Microcontrollers are wonderfully useful things, but programming them can be a little daunting if you’re used to the simplicity of compiling for regular PCs. Over time though, this has become easier. Communities have strayed away from assembly code and created higher-level languages such as Micropython, to allow these devices to be programmed in a more accessible manner. Unfortunately, Micropython has historically lacked a decent high-level GUI library. Thankfully, that’s no longer the case, with [amirgon] porting LittlevGL to the platform.
Putting a GUI into a project with a screen seems simple, until one actually gets down to brass tacks. A simple button can consist of a background color, text, and a symbol – and that’s not even considering the use of shading or other visual effects. Having a library to handle the grunt work can massively cut down development time.
[...] There are other approaches to this problem, too – with MyOpenLab being a particularly versatile example.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Monday March 04 2019, @06:52PM (2 children)
You are, I think, confusing MicroPython with Python. MicroPython also runs on bare metal in exactly the same way as eLua. If all you are arguing about is the choice of language then that is surely a matter of personal preference assuming that both have the same choice of libraries for the various functions (GPS, LoRa or whatever).
http://micropython.org/ [micropython.org]:
'Interpreted'? - I think not.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 04 2019, @11:17PM (1 child)
I've not worked with lua for about 15 years but it was designed to be small and embeddible. I mentioned it in response to your C comment because you get strings, tables, pattern matching and a simple C API. With eLua, I do know you can build without the parser (etc) to reduce binary size. Size seems to be my preference when writing embedded code.
It is a bytecode interpreter is it not ;P
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Tuesday March 05 2019, @08:20AM
From http://micropython.org/ [micropython.org]
However you asked:
No. it appears not....