 17, 2019, 6:55 PM

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@solar whale I'll find some (likely growing in a warm damp place)

manic glacierBOT Jun 17, 2019, 7:13 PM

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ladyada

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1951: Add support for PyGamer to Stage library

didnt test hardware, just looked at PR for typos :)

meager fog Jun 17, 2019, 7:15 PM

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hi im back

idle owl Jun 17, 2019, 7:15 PM

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@meager fog We're in the weeds on version numbers and bleio

meager fog Jun 17, 2019, 7:15 PM

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np

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thanks everyone!!

errant grail Jun 17, 2019, 7:17 PM

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Thanks!

prime flower Jun 17, 2019, 7:19 PM

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@slender iron defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES

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idk where it is in finder, I have an Alfred3 command

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oh, then killAll Finder after

pastel panther Jun 17, 2019, 7:21 PM

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https://ianlunn.co.uk/articles/quickly-showhide-hidden-files-mac-os-x-mavericks/

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sabas1080

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1946: \[locale spanish\] Update spanish translation\.

En otras traducciones se ha dejado como periféricos

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sabas1080

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1946: \[locale spanish\] Update spanish translation\.

La traduccion adelante lo maneja como Brillo

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sabas1080

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1946: \[locale spanish\] Update spanish translation\.

otras traducciones dejan como periféricos

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sabas1080

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1946: \[locale spanish\] Update spanish translation\.

Deje algunas correcciones y algunas sugerencias @C47D

granite thicket Jun 17, 2019, 7:44 PM

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Well hello! I've just arrived from Twitter, Adafruit suggested I join :D

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 7:45 PM

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@sly falcon just a heads up -- I have run into an issue loading the NINA_W102-1.3.1.bin file via the Metro_m4 passthru on an metro_m4_airlift. If I build it from your master repo, it loads and works OK but if I buil it from the Adafruit nina_fw repo, the load fails partway trough with a timeout ... see examples ```jerryneedell@Ubuntu-Macmini:~/projects/adafruit_github/nina-fw$ /usr/local/bin/esptool.py --port /dev/ttyACM0 --before no_reset --baud 115200 write_flash 0 NINA_W102-1.3.1.bin
esptool.py v2.5.1
Serial port /dev/ttyACM0
Connecting.....
Detecting chip type... ESP32
Chip is ESP32D0WDQ6 (revision 1)
Features: WiFi, BT, Dual Core, 240MHz, VRef calibration in efuse
MAC: c4:4f:33:0e:a9:dd
Uploading stub...
Running stub...
Stub running...
Configuring flash size...
Auto-detected Flash size: 4MB
Compressed 1129472 bytes to 610164...
Writing at 0x00024000... (26 %)
A fatal error occurred: Timed out waiting for packet header
jerryneedell@Ubuntu-Macmini:~/projects/adafruit_github/nina-fw$ cd ../../docmollo/nina-fw/
jerryneedell@Ubuntu-Macmini:~/projects/docmollo/nina-fw$ /usr/local/bin/esptool.py --port /dev/ttyACM0 --before no_reset --baud 115200 write_flash 0 NINA_W102-1.3.1.bin
esptool.py v2.5.1
Serial port /dev/ttyACM0
Connecting.....
Detecting chip type... ESP32
Chip is ESP32D0WDQ6 (revision 1)
Features: WiFi, BT, Dual Core, 240MHz, VRef calibration in efuse
MAC: c4:4f:33:0e:a9:dd
Uploading stub...
Running stub...
Stub running...
Configuring flash size...
Auto-detected Flash size: 4MB
Compressed 1129472 bytes to 610173...
Wrote 1129472 bytes (610173 compressed) at 0x00000000 in 53.7 seconds (effective 168.4 kbit/s)...
Hash of data verified.

