MicroPython was created by Damien George in 2013 In response, Scott and Limor gave a fascinating look at the origins of CircuitPython and the decision to spin it off into a separate project.

For those of you unfamiliar with CircuitPython it is an open-source derivative of the MicroPython programming language targeted toward students and beginners.

MicroPython lets you build devices quickly, and its latest release, 1.23, brings a number of improvements you should be aware of. The first one is custom USB device support, and it’s a big one.