Updated Guide: New PIO functionality in #CircuitPython with RP2040 @adafruit
Jeff Epler recently added some new PIO functionality to the core of CircuitPython: the background_write function. This lets Python code continue running while data is being sent to a PIO peripheral. The guide “An Introduction to RP2040 PIO with CircuitPython” has now been updated with several new pages to show some things this enables:
Check out the new pages, or if you are new to PIO with CircuitPython, start at the beginning.
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