The CircuitPython Show

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 Enjoying the show? You can now sponsor the show, learn more at www.circuitpythonshow.com. Thank you for your support!

Sean Carolan

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 The Spriters Resource Assets · Kenney 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 Sean Carolan’s Github Site Sean on LinkedIn 17:01 Which board? 18:36 Wrap-up Enjoying the show? You can now sponsor the show, learn more at www.circuitpythonshow.com. Thank you for your support!

John Ellis

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 deckerego/Macropad_Hotkeys GitHub repository: An extensible hotkey macropad inspired by the Macropad Hotkeys example from the Adafruit Learning System Guide prcutler/awesome-macropad: A curated list of awesome applications, macros, 3D printed cases, guides, and more for the Adafruit rp2040 MacroPad. 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 Enjoying the show? You can now sponsor the show, learn more at www.circuitpythonshow.com. Thank you for your support!

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 Enjoying the show? You can now sponsor the show, learn more at www.circuitpythonshow.com. Thank you for your support!

River Wang

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. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky. 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 The CircuitPython Online IDE GitHub Repository YouTube Twitter Fosstodon 25:23 Which board? Enjoying the show? You can now sponsor the show, learn more at www.circuitpythonshow.com. Thank you for your support!