Leaving...
Hard resetting via RTS pin...
``` first is from Adfruit repo, second from yours -- for both I just do make the 'make firmware` Have you built it from the Adafruit repo?

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This is repeatable...

granite thicket Jun 17, 2019, 7:48 PM

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Can you try with no stub? I think it's --no-stub

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 7:52 PM

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still faield with --no-stub ```jerryneedell@Ubuntu-Macmini:~/projects/adafruit_github/nina-fw$ /usr/local/bin/esptool.py --port /dev/ttyACM0 --before no_reset --no-stub --baud 115200 write_flash 0 NINA_W102-1.3.1.bin
esptool.py v2.5.1
Serial port /dev/ttyACM0
Connecting.....
Detecting chip type... ESP32
Chip is ESP32D0WDQ6 (revision 1)
Features: WiFi, BT, Dual Core, 240MHz, VRef calibration in efuse
MAC: c4:4f:33:0e:a9:dd
Enabling default SPI flash mode...
Configuring flash size...
Auto-detected Flash size: 4MB
Erasing flash...
Took 3.69s to erase flash block
Writing at 0x0005e400... (34 %)
A fatal error occurred: Timed out waiting for packet header

granite thicket Jun 17, 2019, 7:53 PM

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How are you powering this device? Can you ensure it has a clean power supply?

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 7:54 PM

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It's the same as when I load from docmollos repo ??

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will try with a 9v supply

granite thicket Jun 17, 2019, 7:54 PM

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The only reason, currently, I can think different firmware causes a crash is that the bit sequence has an effect on the power system

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Another option, is trying a slower baud rate. This may help mitigate power sag due to flashing.

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 7:57 PM

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same failer with external 9V suppy -- interstingly -- without --no-stub it get to 26% -- with it it gets to 34%

granite thicket Jun 17, 2019, 7:58 PM

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What board are you flashing?

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 7:58 PM

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metro_m4_airlift

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same failure at 57600

granite thicket Jun 17, 2019, 7:59 PM

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Same percent?

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 8:00 PM

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yes

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I mainly wanted to see if there was someconfiguration diff betwen the repos. I'll try to dig into it.

granite thicket Jun 17, 2019, 8:00 PM

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What other binary files do you have instead of the one you are flashing now ?

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Since you're writing at 0x0, this flash binary must have very large strings of padding. Either 0xFF or 0x00 is usual. I suspect 0xFF since that is the cleared state of NAND flash

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 8:02 PM

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Ic an load other from the adafruit guide and I can load the one I build from docmollo's repo ,, just not the one I build from adafruits repo.

granite thicket Jun 17, 2019, 8:02 PM

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Do you have an application.bin, a partition.bin and a bootloader.bin that you can flash individually ?

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They should be in the build outputs

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 8:03 PM

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I can try that.

granite thicket Jun 17, 2019, 8:03 PM

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You'll need to know their addresses.

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Bootloader is usually 0x1000, partition table is 0x8000 and application is 0x10000

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Start with the bootloader if you can. See if you can flash that

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 8:05 PM

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actually, the build provide the list -- I'll try it ```python /home/jerryneedell/projects/esp-idf-3.2/components/esptool_py/esptool/esptool.py --chip esp32 --port /dev/ttyUSB0 --baud 115200 --before default_reset --after hard_reset write_flash -z --flash_mode dio --flash_freq 40m --flash_size detect 0x1000 /home/jerryneedell/projects/adafruit_github/nina-fw/build/bootloader/bootloader.bin 0x30000 /home/jerryneedell/projects/adafruit_github/nina-fw/build/nina-fw.bin 0x8000 /home/jerryneedell/projects/adafruit_github/nina-fw/build/partitions.bin

granite thicket Jun 17, 2019, 8:06 PM

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0x30000 is an unusual choice but so be it :)

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Try flash them individually if flashing them in a one liner does not work

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But. That command should flash them one after the other anyway

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I'm just not sure how much information it gives. I don't recall if it tells you which image failed

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 8:10 PM

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hmm -- it seem sto have loaded ...

granite thicket Jun 17, 2019, 8:11 PM

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https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/blob/master/ports/esp32/partitions.csv

This partition table says the app is at 0x10000

GitHub

adafruit/circuitpython

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

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Unless I do not understand

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 8:11 PM

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and it seems to work ... interesting -- thanks for the guidance --

granite thicket Jun 17, 2019, 8:12 PM

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No problem.

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Writing the entire flash like with the all in one image is very abusive on the flash and heavier on the power system.

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 8:13 PM

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still no clue what the differenc is between the images -- I'll dig into that later

granite thicket Jun 17, 2019, 8:13 PM

