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hushed narwhal Oct 28, 2024, 8:16 PM

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say which python and which python3 and which circup on the command line, what do they say?

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also, create a new Terminal and try the circup command there, if you have not already done so. That will make sure you pick up the new PATH settings.

summer junco Oct 28, 2024, 10:13 PM

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yes I did both of these things. I have gotten a message to add a directory to PATH, once again, not a clue how to do this. I hope you understand the incredible frustration I have not being able to put a few pieces of code on a board. I would assume with all these smart people someone would have written a script to do that but instead I am banging my head against conflicting directions. I do NOT spend a lot of time on the internet other than to publish my music so running into this stuff makes me crazy. Sorry if I offended you. I had no idea how to navigate messages

hushed narwhal Oct 28, 2024, 10:16 PM

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ok, your Air is better, let's try that.

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what is the message you got about adding a directory to PATH? DId you get that after installing python via brew

summer junco Oct 28, 2024, 10:22 PM

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Thanks. No I was trying to do a reinstall of circup on the iMac at the root level. Somewhere in the past weeks I read an article about how to install circup and it had a command that I think is what you meant about a venv:
. esp32-env/bin/activate
bbut I think thats where circup got deposited

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again. Haven't gone near command line for 3 decades

hushed narwhal Oct 28, 2024, 10:24 PM

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As an aside, the ESP32 Pico is a lot more trouble than, say, an ESP32-S3 board, because it does not have full USB, and cannot present a disk drive. So it's more trouble, and you have to do more work.

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anyway

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so if you do python3 --version, it says 3.13?

summer junco Oct 28, 2024, 10:26 PM

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Thanks for the tip. I might just go back and order that board. Let go look at the Air, again thanks.

hushed narwhal Oct 28, 2024, 10:26 PM

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if you do buy an ESP32-S3, get one with 8MB flash for now, but you can ask about that later

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btw, this is an unofficial support mechanism, as opposed to the forums

summer junco Oct 28, 2024, 10:29 PM

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just did it again, I said he** instead of heck when I said ur easier than the cat guy

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Python 3.13.0 (v3.13.0:60403a5409f, Oct 7 2024, 00:37:40) [Clang 15.0.0 (clang-1500.3.9.4)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

hushed narwhal Oct 28, 2024, 10:35 PM

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ok do, pip3 uninstall circup, then do pip3 install circup

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to make sure it installs a compatible version

summer junco Oct 28, 2024, 10:37 PM

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got a message new version of pip is available after i did the circup install

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BTW there are about a dozen ESP32-S# boards

hushed narwhal Oct 28, 2024, 10:38 PM

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our boards?

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The Arduino-shaped one, Metro ESP32-S3, has the most flash and RAm

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it might be out of stock

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no, it's in stock

summer junco Oct 28, 2024, 10:40 PM

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yes, I needed small. My project involved a hand mounted unit with as little weight and mass as possible. The battery takes up more than I wnted but I needed it for the WiFi/BLE

hushed narwhal Oct 28, 2024, 10:41 PM

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does it have to have wifi and BLE?

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or just BLE

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do you need an onboard display?

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which board did you get before? Not an adafruit board, right?

summer junco Oct 28, 2024, 10:42 PM

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Just Bluetooth. There are half a dozen iPhone/iPad apps that will do what I want. WiFi just is more complex because I have to keep changing the WiFi creds

hushed narwhal Oct 28, 2024, 10:43 PM

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the Feather boards have a battery connector and built-in battery charging. is that desirable?

summer junco Oct 28, 2024, 10:43 PM

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Nope, just send streaming data. About 4 samples a second on a 9DoF sensor. The real work gets donein my Excel/Numbers docs

hushed narwhal Oct 28, 2024, 10:45 PM

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what's an example of an app that receives that data? which 9dof sensor are you using? Why is battery charging not desirable?

