Pykonik Tech Talks #61 - Embedded Python & more

Welcome to our February 2023 Meetup!

Pykonik is a community of those using, learning or curious about Python.

🚀 This time we have a very special edition organised in cooperation with Cosmo PK at Politechnika Krakowska 🚀

How to find us?
If you have trouble figuring out how to find the correct room check out the video below:
[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XdS85XOlhdE ](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XdS85XOlhdE )

This time we will host the following talks:

[EN] Vladimir "vovcia" Mitiouchev - Embedded Python
For years, embedded programming was perceived as difficult, and required knowledge of C and sometimes assembly. Nowadays, we can not only have simpler C with Arduino, but also high-level languages like JavaScript and Python. In this lecture, we will start our adventure with embedded programming in Python on popular platforms: Raspberry Pico (not Raspberry Pi!) and Espressif ESP32, and we will answer a few questions:
- What is the difference between MicroPython and CircuitPython?
- How to run the I2C bus?
- Which PULL for Hall sensor?
And a lot more!

Vladimir "vovcia" Mitiouchev - Systems architect, Python developer, co-founder of CLUG.

[PL] Łukasz Chojnacki - Testy mutacyjne
Podczas prezentacji zostanie omówiona koncepcja testów mutacyjnych oraz pokazane, kiedy testy jednostkowe to za mało.
Łukasz Chojnacki – Python developer @ Deployed, od lat skupiony głównie na aplikacjach webowych. Nie boi się pracy z legacy kodem, kładzie duży nacisk na testowanie. W wolnym czasie lubi obejrzeć dobry mecz piłki nożnej.

[EN] Vladyslav Fedoriuk - DVC
Short mystery talk, more details during the meetup :)

Lightning Talks
a lightning talk is a short (usually 5min) talk, that's basically an open mic session – you can just come up to the stage during the event and present something for five minutes (ideally something related to Python).
If you'd like to do a lightning talk – just talk to the organisers during the event, (or on discord) – we will be also asking about it from stage during the event.
We already have a few very interesting lightning talks confirmed so be sure to check that part of the event :)

Followup discussion in a nearby pub.
After we lave the premises at around 20:30 we will move to a different location (announced during the event) to continue the discussion there.
Everyone is welcome to join the discussion :)

We will also have pizza & drinks. Our meeting details can also be found on our website, where you can sign up to give a talk at the next meeting:

https://www.pykonik.org/tech-talks/61/

The meeting sponsors & partners are:

Cosmo PK – organised the space to host the event.
Deployed – Sponsoring pizza and drinks during the networking break
JetBrains – 2x pycharm licenses giveaway during the event
CLUG – recording and streaming of the meetup

Join the meeting for updates and see you at the event!

If you can't attend, the meeting will be streamed on youtube here: https://youtube.com/live/jlK1cIBeWNw

If you want to learn more join our discord at https://discord.pykonik.org