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Check your versions btw. Ensure you are running the firmware you think you are. If you have written your firmware to the wrong address it may not be immediately obvious

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 8:14 PM

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I'll reload an older version then repeat

granite thicket Jun 17, 2019, 8:14 PM

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One image is bootloader, partition table and application all in one file. But with lots of padding between them so that they end up in the right place

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The padding can cause trouble in the right conditions

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 8:21 PM

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well -- I was able to revert to an old version then reload the new one with the multiline command and it seems happy and reports the correct version ... progress -- thanks again.

granite thicket Jun 17, 2019, 8:24 PM

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No problem. You may wish to raise the issue in GitHub. Telling them what you encountered with which board and your work around. Tag me if you like @NeverCast

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 8:24 PM

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will do!

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problem is, there is no "issue" button on the repo 😦

granite thicket Jun 17, 2019, 8:25 PM

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Is this not CircuitPython?

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 8:25 PM

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thats why I raised it here initailly.

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I can put it in the esp32spi repo

granite thicket Jun 17, 2019, 8:27 PM

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https://github.com/arduino/nina-fw/issues

GitHub

arduino/nina-fw

Firmware for u-blox NINA W102 WiFi/BT module. Contribute to arduino/nina-fw development by creating an account on GitHub.

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This is the firmware you are using right ?

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 8:28 PM

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adafruit fork https://github.com/adafruit/nina-fw

GitHub

adafruit/nina-fw

Firmware for u-blox NINA W102 WiFi/BT module. Contribute to adafruit/nina-fw development by creating an account on GitHub.

granite thicket Jun 17, 2019, 8:29 PM

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I see

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Perhaps @meager fog may wish to open the issues on that repo or suggest the correct means of reporting them. Otherwise, yes, drop it on
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_ESP32SPI/issues/ I guess. Since you got a response last time

GitHub

adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_ESP32SPI

ESP32 as wifi with SPI interface. Contribute to adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_ESP32SPI development by creating an account on GitHub.

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@solar whale do you know if the Adafruit fork is largely diverged ? If Adafruit tracks Arduino you could report the issue up stream.

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 8:35 PM

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Not sure -- I'll see what responses it gets from @sly falcon and @meager fog first.

granite thicket Jun 17, 2019, 8:35 PM

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Ah you posted a comment on an unrelated pull request on an unrelated repository haha.

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 8:36 PM

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well -its a related PR in a related repo.

granite thicket Jun 17, 2019, 8:36 PM

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This is why the readme should tell one where they may direct their issues xD

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 8:38 PM

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In this case, I think it is getting to the correct people for now.

granite thicket Jun 17, 2019, 8:42 PM

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You have a formatting issue on your comment btw. Your paragraph is inside the log snippet

manic glacierBOT Jun 17, 2019, 8:42 PM

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C47D

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1946: \[locale spanish\] Update spanish translation\.

Gracias, corrijo más tarde.

Con respecto a algunas palabras que deje en ingles es porque corresponden a parámetros de funciones, ¿Crees que deberiamos seguir dejandolas en ingles o las traducimos?

solar whale Jun 17, 2019, 8:44 PM

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@granite thicket thanks -- fixed comment

crimson ferry Jun 17, 2019, 9:15 PM

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@slender iron Is there a well-known set of things that don't get reset upon reload, or is it more likely that an on-board or connected peripheral is holding some state (e.g., some pin assignments, SPI frequency in some cases)?

slender iron Jun 17, 2019, 9:17 PM

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only things used by the supervisor shouldn't be reset.

crimson ferry Jun 17, 2019, 9:18 PM

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https://circuitpython.readthedocs.io/en/latest/shared-bindings/supervisor/__init__.html ?

slender iron Jun 17, 2019, 9:18 PM

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@solar whale @granite thicket I turned on issues

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ya, that's the python api for it

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it's not a simple question

crimson ferry Jun 17, 2019, 9:19 PM

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LOL, suspected not. thanks!

slender iron Jun 17, 2019, 9:21 PM

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np, is there something specific you are wondering about?

granite thicket Jun 17, 2019, 9:21 PM

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Thanks for that, tannewt

manic glacierBOT Jun 17, 2019, 9:26 PM

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request closed: #1945 Add PyBadge AirLift

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tannewt

[circuitpython:master] 6 new commits

0bc7417 Add pybadge airlift, sans-tft - brentru
4092294 tft working init. sequence, still undersaturated - brentru
207dc88 removed incorrect gamma code, looks better now - brentru
6a37f4f added board to fastest travis_boards - brentru
ea2c068 COLMOD is 1 param, remove CASET/RASET in Circui... - brentru

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1951: Add support for PyGamer to Stage library

