Just funded on Kickstarter, the £24 board runs an adapted version of Python known as Micro Python and will allow users to simply paste lines of text code onto the board to make it work.

Press the `up` button, edit the line and run the i2c = line anew. To be clear, all of code is running on your microcontroller, you just type it into your chip’s RAM and it is executed by your MCU.

Creating a python app is easy, but as mentioned earlier, you lose the tight integration with the Prime that is (only?) possible via HP PPL. In particular, PPL subroutines START (), RESET (), Info (), ...

The BBC micro:bit is a pocket-sized computer that you can code, customise and control to bring your digital ideas, games and apps to life.

Micro:bit Educational Foundation has annonced a Python editor for the BBC micro:bit educational single-board computer, “purpose-built to address the hurdles learners usually face in working with the ...

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.

Once you’re finished your coding, click the button to download the code and plug your micro:bit into your computer. Then drag and drop the hex file from downloads to the micro:bit.

No need to fiddle with buttons, just use mpremote bootloader. In short, mpremote is a MicroPython powerhouse for everyone who’s most comfortable in a terminal window.