On Aug 06, 2024, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2024 at 2:34 PM Dan Purgert via Dng <dng@???>
> wrote:
>
> > On Aug 06, 2024, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote:
> > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2024 at 10:06 AM Dan Purgert via Dng <dng@???>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Aug 04, 2024, Steve Litt wrote:
> > > > > o1bigtenor via Dng said on Sat, 3 Aug 2024 12:30:27 -0500
> > > > >
> > > > > >Greetings
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Looking at ESP8266 and wanting to program it using micropython
> > (really
> > > > > >don't want to have to learn C++ (not enough hours in the day as it
> > > > > >is!!)).
> > > > >
> > > > > C++ sucks, but can't you do it in just plain C?
> > > >
> > > > Most people would use c++ by virtue of approaching this with the
> > > > "Arduino" ecosystem. As with most any other microcontroller though;
> > one
> > > > can use C (or assembly) if they so choose (but it might include other
> > > > hurdles in the toolchain / environment).
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Well - - - I'm pretty much a programming noob and I'd rather learn 1 (!!)
> > > ecosystem well than dabble around in a few and use only cut and paste for
> > > programming otherwise c would be the way to go. Had a long time mentor,
> > > now deceased, suggest that python was a pretty good option for learning
> > > programming - - that was although he himself prefered pearl.
> >
> > OK, what's the actual goal of your "learning programming"? Is it
> > specifically so you can program microcontrollers? General problem
> > solving? Something else?
> >
> >
> Ja - - - its more 'something else'.
> Commercially available systems are right bloody expensive and for even
> thesimple ones 3 figures is called 'reasonable' - - - garbage - - -
> its a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a 0-10V module and a
> microprocessor and the programming is rather crude so when I saw the
> prices I went - - - there must be another way of doing this.


That's just "programming microcontrollers". Is this a one-off project,
or are you actually trying to make a hobby out of playing with
electronics?

If the latter, just learn C(++) / Arduino. You're going to have to at
some point, so might as well just do it now.

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