Michael “T-Rex” Kadie joins the show and discusses the T-Rex Talk family of assistive devices built with CircuitPython.

1:25 Michael’s start with computers

1:56 How Michael started building communication devices in the 90s

4:46 The T-Rex Talk 3.0

8:55 Using AI to help

9:58 Using the Fruit Jam as an assistive device

13:27 The training game

13:56 The Sip-N-Puff

16:38 The CircuitPython reading light

17:07 Jay Leno’s antique electric car - with CircuitPython

21:21 Wrap-up

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Tom Fox joins the show and shares his creation, the SPOKE board.

00:00 Intro

00:36 Tom’s start with computers and electornics

1:25 Discovering CircuitPython

2:31 The SPOKE board

4:11 Whom is the SPOKE for?

5:38 The SPOKE Mini

7:25 What students have made with the SPOKE

9:15 What were the challenges bringing the SPOKE to life?

10:33 The SPOKE online editor

13:53 What’s next for SPOKE?

14:59 Where to learn more?

15:26 How much does the SPOKE cost?

15:38 Which board?

16:22 Wrap-up

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Paul is joined by three former guests: Tim Cocks, Dan Cogliano, and Cooper Dalrymple who share their experience developing apps, games, and screensavers for the Adafruit Fruit Jam and Fruit Jam OS.

00:00 Welcome

00:38 FruitJamOS

3:44 Cooper’s excitement for the Fruit Jam

7:24 Dan’s interest in the Fruit Jam

8:52 Dan’s screensavers for the Fruit Jam

10:48 Coding for othe Fruit Jam

12:20 The Fruit Jam app library

18:02 GPIO and expansion

19:44 Display support

24:07 Challenges to look out for when developing for the Fruit Jam

31:01 What advice for someone creating a game or app for the Fruit Jam?

36:48 Wrap-up

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Paul is joined by Abby Bergman and Esha Patel who both recently completed the Physical Computing - Interactive Art, Robotics, & Tech for Good course taught by Professor John Gallaugher at Boston College.

Abby and Esha share their experiences and projects taking the course.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome

00:56 Professor Gallaugher’s Physical Computing - Interactive Art, Robotics, & Tech for Good course

1:42 Abby’s motivation for taking the class

2:38 Esha’s motivation for taking the class

3:32 What was a surprise about the class?

5:20 Esha’s Interactive Hopscotch project

7:38 Abby’s Very Hungry Caterpillar

10:29 Soldernig challenges

11:36 The Festival of Lights

12:26 What advice would you share to someone thinking of taking the course?

14:29 Wrap-up

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John Park joins the show and shares how he started hosting shows, his pre-show preparation, some of his favorite memories and projects, and more.

00:00 Welcome

00:36 JP’s start with computers and electronics

3:59 MAKE: Television

10:47 Preparing for a show

16:54 Favorite CircuitPython memories

20:09 Favorite projects over the years

25:55 Favorite synthesizer

29:20 Which board?

30:36 Wrap-up

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Paul welcomes Michelle Hui and Reitwiec Shandilya, master’s students at Cornell Tech. They discuss their project, an open source medical device that helps mastectomy patients, that runs CircuitPython.

00:00 Intro

00:46 The Open Pressure Sensor Device

2:05 Overcoming the problem gaps

2:58 Partnering with clinicians

5:26 The hardware and firmware

8:13 Reverse engineering the proprietary device

13:48 The Open Source Hardware Association

20:09 What’s next for OpenPSD?

21:42 Wrap-up

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In this episode, Paul is joined by Sean Carolan. Sean shares how he used CoPilot with Claude Opus to create a Pac-Man clone in CircuitPython in just one day.

00:00 Intro

00:32 Sean’s start with computers

1:34 Choosing Pac-Man

2:30 Seeed Wio Terminal

4:04 Coding Pac-Man in CircuitPython

5:17 The game’s art assets

6:51 Re-creating the sounds of Pac-Man

8:29 Pac-Man on the Fruit Jam

9:51 What worked well when using Claude Opus for Ai

12:50 The challenges in using AI

14:14 Recommendations for someone just starting to use AI to code

16:38 Learn more about Sean

17:01 Which board?

18:36 Wrap-up

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Paul welcomes John Ellis to the show. John shares some of his MacroPad projects, TallyCircuitPy, and more.

00:00 Intro

1:18 John’s start with computers

5:13 John’s handle, DeckerEgo

6:28 MacroPad Hotkeys II

8:59 Sleeping the Macropad screen

10:36 MacroPad 4 Chord MIDI

12:47 TallyCircuitPy and TallyOBS

15:12 The role CircuitPython can play in saving older hardware

17:20 Where to learn more about John

18:15 Which board?

19:53 Wrap-up

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Dan Cogliano joins Paul and they discuss Dan’s work with the Z Machine, which allows you to play Zork and other text adventure games.

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00:30 Dan’s start with computers

3:05 The EZ Make Oven

4:53 The Z-Machine

7:59 Challenges in creating the CP Z Machine

9:08 The game of Zork

11:00 CP Z Machine Learn Guide

11:15 Dan’s next game

12:29 Challenges working with graphics

13:37 Where to learn more about Dan

14:27 Which board?

15:13 Wrap-up

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Paul welcomes River Wang to the show. River was a STEAM teacher before becoming a full time software developer 3 years ago. He created the CircuitPython Online IDE, a browser based platform that allows users to work on a CircuitPython project on the web or as a self-hosted website.

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00:00 Intro

00:29 River’s start with computers and electronics

3:42 River’s start with Python

4:31 Teaching

5:42 Discovering CircuitPython

9:18 Creating the CircuitPython Online IDE

13:04 How the CircuitPython Online IDE works

14:28 The challenges in building the CircuitPython Online IDE

20:34 Self-hosting the CircuitPython Online IDE

19:02 How the CircuitPython Online IDE helps educators

20:34 CircuitPython Online IDE’s key features

23:13 What’s next for the CircuitPython Online IDE

24:41 How to support the CircuitPython Online IDE

25:05 Where to learn more

25:23 Which board?

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