The CircuitPython Show

Tom Fox

Mon, 04 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Tom Fox joins the show and shares his creation, the SPOKE board.

Show Notes

00:00 Intro

00:36 Tom’s start with computers and electornics

1:25 Discovering CircuitPython

2:31 The SPOKE board

SPOKE

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

Developing for the Fruit Jam

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000

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.

Show Notes

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

Screensaver bundle

10:48 Coding for othe Fruit Jam

12:20 The Fruit Jam app library

Fruit Jam Library

18:02 GPIO and expansion

19:44 Display support

Using DVI Video Learn Guide

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?

Cooper’s Fruit Jam / Pong tutorial

36:48 Wrap-up

Physical Computing - Interactive Art, Robotics, & Tech for Good

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000

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

Early Childhood Maker Literacies – DevTech Research Group

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

Interactive Very Hungry Caterpillar With RFID and Button Input - Assistive Tech

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

John Park

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000

John Park joins the show and shares how he started hosting shows, his pre-show preparation, some of his favorite memories and projects, and more.

00:00 Welcome

00:36 JP’s start with computers and electronics

3:59 MAKE: Television

Make: Television - Complete Series : Make : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

10:47 Preparing for a show

JP’s Workshop YouTube Playlist

16:54 Favorite CircuitPython memories

20:09 Favorite projects over the years

25:55 Favorite synthesizer

29:20 Which board?

30:36 Wrap-up

The Open Pressure Sensor Device

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Paul welcomes Michelle Hui and Reitwiec Shandilya, master’s students at Cornell Tech. They discuss their project, an open source medical device that helps mastectomy patients, that runs CircuitPython.

00:00 Intro

00:46 The Open Pressure Sensor Device

2:05 Overcoming the problem gaps

2:58 Partnering with clinicians

5:26 The hardware and firmware

8:13 Reverse engineering the proprietary device

13:48 The Open Source Hardware Association

20:09 What’s next for OpenPSD?

21:42 Wrap-up

Sean Carolan

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000

In this episode, Paul is joined by Sean Carolan. Sean shares how he used CoPilot with Claude Opus to create a Pac-Man clone in CircuitPython in just one day.

Show Notes

00:00 Intro

00:32 Sean’s start with computers

1:34 Choosing Pac-Man

2:30 Seeed Wio Terminal

4:04 Coding Pac-Man in CircuitPython

5:17 The game’s art assets

6:51 Re-creating the sounds of Pac-Man

8:29 Pac-Man on the Fruit Jam

Port to Adafruit Fruit jam by relic-se · Pull Request #1 · scarolan/pac-wio

9:51 What worked well when using Claude Opus for Ai

12:50 The challenges in using AI

14:14 Recommendations for someone just starting to use AI to code

16:38 Learn more about Sean

17:01 Which board?

18:36 Wrap-up

John Ellis

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Paul welcomes John Ellis to the show. John shares some of his MacroPad projects, TallyCircuitPy, and more.

00:00 Intro

1:18 John’s start with computers

5:13 John’s handle, DeckerEgo

6:28 MacroPad Hotkeys II

8:59 Sleeping the Macropad screen

10:36 MacroPad 4 Chord MIDI

Macropad 4chord MIDI

12:47 TallyCircuitPy and TallyOBS

TallyOBS

15:12 The role CircuitPython can play in saving older hardware

17:20 Where to learn more about John

https://www.deckerego.net

18:15 Which board?

19:53 Wrap-up

Dan Cogliano

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

Dan Cogliano joins Paul and they discuss Dan’s work with the Z Machine, which allows you to play Zork and other text adventure games.

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Show Notes

00:30 Dan’s start with computers

3:05 The EZ Make Oven

4:53 The Z-Machine

7:59 Challenges in creating the CP Z Machine

9:08 The game of Zork

11:00 CP Z Machine Learn Guide

11:15 Dan’s next game

12:29 Challenges working with graphics

13:37 Where to learn more about Dan

14:27 Which board?

15:13 Wrap-up

River Wang

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000

Paul welcomes River Wang to the show. River was a STEAM teacher before becoming a full time software developer 3 years ago. He created the CircuitPython Online IDE, a browser based platform that allows users to work on a CircuitPython project on the web or as a self-hosted website.

