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CircuitPython Storage

CircuitPython boards show up as as USB drive, allowing you to edit code directly on the board. You've been doing this

for a while. By now, maybe you've wondered, "Can I write data

from

CircuitPython

to the storage drive to act as a

datalogger?" The answer is yes!

However, it is a little tricky. You need to add some special code to boot.py, not just code.py. That's because you have

to set the filesystem to be read-only when you need to edit code to the disk from your computer, and set it to writeable

when you want the CircuitPython core to be able to write.

The following is your new boot.py. Copy and paste the code into boot.py using your favorite editor. You may need to

create a new file.

For Gemma M0, Trinket M0, Metro M0 Express, Metro M4 Express, ItsyBitsy M0 Express and ItsyBitsy M4 Express,

no changes to the initial code are needed.

For Feather M0 Express and Feather M4 Express, comment out switch = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D2) , and

uncomment switch = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D5) .

For Circuit Playground Express, comment out switch = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D2) , and uncomment switch =

digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D7) .

The following is your new code.py. Copy and paste the code into code.py using your favorite editor.

You can only have either your computer edit the CIRCUITPY drive files, or CircuitPython. You cannot have

both write to the drive at the same time. (Bad Things Will Happen so we do not allow you to do it!)

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import board

import digitalio

import storage

# For Gemma M0, Trinket M0, Metro M0/M4 Express, ItsyBitsy M0/M4 Express

switch = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D2)

# switch = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D5) # For Feather M0/M4 Express

# switch = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D7) # For Circuit Playground Express

switch.direction = digitalio.Direction.INPUT

switch.pull = digitalio.Pull.UP

# If the switch pin is connected to ground CircuitPython can write to the drive

storage.remount("/", switch.value)

Remember: To "comment out" a line, put a # and a space before it. To "uncomment" a line, remove the # +

space from the beginning of the line.

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Adafruit Feather M4 Express User Manual

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