The CircuitPython Show

Vicky Twomey-Lee joins the show. She shares her start with computers and Python, the Introduction to Electronics and Python workshop she is co-teaching, organizing PyLadies Dublin, and more.

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00:00 Intro

2:36 Vicky’s start with Python

4:04 How the Python community in Ireland has grown over the years

6:17 The Pac-Man concept with groups

8:17 The Introduction to Electronics and Python workshop

11:50 What the students will elarn in the workshop

14:55 Choosing CircuitPython for the workshop

16:51 PyLadies

19:45 Advice for organizing a Python Meetup

22:35 Which board?

Andrew from KeepEverythingYours.com joins Paul. They discuss Andrew's start with computers, Andrew's new interactive CircuitPython tutorial, his CircuitPython powered products, and more.

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Show Notes

00:00 Welcome

00:34 Andrew’s start with computers

1:09 How Andrew discovered CircuitPython

1:55 KeepEverythingYours.com

• https://keepeverythingyours.com

3:43 Using WebSerial to make the tutorial interactive

4:24 Inspiration for making it interactive

5:05 What will the user learn in the tutorial?

• Getting Started with CircuitPython — KEY

6:40 What tutorials are planned next?

7:22 CircuitPython powered Desk Pets

• KeepEverythingYours Etsy store

8:13 Other products available

9:35 Where else to find Andrew online

• Keep Everything Yours YouTube channel

9:56 Which board?

This is a replay of The Bootloader's livestream on the Adafruit YouTube channel on CircuitPython Day. Tod and Paul take a look back at the last year and share some of their favorite CircuitPython projects and features. This episode 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

01:04 CircuitPython in the last year

1:32 CircuitPython 10 Audio Effects

• Ting alternate CircuitPython voice effects firmware

4:32 CircuitPython 10.1 and 10.2 updates

4:45 MicroPython and upstream

• MicroPython home page

5:10 The Adafruit Fruit Jam

• Adafruit Fruit Jam Learn Guide
• Fruit Jam OS

5:34 Sean Carolan’s Pac-Man Clone

• Sean on The CircuitPython Show

6:31 Dan Cogliano’s Z Machine and Zork

8:27 Dan Cogliano’s Fruit Jam Screensavers

• Moon Miner

9:22 Liz Clark’s Fruit Jam Video Music Player

• Atari Video Music original hardware

11:49 picogame by Vladimir Smitka

• Write-up of picogame on chiptron.eu

16:31 Lorraine’s Autonomous LEGO Train with CircuitPython and LIDAR

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

19:50 RV Circuit Studio by Armstrong Subero

24:18 Liz Clark’s Chiptune Player

• CircuitPython AY8912 library
• VGM fan websites

27:39 PicoTTY

• Embedded Systems News story

30:37 Wrap-up

Scott Shawcroft, CircuitPython's project lead, returns to the show. Paul and Scott discuss CircuitPython's move to Zephyr, a look back at ten years of CircuitPython, what the future might hold, and more.

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Show Notes

00:00 Intro

00:39 CircuitPython and Zephyr

2:45 How is the progress moving CircuitPython to Zephyr?

3:30 How are LLMs helping?

7:08 Ten Years of CircuitPython

9:54 The Fruit Jam and the future of CircuitPython

14:03 RP2350 Gameboy Cartridge

18:13 Running a CircuitPython game on the cart

19:48 Wrap-up

Tod Kurt returns to the show and shares how to build custom CircuitPython firmware using GitHub Actions. Tod also shares SerialPlotster and his latest hardware creation.

00:57 Using GitHub Actions to build CircuitPython

3:51 CircuitPython Custom on GitHub repository

• CircuitPython Custom configuration web page

9:24 The CLI display

10:37 Adding custom modules

11:42 How to run CircuitPython Custom

14:34 SerialPlotster

• Download

19:32 New hardware?

20:40 Creating synth engines

21:32 Wrap-up

• todbot.com
• The Bootloader

Show Notes

1:22 Michael’s start with electronics

2:38 ScrollKit

• Scrollkit.dev

5:33 How ScrollKit works

7:08 Scrollkit’s hardware

8:09 How over-the-air-updates work

8:49 Graphics in ScrollKit

10:42 Challenges to overcome

15:09 The ScrollKit simulator

16:35 Theme Park Waits

17:33 What’s next for ScrollKit?

18:18 Which board?

18:51 Wrap-up

• Michael’s homepage

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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