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Show Notes

00:00 Intro

00:29 River’s start with computers and electronics

3:42 River’s start with Python

4:31 Teaching

5:42 Discovering CircuitPython

9:18 Creating the CircuitPython Online IDE

13:04 How the CircuitPython Online IDE works

14:28 The challenges in building the CircuitPython Online IDE

20:34 Self-hosting the CircuitPython Online IDE

19:02 How the CircuitPython Online IDE helps educators

20:34 CircuitPython Online IDE’s key features

23:13 What’s next for the CircuitPython Online IDE

24:41 How to support the CircuitPython Online IDE

25:05 Where to learn more

25:23 Which board?

John Romkey

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000

John Romkey joins the show and shares his CircuitPython tool, circremote, what it does, how it works, how he used Cursor and Claude to help write it, and more.

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Show Notes

00:00 Intro

00:56 John’s start with computers and electronics

6:25 circremote

9:21 circremote clean and emacs support

12:22 circremote’s sensor support and AI

14:23 Cursor with VS Code and Claude

19:27 Sensor and device support in circremote

21:32 Community sensor work

26:16 Which board?

Sam Blenny

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Sam Blenny joins the show and shares his work with the Fruit Jam, including USB Host, a Color Checker, a Gamepad tester, and more.

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Show Notes

00:00 Intro

00:24 Sam’s start with computers and electronics

5:34 Discovering CircuitPython

Pumpkins vs Skeletons game

7:06 Working with the Fruit Jam and the Gamepad tester

9:24 USB Host MIDI Tester

11:12 The Fruit Jam Color Checker

13:49 USB Host

16:42 Which board?

Noe Ruiz

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Noe Ruiz joins the show and shares how he started learning design and 3D modeling, creating the Layer by Layer tutorials, designing CAD parts, and more.

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Show Notes

00:00 Intro

00:19 Getting started with computers and electronics

1:38 Learning design

4:38 Snap-fit enclosures

6:36 3D Hangouts

8:28 Adafruit CAD Parts

12:05 Layer by Layer

13:35 Which board?

John Fletcher

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0000

In the kickoff of season 6, John Fletcher joins the show. John shares how he ported CircuitPython to web assembly, how it works, and how using Claude Code helped.

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Show Notes

00:00 Intro

00:23 John’s start with computers

4:07 John’s Discord nickname

5:05 CircuitPython and web assembly

6:43 How CircuitPython works in the browser

7:46 Advantages to using CircuitPython in the browser

9:25 Windows Subsystem for Linux

10:25 Using Claude Code

10:49 Managing the prompts

12:48 How to test CircuitPython in the browser

The CircuitPython web-editor with web assembly

13:33 Where to learn more

John’s GitHub repositories

Justin Myers

Mon, 19 May 2025 09:00:00 +0000

In the final episode of season 5, Justin Myers joins the show. Justin shares how he created the new connectionmanager library for networking in CircuitPython.

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Show Notes

00:00 Intro

00:21 Justin’s start with computers

1:11 Discovering electronics

2:15 Discovering CircuitPython

3:02 ConnectionManager

4:55 How does connectionmanager work?

7:10 What were the challenges in creating connectionmanager?

8:35 Software testing framework

11:21 Which board?

13:25 Wrap-up

Cooper Dalrymple

Mon, 05 May 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Cooper Dalrymple, who recently was a guest on the Audio Effects Panel Discussion, joins the show. He shares how he got started with electronics, his music background, what’s next for CircuitPython’s audio effects, and more.

00:00 Welcome

00:26 Cooper’s start with computers and electronics

1:31 Discovering CircuitPython

5:57 Cooper’s music background

8:18 Designing hardware

13:26 Advantages between CircuitPython and Arduino

19:03 What’s next in audio effects?

21:41 Learn more about Cooper

23:02 Which board?

24:04 Wrap-up

Designing Games for CircuitPython with Tim "foamyguy" Cocks

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Tim Cocks, better known as foamyguy in the Adafruit community, shares his experiences in designing games for CircuitPython. Tim and Paul also discuss some recent games Tim has worked on.

00:00 Intro

00:16 Tim’s start with computers

1:48 Discovering CircuitPython

8:16 Challenges designing games for microcontrollers

13:16 1D Chomper

15:44 Blinka Says

18:58 Karel the Robot

23:24 Which microcontroller?

25:42 Wrap-up

Audio Effects Panel Discussion

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Cooper Dalrymple, Jeff Epler, Mark Komus, and Tod Kurt join the show to discuss the new audio effects available in CircuitPython.

