Re:TinyPICO – tiny fully-featured ESP32 board
by sen on Monday July 12, 2021 @07:06PM
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I love the TinyPICO and use them in lots of my projects, and Seon is always helpful if there’s any issues. He’s put a lot of effort into this board and it shows.
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Re:TinyPICO – tiny fully-featured ESP32 board
by dheera on Monday July 12, 2021 @07:20PM
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Seconded. Also check out the FeatherS2, designed by the same dude:
https://feathers2.io/
I actually like the FeatherS2 for one reason, which is that it presents itself as a USB storage device and you can just drop Python files into it. Easier than the `ampy` stuff you have to do with the TinyPICO, and it comes with a "Stemma" port that you can wire up most Adafruit/Sparkfun sensors to. And it has mounting holes, which are a godsend if you want to make a proper 3D printed case for your project.
The only downside is FeatherS2 is CircuitPython and TinyPICO is MicroPython, and you don't get threading on CircuitPython.
You can use MicroPython on the FeatherS2 :) Obviously no USB mass storage mounting, but code compatibility with the TinyPICO .
Re:TinyPICO – tiny fully-featured ESP32 board
by richardanaya on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @12:20AM
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Thank you for posting this, you tipped me over the edge to buy a FeatherS2
Re:TinyPICO – tiny fully-featured ESP32 board
by cjdaly on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @02:53AM
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... also check out the TinyS2, which has the form factor of the TinyPico, but it has the ESP32-S2 SOC
> presents itself as a USB storage device and you can just drop Python files into it.
Now that's really convenient. I'm creating a smartwatch with custom laser micro-projector, and would like to add such feature.