askpatrickw

Package Management for CircuitPython

Nothing formal written up on this yet, but I think we're seeing the download the zip file approach start to become brittle. Already there are two different bundles. My initial thought is why not have a cpip (or modify circup) and use PyPi. One thing I like about this is that it teaches new programmers things they need to learn if they also do Python programming. I've not done any real research into the technical parts of this yet, but in an ideal world, a fork of pip or some modular components of pip could be used to drive the core logic of version checking and install and the CP specific parts that deal with the board would be the

planetceres

Restart/reset USB kernel module in Ubuntu 18.04 without rebooting

Restart USB ports after a power overdraw (error -110). Unplug all devices prior to running script.

References:

• https://davidjb.com/blog/2012/06/restartreset-usb-in-ubuntu-12-04-without-rebooting/
• https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1460790&p=9162799#post9162799