MicroPythonOS – An Android-like OS for microcontrollers
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·October 9, 2025travisgriggs
askvictor
I haven't used MicropythonOS per se, but Micropython is pretty efficient, and can utilise interrupts and sleep modes
tacticalturtle
Serious recommendation: I would not have R. Kelly anywhere on your project page.
If you’re trying to give a 30 second elevator pitch about what your project does, you should not have a name be a guy spending 30+ years in prison for child sexual abuse.
tecleandor
Ooooops, I didn't notice it on a first quick look. Yeah, I'm with you.
MrGilbert
Agree. There are other puns possible for wifi:
Name: GoGoGadgetInternet
Password: Inspectorheisenzombie
“PrettyFlyForAWiFi”
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kurisufag
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy. having a little fun spurs good work and vice versa.
outadoc
Your definition of fun is scary
aleatorianator
andor you are a coward. then again it's a scary time to be alive
q3k
Given my experience with micropython's reliability... no thanks.
(in general actively using a heap in a constrained environment is just asking for trouble... fragmentation _will_ get you!)
shakna
As an alternative: MicroHydra [0]
Also, if you hate the REPL app, bug me to fix it.
dlcarrier
…for very large definitions of microcontroller
skatingaway
Right? If it needs >1MB flash lol no.
spwa4
I wish someone would make a wasm version of this. Should be doable and support many more languages.
fxj
Does it run on M5Stack Tab5 or the CARDPUTER? Did anyone try?
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Citizen_Lame
Hidden project members, masked domain info and offshore hosting designed to avoid dcma. No thanks.
mystralBorne17
A great playground for learning embedded systems, even if not ideal for every production use case.
bloqs
The R Kelly references show a total lack of social/societal awareness. remove asap
wokemindviruz
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kej
The name makes it seem like it's related to the MicroPython project, rather than just written in it, which feels slightly misleading to me.
askvictor
In a way, MicroPython already is an OS, in that it provides a bunch of services (filesystem, network, scheduling). It's up to you whether you want to access those through a script or a command line (repl)
lodovic
It looks really nice, but agreeing on the naming - it's not really an actual OS, more like a dashboard toolkit, or a set of widgets.
I work on the micros that aren’t plugged I to a grid. So solar and batteries and the like. In that world, power consumption is everything. Interrupts and aggressive sleeping of your processor are you biggest tool.
Does anyone have any experience with current draw of typical pieces of “firmware” using this? I see that it’s on the larger side of what feels like micro, BUT tomorrows micro has been growing heaps over yesterdays micros for a long time, so I can ignore that.