I just backed Hover - A Surprisingly Brutal Hummingbird Game on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/vic...

Here is a bit more detail on my current WIP for the @adafruit.com #FruitJam. #ColecoVision danthegeek.com/2026/05/11/w...

noticed my old atomic green N64 controller glowing under a purplish RGB led strip looks super rad

these in-browser recreations of handheld and tabletop home-edition games are so great! itizso.itch.io/retrofab

New episode! @todbot.com and @paulcutler.org discuss an open source music player, adding textures to your 3D prints, todbot shares his latest creation, a cross-platform serial plotter, and more. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts or visit www.thebootloader.net/episodes/202...

I live this! Cartridges make me happy.

See, you could get DuPont cables from Digikey, or you could get Dubang cables from E-Simpo. The choice is clear.

Catch Tom on this coming Monday's episode of The CircuitPython Show!

It's been 6 months since I released Zork for the @adafruit.com #FruitJam . If you own a Fruit Jam, you should definitely check it out. If you don't own one yet, Adafruit just released a bunch in their store today so you can buy one. www.adafruit.com/product/6200

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...

I'm delighted by the resurrection of Neo Geo AES using re-engineered ASIC chips (not emulation or even FPGA) and it'll include analog video out + "low lag HDMI". plaionreplai.us?country=US

Build a hexagon shaped MIDI device that plays chords using QT Py RP2040 and CircuitPython! This custom PCB features seven CHOC key switches and reversed mounted NeoPixel LEDs. Guide learn.adafruit.com/hexpad #adafruit #3dprinting youtu.be/9-5TnB5oiEo

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Another stupid MacOS 26 Tahoe change making my life harder. In Tahoe, several USB tools I use are broken. They call `system_profiler SPUSBDataType` internally to get USB info. In Tahoe that's gone, replaced by "SPUSBHostDataType", which returns not enough info #macos #tahoe #USB #macos26

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!

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...

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.

Inspired by “Firr’s Junk®” & downsizing & narrowing the focus of my projects, time to dispense w/some less-used electronic parts. $10, $20 or $30 gets you a box of junk. DM to request, provide PayPal address & size you want & I’ll send an invoice. US addresses only. Please read full thread…

I built a fightstick. Maybe I'll finally get good at Street Fighter! learn.adafruit.com/arcade-fight...

Enjoyed talking with @paulcutler.org on this ep! Learn how I planned to get the drop on Happy Meal toys, the Isle of Misfit Boards, rising to the top of the charts with a four chord song, what would happen if Freud played Shadowrun, and the Macropad Hotkeys II. #circuitpython #macropad #4chord #obs

The SuperDock in clear blue. ❤️

my first time using 1010_music Bento to sequence the modular (two channels of MIDI out to Yarns for two sets CV/gate), then mix that back in plus reverb, and a couple of tracks of sampled drums and granular pads. Bento is a beast!

I just pulled apart the dashboard of my Jeep, yanked the broken radio out of it, reflowed a chip that had overheated at some point and popped a solder joint, and now the thing works again, yay!

Coming tomorrow on a new episode: @paulcutler.org and @todbot.com talk about Tod's recent trip to Supercon. And of course they discuss the badge:

I just want to put this out into the universe. If you are a homebrew developer of a GB, GBC, GBA, NES, SMS, MD/Genesis, N64, or PS1 game with a free version or a free demo of you game, I’d love to ship it with SuperStation as a physical or digital demo disk.

I just published the first release of my @circuitpython.org Z Machine emulator for the @adafruit.com Fruit Jam. It can run #Zork and other version 3 #zmachine games. Works with Fruit Jam OS too. Download the release here: github.com/ZContent/CPZ...

Three case designs for the Pico-infoNesPlus RP2040/RP2350 NES emulator: Bottom: easy to solder PCB designed by @johnpark.bsky.social using @adafruit.com parts Middle & (very cute) Top: more challenging to solder PCB by Gavin Knight (Github DynaMight1124) All case designs by Gavin Knight

I just downloaded Star Captain 32767 by squid.jpg/Aaron Pendley aaronpendley.itch.io/starcaptain

why’d they stop at waffle cones? we demand waffle spheres

I did it! I made a video game. Introducing Star Captain 32767, a retro-arcade shooter with rogue-lite elements, inspired by games like Galaga and 10000000. The game is free, but if you enjoy it I would really appreciate a small donation! aaronpendley.itch.io/starcaptain

I should have also mentioned PICO-8 in this post. I made it with PICO-8! Frankly this was one of the most rewarding development experiences for me. PICO-8 is such a joy, I'm already conspiring to do more. Anyway play Star Captain 32767 and/or hire me cuz I need a job

Excellent work by @frenskefrens.bsky.social getting this NES emulator working beautifully on @adafruit.com Fruit Jam. DVI video out over HDMI, USB and I2C controller support, SD card for rom storage, I2S audio out, and even a scanline overlay mode!

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...

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

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.

Frustrated with lack of a visual diff for KiCad PCBs in git, I made a simple shell script that does 90% of what I want. Here's a demo of it in action. Now I can "git diff" my PCBs! The code: gist.github.com/todbot/aa644...

Working on another #synthDIY idea. Sort of a scaling up of my “pico_test_synth”. Code first in CircuitPython then maybe Mozzi Arduino

this is really cool! nice work @gallaugher.bsky.social

learn.adafruit.com/disabling-ai... @adafruit.com

Lets see if you can add other NVME storage to the Switch 2. I made some Micro SD Express adapters, one for M.2 and one for sniffing traffic. If it works out might do a Flex PCB adapter later on to add external SSD storage to the Switch 2 while docked. Design files here: github.com/timonsku/SD-...

can’t believe they called it “The Substance” when “Miss Congealeality” was right there

Here’s the tutorial I wrote on building your own LED matrix wall arcade for Pico-8 blog.adafruit.com/2025/03/19/n... @adafruit.com @raspberrypi.com

This wall mounted Pico-8 arcade is coming along so nicely, both for gaming and for wall art. @adafruit.com @raspberrypi.com @lexaloffle.bsky.social

this @play.date cover is so excellent

It's that time of year where I spin up the flywheel of effort that runs There U Glow, a femme & queer created, run and centered LED-focused electronics camp. ⚙️ 🦾 Honestly, it's a balm and incredibly vital vibe in these horrifying techbro times. Stay tuned if you are interested! thereuglow.club

New episode of The CircuitPython Show is out! Jan Goolsbey ( @cedargrovestudios.bsky.social ) returns to the show and shares how he build a corrosion and weather monitoring system using #CircuitPython and AdafruitIO+. www.circuitpythonshow.com/@circuitpyth...

met up w great synth folks at Buchla & Friends show w @todbot.bsky.social

will the streams coalesce? tune in to find out

getting pumped for Jambruary