The Tachyon is not listed in the VS Code devices. Will this be added soon?
The Tachyon does not run Particle IoT device firmware or have Device OS, so it's not generally programmed the same way. You can still use VSCode as your IDE, but you will typically program in a higher-level language like Python or node.js. You can program in C/C++ if you want, but as a Linux program, not an Arduino-like program.
Thanks for the quick reply. I think that I’m in over my head with this device. Will there be a more Tachyon-centric “how-to” for it? ChatGPT is my main source for programming assistance but this being such a new device, its suggestions don’t seem valid.
Thanks again!
There aren't any tutorials yet. The Tachyon is fairly similar to the Raspberry Pi in terms of programming. And it's fundamentally an Ubuntu Linux device, so resources for that can also be helpful.
I have found that lack of GPIO helper library like GPIOzero for Raspberry Pi, prorgramming add-ons that require GPIO are not that straightforward and is a challenge to implement. It would be great to have a Tachyon wrapper for GPIOzero so we can more easily use Raspberry PI add-ons. An example is the WaveShare SPI display. The libraries depend on GPIOzero.
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A replacement for GPIOzero is on the list to be implemented.
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