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An independent podcast with the people in and around CircuitPython. Created and hosted by Paul Cutler.
44 episodes
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An independent podcast with the people in and around CircuitPython. Created and hosted by Paul Cutler.
44 episodes
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The CircuitPython Show

1 Project Collaboration with Liz Clark and Noe Ruiz 29:37
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Liz Clark and Noe Ruiz join the show and share how they collaborate on projects, where they get inspiration, and share some of their favorite projects. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky . Show Notes 00:00 Intro 00:21 Project inspirations 4:17 Iterating on a project 6:09 Working together to improve a project 8:01 Noe’s favorite project - Adabot 9:41 Liz’s favorite project - the Midi Fighter 11:00 The MX Guitar r 15:12 The The CircuitPython Motorized Camera Slider 17:09 The Jack-o-lantern PropMaker 19:24 The NFC Rapsberry Pi Media Player 24:02 The RP2350 Audio Reactive Video Synth 29:18 Wrap-up…
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1 Writing a CircuitPython Library for the Community Bundle 34:48
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Jan Goolsbey and Tod Kurt return to the show and share their experience in writing libraries and drivers for the CircuitPython Community Bundle. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky and join our newsletter . Guests: Jan Goolsbey - Jan’s GitHub repositories Tod Kurt Tod’s GitHub repositories 00:00 Welcome 00:18 The CircuitPython Community Bundle 2:01 When is your code is ready for the bundle? 2:50 Creating a library using cookiecutter Creating and sharing a CircuitPython library Learn Guide 9:01 Documentation requirements 11:15 Submitting a library to the Community Bundle 14:22 Circup 15:37 Advice for someone sharing their first library 19:03 Can a library move to the Adafruit CircuitPython Bundle? 22:46 Licensing 24:10 Libraries Jan and Tod have written PaletteFader RuhRohRotaryIO 29:22 Hidden gems in the Community Bundle Atari Punk Console 34:17 Wrap-up…
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CircuitPython core developer Dan Halbert joins the show and shares how to build CircuitPython from source. Dan was previously a guest on episode 28 . Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky and join our newsletter . 00:00 Intro 00:24 When would someone want to build CircuitPython? 2:23 The pre-requisites for building CircuitPython and the Building CircuitPython Learn Guide 5:15 Building for different hardware ports using git submodules 6:46 Usage of Python in the build process and virtual environments 9:11 Asking for help in the Adafruit Discord 9:34 Adding a new board to CircuitPython and How to Add a Board Learn Guide 13:58 Obtaining a vendor ID and product ID 16:49 Adding the board to circuitpython.org and its Learn Guide 18:13 Advice for building CircuitPython ( XKCD ) 21:10 Wrap-up…
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Welcome to a new episode of The CircuitPython Show! Bradán Lane joins the show for a second time and shares his process, tips, and tricks for designing a PCB that uses CircuitPython. We’re now on Bluesky! 00:00 Welcome Bradán Lane homepage Bradán on The CircuitPython Show episode 19 00:24 Recommended tools EasyEDA KiCad 2:54 Where to start when designing a board? 4:24 Finding open source hardware examples and schematics Adafruit Solder Party 7:02 Designing a board to support CircuitPython 9:00 The board layout and its constraints 12:28 Creating a feature board aka the kitchen sink 14:12 Picking out parts and components 17:14 Placing parts on the board 19:19 Advice for new board designers 20:37 The DC NextGen Graffiti Badge 25:28 Getting CircuitPython to run on a board 29:39 Wrap-up…
