The Bootloader

Teardown 2024 with Debra Ansell


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In this episode of The Bootloader, Paul and Tod are joined by Debra Ansell who recaps Teardown 2024. Tod and Paul share a few interesting things including the Tulip Creative Computer, code editors, metal 3D printing, and more.

Stay until the end for a special announcement about CircuitPython Day on August 16, 2024.

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00:28 Interview with Debra Ansell

Tod and Paul are joined by Debra Ansell (geekmomprojects on Instagram and Mastodon). Debra recaps her experience at the recent Teardown 2024 conference hosted by Crowd Supply.

  • Building Up Excitement for Teardown 2024
  • Teardown 2024

    14:17 The Tulip Creative Computer (Tod #1)

    Tod shares the Tulip Creative Computer, a MicroPython powered ESP32-S3 computer and synthesizer with a focus on music creation.

    • Tulip homepage
    • Build your own Tulip
    • Floyd Steinberg’s video on Tulip
    • AMY - Additive Music librarY

      18:27 ViperIDE and Zed (Paul #1)

      ViperIDE is a brand new IDE in a web browser focused on MicroPython, with CircuitPython support created by Volodymyr Shymanskyy.

      • Review from Les Pounder at Tom’s Hardware
      • Live demo with Volodymyr Shymanskyy on Tom’s Hardware Pi Cast

        Zed is a fairly new code editor and IDE for macOS and Linux users who might miss Atom or Sublime Text. It’s open source, released under the Apache and GPL 3.0 licenses, and focused on speed and collaboration.

        • Zed homepage
        • GitHub repository
        • pyright static type checker for Python

          23:03 CeraMetal - 3D printing metal using clay (Tod #2)

          CeraMetal can be made using a relatively inexpensive clay 3D printer combined with a metal powder fired in a kiln.

          • CeraMetal: A New Approach to Low-Cost Metal 3D Printing with Bronze Clay“ – Leah Buechley, Jaime Gould, Fiona Bell
          • CeraMetal talk on ACM SIGCHI
          • Hackaday blog post on CeraMetal
          • Fermat’s Natural Spirals
          • “Fermat Spirals for Layered 3D Printing” on Two Minute Papers
          • Fun Fermat Spiral toy in Processing

            27:08 CircuitMatter (Paul #2)

            Scott Shawcroft, CircuitPython’s lead developer, shared he is working on CircuitMatter, a pure Python implementation of some of the Matter specification that will be compatible with CircuitPython and potentially MicroPython.

            • What is Matter? - Wired Magazine
            • Matter and Home Assistant
            • Sparkfun Thing Plus Matter dev board

              29:47 Special Announcement about CircuitPython Day 2024

              Tune in to the Adafruit YouTube channel on CircuitPython Day, August 16th for a special live stream of The Bootloader with Paul and Tod.

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