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That's because it's not a third-party package, it's, as I said above, part of the Python default packages just do an import and it should work.
from multiprocessing import <list the packages within processing you want>It's generally not a good idea to import everything with an *.
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@was-dtech morning! :wave: This is something beyond Mu's control but I think you've also realised this too, given the ticket you raised on the PGZero GitHub repository. I've posted an answer over there (more visibility for others in the same situation). Best of luck! :+1: lordmauve/pgzero#263
(I'd also like to point out setting the window position may not be possible at all)
Be new to mu-editor and need to add the onewire module for reading the DS18B20 temprature sensor on a Micro:bit project.
Following the instrction for installing packages on https://codewith.mu/en/tutorials/1.1/pypi I can't find the tab "Third Party Packages" in the "Mu Adminstration" pup-up window.
I'm using mu-editor 1.1.0.beta.6 (the one you get actually from the wbsite) on Windows 10.
Is there an other way to install mudules?
Following the instrction for installing packages on https://codewith.mu/en/tutorials/1.1/pypi I can't find the tab "Third Party Packages" in the "Mu Adminstration" pup-up window.
I'm using mu-editor 1.1.0.beta.6 (the one you get actually from the wbsite) on Windows 10.
Is there an other way to install mudules?
But I think your question demonstrates we should mention this in our docs..! (Thank you for bringing it to our attention)
and then
pip install mu-editor==1.1.0b6
(in the venv)
Hi, just started using Mu instead of IDLE for teaching python programming, love it overall but found a couple of issues:
minor one - in dark mode, using string formatting makes the colours go funky - there is a white background on the string bits after a print(f"...")
more major one (unless i'm missing something) - the debugger doesn't seem to show scope of variables at all, and if the same variable name exists locally and globally it just shows it as one variable with the local variable value
minor one - in dark mode, using string formatting makes the colours go funky - there is a white background on the string bits after a print(f"...")
more major one (unless i'm missing something) - the debugger doesn't seem to show scope of variables at all, and if the same variable name exists locally and globally it just shows it as one variable with the local variable value
:wave: hi @honeybadgerdh thank you for the feedback. I'll take a look at the colour problem. I'm not sure what you mean by the debugger showing scope. What you see in the list of available objects is exactly what is IN scope for Python at that point in time. I'm probably missing something or misunderstanding. Can you give more details or an example please..? Always appreciative of technical feedback..! :+1:
I think what they mean is
fancy_variable = 123
other_variable = 456
def some_function():
global other_variable
fancy_variable = 234
other_variable = 789
print(fancy_variable, other_variable) # ← Breakpoint here ←
some_function()
print(fancy_variable, other_variable)Doesn't indicate other_variable is global, and doesn't show the shadowed fancy_variable
Thanks Zander, that's it! For another example, if I was to run the following in Mu debugger and IDLE debugger, at line 3 within the function:
def add(number):
number += 1
print (number)
number = 1
add(number)
print(number)- IDLE would show number = 2 in 'locals' and number = 1 in 'globals'
- Mu would just show number=2
For teaching purposes I'd like to be able to follow a program through and demonstrate scope, parameters, returns clearly.
```
class sales:
def init(self, Products_Sold):
self.Products_Sold = Products_Sold
if Products_Sold > 534767897323:
print("Good work. ")
elif Products_Sold < 534767897323:
print("Patrick is dissapointed.")
class sales:
def init(self, Products_Sold):
self.Products_Sold = Products_Sold
if Products_Sold > 534767897323:
print("Good work. ")
elif Products_Sold < 534767897323:
print("Patrick is dissapointed.")
def PatrickMoney(self):
print("Patrick's Money: 9 Patrickillion")
print("Last month's Money: 7 PatrickIllion")
def Patrick_Products(self):
print("Patrick has many products, but his favorite has to be bacon")
new_products = ["Bacon Bits", "Bacon Cupcakes", "Chocolate Flavored Bacon"]
dang
hold on
# welcome to Patrick's Puppy Portions! #
class sales:
def __init__(self, Products_Sold):
self.Products_Sold = Products_Sold
if Products_Sold > 534767897323:
print("Good work.")
elif Products_Sold < 534767897323:
print("Patrick is dissapointed.")
def PatrickMoney(self):
print("Patrick's Money: 9 Patrickillion")
print("Last month's Money: 7 PatrickIllion")
def Patrick_Products(self):
print("Patrick has many products, but his favorite has to be bacon")
new_products = ["Bacon Bits", "Bacon Cupcakes", "Chocolate Flavored Bacon"]
very weird, but the problem is the last part.
It says it's assigned to, but not used.
the variable, new_products
Hey, I am using a PWMIO function, and I am able to output the right frequency from ItsyBitsy but when I use a battery to power the Itsybitsy, I get a slight decrease in frequency. For example: when I use battery, the output frequency goes from 5Hz to 4.85Hz, or 10Hz to 9.70Hz. How can I resolve this issue?
@samshurp27:matrix.org this is a channel for technical questions about Mu - the editor - rather than ItsyBitsy or Circuit/MicroPython. Try their support channels instead..? If you're using an Adafruit board or CircuitPython, they have a wonderful Discord server with plenty of channels in which to find help.
@ntoll: Thank you for responding. I would like to rephrase my question. I am using a PWMIO function, but the output frequency I get is 9.70Hz instead of 10Hz. I believe that I can increase the frequency by +0.3 on the code but I can only use integer for frequency. How can I put frequency = 10.3 when it only allows integers. Above is my current code.
Hi, I am experiencing serial port disconnect issues with Mu under Ubuntu, using CircuitPython board Feather M4. While the editor is open and the board is running, the connection suddenly drops, and then the board is mapped to a different /dev/ttyACM*. This does not happen when using Windows.
Hi, I am experiencing strange behavior when using the plotter together with an ESP32 microcontroller. The attached image shows the output of a function that clearly should produce a uniform sawtooth looking plot. The REPL window shows data correct but the plotter is giving a strange shape. The error changes from run to run.
What am I doing wrong?
Hi @rtborg - so I develop Mu on Ubuntu and have never seen nor heard of this behaviour. I wonder if you're writing to the device's filesystem in some way..? Often that causes the board to reboot and may explain the problem you're seeing. (It's never happened to me). If you could let us know what version of Mu you're using and perhaps attach a log file, we'd be able to tell for sure what Mu is seeing.