This is the home page for a MicroPython Tutorial, a modest attempt at providing a beginner with the basics of programming in MicroPython, in particular on a Raspberry Pi Pico.

If you're having trouble finding this page, here's the URL of the server:

Exercises#

• MicroPython Tutorial Exercise 1: main.py
• MicroPython Tutorial Exercise 2: blocks
• MicroPython Tutorial Exercise 3: functions
• MicroPython Tutorial Exercise 4: classes
• MicroPython Tutorial Exercise 5: using classes
• MicroPython Tutorial Exercise 6: tbd

Additional exercises:

• The REPL
• Objects and Names
• Scope.
• Exception Handling.
• String Formatting.

Documentation & References#

The complete documentation for Python and MicroPython (as used on microcontrollers) is available here:

• Python documentation
  • Beginner's Guide
• MicroPython documentation
  • Language Reference
  • Libraries Reference
  • Glossary of MicroPython terms
• Awesome MicroPython, a huge curated list of MicroPython libraries and resources

See also the Python and MicroPython pages on this wiki.

Online #

Tutorials#

• Python
  • The Python Tutorial (the official tutorial)
  • Learn Python Tutorial
• MicroPython
  • MicroPython tutorial for the pyboard (the official tutorial)
  • MicroPython: An Intro to Programming Hardware in Python

Simulators#

These are online tools that let you try out Python and MicroPython from a Web browser. Python and MicroPython are very similar so learning either one helps you with the other:

• Python
  • Online Python
  • Online Python with AI help
  • OnlineGDB
  • Programmiz Python Online Compiler
• MicroPython
  • MicroPython Live (official site)
  • LVGL/MicroPython simulator

• Developer Tools

• Mu IDE
• Thonny IDE
• mpremote, a command line tool to "remotely interact with, manage the filesystem on, and automate a MicroPython" device over a serial connection
• rshell, a command line access to a pyboard (similar to mpremote)

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