The CircuitPython Show

Alec Delaney joins Paul and they discuss how CircuitPython uses continuous integration for development and Alec's CircuitPythonukiah project.This episode is brought to you by PCBWay. Make your dreams a reality with 10 boards starting at only $5! Thank you to PCBWay for their support of The CircuitPython Show. Learn more at PCBWay.com.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 CircuitPythonukiah17:14 Which board?

Mark Komus joins the show and shares how he started with computers, the Monster Eyes project, contributing to CircuitPython's core, and more.This episode is brought to you by PCBWay. Make your dreams a reality with 10 boards starting at only $5! Thank you to PCBWay for their support of The CircuitPython Show. Learn more at PCBWay.com.1:00 Welcome and Mark's start with computers2:30 Discovering CircuitPython5:28 The Monster Eyes8:37 Working on CircuitPython's core11:57 Opportunities from CircuitPython12:50 Which microcontroller?Support the show! If you like what you hear, tell a friend or write a review. Sponsor the show financially - your support goes towards covering the costs of hosting, recording, and transcriptions. Thank you for your support. Learn more.

Joey Castillo joins the show. He and Paul discuss the LCD Featherwing, the Open Book and its user interface, and power management.This episode is brought to you by PCBWay. Make your dreams a reality with 10 boards starting at only $5! Thank you to PCBWay for their support of The CircuitPython Show. Learn more at PCBWay.com.Show Notes:1:12 Welcome and how Joey got started with computers & electronics2:48 LCD Featherwing and implementing CircuitPython first5:55 The OpenBook and the user interface11:10 Managing power consumption18:08 Which microcontroller?Follow the show on Twitter at @circuitpyshowSupport the show! If you like what you hear, tell a friend or write a review. Sponsor the show financially - your support goes towards covering the costs of hosting, recording, and transcriptions. Thank you for your support. Learn more.

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.This episode is brought to you by PCBWay. Make your dreams a reality with 10 boards starting at only $5! Thank you to PCBWay for their support of The CircuitPython Show. Learn more at PCBWay.com.4:05 How Jason discovered CircuitPython5:40 Meet the trolls7:50 The park in the summertime8:55 Proof of concept using CircuitPython11:05 CircuitPython hardware in the trolls12:45 Audio demo13:30 Surviving the climate16:05 The Blue Troll17:41 Which microcontroller?Follow the show on Twitter at @circuitpyshowSupport the show! If you like what you hear, tell a friend or write a review. Sponsor the show financially - your support goes towards covering the costs of hosting, recording, and transcriptions. Thank you for your support. Learn more.

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.This episode is brought to you by PCBWay. Make your designs a reality with ten boards starting at only $5!1:02 Welcome and Jim's start with electronics3:02 Damien George starting MicroPython3:50 MicroPython and CircuitPython5:32 Collaborating with CircuitPython6:10 MicroPython's Strengths6:45 What is it like to be a maintainer of an open source project?8:50 Balancing open source and professional work9:40 Favorite uses of MicroPython11:10 Performance improvements in MicroPython14:20 Where is MicroPython going next?16:20 Which microcontroller?

Bradán Lane shares how CircuitPython has helped in creating the JoyPad and LumosRing.This episode is brought to you by PCBWay. Make your designs a reality at only $5 for ten boards at PCBWay.01:10 Bradan's start with electronics02:33 Bradan's first CircuitPython product: the Joypad06:25 Customizing the JoyPad09:07 The LumosRing and LumosStick15:20 Which microcontroller?Visit CircuitPythonShow.com for show notes and transcripts.

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 computers00:50 Discovering CircuitPython2:25 Thea's synthesizer company, Winterbloom3:40 Winterbloom products that use CircuitPython(Sol and Big Honking Button:)7:00 Castor and Pollux8:50 Which microcontroller?

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 Curtain1:45 Discovering MicroPython via its Kickstarter2:50 Handheld games - the Pew Pew family4:30 Learning Pew Pew in workshops6:22 How does CircuitPython make it easy to program games?7:42 What are the challenges in using CircuitPython to program games?10:30 Robot building13:30 Fluff bug14:30 Which microcontroller?

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 electronics1:45 How does Brent define the Internet of Things?2:45 What is Adafruit IO?6:04 Wippersnapper6:35 What is “no code”? 9:55 How do you add components to Wippersnapper?12:30 Where is Wippersnapper going next?14:00 Project advice15:18 Favorite newsletters18:37 Which microcontroller?

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?

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?

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?

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 https://www.etsy.com/listing/1036685552/customizable-t9-keypad-with-mechanical (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

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?

A preview of the upcoming season two and its guests.

00:20 How Scott joined Adafruit 3:00 What are some of the biggest changes and accomplishments over the last five years since CircuitPython was first released? 7:20 Working with upstream MicroPython 9:20 Porting CircuitPython to Raspberry Pi (bare metal) 13:28 ESP32-S3 development 16:30 Scott's work in community broadband 22:40 Turn the tables 24:30 Which microcontroller?

Episode 5 - Rose Hooper Support the show: https://circuitpythonshow.com/support 00:35 Getting started with computers 04:36 Early 90s BBS culture & Freeness 07:46 Discovering Python 10:00 Home Assistant 15:20 CircuitPython 23:15 Which microcontroller?

1:00 Tod Kurt introdction Homepage: https://todbot.com 2:05 BlinkM 2:35 Tod's experiences with Arduino 7:20 Tod's work with synthesizers 12:18 Sound on CircuitPython 15:45 Tod and Python / CPython 21:20 Tod's CircuitPython Tips Github repository 23:20 Turn the tables (Ask Paul a question) 29:45 Which microcontroller would you grab for a prototype or new project?

Professor John Gallaugher of Boston College joins the show and talks CircuitPython in higher education. 01:01 Adding CircuitPython to a higher ed curriculum 05:38 Examples of CircuitPython used in accessibility 7:30 How do you teach students with hardware? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oldZ-6eVhg 16:30 Maker communities 19:27 Professor Gallagher's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/profgallaugher/videos?view=0&sort=dd&flow=grid 23:20 Former students' success 28:20 Turn the Tables segment: Professor Gallaugher asks Paul his favorite bands 29:40 Go to microcontroller for a new project?

Les Pounder of Tom's Hardware stops by and talks all things microcontrollers, shares his latest project, and retro tech. 1:30 Biggest microcontroller surprise 4:25 Favorite Pico add-on board 5:35 Photo of all the boards 7:25 Microcontroller pick 12:30 Les' latest CircuitPython project 14:05 Retro tech 18:44 Turn the tables: Retro tech to take to a deserted island? (Where Paul gets the other Sega Genesis name wrong) 20:57 How Les was introduced to CircuitPython

00:40 Kattni's journey, originally told at PyOhio 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bBHXimlfPQ and first project: https://learn.adafruit.com/circuit-playground-express-piano-in-the-key-of-lime) 6:00 Adafruit Discord: http://adafru.it/discord 7:45 Mentoring 9:55 Community discussion 12:50 CircuitPython 2022 goals 16:00 CircuitPython tagline: Code + Community = CircuitPython 17:50 Learn Guides 22:40 Turn the Tables 23:40 Which microcontroller to start your next project?

The CircuitPython Show is an independent podcast hosted by Paul Cutler. Each episode he will have a conversation with someone doing something cool and awesome in or around CircuitPython.