Adafruit Gemma M0 with Circuit Python

RE: Adafruit Gemma M0 with Circuit Python

three-phase — Tue, 22 May 2018 19:27:52 GMT

Interesting board, well done for getting hold of one. I look forward to seeing what projects you use it for.

Kind regards

RE: Adafruit Gemma M0 with Circuit Python

DAB — Tue, 22 May 2018 18:30:22 GMT

Nice post.

I have been very impressed with Adafruit and their products.

DAB

RE: Adafruit Gemma M0 with Circuit Python

genebren — Tue, 22 May 2018 18:22:22 GMT

Frank,

Cool little board there. I too would rather stay with C, my choice for most programming tasks. I feel that the language gives you the most direct access to the microprocessor resources with the minimal amount of overhead.

Enjoy your new toy/tool!

Gene

RE: Adafruit Gemma M0 with Circuit Python

neilk — Tue, 22 May 2018 11:25:32 GMT

Hi Frank - that's a pretty powerful little board at an amazing price. Thanks for sharing it.

Neil

RE: Adafruit Gemma M0 with Circuit Python

gecoz — Tue, 22 May 2018 06:52:07 GMT

Hi Frank,

The board looks very interesting. The choice of preloading the board with CircuitPython is understandable, as they are trying to make it as easy as possible for makers, but I'm with you, I would rather use C.

The main reason for me is resource utilisation: reading from the Adafruit website, looks like the CircutPython interpreter is going to use up to about 200KB on the flash, leaving the user only about 50KB available.

Don't get me wrong, Python is a great language, and it is both easy and powerful, and I have been using it since early 2000, but on a resource-constrained board like this one, if you want to make the most of the board's resources, I still think C is a better choice.

I'm looking forward to read about your experimenting with this board.

Fabio