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

A second option is Micro Python. Micro Python is an open source port for Python 3 that is optimized to run efficiently on a microcontroller. (You can learn about Micro Python by reading Getting ...

Arduino is programmed in C, which is a powerful low-level language and can be difficult for beginners. On the other hand, Python is a very high-level language and has simpler, smaller code to do ...

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 ...

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