Looks like you need to rebase to make git happy.

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mzandrew

[adafruit/circuitpython] New star added

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] Pull request opened: #1952 Fix TileGrid's dirty tracking when changing top left

lone sandalBOT Jun 17, 2019, 9:48 PM

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mzandrew

[adafruit/awesome-circuitpython] New star added

crimson ferry Jun 17, 2019, 9:48 PM

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@slender iron Not miission-critical, just trying to understand for design and debugging. Things like when displayio.release_displays() or other explicit startup deinit-type actions are needed, SPI behaviors, any (presently to me) unknown unknowns, etc.

manic glacierBOT Jun 17, 2019, 9:49 PM

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heathkraft

[adafruit/circuitpython] New star added

manic glacierBOT Jun 17, 2019, 10:37 PM

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deshipu

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1952: Fix TileGrid's dirty tracking when changing top left

should this be width_in_tiles?

manic glacierBOT Jun 17, 2019, 11:06 PM

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tannewt

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on pull request #1952: Fix TileGrid's dirty tracking when changing top left

Yup! Terminal only changes y so I didn't notice. Good catch!

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anecdata

[adafruit/circuitpython] New comment on issue #1944: 4\.1\.0\-beta\.0 terminalio with ili9341 no longer uses whole screen

More testing in the Gist comments. Observations:

"slow mode" seems independent of whether an external display is actually connected
therefore, seems to be tied to processor / circuitpython rather than the external display hardware
hardware reset button during run seems to be a trigger for slow mode
slow mode persists across reloads
SPI frequency is sticky across reloads in normal mode, not in slow mode
normal mode can be re-established by reloading without displa...

timber mango Jun 18, 2019, 12:03 AM

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hi, i found bugs using circuitpython with TSL2561 and MPL3115A2 on a Raspi i2c bus, what should i do ?

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MPL3115a2 : in file "adafruit_mpl3115a2.py" line 117 [[if self._read_u8(_MPL3115A2_WHOAMI) != 0xC4]] should be commented to get readings. Using the test script by Tony DiCola, only temperature and pressure readings work, the altitude reading hangs the script

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TSL2561 : have to run "i2cdump -y 1 0x39" before each reading, using the test script (so cmd is i2cdump -y 1 0x39 >/dev/null 2>&1 && python3 TSL2561-test.py)

solar whale Jun 18, 2019, 12:15 AM

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@timber mango you should open issues in the library github repostories describing the problem https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_MPL3115A2/issues https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_TSL2561/issues

GitHub

adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_MPL3115A2

CircuitPython module for the MPL3115A2 barometric pressure & temperature sensor. - adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_MPL3115A2

GitHub

adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_TSL2561

CircuitPython driver for TSL2561 Light Sensor. Contribute to adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_TSL2561 development by creating an account on GitHub.

timber mango Jun 18, 2019, 12:16 AM

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ok, thanks ! Can I copy/paste what I wrote here, is that enough ?

solar whale Jun 18, 2019, 12:16 AM

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That should be fine

timber mango Jun 18, 2019, 12:17 AM

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thanks 😃 have a nice evening ! ++

solar whale Jun 18, 2019, 12:17 AM

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You're welcome -- you too!

orchid basinBOT Jun 18, 2019, 12:17 AM

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makermelissa

[adafruit/circuitpython-org] Pull request opened: #228 Added all supported raspberry Pi boards

slender iron Jun 18, 2019, 12:25 AM

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@gilded cradle w

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wha

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agh

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enter is next to h

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what display needed chip select toggled every command? the 1ms delay is killing our speed

gilded cradle Jun 18, 2019, 12:29 AM

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I think it was the ST7789

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Originally I was going to make it a flag that got passed in

slender iron Jun 18, 2019, 12:30 AM

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ya, I'm wondering how long we actually need it high

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https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/pull/1685

GitHub

Added option to enable toggling CS between init commands by makerm...

The ST7789 requires the Chip Select to toggle High then Low between init commands in order to successfully initialize. I added an option to enable this which is off by default so it won't b...

gilded cradle Jun 18, 2019, 12:30 AM

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Probably not that much. I think it is supposed to be closer to 10 microseconds

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So maybe start with 100 uS and see if it still works

slender iron Jun 18, 2019, 12:31 AM

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kk, that'll be much faster

gilded cradle Jun 18, 2019, 12:33 AM

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Do you have that display on hand?

slender iron Jun 18, 2019, 12:33 AM

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ya, the pygamer advance is a 7789

gilded cradle Jun 18, 2019, 12:33 AM

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Ok, that works

slender iron Jun 18, 2019, 12:34 AM

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my guess is that the clock speed is the limit

gilded cradle Jun 18, 2019, 12:35 AM

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I think it'll probably work without a delay at all, but we threw it in for faster procs

slender iron Jun 18, 2019, 12:36 AM

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ya, I think I'll do 1 us to be safe

gilded cradle Jun 18, 2019, 12:37 AM

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Sounds good

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