sdmount.py (MicroPython only) – mounts an sd card to the file system
sdumount.py (MicroPython only) – dismounts an sd card from the file system
setdate.py (MicroPython only) – initializes the RP2040 real time clock to an entered date
settime.py (MicroPython only) – initializes the RP2040 real time clock to an entered time
diff.py – performs a file comparison
sound.py – outputs a sound to a speaker circuit connected to GPIO 19
lcdprint.py – displays text on an I2C LCD display
PyBasic.py – a Basic interpreter from https://github.com/richpl/PyBasic. Tweaked and modified to run on MicroPython. basicparser.py, basictoken.py, flowsignal.py, lexer.py, program.py, basicdata.py
runasthread.py (MicroPython only) – This program will attempt to launch a python program on the second RP2040 core. Threading is experimental on MicroPython so it’s not difficult to crash the microcontroller using this program. I have not found a way to kill a thread started on the second core so be sure any threads you launch will shutdown on their own or monitor a global variable or thread.lock to respond to a shutdown request (see the badblink.py for an example).
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