PyLadies_BCN: Home and cleaning automation with Microcontrollers and CircuitPython

Meetup

For many years, people have been filling their home with devi­ces that are based on Micro­con­tro­llers, like virtual assis­tants, smart frid­ges, washing machi­nes, secu­rity systems, and many others that can be either program­ma­ble, or even repli­ca­ted with a couple of boards and our Python know­ledge.



During this acti­vity, we will start explo­ring CircuitPyt­hon without the need of a physi­cal device, using a micro­con­tro­ller emula­tor. If you are new to the micro­con­tro­ller world, don’t worry, we will have an intro­duc­tion to the main concepts, so we have the base know­ledge to start doing little expe­ri­ments by oursel­ves.



After the intro­duc­tion, you will be able to start program­ming micro­con­tro­llers using the emula­tor, and later you will see a couple of real projects (with real devi­ces!) that could easily be repli­ca­ted by your­self: a move­ment-detec­tor, a low-cost robot clea­ner, and a plant wate­ring and moni­to­ring system.



Recom­men­ded insta­lla­tion before the event:

Step 1: https://github.com/mjmo­lina/pyla­di­esBCN_circuitpyt­hon_works­hop/blob/master/insta­lla­tion.md

Step 2: https://github.com/mjmo­lina/pyla­di­esBCN_circuitpyt­hon_works­hop/blob/master/using_simu­la­tor.md



Spea­ker: Maria Jose Molina

Level: Begin­ner

Language: English/Spanish