He had a project in MicroPython that needed a very fast FFT on a micro controller ... He thus ended up with a python library that could do the FFT 50 times faster than the the pure Python ...

Now a new variant for embedded applications has emerged, one created in conjunction with a hardware project designed to show off what’s possible with Python in such environments. The Micro ...

Just funded on Kickstarter, the £24 board runs an adapted version of Python known as Micro Python and will allow users to simply paste lines of text code onto the board to make it work.

Pyboard micro-controllers are aimed at developers who know Python, the world's third most popular language behind Java and JavaScript, which is sweeping the developer world right now.