[Microbit-Python] JOE / DAMIEN - REQUIRES ACTION Re: Is there a publicly available Asm/C/C++ API yet?

[Finney, Joe]

Hi Nicholas,

Yes, of course. Can you clarify exactly which repo though? We've moved our active dev tree onto github, and there's a snapshot on mbed.org that we update periodically. So mbed tends to be more stable, and Github tends to be more up to date.

Which is best for you guys? It's probably important that you all look at the same one. :-)

joe

-----Original Message-----
From: Nicholas H.Tollervey [mailto:ntoll at ntoll.org] 
Sent: 01 September 2015 08:27
To: microbit at python.org; Finney, Joe
Subject: JOE / DAMIEN - REQUIRES ACTION Re: [Microbit-Python] Is there a publicly available Asm/C/C++ API yet?

On 29/08/15 20:23, Mark Shannon wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> If we are to design a nice Pythonic API on top of the underlying 
> low-level API it would help to know what that API is.
> 
> Does one exist yet, ideally on Github or a similar open website?
> 

TL;DR - Joe and Damien, can you please add Mark Shannon (markshannon) to the repos referenced below.

Mark,

OK... so the DAL has a private repos. I've cc'd Joe F. from Lancaster Uni who has been leading this work. When the device is delivered to schools this code will be open sourced.

Damien has a special MicroPython-microbit repos hosting the, er, microbit version of MicroPython (what else?). The instructions for compiling the project etc... are in the README therein.

It is the DAL that exposes a C++ API upon which MicroPython will build its "microbit" module. This evening, on the train home from London, I intend listing/documenting its capabilities and posting them onto this list for all to see.

> Did I missed an announcement or is it still not public yet?
> 
> Googling and searching github gives me nothing useful.
> 

We're still very much covered by the NDA. Remember, this is more for media management purposes. Everything is "open sourced" when the devices are delivered to schools.

Happy to answer questions..! But I suspect things become clearer when you see the code.

If anyone else wants access, please shout - you've all signed the NDA so there shouldn't be a problem and we need all the help we can get..!

N.

> Cheers,
> Mark.
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