PyCon AU took place in Melbourne, Australia, last weekend and included a number of excellent MicroPython and Python hardware related talks!  You can check out all of the talk videos in this PyCon AU 2017 video playlist.  In particular check out this talk from MicroPython creator Damien George titled Using MicroPython In The Wild.  Other great talks about MicroPython and Python hardware included:

• Program All The Things – How To Develop IoT Devices With MicroPython by Anna Gerber
• MicroPython for ESP32 by Nick Moore
• MicroPython Energy Monitoring by Joel Stanley
• Teaching MicroPython with the BBC micro:bit by Jim Mussared
• Programming Lego Mindstorms Robots With Python by Stoyan Shopov
• Tuning in with SDR And Python by Jim Mussared
• Using Python for Creating Hardware to Record FOSS Conferences by Tim Ansell
• Automated Python Powered Turret by Isaac McClure