S02:E11
In this episode of The Bootloader, Paul and Tod are joined by Debra Ansell who recaps Teardown 2024. Tod and Paul share a few interesting things including the Tulip Creative Computer, code editors, metal 3D printing, and more.
Stay until the end for a special announcement about CircuitPython Day on August 16, 2024.
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00:28 Interview with Debra Ansell Tod and Paul are joined by Debra Ansell (geekmomprojects on Instagram and Mastodon). Debra recaps her experience at the recent Teardown 2024 conference hosted by Crowd Supply.
14:17 The Tulip Creative Computer (Tod #1) Tod shares the Tulip Creative Computer, a MicroPython powered ESP32-S3 computer and synthesizer with a focus on music creation.
18:27 ViperIDE and Zed (Paul #1) ViperIDE is a brand new IDE in a web browser focused on MicroPython, with CircuitPython support created by Volodymyr Shymanskyy.
Zed is a fairly new code editor and IDE for macOS and Linux users who might miss Atom or Sublime Text. It’s open source, released under the Apache and GPL 3.0 licenses, and focused on speed and collaboration.
23:03 CeraMetal - 3D printing metal using clay (Tod #2) CeraMetal can be made using a relatively inexpensive clay 3D printer combined with a metal powder fired in a kiln.
27:08 CircuitMatter (Paul #2)
Scott Shawcroft, CircuitPython’s lead developer, shared he is working on CircuitMatter, a pure Python implementation of some of the Matter specification that will be compatible with CircuitPython and potentially MicroPython.
29:47 Special Announcement about CircuitPython Day 2024 Tune in to the Adafruit YouTube channel on CircuitPython Day, August 16th for a special live stream of The Bootloader with Paul and Tod.
Stay positive!