The Bootloader

Tod and Paul are back and share CircuitPython Turbo, an open source ambient TV lighting project, LoRa radios, and cheap music gadgets.

Show Notes

00:00 Intro

00:30 CircuitPython Turbo

6:53 HyperHDR

• HyperHDR documentation
• HyperHDR GitHub Repository
• HyperSerialPico
• Paul's blog posts on installing HyperHDR
• HyperHDR 30 second demo video

13:42 Evil-M5 Project

• Evil-M5project repo
• Video walkthrough
• NFC module for Cardputer
• LoRA/Meshtastid module for Cardputer

18:08 Mesh Core and Meshtastic and FCC regulations

• Hackaday
• Meshtastic
• MeshCore
• Philly Mesh switches to MeshCore
• CircuitPython Meshtastic library by fede2

21:53 Broke Beats

• BKLVA Pocket DAW
• ESP32 Launcher Project
• Livtra Nanocore
• SonicState Broke Beats pt1
• SonicState Broke Beats pt1

26:49 IKEA KALLAX Skyrim Mod

• Tom's Hardware coverage
• 1 minute YouTube video for Kallax Storageborn

28:36 Wrap-up

Tod and Paul take a look back at the last year and share some of their favorite CircuitPython projects and features. This is a replay of The Bootloader's livestream on the Adafruit YouTube channel on CircuitPython Day. It has been slightly edited and we do use screensharing, so you may want to check out the video on YouTube.

Show Notes

00:00 Intro

00:57 CircuitPython in the last year

1:24 CircuitPython 10 Audio Effects

• Ting alternate CircuitPython voice effects firmware

4:24 CircuitPython 10.1 and 10.2 updates

4:37 MicroPython and upstream

• MicroPython home page

5:03 The Adafruit Fruit Jam

• Adafruit Fruit Jam Learn Guide
• Fruit Jam OS

5:27 Sean Carolan’s Pac-Man Clone

• Sean on The CircuitPython Show

6:24 Dan Cogliano’s Z Machine and Zork

8:20 Dan Cogliano’s Fruit Jam Screensavers

• Moon Miner

9:14 Liz Clark’s Fruit Jam Video Music Player

• Atari Video Music original hardware

11:41 picogame by Vladimir Smitka

• Write-up of picogame on chiptron.eu

16:24 Lorraine’s Autonomous LEGO Train with CircuitPython and LIDAR

• Amazon LIDAR example or dfrobot
• Python code for Raspberry Pi

19:42 RV Circuit Studio by Armstrong Subero

24:11 Liz Clark’s Chiptune Player

• CircuitPython AY8912 library
• VGM fan websites

27:31 PicoTTY

• Embedded Systems News story

30:30 Wrap-up

In this episode, Tod and Paul share everything you wanted to know about USB, what's new in CircuitPython, a retro MP3 player, and more.

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00:19 Understanding USB

• Know what your USB-C cable can really do
• RD TC66 USB Tester
• Treedix USB Cable Tester
• Linux lsucpd

6:13 Terry Godier

• A Room You Can’t See video essay
• Some Decisions Aren’t Supposed to be Optimized video essay
• Terry on Mastodon
• Terry on Bluesky
• Home page
• Current RSS Reader

10:19 CircuitPython Updates

16:55 AP30 Music Boy MP3 Player

• AP30 Music Boy Kickstarter page

19:11 awesome-selfhosted

• awesome-selfhosted

23:09 LibrePods and Sony Head Tracker

• LibrePods
• Tom’s Hardware coverate of Sony Head Tracker
• Sony Head Tracker on GitHub

25:11 CircuitPython Day 2026 and wrap-up

• CircuitPython Day schedule

Paul and Tod share a new CircuitPython IDE, a new selling platform for makers, Space Cadet Pinball, and more.

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00:00 Intro

00:19 RV Circuit Studio

4:20 The curse of being a production maker

10:00 Bambuddy

13:28 Mechanical Space Cadet Pinball Machine

16:23 ListenBrainz all the things

18:28 BC250 The Budget E-waste Steam Machine

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Paul and Tod are back and discuss a nostalgia archive on the web, Web Serial in Firefox, real time OSes, a follow-up to last episode’s story on Parachord, and more.

