University of Cambridge theoretical physicist Damien George has built a tiny microcontroller that is more powerful than Arduino and far simpler than the Raspberry Pi. Just funded on Kickstarter ...

In my last article, Python’s role in developing real-time embedded systems, I discussed some ways Python can be used in embedded development. One question that might have come to a readers’ mind is ...

In the last installment of this series, Running Python with Arduino, we examined off-the-shelf possibilities for running Python with Arduino hardware. The best opportunities among the alternatives ...

It is now possible to run Arduino and MicroPython side-by-side on multi-core microcontrollers. Opening up a wealth of new applications across ...

Indeed, Arduino’s ongoing commitment to improvement and user empowerment remains at the heart of these new tool releases. For more information on the Arduino Lab Editor for MicroPython jump over ...

This is not an Arduino IDE extension – it’s a separate Arduino IDE-shaped app that does MicroPython editing and uploads code to your board from a friendly environment.

Arduino microcontrollers have added Python to the range of compatible programming languages. Others can be used, and not just Arduino's own IDE app.

Arduino IDE more your jam? Yeah, well, remember how Arduino has a MicroPython IDE now? It’s decently usable, so if you got used to the Arduino keybindings, you might like it.

Just to flag this one, though you may have noticed it already: Arduino support for MicroPython - an optimised version of the language that runs on MCUs - is now available as a downloadable editor.

Pyboard micro-controllers are aimed at developers who know Python, the world's third most popular language behind Java and JavaScript, which is sweeping the developer world right now.