Ubuntu Core - run it on Virtualbox

Ubuntu Core is an OS designed for embedded machines, operates in different way than a standard Linux distribution.
This article explains how to install Ubuntu Core over a Virtual Machine (VM) using VirtualBox over a MacBook Pro Intel based, for development/experimentation purpose.

Ubuntu Core is not a standard distribution and cannot be installed directly over Virtualbox.
It is necessary to use a standard/normal Ubuntu distribution to be used as installer.

CircuitPython

Notes about  Circuit-Python. 

On line is possible to find tons of documentation and description, this is just a my notes collection about Circuit-Python, another fast prototyping system like Arduino IDE.

Huzzah32 - start to play with

Huzzah32

Adafruit has many nice platforms to start to create embedded devices.
This article would help to start to play with this platform.


One of them is called Huzzah32, member of the Feather family.
The Huzzah32 is based on a dual-core ESP32 chip, 4 MB of SPI Flash, and tuned antenna since it has both WiFi and Bluetooth Classic/LE support plus some GPIO ports, I2C and SPI capabilities.

MSP430 - Energia and Grove

I do have few Arduino around.
Like many people I bought some of them because ... well, I don't know, I guess at the time it was the news, to see what it is.
And I didn't like it much.