The CircuitPython Show

Brent Rubell joins the show. He and Paul discuss the Internet of Things, Adfafruit's Wippersnapper firmware, their favorite newsletters, and more. Visit https://circuitpythonshow.com/episodes/16 for newsletter links.

Show Notes:

00:30 How Brent got started with computers and electronics

1:45 How does Brent define the Internet of Things?

2:45 What is Adafruit IO?

6:04 Wippersnapper

6:35 What is “no code”?

9:55 How do you add components to Wippersnapper?

12:30 Where is Wippersnapper going next?

14:00 Project advice

15:18 Favorite newsletters

18:37 Which microcontroller?

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This episode welcomes Joshua Lowe, the inventor of Edublocks, which helps bridge the gap from Scratch Python 3(including CircuitPython).

Show Notes:

00:20 Welcome and introduction to Edublocks

4:18 Making Edublocks open source

5:20 Working with Edublocks and hardware

9:20 Where is Edublocks going next?

10:40 The pandemic and remote education

13:42 Which microcontroller?

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Kevin Matocha joins the show and shares some of his projects, including the Hackpad and TinyLogicFriend.

Show Notes:

00:20 Welcome

00:27 How Kevin started with computers and electronics

3:50 HackPad

8:20 Wiring the HackPad

9:55 TinyLogicFriend - a logic analyzer using Sigrok

15:28 Which microcontroller?

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Nicholas Tollervey joins the show and shares his music background, the Mu code editor, and how learning to code can be similar to learning to play an instrument.

Show notes:

0:18 Welcome and Nicholas’ beginning with computing

2:35 The Mu code editor

6:40 Nicholas’ music background

8:20 How is learning music and coding similar?

11:35 Code Grades

15:50 Nicholas and teaching

17:20 Turn the tables

19:05 Which microcontroller?

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Guy Dupont joins the show and shares some of his projects, including his Subaru backup camera project, T9 predictive text MacroPad, and more.

00:12 Welcome and Subaru backup camera project

4:40 Link to YouTube Video: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy4Ua8bXRiE)

4:50 Guy’s predictive text MacroPad

7:40 T9 Predictive Text written in CircuitPython

9:55 Favorite coding language

10:40 CircuitPython advantages

11:50 Guy’s music connections

13:20 Raspberry Pi iPod project

16:20 Turn the tables

18:58 Guy’s YouTube channel

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Anne Barela discusses her time at Adafruit, writing the Python on Hardware newsletter, retro tech, and more.

00:17 Welcome and Anne’s start with Adafruit

01:15 Anne’s first two books on microcontrollers

03:38 CircuitPython through the years

5:40 What goes into writing an Adafruit Learn Guide?

7:30 ThePython on Microcontrollers newsletter

10:30 When did Anne first get into computers and electronics?

14:05 Turn the tables

16:05 Which microcontroller?

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In episode ten, Pierre and Paul have an in-depth conversation about mechanical keyboards and how CircuitPython has helped Pierre with development.

00:15 Welcome and starting with computers and electronics

2:00 Building custom keyboards

4:10 BlueMicro keyboards (get screenshot)

6:40 Developing the BlueMicro keyboard firmware

7:40 What goes into building a custom keyboard?

11:20 Microcontroller keyboard matrices

13:55 Changing from Arduino to CircuitPython for keyboard development

17:35 How has CircuitPython helped with troubleshooting?

20:15 Turn the tables

21:30 Which microcontroller?

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Liz Clark joins the show and shares her maker journey, music background, and we talk MIDI for beginners.

00:25 Welcome and Liz’s music background

4:30 BlitzCityDIY https://www.youtube.com/blitzcitydiy

6:30 Getting started with MIDI

10:38 Adafruit MIDI Learn guide, MIDI for Makers: https://learn.adafruit.com/midi-for-makers

12:26 Liz’s music setup at home

15:20 Turn the tables

16:20 Which microcontroller?

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Melissa and Paul talk Blink, retro tech, and more.

00:38 Blinka

03:00 What it means to be the maintainer of Blinka

04:37 How Melissa started with CircuitPython

07:12 Melissa’s YouTube channel

07:57 OpenSign Library

8:05 Melissa’s CNC machine

09:28 Melissa’s current retro tech projects

10:30 Retro Macs

12:30 A mysterious box appears

14:35 Turn the tables

15:22 Which microcontroller?

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Alie Gonzalez joins the show and shares her maker journey, how she started her professional career, and the tech scene in Miami.

00:50 Welcome and Alie’s journey to becoming a maker

2:22 The start of Alie’s career

4:30 Sparkfun & Alie

6:40 Miami Hack Week

14:45 The tech scene in Miami

18:20 Which microcontroller?

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