Welcome (Please read before posting) #9111

jimmo · 2022-08-26T00:08:24Z

jimmo
Aug 26, 2022
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Welcome to the MicroPython forum, hosted on GitHub Discussions! 🐍

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  await asyncio.sleep_ms(100)
```

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while True:
  pin.toggle()
  await asyncio.sleep_ms(100)

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jimmo Aug 26, 2022 Maintainer

Welcome to the MicroPython forum, hosted on GitHub Discussions! 🐍

👋 Getting started

🪣 Categories

⚙️ Code formatting

📬 Mail filtering

❤️ Community Guidelines

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jimmo
Aug 26, 2022
Maintainer