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Show Notes

00:00 Welcome

00:20 FreeMediaHeckYeah

3:34 Flipper One

8:55 You Don’t Need an RTOS

15:22 Web Serial comes to Firefox

17:40 USB Probester

23:17 Achordion, a Parachord follow-up

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Paul and Tod discuss a new review site for dev boards, add textures to your 3D prints, an open source music player, and more.

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00:00 Intro

00:20 OpenBoardsGuide.com

4:49 BumpMesh.com

8:10 Parachord

11:51 SerialPlotster

18:19 picoCAD2

21:13 Wave Overhangs

25:49 Wrap-up

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In this episode, Tod and Paul share a secondary display for your Bambu Labs 3D printer, a small eink eReader, an open source microcontroller, and more.

00:00 Welcome

00:15 BambuHelper

BambuHelper is a tiny ESP32-powered desk friend to tell you how your 3d printer is doing!

5:56 OpenScan

OpenScan is a low-cost and high quality 3D scanner that you build yourself that is open source and modular.

8:53 Xteink X4 eReader

The Xteink X4 eReader is small 4” eink eReader that can read ebooks and can also be an ESP32 dev board.

12:58 Project Aura

Project Aura is a crowd-funded air quality monitor that costs $30 for the 3D print design and firmware.

17:06 The Baochip

The Baochip-1x by Bunnie Huang is another microcontroller platform like the RP2040 or the ESP32, but unlike those chips, everything about the Baochip is open source.

21:51 OpenCode

OpenCode is a 100% open source AI coding agent licensed under the liberal MIT license. It’s built for privacy and does not store any of your data.

26:16 Wrap-up

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Paul and Tod chat about an open source record player, MicroPython’s new operating system, 3D printing news, and you won’t believe who is going to Eurovision.

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00:00 Welcome

00:19 The Statimatic STM-01 Automatic Turntable

5:00 MicroPythonOS and WaveShare ESP32-S3-Touch-LCD-2

10:16 3D Printing News Roundup

14:37 Teenage Engineering Ting EP-2350

20:248 OpenSplit Deck and JoyPad OS

24:46 LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER is going to Eurovision 2026

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In this episode, Tod and Paul discuss hacking Flock cameras, the Adafruit Fruit Jam, Neural Networks in CircuitPython, some bad 3D printing legislation, and more.

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00:00 Intro

00:17 Flock Camera Hacking

5:46 Naya Connect

8:58 ESP32 supports 5GHz Wireless

13:19 The Adafruit Fruit Jam

18:04 Neural Networks in CircuitPython

21:17 Washington State’s proposed 3D printer laws

23:55 Wrap-up

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Paul has mic issues and Tod has a cold, but they’re here to discuss building your own Steam Machine, learning to sew, circuits and synths, and more.

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0:00 Intro

00:20 Build your own Steam Machine

Building my own Steam Machine with Bazzite

Reddit Guide to turn your Steam Machine into a console

Interview with Jorge Castro about Bazzite and more

4:56 Learning to sew

Learn To Sew - Sewing 101

The Surprising Genius of Sewing Machines

9:06 CAD Round-up

BREP.io, browser based CAD

BREP.io project page

GitHub repository

Microcad

Codeberg repo

CadQuest

Reddit announcement

11:03 Learn analog electronics by building synths

“This drum sequencer breaks all the rules“

Moritz Klein’s “For Beginners” playlist

Moritz Klein’s DIY Drum Series“ playlist

Moritz Klein’s Youtube channel

Erica Synths DIY kits

14:57 The Indie Beat Radio and Television

Remembering RadioFreeFedi

The Indie Beat Radio

Ways to watch The Indie Beat Television

Bandwagon.fm

The Indie Beat - Fediverse Radio - GNOME Shell Extensions and GitHub repository

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17:51 act

act

video demo

github hosted runners

22:40 Wrap-up

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