00:00 Welcome

00:19 Mark’s inspiration for adding audio effects

1:46 Mark’s drum gist

4:23 The new audio effects available in CircuitPython

8:02 LFOs

10:30 Synthio vs Audio Effects

11:36 MP3 Bass and Treble Control

12:48 The RP2350

17:34 RP2350 vs RP2040

18:11 Audio on Espressif

19:50 Guitar pedals

26:59 Future projects

29:59 CircuitPython Karaoke

30:42 CircuitPython Audio Effects Tricks

32:38 Wrap-up

Project Collaboration with Liz Clark and Noe Ruiz

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +0000

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.

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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 Guitarr

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

Writing a CircuitPython Library for the Community Bundle

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Jan Goolsbey and Tod Kurt return to the show and share their experience in writing libraries and drivers for the CircuitPython Community Bundle.

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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

29:22 Hidden gems in the Community Bundle

Atari Punk Console

34:17 Wrap-up

Building CircuitPython with Dan Halbert

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000

CircuitPython core developer Dan Halbert joins the show and shares how to build CircuitPython from source.

Dan was previously a guest on episode 28.

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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

Designing a PCB with Bradán Lane

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000

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

00:24 Recommended tools

2:54 Where to start when designing a board?

4:24 Finding open source hardware examples and schematics

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

Building a weather system with Jan Goolsbey

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 09:00:00 +0000

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.

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Aaron Pendley

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +0000

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.

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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

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Visit Aaron’s Adafruit Playground page

Paul Cutler

Mon, 29 Jan 2024 09:00:00 +0000

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?

Jeff Epler

Mon, 15 Jan 2024 09:00:00 +0000

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:

Debra Ansell

Mon, 01 Jan 2024 09:00:00 +0000

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

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 09:00:00 +0000

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?

20:15 Which board?

Max Lupo

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 09:00:00 +0000

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 Part 2

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +0000

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

Mon, 19 Jun 2023 07:00:00 +0000

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

Mon, 05 Jun 2023 07:00:00 +0000

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

Mon, 22 May 2023 07:00:00 +0000

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?

Ben Shockley

Mon, 08 May 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Ben Shockley, creator of Mini Fig Boards joins the show. He and Paul chat about the Mini Fig boards and how they came to be, how CircuitPython has helped in development, advice for new PCB designers, and more.

Show Notes

00:22 Ben’s start with computers and electronics

1:27 The MiniFigure boards - what are they and how did they start?

6:40 Comparing the two MiniFig boards

8:53 How has CircuitPython helped with designing the boards ?

9:51 Advice for people starting out in PCB design

11:50 Which board?

Seth Kerr

Mon, 24 Apr 2023 07:00:00 +0000

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?

Danny Staple

Mon, 10 Apr 2023 07:00:00 +0000

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

For show notes and transcripts, visit The CircuitPython Show website.

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?

Alec Delaney

Mon, 12 Dec 2022 09:00:00 +0000

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?

Mark Komus

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 09:00:00 +0000

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

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 09:00:00 +0000

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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Jason Pecor (and the Trolls)

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 08:00:00 +0000

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

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 08:00:00 +0000

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?

Bradán Lane

Mon, 03 Oct 2022 08:00:00 +0000

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

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 08:00:00 +0000

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?

Radomir Dopieralski

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 08:00:00 +0000

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?

Brent Rubell

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 08:00:00 +0000

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?

Joshua Lowe

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 08:00:00 +0000

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

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 08:00:00 +0000

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

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 08:00:00 +0000

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

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 08:00:00 +0000

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

Anne Barela

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 08:00:00 +0000

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?

Pierre Constantineau

Mon, 30 May 2022 08:00:00 +0000

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

Mon, 16 May 2022 08:00:00 +0000

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 LeBlanc-Williams

Mon, 02 May 2022 08:00:00 +0000

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

Mon, 18 Apr 2022 08:00:00 +0000

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?

Season 2 Trailer

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 08:00:00 +0000

A preview of the upcoming season two and its guests.

Scott Shawcroft

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 08:00:00 +0000

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?

Rose Hooper

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 08:00:00 +0000

Episode 5 - Rose Hooper

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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?

Tod Kurt

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 08:00:00 +0000

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?

John Gallaugher

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 08:00:00 +0000

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

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 08:00:00 +0000

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

Kattni Rembor

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 08:00:00 +0000

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 Trailer

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:00:00 +0000

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.