CedarGrove
@cedargrovestudios.bsky.social
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Musician, Maker, Ponderer
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#CircuitPython
10 days ago
#CircuitPython
10.2.1 released!
blog.adafruit.com/2026/05/12/c...
Highlights: - Fix crashes on certain boards with integral displays. - Adafruit MagTag 2025: improve display quality and support new display variant.
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https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/05/12/circuitpython-10-2-1-released/
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Tod Kurt (todbot)
24 days ago
SerialPlotster! I miss the Arduino serial plotter when doing CircuitPython / MicroPython, but it's too greedy with the serial port. I wanted a tiny stand-alone data plotter app, so I built one (w/claude's help). It's pretty flexible on data input and fast to launch
github.com/todbot/Seria...
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GitHub - todbot/SerialPlotster: Serial data plotter for use with devices like Arduino & CircuitPython
Serial data plotter for use with devices like Arduino & CircuitPython - todbot/SerialPlotster
https://github.com/todbot/SerialPlotster
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about 1 month ago
New episode!
@foamyguy.bsky.social
,
@cogliano.bsky.social
, and
@dcdalrymple.com
return to the show and share their experience, tips, and tricks for developing apps, games, and screensavers for the Fruit Jam. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts.
www.circuitpythonshow.com/@circuitpyth...
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Developing for the Fruit Jam
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 Cooper’s best practices Fruitris 3:44 Cooper’s excitement for the Fruit Jam 7:24 Dan’s interest in the Fruit Jam Z Machine Moon Miner 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 Mice Learn Guide Keyboard Learn Guide Cooper’s Mystify screensaver 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
https://www.circuitpythonshow.com/@circuitpythonshow/episodes/developing-for-the-fruit-jam
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#CircuitPython
about 1 month ago
#CircuitPython
10.2.0-rc.0 released! Please try it so we can release 10.2.0 final.
blog.adafruit.com/2026/04/16/c...
- audiotools.SpeedChanger - qspibus displayio - USB SD card mprovements - Merge MicroPython v1.27 - Update to ESP-IDF v5.5.3 - Much work on Zephyr port, including simulated hw testing
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https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/04/16/circuitpython-10-2-0-rc0-released/
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about 1 month ago
Coming Monday on a new episode: Three former guests,
@cogliano.bsky.social
,
@foamyguy.bsky.social
, and
@dcdalrymple.com
, return to the show and share their advice, tips and tricks for developing apps, games, and screensavers for the Adafruit Fruit Jam. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts.
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The Bootloader
about 2 months ago
Coming Monday on a new episode of The Bootloader:
@todbot.com
and
@paulcutler.org
discuss an eink eReader, photogrammetry, an open source microcontroller, and a helper for Bambu Labs printers:
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about 2 months ago
Coming Monday on a new episode of The CircuitPython Show: Meet Abby Bergman and Esha Patel, graduate students in
@gallaugher.bsky.social
's Physical Computing course. Here's Esha on taking the class:
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about 2 months ago
Coming Monday on a new episode of The CircuitPython Show: Meet Abby Bergman and Esha Patel, two of
@gallaugher.bsky.social
's students in the Physical Computing course at Boston College. Here's Abby talking about the class and her motivation for taking it:
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about 2 months ago
Catch up on the latest episode with guest
@johnpark.bsky.social
and stay till the end to hear him share some of his favorite synths:
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about 2 months ago
Listen to the latest epiosode of The CircuitPython Show and hear some
@johnpark.bsky.social
's favorite CircuitPython memories, including this one:
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Paul Cutler
about 2 months ago
Learn more about Esha Patel and Professor Gallaugher's Physical Computing course in the next episode of The CircuitPython Show coming April 6th.
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2 months ago
Catch up on the latest episode of The CircuitPython Show and meet two master's students at Cornell Tech that have created the Open Pressure Device for medical use that runs
#CircuitPython
. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts or visit
www.circuitpythonshow.com/@circuitpyth...
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The Open Pressure Sensor Device
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
https://www.circuitpythonshow.com/@circuitpythonshow/episodes/the-open-pressure-sensor-device
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about 2 months ago
Catch up with the latest episode with guest John Park. Here's JP sharing one of his favorite things about hosting a weekly live show:
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about 2 months ago
I had a fun time chatting with the lovely
@paulcutler.org
for the latest episode of his excellent Circuit Python Show podcast! Check it out here:
www.circuitpythonshow.com/@circuitpyth...
or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Thanks Paul!
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John Park
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 Mutable Instruments: a (Brief) Retrospective MicroFreak 29:20 Which board? 30:36 Wrap-up
https://www.circuitpythonshow.com/@circuitpythonshow/episodes/john-park
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2 months ago
New episode! Adafruit's
@johnpark.bsky.social
joins the show and shares how he started hosting shows, a peek behind the scenes of his shows, his favorite CircuitPython memories and projects, and more. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts or visit
www.circuitpythonshow.com/@circuitpyth...
