Re: Smallest/cheapest possible Python platform?

On Saturday, May 26, 2012 10:34:19 AM UTC-5, Roy Smith wrote:
What's the smallest/cheapest/lowest-power hardware platform I can run
Python on today? I'm looking for something to use as a hardware
controller in a battery-powered device and want to avoid writing in C
for this project.

Performance requirements are minimal. I need to monitor a few switches,
control a couple of LEDs and relays, and keep time over about a 30
minute period to 1/10th second accuracy. Nice-to-have (but not
essential) would be a speech synthesizer with a vocabulary of maybe 50
words.

You might take a look at the work being done by Dean Hall (with others) on the python-on-a-chip project:
http://code.google.com/p/python-on-a-chip/

Many platforms have been ported to, including Arduino Mega, RedBee EconoTAG, Teensy++ 2.0, Microchip PIC24/dsPIC, among others

This route may be more work than others, but considering budget may be attractive.


The Rasberry Pi certainly looks attractive, but isn't quite available
today. Can you run Python on an Arduino? Things like
http://www.embeddedarm.com/products/board-detail.php?product=TS-7250 are
more than I need, and the $129 price probably busts my budget.



On Saturday, May 26, 2012 10:34:19 AM UTC-5, Roy Smith wrote:
What's the smallest/cheapest/lowest-power hardware platform I can run
Python on today? I'm looking for something to use as a hardware
controller in a battery-powered device and want to avoid writing in C
for this project.

Performance requirements are minimal. I need to monitor a few switches,
control a couple of LEDs and relays, and keep time over about a 30
minute period to 1/10th second accuracy. Nice-to-have (but not
essential) would be a speech synthesizer with a vocabulary of maybe 50
words.

The Rasberry Pi certainly looks attractive, but isn't quite available
today. Can you run Python on an Arduino? Things like
http://www.embeddedarm.com/products/board-detail.php?product=TS-7250 are
more than I need, and the $129 price probably busts my budget.



On Saturday, May 26, 2012 10:34:19 AM UTC-5, Roy Smith wrote:
What's the smallest/cheapest/lowest-power hardware platform I can run
Python on today? I'm looking for something to use as a hardware
controller in a battery-powered device and want to avoid writing in C
for this project.

Performance requirements are minimal. I need to monitor a few switches,
control a couple of LEDs and relays, and keep time over about a 30
minute period to 1/10th second accuracy. Nice-to-have (but not
essential) would be a speech synthesizer with a vocabulary of maybe 50
words.

The Rasberry Pi certainly looks attractive, but isn't quite available
today. Can you run Python on an Arduino? Things like
http://www.embeddedarm.com/products/board-detail.php?product=TS-7250 are
more than I need, and the $129 price probably busts my budget.



On Saturday, May 26, 2012 10:34:19 AM UTC-5, Roy Smith wrote:
What's the smallest/cheapest/lowest-power hardware platform I can run
Python on today? I'm looking for something to use as a hardware
controller in a battery-powered device and want to avoid writing in C
for this project.

Performance requirements are minimal. I need to monitor a few switches,
control a couple of LEDs and relays, and keep time over about a 30
minute period to 1/10th second accuracy. Nice-to-have (but not
essential) would be a speech synthesizer with a vocabulary of maybe 50
words.

The Rasberry Pi certainly looks attractive, but isn't quite available
today. Can you run Python on an Arduino? Things like
http://www.embeddedarm.com/products/board-detail.php?product=TS-7250 are
more than I need, and the $129 price probably busts my budget.
.

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