How to install MaixPy onto Maixduino and run a sample program

I’m going to show you how to install MaixPy onto a Maixduino and run a sample program.

I’m currently considering a Maixduino as a main brain of my new smart AI robot.
In the last few posts, I’ve tried running on Arduino code on Maixduino using PlatformIO.

VSCodeとPlatformIOでMaixduinoにBlinkを書き込む

PlatformIOをインストールしたVSCodeを使って、ArduinoIDE用のBlinkサンプルをMaixduinoで動かす方法の紹介です。

VSCodeとPlatformIOを使ってMaixduinoでボイスコマンドを音声認識する方法

VSCodeとPlatformIOを使ってMaixduinoでボイスコマンドを音声認識する方法をご紹介します。SiPeedからMaixduino用のライブラリが出ていて、その中に”Maix_Speech_Recognition”というのがあ

While I was working with Maixduino with PlatformIO, I found more documentation on MaixPy than Arduino coding…, so I decided to try MaixPy as well.

If you are a more advanced in programming and planning to modifying the source code to fits your needs, Arduino C++ source and library may fit your needs better though…

You can find manuals from Sipeed website as well.
– How to install firmware
https://maixpy.sipeed.com/en/get_started/upgrade_firmware.html
– How to install MaixPy IDE
https://maixpy.sipeed.com/en/get_started/maixpyide.html

Please install a driver if necessary.
https://maixpy.sipeed.com/en/get_started/install_driver.html

Here are some other posts related to MaixPy and Maixduino.
Maixduino/MaixPy| RoboPara

Contents:

１． Uploading a latest Firmware onto Maixduino
２．Writing programs using MaixPyIDE

１． Uploading a latest Firmware onto Maixduino

1.1 Downloading a latest Firmware

Please download firmware from Sipeed website.
https://github.com/sipeed/MaixPy/releases

1.2 Uploading the Firmware using Kflash-Gui

Please download kflash-gui from the link below.
https://github.com/sipeed/kflash_gui

＊You may see your unti-virus software starting to screem… It happended to me a few month ago. If that’s the case, you can use command line tool as well.
https://github.com/kendryte/kflash.py

Start the kflash and open the firmware.
Select the comport (there are 2 comport available, pick the smaller numbered comport. The other one is for ESP32). Then press download button.

When finished it should say “Success”.

1.3 Load face model

If you are planning to run face recognition samples, please upload face model as well.

You can download the face model from the link below.
https://dl.sipeed.com/MAIX/MaixPy/ide/

２．Writing programs using MaixPyIDE

2.1 Installing MaixPyIDE

You can download installers from the Sipeed website.
https://dl.sipeed.com/MAIX/MaixPy/ide/

2.2 Checking the MaixPy from the terminal

Open terminal.

Select the port and baudrate then connect to your Maixduino.

If the MaixPy firmware was upladed correctly, you should see maixPy welcome screen.

Close Terminal!
＊You can only establish one connection with Maixduino at a time.

2.3 Writing test code to Maixduino

Open MaixPy IDE and click on the new file button on top left.

Click on the left bottom button and establish the connection with your Maixduino.

Click on the run button below the connect button.

If successful, you shall see the camera image (realtime) on the Top right.

MaixPy is based on MicroPython and very easy to work on AI related implementations such as Face recognition, Speech recognition, Deep Learning, etc…

I’ will keep posting MaixPy and Maixduino related contents here for the next few month.

Stay Tuned!