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John Park
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 Mutable Instruments: a (Brief) Retrospective MicroFreak 29:20 Which board? 30:36 Wrap-up
https://www.circuitpythonshow.com/@circuitpythonshow/episodes/john-park
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2 months ago
Coming Monday on a new episode of The CircuitPython Show: Adafruit's
@johnpark.bsky.social
joins the show! He shares some of his favorite memories about CircuitPython, his favorite projects, and a peek behind the scenes of his shows.
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2 months ago
New episodes coming your way over the next five weeks with guests including Adafruit's
@johnpark.bsky.social
, students from
@gallaugher.bsky.social
's Physical Computing course at Boston College, and a panel discussion about developing for the Fruit Jam. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts.
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The Bootloader
2 months ago
In the latest episode, listen to
@paulcutler.org
geek out over wanting to build an open source record player.
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The Bootloader
2 months ago
Catch up on the latest episode and hear
@todbot.com
share the latest Eurovision contestant from the UK: Look Mum No Computer!
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3 months ago
I built a fightstick. Maybe I'll finally get good at Street Fighter!
learn.adafruit.com/arcade-fight...
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Arcade Fightstick
Use a Pico RP2040 or KB2040 Keeboar to build your own low latency arcade joystick controller. GP2040-CE firmware plus an OLED and NeoPixels take it to the next level.
https://learn.adafruit.com/arcade-fightstick
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Tod Kurt (todbot)
3 months ago
ESP32-S3-Touch-LCD-2. If you say it three times in a row it turns out you’re a nerd like me
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The Bootloader
3 months ago
Catch up on the latest episode and hear
@paulcutler.org
geek out over an open source record player. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts.
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Tod Kurt (todbot)
3 months ago
Switch-like split controller for Playstation?! Thanks to
@paulcutler.org
for latest ep of
@thebootloader.net
podcast that introduces me to the OpenSplitDeck by TommyB. He’s got a demo video & repo to build your own: ‪https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycMgIToLav8‬
#steamdeck
#arduino
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The Bootloader
3 months ago
New episode!
@paulcutler.org
and
@todbot.com
chat about an open source turntable, a new operating system for MicroPython along with Tod's favorite new WiFi dev board, and Eurovision 2026. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts or visit
www.thebootloader.net/episodes/202...
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Episode 30 - Spin the Black Circle - The Bootloader
https://www.thebootloader.net/episodes/2026/ep030/
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Paul Cutler
3 months ago
Four years ago yesterday The CircuitPython Show first debuted. Thankful for all the people I've met on this podcasting journey and thanks to everyone for listening.
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Paul Cutler
3 months ago
This weekend I have to edit a new episode of The Bootloader. But next weekend's project is set: I'm going to install Booklore for managing my ebooks.
booklore.org
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Welcome to Booklore | Booklore
Organize knowledge. Preserve lore.
https://booklore.org
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#CircuitPython
3 months ago
CircuitPython 10.1.3 released!
blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/20/c...
Highlights of this release: - Adafruit MagTag: auto-detect different versions of e-ink display on 2025 MagTag. - Espressif: fix board I2C object deinit(). Fixes crash with Adafruit Qualia library.
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#CircuitPython
3 months ago
CircuitPython 10.1.0-rc.1 released!
blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/11/c...
Highlights of this release: - Fix long-standing Thonny disconnect issues. - Add
hashlib.new("sha256")
. - Add bitmaptools.replace_color().
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The Bootloader
4 months ago
New episode!
@paulcutler.org
and
@todbot.com
chat about Benn Jordan's Flock camera hacking, the Adafruit Fruit Jam, Neural Networks in CircuitPython, and more. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts or visit
www.thebootloader.net/episodes/202...
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Episode 29 - Kick Out the Jams - The Bootloader
https://www.thebootloader.net/episodes/2026/ep029/
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adafruit
4 months ago
JP shows off an e-paper camera mashup that captures, dithers, and displays photos as a magnetic frame, plus tiny ibm pc emulation, ultra-low-power iot firmware, and retro games running on fruit jam. Retro classic themed show and tell with modern hardware build! full video 🧲📸 -
youtu.be/XmjFWRt_2S0
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Anne
4 months ago
Folks, my mini-IBM PC is finally complete and fully documented! I invite you to take a look at the full tutorial and a section on why and how I designed this build. Please share this news and thanks to all who encouraged me.
adafruit-playground.com/u/AnneBarela...
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The Bootloader
4 months ago
Here's
@todbot.com
in the latest episode sharing how you can run GitHub Actions locally on macOS, Windows and Linux using act.
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5 months ago
New episode! Dan
@cogliano.bsky.social
joins the show and shares the CP Z Machine, the Zork game engine working in CircuitPython on a Fruit Jam. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts or visit
www.circuitpythonshow.com/@circuitpyth...
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Dan Cogliano
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. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky. 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 BlueSky Dan’s Learn Guides Danthegeek.com Cleveland Museum of Art 14:27 Which board? 15:13 Wrap-up
https://www.circuitpythonshow.com/@circuitpythonshow/episodes/dan-cogliano
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6 months ago
Check out the latest episode of The CircuitPython Show with guest John
@romkey.com
. John shares circremote, one of the neatest ways I've seen to work with a
#CircuitPython
device over serial or web workflow.
