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| author | Damien George <damien.p.george@gmail.com> | 2019-12-16 23:04:01 +1100 |
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| committer | Damien George <damien.p.george@gmail.com> | 2019-12-19 17:07:53 +1100 |
| commit | 8449e41818f26c1e3a970d7181bb82ae2d3e2278 (patch) | |
| tree | af481b25ab0b58110085c3cd41e6adcbb820d163 /docs/develop/cmodules.rst | |
| parent | e58c7ce3d64fe17a58e75616a4992921f6bc5738 (diff) | |
docs/develop: Add documentation on how to build native .mpy modules.
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diff --git a/docs/develop/cmodules.rst b/docs/develop/cmodules.rst index ba43c3dc9..a4c473347 100644 --- a/docs/develop/cmodules.rst +++ b/docs/develop/cmodules.rst @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +.. _cmodules: + MicroPython external C modules ============================== @@ -17,6 +19,10 @@ more sense to keep this external to the main MicroPython repository. This chapter describes how to compile such external modules into the MicroPython executable or firmware image. +An alternative approach is to use :ref:`natmod` which allows writing custom C +code that is placed in a .mpy file, which can be imported dynamically in to +a running MicroPython system without the need to recompile the main firmware. + Structure of an external C module --------------------------------- |