remotely get the REPL output back to the IDE from the running program
remotely start and stop programs
The USB cable connector is very fragile and I'm afraid that students constantly unplugging it for testing and plugging it back in would reduce its life substantially. There is an issue in the XRP-MicroPython repository about running the program inside of a framework to be able to stop motors and other housecleaning stuff on start and stop of the robot program. That would make this much easier because there would be a place to be looking for communication from the IDE.
It would be good if there was a way to:
The USB cable connector is very fragile and I'm afraid that students constantly unplugging it for testing and plugging it back in would reduce its life substantially. There is an issue in the XRP-MicroPython repository about running the program inside of a framework to be able to stop motors and other housecleaning stuff on start and stop of the robot program. That would make this much easier because there would be a place to be looking for communication from the IDE.