Python Ruler

I now have a ruler that will run Python. My life is complete……

Actually it is quite useful. Probably. You can program it to show up as a keyboard device and you can get your program generate keypresses when you touch the panels. The default settings are as shown above, but I’m going to make it generate the backslash character which I always have difficultly finding thanks to my liking for American keyboards.

It runs Circuit Python which means that you can just drop your code into the usb drive it mounts when connected. The only thing I don’t like is that you have to plug the ruler into an external power supply to get it to work. If it had a little battery it would be perfect.