1 This repository is structured around integration tests found in the python/testing
2 directory. The tests offer a procedural way to assert equivalence between 'native' CircuitPython (CP) behaviour and
3 behaviour of the MicropythonCircuitPython (MCP) layer.
6 In particular, automated introspection of the python runtime combines with interactive prompts
7 to configure a scenario for testing (e.g. which platform, which board, what is wired to it) meaning that
8 the same routines can be carried out on Micropython boards, dual boards running either CP or MCP
9 or dedicated CP boards.
11 From a project-management point of view, tests can provide a strictly-interpreted way to
12 communicate missing features, also providing the implicit means of verifying that intended
13 features for the MCP layer are in fact already served from the CP layer.
17 To take a minimal example, the following asserts the default behaviour of the DigitalInOut
18 constructor, checks the behaviour of switch_to_input/output(), configures a pin as a pull-up button, a pull-down button and an LED.
27 There are routines in the top level of the repo like `upload_feather_m0_watch.py` which selectively synchronize files it with the CIRCUITPY or PYBFLASH folder for stm32 and samd21 (with a file-watching behaviour for edits), or which execute a selective ampy upload for CircuitPython/Micropython on esp8266.
29 Given the limited memory available, on the Feather M0 Express, running the test case requires that
30 the [micropython-lib unittest library](https://github.com/micropython/micropython-lib/blob/master/unittest/unittest.py)
31 is distributed as a compatible Micropython bytecode .mpy file
32 pre-compiled under an mpy-cross version from the CircuitPython 2.2.3-tagged repository. Otherwise
33 simply loading the unittest module already busts the available memory.
35 # Test Suite Structure
37 The structure of the testing modules is as follows, to permit test suites to be imported selectively
38 on different implementations, platforms and boards (see agnostic.py for definitions of these terms)...
40 * _testing_ - common function definitions for suite-execution
41 * _testing.mcp_ - test suite for hardware-agnostic elements of MCP layer (e.g. Enum)
42 * _testing.implementation_ - calculates implementation-specific parameters for test fixtures
43 * _testing.implementation.all_ - suites expected to run on all platforms
44 * _testing.implementation.micropython_ - suites testing MCP-specific classes and behaviours (under the hood of the hardware compatibility layer) and only
45 expected to run on Micropython
46 * _testing.implementation.circuitpython - suites testing CircuitPython-specific
47 classes and behaviours, and only expected to run in CircuitPython_
50 * testing.implementation.all.digitalio - tests against the
51 digitalio module regardless of platform
52 * testing.implementation.circuitpython.digitalio - tests of digitalio against a
53 native circuitpython host
54 * testing.implementation.micropython.digitalio - tests of digitalio against the MCP
60 To be able to run a substantial series of testing modules, a dedicated
61 feather m0 express firmware image should be prepared with [frozen modules](https://learn.adafruit.com/micropython-for-samd21/frozen-modules) which
62 minimises overhead by holding test definitions in flash instead of RAM.