Pybricks: alternative firmware for Powered Up device

[GianCann]

It's yet an Alpha version, but it's very promising!

Edited June 18, 2020 by GianCann
Changed topic title, for a better tematics

[JopieK]

Really nice job @GianCann

Is this your Git repo? https://github.com/pybricks/

[GianCann]

It's not mine, @JopieK.

I'm only alpha-tester ;)

[JopieK]

Well also a good job! I will speak to my students next Tuesday, hope they will also learn something from it, I asked them to create something with Powered Up etc. but I don't know what their results are at this point. They also have two of those Control+ hubs so...

[GianCann]

Take a look here:

https://docs.pybricks.com/en/latest/

[JopieK]

Looks really nice, I only miss Spike, WeDo 2.0 and the Duplo train for now but I guess that would be nice for future work. I would not mind to lend a hand in the summer vacation. 

[Coder Shah]

Excellent! Have you tried the sensors as well?

[GianCann]

5 hours ago, Coder Shah said:

Have you tried the sensors as well?

Yes! It work well.

Remember, however, that this firmware is still on "alpha" stage.

[Gimmick]

On 6/6/2020 at 7:43 AM, GianCann said:

Yes! It work well.

Remember, however, that this firmware is still on "alpha" stage.

Hi,

can I reset the firmware on the hub to use the original lego version again? I do not want to break the hub permanently:<

Edited June 7, 2020 by Gimmick

[GianCann]

Just now, Gimmick said:

can I reset the firmware on the hub to use the original lego version again?

Yes, sure!

[Gimmick]

3 minutes ago, GianCann said:

Yes, sure!

Ok, do I need an extra tool for that, or does the PU-App recognize the wrong firmware and overwrites it?

 

[GianCann]

You have only to force "bootloader mode" (long press on the Power button) and the PU App re-flash with the LEGO firmware ;)

[Gimmick]

Just now, GianCann said:

You have only to force "bootloader mode" (long press on the Power button) and the PU App re-flash with the LEGO firmware ;)

Ahh, ok nice. If the Hub does not recover, I will blame you of course =)

[Lok24]

On 6/5/2020 at 10:54 PM, GianCann said:

I'm only alpha-tester ;)

Hi, what's your experiece how log it takes to get userid/pw for the platform?
 

[GianCann]

I don't kown...

I'm an early beta tester, still before this pre-public beta version.

[Lok24]

Ah! I'm not

So I have to wait!
 

[Gimmick]

On 6/9/2020 at 11:29 AM, Lok24 said:

Ah! I'm not

So I have to wait!
 

I found the mail in the spam folder ...
The sender was not pybricks, but an employee one of the two fan dudes.

Just fyi, if you are still waiting. ;)

Edited June 10, 2020 by Gimmick

[Lok24]

THX, im checking my spam folder permanetly

[Tcm0]

5 minutes ago, Gimmick said:

I found the mail in the spam folder ...
The sender was not pybricks, but an employee.

Just fyi, if you are still waiting. ;)

I'm pretty sure that they don't have employees because it's not a company ;) Just a project of two fans

[Gimmick]

4 minutes ago, Tcm0 said:

I'm pretty sure that they don't have employees because it's not a company ;) Just a project of two fans

Mimimimimi.... fixed :p

 

[Lok24]

Hi all,

just got the chance to test, and at a first sight:

- perfect description of how to start
- everything works as described

I spend perhaps 10 Minutes with

- Installing Crome 85 in Win10/64
- Copy the new firmware to the Powerd Up technic Hub
-  copy and paste the code-example into the browserbased development tool
- Connect hub
- Start program
- WORKS!

[GianCann]

11 minutes ago, Lok24 said:

WORKS!

Yes! It's so simple!

[Lok24]

Indeed.

I'm just trying to show the battery.voltage(), but don't know what have to import, CPlusHub ?

And how to turn off the hub? (Except removing batteries.....)

[GianCann]

Try this:

hub = CPlusHub()
if hub.battery.voltage() < 6500:
    hub.shutdown()

You can also power off the HUB holding the power button for a few seconds

[Lok24]

Thanks, I did now:

from pybricks.hubs import  *

And yes a little patience when turning off is usefull.