The Bootloader

The Bootloader

By Paul CutlerTechnology
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The Bootloader episodes

  • The CircuitPython 9 Release Show

    00:00 Welcome to The Bootloader

    00:22 What are we excited about in CircuitPython 9?

    00:56 jpegio and the Memento Camera

    • AdaBox 21 Unboxing Video

      2:12 The one downside of JPEG vs. BMP or PNG

      3:03 How Adafruit is innovating around the hardware and software

      3:57 bitmapfilter image effects

      4:28 USB Host

      5:07 Keyboards on USB Host

      • Scott’s CircuitPython2024 blog post

        7:12 MicroPython and merging its changes into CircuitPython

        • Split heap memory management

        • 9:55 paralleldisplaybus

          • LilyGO microcontrollers
          • 8x faster display using paralleldisplaybus for ESP32

          • 12:13 CIRCUITPY on Android

            13:28 ESP-IDF software development kit for Espressif microcontrollers

            • CircuitPython 9.0 moves from IDF v4.x to IDF v5
            • Potential for Bluetooth for ESP32-S3 chips

            • 15:52 ConnectionManager and the CircuitPython community

              18:04 Breaking changes in CircuitPython

              • display.show() deprecated
              • Mounting a filesystem requires an existing directory
              • CircuitPython now requires explicit socket port re-use. Use socket.setsockopt(pool.SOL_SOCKET, pool.SO_REUSEADDR, 1), as in CPython.

              • 20:10 Thank you to everyone in the CircuitPython community who contributed to CircuitPython 9.0

                20:43 The CircuitPython Community Weekly Meeting every Monday at 2pm EST in the Adafruit Discord

                21:33 Thanks for listening!

                Memento photo used under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 license

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                22 min
              • Supersized for Supercon

                Tod shares some of his favorite talks from the recent Supercon  conference in Pasadena, CA.  Paul and Tod each share one thing they  found interesting.  

                Follow Tod on Mastodon: @[email protected] 

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                Show Notes

                0:00 Welcome to the Supersize Supercon episode

                3:17 The Supercon badge

                8:02 DIY Vacuum Tubes by Nick Pool

                10:31 Personal Electric Vehicles by Bradley Gawthrop

                13:00 Samy Kamkar’s Random Walk Exploration

                15:45 How to Hang and Sell Your Blinky Goodness as Art byChris Combs

                18:15 Back in person

                19:40 Python in the browser

                22:00 Tod’s PicoStepSeq

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                26 min
              • Pandas and Breadboards

                Tod and Paul share a few interesting things including virtual breadboards, Hey Github, and creating virtual synthesizers.

                00:00 Welcome

                00:26 MicroPython by Arduino Labs

                6:15 Home Assistant

                9:50 WithDiode.com and virtual breadboards

                14:09 Hey, Github

                17:40 Virtual Synthesizers - Turn Max patches into VST

                22:48 Mastodon

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                29 min
              • What's the Matter?

                In episode 4, Tod and Paul discuss macOS Ventura, the Matter smart home specification, video synths and more.

                Show Notes:

                00:22 macOS Ventura cannot copy UF2 files

                2:37 Matter smart home specification

                7:00 3D printing for good causes

                10:00 Video Synthesizers

                13:10 IO Rodeo’s Open Colorimeter

                15:40 ffmpeg.guide

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                22 min
              • The Middle is a Pumpkin

                In episode 3, Paul and Tod share news about boards, code editors, sensors, and something fun at the end.

                0:15 RISC-V Arduino Chip

                04:28 Code editors and JetBrains Fleet

                09:35 Person Sensor by Useful Sensors

                13:38 GitHubCopilotInvestigation.com

                19:18 CircuitPython’s ulab

                23:57 MakerDeck

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                28 min
              • M is for Makers, Music, and Machine Learning

                In episode 2, Paul and Tod talk about some makers and their cool projects, including the Lux Lavalier and Pikon; creating music in a web browser, and more.

                PixelBlaze expression language (Tod #1) 1:45
                • Lux Lavalier
                • Created by the team of Jason Coon, Debra Ansell, Ben Hencke


                Whisper OpenAI (Paul #1) 5:50
                • Blog post, paper and Google Colab example linked from their GitHub repository
                • From OpenAI, who developed Dall-E
                • Machine learning to transcribe and / or translate audio files


                Music generation in the browser (Tod #2) 11:03
                • Tone.js in-browser synthesis (https://tonejs.github.io/), and examples using it, like:
                • Acid Hit
                • Strudel


                PolyKeyboard (Paul #2) 16:41 (Paul #2)
                • Poly Keyboard with OLED keycaps)
                • Keycap demo on Twitter
                • Blog and Ko-Fi


                Samplebrain by Aphex Twin & Dave Griffiths 21:27 (Tod #3)
                • Samplebrain Homepage
                • Samplebrain manual
                • Download page


                Kevin McAleer and the Pikon 23:48 (Paul #3)
                • Pikon story on DigitalCameraWorld.com
                • Kevin's HomepageKevin's YouTube Channel
                • So many cool projects!Robots and more robots!
                • Pomodoro Pico W Desk Robot
                • Kevin's Pikon videoBlog post
                • Raspberry Pi News Story

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                29 min
              • Rock Stars Are Just Like Us

                In this first episode, Paul and Tod each share a few things they found interesting.  They discuss open source projects including tio and Belay, 3D printing, and a rock star's Python project.

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                • 00:23: Fullcontrol.xyz
                • 02:11: tio
                • 04:14: Belay
                • 06:36: Rivers Cuomo
                • 08:57: CircuitPython Camera Support
                • 11:36: Bambu Labs X1 Carbon 3D printer review


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                14 min
              • Trailer #2

                Paul and Tod preview The Bootloader and share a fun fact.  The Bootloader is coming September 26th.

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                Visit our homepage at thebootloader.net

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                1 min
              • The Bootloader Trailer

                Welcome to The Bootloader with Tod Kurt and Paul Cutler.  Each episode we'll bring you news, project updates, and more from the maker and tech scenes.

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                1 min

              About The Bootloader

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              A monthly podcast loading you up with news, project updates and product talk from the CircuitPython and maker communities. Hosted by Tod Kurt and Paul Cutler.

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