Is it possible to program Maker UNO with Python?

Introduction

In this tutorial, it is demonstrated how we can program the Maker UNO using Python. Before this we have always use the Arduino IDE to program our Maker UNO but this time we have decided to use Python to program our Maker Uno.

Video

Hardware Preparation

This is the list of items used in the video.

Circuit

No circuit needed since we have used the onboard led's

Software

In this tutorial we have decided to use the Thonny software to run our python code. The software can be downloaded here.

Code

The code for this tutorial is as shown below

import pyfirmata import time board = pyfirmata.Arduino('COM14') while True: board.digital[13].write(1) time.sleep(1) board.digital[13].write(0) time.sleep(1)

Steps

1. The first step is to download the "StandardFirmata" from the example.

2. Once the code has been downloaded to the Maker UNO, we can move on to the step which is to setup the python environment. For this i have decided to use the Thonny software. Open the Thonny software and click "Open System Shell"

3. A new cmd window will open up and inside there type the code below

pip install pyfirmata

Once this is done, we are ready to go. Copy the sample blink code shown above and paste it inside the Thonny and click the play icon button. Observe the output on the Maker UNO.

Thank You

References:

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You are encouraged to improve the code for a better application."