The CircuitPython Show

Seth Kerr joins The CircuitPython Show and shares what an FPGA is; his  creation, the IcyBlue Feather FPGA; and how it might be used with  CircuitPython.  

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00:33 Seth’s start with computers and electronics 

01:24 What is an FPGA? 

02:27 What are the advantages to using an FPGA? 

03:16 Seth’s process to designing boards 

05:25 The IcyBlue FPGA Feather 

09:42 How could you use the IcyBlue Feather with a CircuitPython microcontroller? 

11:55 Programming an FPGA 

14:05 Which board?

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Danny Staple joins the show and discusses his latest book, Robotics at Home with Raspberry Pi PIco.

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Show Notes:

00:00 Intro

00:58 Danny’s start with computers and robotics

01:51 What the reader can expect from Danny’s book, Robotics with Raspberry Pi Pico

03:04 The robotics shopping list

04:30 Challenges with the parts shortage

06:20 What made CircuitPython a good choice for building the robot?

07:40 What were some of the challenges faced when writing the book?

10:25 Using Bluetooth to control the robot

12:56 How did PIO with the Raspberry Pi Pico help when building the robot?

14:32 The Monte Carlo localization algorithm

20:17  Which board?

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Alec Delaney joins Paul and they discuss how CircuitPython uses continuous integration for development and Alec's CircuitPythonukiah project.

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2:28 What is continuous integration (CI)?

4:36 How does CI make it easy for developers and contributors?

8:53 What are the challenges in moving to pyproject.toml?

11:11 What are the benefits of pyproject.toml?

14:56 The CircuitPythonukiah

17:14 Which board?

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Mark Komus joins the show and shares how he started with computers, the Monster Eyes project, contributing to CircuitPython's core, and more.

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1:00 Welcome and Mark’s start with computers

2:30 Discovering CircuitPython

5:28 The Monster Eyes

8:37 Working on CircuitPython’s core

11:57 Opportunities from CircuitPython

12:50 Which microcontroller?

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Joey Castillo joins the show.  He and Paul discuss the LCD Featherwing, the Open Book and its user interface, and power management.

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Show Notes:

1:12 Welcome and how Joey got started with computers & electronics

2:48 LCD Featherwing and implementing CircuitPython first

5:55 The OpenBook and the user interface

11:10 Managing power consumption

18:08 Which microcontroller?

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Paul takes the podcast on the road and visits Jason Pecor in Altoona, Wisconsin. Jason shows Paul CircuitPython powered Trolls and shares how they came to be.

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4:05 How Jason discovered CircuitPython

5:40 Meet the trolls

7:50 The park in the summertime

8:55 Proof of concept using CircuitPython

11:05 CircuitPython hardware in the trolls

12:45 Audio demo

13:30 Surviving the climate

16:05 The Blue Troll

17:41 Which microcontroller?

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Jim Mussared, a maintainer of MicroPython, joins the show.  He and Paul discuss how MicroPython started, collaborating with CircuitPython, being a maintainer, favorite uses of MicroPython, and more.

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1:02 Welcome and Jim’s start with electronics

3:02 Damien George starting MicroPython

3:50 MicroPython and CircuitPython

5:32 Collaborating with CircuitPython

6:10 MicroPython’s Strengths

6:45 What is it like to be a maintainer of an open source project?

8:50 Balancing open source and professional work

9:40 Favorite uses of MicroPython

11:10 Performance improvements in MicroPython

14:20 Where is MicroPython going next?

16:20 Which microcontroller?

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Bradán Lane shares how CircuitPython has helped in creating the JoyPad and LumosRing.

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01:10 Bradan’s start with electronics

02:33 Bradan’s first CircuitPython product: the Joypad

06:25 Customizing the JoyPad

09:07 The LumosRing and LumosStick

15:20 Which microcontroller?

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Thea Flowers joins the show and shares about her synthesizer company, Winterbloom, and the role CircuitPython has played.

Show Notes:

00:30 How Thea first got started with computers

00:50 Discovering CircuitPython

2:25 Thea’s synthesizer company, Winterbloom

3:40 Winterbloom products that use CircuitPython

(Sol and Big Honking Button:)

7:00 Castor and Pollux

8:50 Which microcontroller?

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Radomir Dopieralski, aka deshipu, joins the show.  He shares his interest in computers growing up behind the Iron Curtain, developing games with CircuitPython, robots, and more.

Show Notes:

00:15 Welcome and getting started with computers behind the Iron Curtain

1:45 Discovering MicroPython via its Kickstarter

2:50 Handheld games - the Pew Pew family

4:30 Learning Pew Pew in workshops

6:22 How does CircuitPython make it easy to program games?

7:42 What are the challenges in using CircuitPython to program games?

10:30 Robot building

13:30 Fluff bug

14:30 Which microcontroller?

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