The article describes a project where someone developed a software-defined GPS receiver from scratch using Python and an RTL-SDR dongle. The project tackles the 'coarse' positioning capability of GPS, achieving location resolution within 24 seconds from a cold start. The article highlights the project's accessibility and potential as a starting point for further exploration of GPS technology.
MicroPython, a Python interpreter for microcontrollers, has released version 1.23 with several improvements. Notably, it now supports creating custom USB devices on multiple levels and has received improvements for OpenAMP, an inter-core communication protocol.