[Microbit-Python] Differences between BBC: microbit and pyboard

[Carlos P.A.]

You can also run uflash without giving it any python file and it will copy
the runtime on its own.

On Sun, 7 Aug 2016, 13:42 Ben Mustill-Rose, <ben at benmr.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Run
> yt up
> and then try
> yt build
> again. I have no idea why you have to do this but I've received the
> same error a few times & doing this always solved it.
>
> Having said this, as Carlos says, the easier (but less interesting)
> way of getting a generic MicroPython hex file is to just extract the
> runtime from uFlash. From memory the relevant line is 314.
>
> Cheers,
> Ben.
>
> On 8/7/16, Carlos P.A. <carlos.p.a.87 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The hex file you've downloaded from the website packs micropython
> together
> > with your script file. Admittedly it's not the latest version, as it is
> > missing things like the radio and voice modules, but it has REPL access.
> >
> > If you want to use the latest version of micropython you don't have to
> > compile it from source, the flash utility uflash and the code editor Mu
> > contain it already :
> > https://github.com/ntoll/uflash
> > https://github.com/ntoll/mu
> >
> > I'm on mobile, so I cannot easily check online, but I was under the
> > impression that the README contains all required packages, there is also
> an
> > issue in the github repository that had more detailed steps for debian
> > (which should be transferable), and you could also check the "compiler
> > install scrip" I put together a little while ago for
> > https://github.com/carlosperate/microbit-dev-env .
> >
> > Other than that the error is not very explicit, is that all it printed
> > about it? Could you copy the entire output in a file and post it?
> >
> > On 7 Aug 2016 12:40, "hot.toast via Microbit" <microbit at python.org>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm getting confused over the differences between running micropython on
> > the pyboard and on the BBC:microbit.
> >>
> >> I have been playing with the  pyboard for a number of months and have a
> > reasonable understanding of how to use micropython on that platform. But
> it
> > is my current belief that the BBC:microbit does not ship with a python
> > interpreter and that I have to roll my own using yotta and copy the
> > resultant hex file to the microbit before i can get a REPL prompt .
> >>
> >> 1. Is that belief correct? (I don't seem to have to  load the firmware
> > using DFU like on the pyboard)
> >>
> >> 2. I have successfully complied basic micropython to a .hex file using
> > the web interface and got this running on my microbit, so I know the
> board
> > is working correctly.
> >>
> >> 3. I have tried to follow the instructions on
> > https://github.com/bbcmicrobit/micropython/README.md. using a Linux Mint
> > 17.3 system but when I get to "yt build" (or make all) I get the
> following
> > error
> >>
> >> [102/291] Building CXX object
> >
> ym/ble-nrf51822/source/CMakeFiles/ble-nrf51822.dir/adsafdas/micropython-master/yotta_modules/ble-nrf51822/source/nRF5xn.cpp.o
> >> ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
> >> error: command ['ninja'] failed
> >>
> >> Any ideas where to go next?
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