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@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ Watch Application System in Python Introduction ------------ -Currently in its infancy wasp-os provides only a little more than a simple -digital clock application for `PineTime <https://www.pine64.org/pinetime/>`_ -together with access to the MicroPython REPL for interactive testing and -tweaking. However it keeps time well and has enough power saving -functions implemented that it can survive for well over 72 hours between -charges so even at this early stage it is functional as a wearable -timepiece. +Although still in its infancy wasp-os provides many example applications +including a simple digital clock, a stopwatch, a step counter and a heart rate +monitor. All of these, together with access to the MicroPython REPL for +interactive tweaking and testing, are running on `PineTime +<https://www.pine64.org/pinetime/>`_. It keeps time well and has enough power +saving functions implemented that it can survive for well over 72 hours between +charges so even at this early stage it is functional as a wearable timepiece. Wasp-os includes a robust bootloader based on the Adafruit NRF52 Bootloader. It has been extended to make it robust for development on @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Building wasp-os and launching the wasp-os simulator requires Python 3.6 (or later) and the following python modules: click, numpy, pexpect, PIL (or Pillow), pyserial, pysdl2. -On Debian Buster the requires python modules can be obtain with the +On Debian Buster the required python modules can be obtained using the following commands: .. code-block:: sh @@ -65,15 +65,16 @@ following commands: python3-pil python3-pip python3-serial pip3 install --user pysdl2 -You will need a toolchain for the Arm Cortex-M4. wasp-os is developed and +You will also need a toolchain for the Arm Cortex-M4. wasp-os is developed and tested using the `GNU-RM toolchain <https://developer.arm.com/tools-and-software/open-source-software/developer-tools/gnu-toolchain/gnu-rm>`_ (9-2019-q4) from Arm. .. note:: - There are known problems with toolchains older than gcc-7.3 due to problems - with link-time-optimization (which is enabled by default). + There are known problems with toolchains older than gcc-7.3 when + link time optimization is enabled during the MicroPython build + (and LTO is enabled by default). Get the code from `https://github.com/daniel-thompson/wasp-os <https://github.com/daniel-thompson/wasp-os>`_ : @@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ To install the main firmware using an Android device: * Connect to PineDFU using nRFConnect, click the DFU button and send ``micropython.zip`` to the device. -To install the main firmware from a GNU/Linux workstation: +Alternatively, to install the main firmware from a GNU/Linux workstation: * Look up the MAC address for your watch (try: ``sudo hcitool lescan``\ ). * Use ota-dfu to upload ``micropython.zip`` to the device. For example: |