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#CircuitPython 10.0.0-alpha.5 released!
https://blog.adafruit.com/2025/05/15/circuitpython-10-0-0-alpha-5-released/
Highlights:
- Add stability fixes for Espressif port builds.
- Add fixes for direct connecting USB devices to PIO USB host.
- Improve accuracy of `time.sleep()` and similar functions.
- Add `MixerVoice.end()`.
- Change partition layout for Adafruit Feather ESP32-S3 4MB Flash 2MB PSRAM board, allowing BLE and other features to be enabled.

Students in "Physical Computing: Art, Robotics, and Tech for Good" present their Assistive Tech projects built for real clients in the Boston College Campus School - an on-campus program for students aged 3-21 that have significant physical and/or developmental challenges. All projects use #CircuitPython, and tech from @adafruit and/or @raspberrypi https://youtu.be/VKkg03EOk0Q
And remember, curriculum for the course is available at YouTube.com/@BuildWithProfG

Got less than 6 minutes? Like student #CircuitPython projects? Enjoy maker creativity? Then check out these projects using @adafruit.com & @raspberrypi.com goodness. Instructables linked in desc. Sincerest thanks to all of the kind folks who have encouraged them this semester! https://youtu.be/u4VNf-bi6Xw

Built an alarm clock for my kid using an old toy, an #esp32 board and #CircuitPython

My Raspberry Pi Pico 2-based Dub siren now has a simple synth engine in addition to a sample engine, so its sounds now range from classic siren sounds to air horns and vocal snippets.

In this short video I show off the synth engine: 🎹🔈🎶

https://v.basspistol.org/w/qmjJ3TY8Q8mEzigVywDXmt

thx again 2 @todbot

And if you haven't seen it yet check out this video for yesterday's exploration of the sample engine: 📯🔈🎶

https://v.basspistol.org/w/pS4PrN9Wjo5eFP4hqFSpYr

#CircuitPython #AudioElectronics #SynthDIY #RP2350 #synths #SynthIO #BonkWave

My Dub siren now has a synth option

https://v.basspistol.org/w/qmjJ3TY8Q8mEzigVywDXmt

I was inspired by @todbot's latest #CircuitPython audio effects experiments, so I had a go at incorporating what I learned into a DIY Dub siren. It consists of a Raspberry Pi Pico 2, an i2s module with stereo line out and some pots, an encoder and a button.

Check out my unfinished (but already fun) prototype here:

https://v.basspistol.org/w/pS4PrN9Wjo5eFP4hqFSpYr

NB: the case was a charity shop find.

#electronics #AudioElectronics #SynthDIY #RP2350

First test of my sample-based DIY Dub siren

https://v.basspistol.org/w/pS4PrN9Wjo5eFP4hqFSpYr

The new audio effects libraries in CircuitPython are super fun. Here's a quick "taster" showing off some of them, part of my impending "Synthio Tutorial". Thanks Mark & Cooper for making them!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyv7XlQ1d00
#CircuitPython #synthio #audioeffects #synthdiy

Etching some awards for tomorrow’s Student Tech Showcase. Come out! Sat 4/26, 1-3pm, 245 Beacon St Room 301 (the new MakerSpace bldg). Pizza at 1 for all! #Swift and #CircuitPython projects will be super fun!

Last slides in this Semester of #SwiftUI are now in the Google Drive at gallaugher.com. Today we'll be building a full-stack CloudFirestore/FirebaseStorage app together: "Places I've Been". See "BCSwift Week 14 - Fall 2025 (no week 13 - that was Mid-Term #2)" In Boston? Come to campus for BCArts Fest on Sat. April 26. Boston College Bldg 245 Beacon, Room 301, 1-3pm. #SwiftUI & #CircuitPython students present their work science-fair style. Wander around & encourage young devs. Employers - TALENT!

Coming Monday on a new episode of The CircuitPython Show: Meet Tim “foamyguy" Cocks. We chat about how he got started with computers, writing games for #CircuitPython, and more.

If any Boston-area #CircuitPython friends would like to come out to Boston College Arts Fest, Sat. April 26, my students are presenting 1-3pm both Physical Computing & #SwiftUI projects in the new MakerSpace building 245 Beacon St. Room 301. No pressure, but would love to see you there if interested & able! @blitzcitydiy @ecken @danhalbert. All welcome! https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/sites/bc-news/articles/2025/spring/arts-festival-2025.html

Code + Community = CircuitPython is CircuitPython's tagline. And it took community to build the new audio effects in #CircuitPython. Here's Mark Komus touching on that in the latest episode of The CircuitPython Show:

Catch up on the latest episode of The CircuitPython Show and learn about the new audio effects in #CircuitPython. Here's Mark Komus on why the rp2350 is the right microcontroller for audio effects:

Got 3 mins? Like #electronics #maker #art #circuitpython #raspberrypi & other cool stuff? Here's a brief 3 min video of students in my "no prior experience" Physical Computing course. First of three projects they'll create in a semester. Their build guides & code linked in desc. youtu.be/u-Jj8-GV404