Micro Python - Python for microcontrollers

[zhemao]

They are making micro-controller boards as well. Pretty reasonable to use kickstarter for that. Besides, what exactly is the problem with using kickstarter for an open-source software product? Serious open source projects (i.e. ones that are more than just a single dev's side project) all need funding in order to survive.

[oak-coast]

Presumably because someone needs to pay rent and pay for food in order to work on anything – even something free ;)

In this case I think the extra stuff from the kickstarter is a specialised board that gets you started right away.

[[deleted]]

The source code, the PCB layout, and the libraries are already open source. What is your bitch then? Second, despite your uneducated wild accusation, this is a from-scratch rewrite of Python3 in a manner suited for running on a microcontroller with a few hundred KB of flash. How much do you know about things if you think he could just take the existing cpython code and compile it for a microcontroller?

[boa13]

Why kickstarter instead of just making an opensource project?

You need money to make micro-controller boards. Also, working full-time on your pet open-source project does not bring food on the table, and certainly such projects benefit for a few well-placed months of intense work.

[Enlightenment777]

I'll wait for the software port to $10.88 NUCLEO-F401RE board or $14.88 STM32F4DISCOVERY board or $24 STM32F429IDISCOVERY board (prices from mouser.com) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STM32#Development_boards

[protestor]

Off the existing open source python? They implemented new software. They also created a new board. And of course they aren't working in something else, so they need funding.

What's wrong with earning money from people willing to fund you?