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The CircuitPython Show

The CircuitPython Show

Paul Cutler 62 episodes Latest Jun 1, 2026

An independent podcast featuring interviews with the people involved in and around CircuitPython. Created and hosted by Paul Cutler, it explores the stories and insights of the community behind this open-source microcontroller programming environment.

Episodes

Michael "T-Rex" Kadie Jun 1, 2026 1306 Michael “T-Rex” Kadie joins the show and discusses the T-Rex Talk family of assistive devices built with CircuitPython. 1:25 Michael’s start with computers 1:56 How Michael started building communication devices in the 90s 4:46 The T-Rex Talk 3.0 8:55 Using AI to help 9:58 Using the Fruit Jam as an assistive device 13:27 The training game 13:56 The Sip-N-Puff 16:38 The CircuitPython reading light
Tom Fox May 4, 2026 1000 Tom Fox joins the show and shares his creation, the SPOKE board. Show Notes 00:00 Intro 00:36 Tom’s start with computers and electornics 1:25 Discovering CircuitPython 2:31 The SPOKE board SPOKE 4:11 Whom is the SPOKE for? 5:38 The SPOKE Mini 7:25 What students have made with the SPOKE 9:15 What were the challenges bringing the SPOKE to life? 10:33 The SPOKE online editor 13:53 What’s next for S
Developing for the Fruit Jam Apr 20, 2026 2242 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 screensaver
Physical Computing - Interactive Art, Robotics, & Tech for Good Apr 6, 2026 890 Paul is joined by Abby Bergman and Esha Patel who both recently completed the Physical Computing - Interactive Art, Robotics, & Tech for Good course taught by Professor John Gallaugher at Boston College. Abby and Esha share their experiences and projects taking the course. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome 00:56 Professor Gallaugher’s Physical Computing - Interactive Art, Robotics, & Tech for Good
John Park Mar 23, 2026 1853 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 Fa
The Open Pressure Sensor Device Mar 9, 2026 1325 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
Sean Carolan Feb 23, 2026 1136 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-
John Ellis Feb 9, 2026 1208 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 curate
Dan Cogliano Dec 8, 2025 944 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 work
River Wang Nov 24, 2025 1633 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 3:4
John Romkey Nov 10, 2025 1699 John Romkey joins the show and shares his CircuitPython tool, circremote, what it does, how it works, how he used Cursor and Claude to help write it, and more. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky. Show Notes 00:00 Intro 00:56 John’s start with computers and electronics 6:25 circremote 9:21 circremote clean and emacs support 12:22 circremote’s sensor support and AI 14:23 Cursor with VS Code and
Sam Blenny Oct 27, 2025 1171 Sam Blenny joins the show and shares his work with the Fruit Jam, including USB Host, a Color Checker, a Gamepad tester, and more. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky. Show Notes 00:00 Intro 00:24 Sam’s start with computers and electronics 5:34 Discovering CircuitPython Pumpkins vs Skeletons game 7:06 Working with the Fruit Jam and the Gamepad tester 9:24 USB Host MIDI Tester 11:12 The Fruit

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