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1 Building a weather system with Jan Goolsbey 31:35
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Jan Goolsbey joins the show for his second visit. He shares how he built a weather monitoring system using sensors, weather APIs, display devices, CircuitPython, and Adafruit IO. Jan was previously a guest on episode 33 . The CircuitPython Show is now on Bluesky! Show Notes 00:00 Intro 00:16 Welcome Jan 00:28 The start of the weather system 2:09 How to solve the corrosion problem 4:50 Internet connected sensors with a PyPortal and Adafruit IO 7:43 Adding external weather conditions from an API to Adafruit IO 9:47 Evolving into a combined weather system 12:40 Discovering Apple WeatherKit integration in Adafruit IO+ 14:00 Version 1 of the weather system architecture 14:52 What were the challenges in the new architecture? 17:20 Multiple display devices and Adafruit IO throttling 20:55 Version 2 architecture: Remix 22:34 The user interfaces 27:09 What’s next? 29:09 Wrap-up Correction: Jan referred to Jerry Needell as working at Apple instead of Adafruit. Follow Jan on Bluesky . View Jan’s projects on the Adafruit Playground .…
The CircuitPython Show returns! To kick off season five, Paul welcomes Aaron Pendley, who is known by squid.jpg in the Adafruit community. They discuss how Aaron got started with computers, how he discovered CircuitPython, and a number of his projects. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky . Show Notes 00:25 Welcome Aaron and his start with computers 4:23 squid.jpg 5:18 Discovering CircuitPython 8:03 The Top-Secret Lunchbox 12:11 The Zapper lights / sound mod 16:24 The Wii Nunchuk USB Adapter 17:22 The WiFi Matrix Keypad Remote 20:02 Sparkle Specs firmware for Adafruit LED Glasses 22:44 Which microcontroller? 23:33 Wrap-up Follow Aaron on Bluesky Visit Aaron’s Adafruit Playground page…
It’s the final episode! Tod Kurt returns and serves as guest host and interviews Paul. Paul shares how he started with open source, his favorite project, exciting things coming to CircuitPython, and more. 00:00 Welcome 00:40 How Paul first got started with computers 1:45 Paul’s start with open source 5:10 Learning Python Talk Python training courses 6:38 Discovering CircuitPython 8:50 Paul’s favorite CircuitPython project SilverSaucer.com 13:22 Exciting things coming to CircuitPython Memento Camera USB host Scott Shawcroft’s CircuitPython 2024 blog post 16:34 What would Paul like to see in CircuitPython in the future? 17:55 Tod’s thank you for The CircuitPython Show 18:55 Where to learn more about Paul’s work? paulcutler.org - blog and project page 19:25 Which board?…
CircuitPython core developer Jeff Epler joins the show. He and Paul discuss how he sees his role as a core developer, adding JPEG support to CircuitPython, and adding over 2000 new fonts. 00:27 Welcome Jeff and his start with computers 00:54 How Jeff started with open source 1:45 Discovering CircuitPython 2:12 Jeff’s role as a CircuitPython core developer 3:43 Retro computing The Commordion: linusakesson.net 4:43 The Memento camera and JPEG support in CircuitPython 7:17 Adding over 2000 new fonts to CircuitPython adafruit/circuitpython-fonts: A collection of PCF-format fonts packaged for easy use in CircuitPython 10:53 Which board? 12:05 Follow Jeff: GitHub Mastodon Blog…
Debra Ansell joins the show and shares how she started with computers and electronics, the Orb-sessed LED Sphere, the PixelBlaze Pillow, and more. 00:30 How Debra started with computers and electronics 2:50 Creating the Orb-sessed LED Sphere 5:08 How CircuitPython helped with the project The Seeed XIAO Sense nRF52840 7:11 Combining maker skills LED Tote Bag Back to the Future 8:27 The PixelBlaze Pillow The PixelBlaze controller 10:32 The WiFI Hot Spot LED Jacket 12:43 Where to learn more about Debra’s projects Geekmomprojects.com Make Magazine Instagram Mastodon : @ geekmomprojects@mastodon.social 13:25 Which board?…
