<![CDATA[Power cycle LoPy from outside (Linux machine)]]>Hi!

Apology if this was discussed before. I am wondering if it is possible to power cycle a LoPy/FiPy devices from a connected machine (Linux machine)?

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/topic/3868/power-cycle-lopy-from-outside-linux-machineRSS for NodeSat, 15 Aug 2026 12:16:43 GMTFri, 12 Oct 2018 07:14:59 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Power cycle LoPy from outside (Linux machine) on Fri, 12 Oct 2018 07:14:59 GMT]]>Hi!

Apology if this was discussed before. I am wondering if it is possible to power cycle a LoPy/FiPy devices from a connected machine (Linux machine)?

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/22840https://forum.pycom.io/post/22840Fri, 12 Oct 2018 07:14:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Power cycle LoPy from outside (Linux machine) on Fri, 12 Oct 2018 07:28:32 GMT]]>@mraj By hardware or by software?
By Software: if you have a communication defined, you can define a command which leads the Lopy to do execute machine.reset().
By Hardware: You need extra hardware, which depending on what you need either toggle the reset pin or power off/on the device. A separate small micro could do that, maybe even the PIC which now resides on the various expansion/ensor boards.

There a subtle (unintended I guess) differences between machine.reset(), pulling the reset pin and power cycling the device.

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