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how were you connecting the 9dof to the microcontroller board

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what battery are you using?

summer junco Oct 28, 2024, 10:47 PM

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Nope was for the WiFi. I bought the charger board thats has the 2 connectors but I would just pull the battery when it needs to be charged

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Adafruit LSM6DSOX + LIS3MDL - Precision 9 DoF IMU - STEMMA QT / Qwiic

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500mAh

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the USB LiIon/LiPoly charger - v1.2

hushed narwhal Oct 28, 2024, 10:48 PM

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ok, this is BLE, has a built-in charger, has a STEMMA/QT connector, plus on-off switch: https://www.adafruit.com/product/5217

Adafruit LED Glasses Driver - nRF52840 Sensor Board

This board is designed to be a thin, bluetooth-enabled driver board for our Adafruit LED Glasses RGB LED matrix. That said, it's a perfectly good stand-alone development board for the ...

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so you can dispense with the charger, and put it all in a box with the 9dof

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does NOT have wifi

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does have regular full USB, will present a CIRCUITPY drive

summer junco Oct 28, 2024, 10:49 PM

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Adafruit LiIon or LiPoly Charger BFF Add-On for QT Py

hushed narwhal Oct 28, 2024, 10:49 PM

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also https://www.adafruit.com/product/4516

Adafruit Feather nRF52840 Sense

The Adafruit Feather Bluefruit Sense takes our popular Feather nRF52840 Express and adds a smorgasbord of sensors to make a great wireless sensor platform. This Feather microcontroller comes ...

summer junco Oct 28, 2024, 10:49 PM

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darn, now yu tell me!!!

hushed narwhal Oct 28, 2024, 10:49 PM

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includes 9dof on board, includes charger, BLE only

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has gesture sensor has sound sensor and various other things

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so no extra boards needed, just the battery

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we have 3D-printing case designs for this standard Feather size

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that sounds like a great all-in-one solution for you

summer junco Oct 28, 2024, 10:52 PM

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#%$@%$ you guys are killing me! I should have spent more time researching but I had someone breathing down my neck to get a prototype put together.

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#Dprinting case designs?

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3D

hushed narwhal Oct 28, 2024, 10:53 PM

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i would say order that, wait, forget about struggling with the Pico ESP32, which you bought elsewhere, right?

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https://learn.adafruit.com/3d-printed-case-for-adafruit-feather

3D Printed Case for Adafruit Feather

A Multipurpose Enclosure for Adafruit Feather

summer junco Oct 28, 2024, 10:54 PM

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Nope, everything was from you guys including a metro mini which I used to develop the sensor code.

hushed narwhal Oct 28, 2024, 10:55 PM

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which was the Pico ESP32, then? not sure what you mean. QT Py ESP32??

summer junco Oct 28, 2024, 10:55 PM

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you know you're going to make me go slit my wrists.....

hushed narwhal Oct 28, 2024, 10:55 PM

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to be experienced, you have to make mistakes

summer junco Oct 28, 2024, 10:56 PM

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Adafruit QT Py ESP32 Pico - WiFi Dev Board with STEMMA QT - 8MB Flash 2MB PSRAM

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at 75 I've made one or two 🙂

hushed narwhal Oct 28, 2024, 10:57 PM

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here is your chance to make new mistakes 🙂

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i have to be afk for a while

summer junco Oct 28, 2024, 10:58 PM

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hey, can I get an annoying customer discount????

hushed narwhal Oct 28, 2024, 10:59 PM

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there are discount codes every wednesday night for Ask an Engineer, and sometimes other sales too

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during other shows

summer junco Oct 28, 2024, 10:59 PM

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Was gonna buy one today

hushed narwhal Oct 28, 2024, 10:59 PM

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it's 10% usually

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shipping cutoff is 11am ET

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also available at Digikey: https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/adafruit-industries-llc/4516/11684829

summer junco Oct 28, 2024, 11:01 PM

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do what you gotta do.I think its time to stop banging my head and order one tomorrow. You realize you are now my goto guy! Again, THANKS for the patience for a grumpy old guy!

hushed narwhal Oct 28, 2024, 11:01 PM

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we do have so many products

summer junco Oct 28, 2024, 11:02 PM

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and now someone who gives me realtime answers

hushed narwhal Oct 28, 2024, 11:02 PM

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you're welcome, btw i am 67, so don't think I'm some whippersnapper

summer junco Oct 28, 2024, 11:03 PM

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no worries, you can relate the. I really do appreciate the help. I'm gonna stretch my budget and order one tomorrow

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