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6 months ago
Just some of the cool things you can do with circremote: list files on the drive, remove files, scan the I2C bus, and test sensors without writing code. Check it out and give it a star on GitHub.
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GitHub - romkey/circremote: Utility to execute code locally and remotely on CircuitPython devices
Utility to execute code locally and remotely on CircuitPython devices - romkey/circremote
https://github.com/romkey/circremote
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Paul Cutler
6 months ago
New blog post - The Zoom Podtrak P4Next - my first impressions and where I threaten
@todbot.com
with having to record in person some day: New blog post: The Zoom Podtrak P4Next -
www.paulcutler.org/blog/2025/11...
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The Zoom Podtrak P4Next - PaulCutler.org
Paul Cutler's blog and homepage
https://www.paulcutler.org/blog/2025/11/17/the-zoom-podtrak-p4next/
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Just finished building a lighting system for an obsolete analyzer to be used in a sci-fi movie production. Of course it uses a bunch of @adafruit components and runs on CircuitPython. Here's the Playground note that explains the project approach:
adafruit-playground.com/u/CGrover/pa...
6 months ago
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The Bootloader
7 months ago
New episode! Tod and Paul welcome guest Liz Clark and chat about Raspberry Pi Connect, an open source e-Reader, code as PCB design, and more. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts or visit
www.thebootloader.net/episodes/ep0...
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Episode 26 - Super Smooth with Liz Clark - The Bootloader
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https://www.thebootloader.net/episodes/ep026/
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Tod Kurt (todbot)
9 months ago
Very excited that Paul & I as
@thebootloader.net
get to be a part of
#CircuitPythonDay2025
tomorrow! We’ll be showing some fun projects w/ the Fruit Jam tiny computer, showing cool
#CircuitPython
demos, and talking about techniques to develop CirPy projects faster. Tomorrow Friday @ 1p PT / 4p ET!
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The Bootloader
9 months ago
Catch up on the latest episode with special guest John Park. Here's a clip of
@todbot.com
sharing the KiCad CLI and its benefits. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts.
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10 months ago
ESP-NOW in CircuitPython
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ESP-NOW in CircuitPython
Use ESP-NOW wireless protocol with your CircuitPython boards for simple, low-power communications among props, wearables, and other devices
https://learn.adafruit.com/esp-now-in-circuitpython
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The Bootloader
10 months ago
New episode!
@johnpark.bsky.social
joins the show and shares floppy disk MIDI boomboxes,
@todbot.com
shares AlgoRave - live coding music,
@paulcutler.org
shares the rp2350 as a mini-computer (with the Adafruit Fruit Jam released days after recording), and more!
www.thebootloader.net/blog/2025/08...
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Drop the beat - with John Park
Drop the beat - with John Park
https://www.thebootloader.net/blog/2025/08/04/drop-the-beat-with-john-park/
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Paul Cutler
10 months ago
Coming Monday on a new episode of The Bootloader:
@johnpark.bsky.social
joins the show and shares... boomboxes that play MIDI files using floppies?
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#CircuitPython
10 months ago
New speakers announced for CircuitPython Day 2025 and the list will grow
blog.adafruit.com/2025/07/28/c...
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Paul Cutler
10 months ago
It's official -
@todbot.com
and I will be hosting a live episode of
@thebootloader.net
at 4pm EDT / 1pm PST on August 15th for CircuitPython Day!
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The Bootloader
10 months ago
We had already recorded our new episode when news of the Adafruit Fruit Jam being released yesterday hit. That doesn't mean we weren't already talking about the rp2350 as a mini-computer! Coming Monday on a new episode with special guest
@johnpark.bsky.social
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The Bootloader
10 months ago
Coming Monday:
@johnpark.bsky.social
joins the show! JP, Paul and Tod discuss MIDI boomboxes, live music coding, retro-computing, and more. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts or visit
thebootloader.net
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Tod Kurt (todbot)
10 months ago
Someone asked how play multiple simultaneous CD-quality WAVs from an SD card to I2S DAC on ESP32 in CircuitPython. Turns out: possible! Can get a bit glitchy if doing USB stuff tho
www.youtube.com/watch?v=97OA...
code:
github.com/todbot/circu...
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CircuitPython SD I2S audio demo: multiple WAVs off SD card to I2S DAC
YouTube video by todbot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97OA6L9PLCg
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#CircuitPython
11 months ago
#CircuitPython
10.0.0-alpha.8 released!
blog.adafruit.com/2025/07/08/c..
. - Increase the firmware partition size for 4MB ESP32-S3 boards to allow more features such as BLE. You must update the TinyUF2 bootloader. See the release notes for details. - Merge updates from MicroPython v1.25.0. +more
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The Bootloader
11 months ago
New episode is out!
@todbot.com
shares a MIDI chip and a rant about STM32 tooling.
@paulcutler.org
shares Python bindings for a synth engine and a love letter to embedded systems - and more! Find the show wherever you get your podcasts or visit
www.thebootloader.net/blog/2025/07...
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The rant and the love letter
The rant and the love letter
https://www.thebootloader.net/blog/2025/07/07/the-rant-and-the-love-letter/
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