MicroPython pyboard Lite v1.0 with Accelerometer

SKU: ADA3497 Brand: Adafruit

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The pyboard Lite is a compact and powerful electronics development board that runs MicroPython. It connects to your PC over USB, giving you a USB flash drive to save your Python scripts, and a serial Python prompt (a REPL) for instant programming. Requires a micro USB cable, and will work with Windows, Mac and Linux.

This is the Lite version of pyboard, which comes with a STM32F411RE instead of the original STM32F405RG. It runs at 96MHz, the original pyboard runs at 168MHz. It also has half the FLASH (512KB instead of 1MB) and less RAM (128 KB instead of 192 KB), only one ADC (multiplexed to 16 bins) and no DAC. That means its a less expensive, but also slightly less powerful board.

MicroPython is a complete re-write of the Python (version 3.4) programming language so that it fits and runs on a microcontroller. It includes many optimizations so that it runs efficiently and uses very little RAM.

MicroPython runs bare-metal on the pyboard, and essentially gives you a Python operating system. The built-in pyb module contains functions and classes to control the peripherals available on the board, such as UART, I2C, SPI, ADC and DAC. Watch this video for an overview of the pyboard.

There are 3 main ways to control the pyboard:

REPL: Connecting to your PC via USB, the board appears as a USB virtual comms port (CDC VCP) and you can use any serial program to connect and get a Python REPL prompt. This allows you to instantly type and execute Python commands, just like you would when running Python on your PC. You can also redirect the REPL to any of the UARTs on the pyboard.
Remote script: You can change from REPL to raw REPL mode by sending ctrl-A, and then in raw REPL mode you can send an arbitrary Python script to the board for it to execute immediately. A Python script is available which makes using this mode very simple: you just run python pyboard.py script_to_run.py and this will execute script_to_run.py on the pyboard, returning any output.
From file: The pyboard has a small, built-in filesystem which lives in part of the flash memory of the microcontroller. It also has an SD card slot if you want to extend the available storage. When you connect the pyboard to your PC, it appears as a USB flash storage device and you can access (mount) the internal filesystem and the SD card this way. If you copy a Python script to the filesystem and call it main.py then the board will execute this script when it starts up. This way you can run scripts without being connected to a PC.

Main features of the hardware:

STM32F411RE microcontroller
96 MHz Cortex M4 CPU with hardware floating point
512KiB flash ROM and 128KiB RAM
Micro USB connector for power and serial communication
Micro SD card slot, supporting standard and high capacity SD cards
24 GPIO on left and right edges and 5 GPIO on bottom row, plus LED and switch GPIO available on bottom row
1x 12-bit analog to digital converter, available on 16 pins, 4 with analog ground shielding
4 LEDs (red, green, yellow and blue)
1 reset and 1 user switch
On-board 3.3V LDO voltage regulator, capable of supplying up to 250mA, input voltage range 3.6V to 16V
DFU bootloader in ROM for easy upgrading of firmware

The two mounting tabs on the pyboard have perforations so that you can snap them off cleanly if needed.

See the feature table for a detailed list of the features of the board, and a comparison to the other pyboards. The schematics are available as well.

This pyboard comes in an ESD (anti-static) bag. Headers not included, but you can get them here.

Click here for references, schematics, and more documentation on the MicroPython.

Technical Details

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Product Dimensions: 42.0mm x 38.0mm x 4.5mm / 1.7" x 1.5" x 0.2"

Product Weight: 5.8g / 0.2oz

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