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 [https://www.tindie.com/products/bradanlane/joypad-circuitpython-macropad-with-joystick/]

06:25 Customizing the JoyPad

09:07 The LumosRing [https://www.tindie.com/products/bradanlane/lumosring-circuitpython-led-ring-block/] and LumosStick [https://www.tindie.com/products/bradanlane/lumosstick-circuitpython-led-long-matrix/]

15:20 Which microcontroller?

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Bradán Lane

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 [https://www.winterbloom.com]

3:40 Winterbloom products that use CircuitPython

(Sol [https://winterbloom.com/shop/sol] and Big Honking Button [https://winterbloom.com/shop/big-honking-button]:)

7:00 Castor and Pollux [https://winterbloom.com/shop/castor-and-pollux]

8:50 Which microcontroller?

Thea Flowers

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?

Radomir Dopieralski

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?

Brent Rubell

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?

Joshua Lowe

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?

Kevin Matocha

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?



Nicholas Tollervey

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

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

Guy Dupont

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?

Anne Barela

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?

Pierre Constantineau

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