Jan Goolsbey joins the show. He and Paul discuss the CircuitPython Community Bundle, Jan’s contributions to the bundle, his IoT wind chimes project, and the string car racer. Transcripts are available in most podcast players. 00:30 Welcome Jan 2:24 Discovering CircuitPython 3:52 CircuitPython’s Community Bundle 6:10 Jan’s favorite libraries in the Community Bundle: Range Slicer 7:45 Graphics libraries including PaletteFader 9:27 Advice for adding to the CircuitPython Community Bundle 10:30 Using synthio for the Internet of Things Wind Chimes project Wind Chimes repository 14:14 The String Car Racer 19:05 Where to learn more? Adafruit Playground GitHub repository Vintage guitar pedal repair 20:15 Which board?…
Max Lupo joins the show and shares how he uses electronics in his art pieces and installations. 00:00 Welcome Max 00:45 Max’s start with computers and electronics 01:53 Which programming language is best for each art piece? 03:47 Beep-Boopatronics 7:36 Continuous Memory 10:01 The Margin Maker 14:20 Which board? Max’s homepage . Max’s GitHub repositories .…
Tod Kurt joins the show. Tod shares his synthio boards and discusses his recent trip to Hackaday’s Supercon. 00:00 Welcome Tod 1:00 synthio CircuitPython Day Panel Discussion 1:10 What is synthio in CircuitPython? 2:00 Tod’s custom synthio micrococontroller boards ( todbot/circuitpython-synthio-tricks: tips, tricks, and examples of using CircuitPython synthio 2:10 Tod’s Tindie store 4:30 Tod’s visit to Hackaday’s Supercon 5:22 Lux Lavalier on The Bootloader and in-person 6:30 CircuitPython at Supercon 7:02 Lightning Talks YouTube 8:40 Sprite_tm Jeroen Domburg: Building a Portable Vectrex, The Right Way 10:15 Cuddly Companion Bots Angela Sheehan: Cuddly Companion Bots 11:50 Stargirl’s KiCad Viewer talk 13:22 This year’s SuperCon Badge 15:44 Adding a capacitive touchpad - GitHub repository 17:30 Lack of speaker diversity at Supercon 17:55 Alpenglow’s Mastodon thread on Supercon speaker diversity Alpenglow Industries (@alpenglow@mstdn.social) 20:42 Which board do you reach for when starting a new project? 22:50 Wrap-up Thank you for listening. Until next time, stay positive!…
Erin St. Blaine joins the show and shares where she finds inspiration, advice for starting Neopixel projects, diffusion tips and tricks, and more. 00:33 Erin’s start with computers and electronics 03:18 Where Erin finds inspiration 04:42 Advice those starting with Neopixel or LED projects 05:43 What were the challenges with LEDs underwater? 08:41 Diffusion tips and tricks 09:52 Favorite Learn Guides 12:17 Which microcontroller?…
Martin Tan joins the show. He and Paul discuss Martin’s new book, micro:bit Projects with Python and Single Board Computers: Building STEAM Projects with Code Club and Kids’ Maker Groups. Martin’s book at Apress: micro:bit Projects with Python and Single Board Computers Martin’s book at Barnes & Noble 00:40 Martin’s start with computers and electronics 02:25 micro:bit Projects with Python and Single Board Computers: Building STEAM Projects with Code Club and Kids’ Maker Groups 04:06 What is a Code Club? 05:07 Whom is the book intended for? 6:07 How do you keep the kids engaged? 8:44 Scratch, MicroPython and Python curriculums 10:00 How do the kids collaborate? 12:02 Favorite story from running a Code Club 14:33 Which microcontroller?…
Dan Halbert joins the show and shares how he started with computers, discovering CircuitPython, where CircuitPython might be going next, and more Show Notes 00:31 Dan’s start with computers and electronics 02:54 Making computers easier to use 05:09 Discovering CircuitPython 8:40 Advice for new contributors to CircuitPython’s core 9:40 How CircuitPython is ported to new hardware 11:35 Managing CircuitPython releases 13:49 Where CircuitPython might be going in the near future 16:33 Which board?…
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