We are thrilled to announce📣 the release of PikaPython v1.13.3! This version benefits from numerous community contributions and improvements, fixes multiple bugs🐞, and introduces many new features🎁. Here are the major updates:

🚀 New Features and Improvements:

• Updated pikascript-core and PikaStdLib to v1.13.3, bringing more performance optimizations and feature enhancements.
• Packages such as PikaStdDevice, socket, pika_lvgl, STM32, modbus, pika_fatfs, mqtt, time, network, and flashdb have been updated, improving device support and networking capabilities.
• Added modbus_rt package v0.2.1, supporting modbus RTU, ASCII, TCP, UDP modes, enhancing master and slave functionality, and supporting custom file transfer features.
• Made multiple improvements to pika_lvgl, including image processing fixes, recursive lock support, Pinyin support, and enhanced UI widgets, improving the graphical interface development experience and performance.
• Introduced recursive mutex for the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL), enhancing thread safety.
• Enhanced PikaStdDevice support for SPI/SOFT_SPI, added IIC utility functions, and optimized the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL).
• Fixed memory management by using PikaPython-provided malloc and free functions instead of the standard library ones in modules, reducing the risk of memory leaks.
• Supported try...import statements, optimized module import logic, improving code robustness and compatibility.
• Resolved compilation warnings and errors, improving code quality and stability.
• Synchronized updates for pika_hal and several other packages, fixing known bugs and performance issues.

🐛 Bug Fixes:

• Fixed memory leak issues with lvgl in certain scenarios.
• Fixed potential errors with modbus_rt in specific environments.
• Solved file writing and reading issues in flashdb and pika_fatfs.
• Corrected compilation warnings and errors for several packages on specific platforms.

Module Releases (From v1.13.0):

Special thanks to all contributors to PikaPython v1.13.3 development and testing. A special shoutout to those who contributed code on Gitee and GitHub. Thank you all for your hard work and dedication, every improvement provides a better experience for our users. We look forward to your continued feedback and support, let's contribute to PikaPython together!