From 8767ad96e80fbbdfc54edca4be0eda65d34301c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hel Gibbons <hel@pimoroni.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 17:06:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add lte examples

---
 .../pico_plus_2/breakouts/lte-astronauts.py   | 32 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../pico_plus_2/breakouts/lte-catfacts.py     | 28 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 micropython/examples/pico_plus_2/breakouts/lte-astronauts.py
 create mode 100644 micropython/examples/pico_plus_2/breakouts/lte-catfacts.py

diff --git a/micropython/examples/pico_plus_2/breakouts/lte-astronauts.py b/micropython/examples/pico_plus_2/breakouts/lte-astronauts.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02998d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/micropython/examples/pico_plus_2/breakouts/lte-astronauts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+"""
+List all the humans who are currently in space!
+
+This example was adapted from one written by Les Pounder for Tom's Hardware: https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/connect-raspberry-pi-pico-w-to-the-internet
+"""
+
+import lte
+import time
+import requests
+
+MOBILE_APN = "iot.1nce.net"
+
+con = lte.LTE(MOBILE_APN)
+con.start_ppp()
+
+try:
+    t_start = time.time()
+    astronauts = requests.get("http://api.open-notify.org/astros.json").json()
+    number = astronauts['number']
+
+    print(f'There are currently {number} humans in space:')
+    for i in range(number):
+        print(astronauts['people'][i]['name'])
+
+finally:
+    t_end = time.time()
+
+    print(f"Took: {t_end - t_start} seconds")
+
+    print("Disconnecting...")
+    con.stop_ppp()
+    print("Done!")
diff --git a/micropython/examples/pico_plus_2/breakouts/lte-catfacts.py b/micropython/examples/pico_plus_2/breakouts/lte-catfacts.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17c394d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/micropython/examples/pico_plus_2/breakouts/lte-catfacts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+"""
+Get yourself a cat fact over 4G!
+"""
+
+import lte
+import time
+import requests
+
+MOBILE_APN = "iot.1nce.net"
+
+con = lte.LTE(MOBILE_APN)
+con.start_ppp()
+
+try:
+    t_start = time.time()
+    request = requests.get('http://catfact.ninja/fact').json()
+    fact = request['fact']
+    print('Cat fact!')
+    print(fact)
+
+finally:
+    t_end = time.time()
+
+    print(f"Took: {t_end - t_start} seconds")
+
+    print("Disconnecting...")
+    con.stop_ppp()
+    print("Done!")