Question(s)

[Thomas Passin]

On 10/26/2023 4:25 PM, o1bigtenor via Python-list wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 11:43 AM Michael Torrie via Python-list
> <python-list at python.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 10/26/23 06:34, o1bigtenor wrote:
>>> Interesting - - - -  ". . . see if it runs." - - - that's the issue!
>>> When the code is accessing sensors there isn't an easy way to
>>> check that the code is working until one has done the all of the
>>> physical construction. If I'm trying to control a pulsation system
>>> using square waves with distinct needs for timing etc I hadn't
>>> seen any way of 'stepping through the code' (phrase you use later).
>>
>> Having dabbled in embedded electronics, all I can say is you will just
>> have to build it and try to get it working.  Failure is always an
>> option.  If I understand you correctly, this is for a hobby interest, so
>> go at it and have fun.
>>
>> Stepping through code is a basic part of debugging in any language.
>> They all have tools for it. Google for python debugging.
>>
>> "distinct needs for timing?"  Did you forget to tell us you need to use
>> MicroPython?  Certainly MicroPython running on a microcontroller with
>> help from hardware timers certainly can do it, but this mailing list is
>> not the place to ask about it.  Instead you'll have to visit a forum on
>> MicroPython or CircuitPython.  By the way you definitely can step
>> through MicroPython code one line at a time with a remote debugger, say
>> with Visual Studio Code.
> 
> Its one of the reasons to use micropython - - - it is a subset of python.
> I didn't think I was asking about micropython here though. The project with
> the square wave stuff has lots going on so its more likely that regular python
> will be used. Part of the challenge is trying to figure out if I need to be
> running a real time kernel or even a real time OS. Independent information
> is quite hard to find - - - seems like most of the information is by someone
> with skin in the game and then without a background its hard to figure out
> if what they're saying tells enough so that I can make a good decision or
> not.

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Maybe see -

     pyvisa (https://pyvisa.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
     https://github.com/mick001/Instruments-Control
     http://justinbois.github.io/bootcamp/2021/lessons/l40_serial.html
     https://chaserhkj.gitbooks.io/ivi-book/content/