and we can keep it as a standalone program for now
#circuitpython-dev
meager fog
umbral dagger
@meager fog Already started on that.
meager fog
ok rad
yeah im looking at how we could pull it apart into a library but there's not that much code!
maybe best to keep as is
tidal kiln
@tough flax threw this together real quick. seems to mostly work:
https://github.com/caternuson/CircuitPython_Nunchuk
sometimes misses buttons and can return bad values for accel
umbral dagger
@meager fog I have 1 pixel and 3 pixel brushes working.
slender iron
@civic marsh https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/blob/master/supervisor/shared/serial.c#L57 pushes the serial output to the Terminal class
here is my hack job to inject things into circuitpython from a ps2 (model m) keyboard: https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/compare/master...tannewt:ps2io
simple pulsar
This is now looking more like a hardware issue or perhaps how it's configured rather than a CircuitPython issue but has anyone else looked at M4 DAC output. It's not what I was expecting: https://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=153707
stuck elbow
@slender iron about that gif loading, I wonder if it would make sense to have an extra parameter to only load a selected frame -- this way we could load animated gifs into separate bitmaps
though they would need to be really small to fit all in the memory at once
slender iron
ya, that could work. I was stumped how to handle gifs that have diffed frames
I think they can encode only the portion that changed
stuck elbow
right now I just write them all to the same bitmap one after another
but I don't handle transparency
they can have offsets, though
simple pulsar
Wrt "diffed frames" - does the animated gif have the ability to apply compression techniques between frames?
simple pulsar
Oh, you're referring to the sort of thing like first animated image on this page: http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/anim_basics/#gif_anim ?
stuck elbow
yes, except you can also have transparency in there, so you can basically have a diff of consecutive frames, with just the first frame being full
see "Animation Frame Montage" on that page
simple pulsar
Yeah, I've just found http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/anim_opt/#optimize - i never knew about this
slender iron
@stuck elbow can you link me to the greyscale display you found? I'm going to take a stab at other bit depth displays
I think I'll have palette and color converter automatically derive the reduced bit color from an RGB888
like it does now from RGB888 to RGB565
tough flax
@tidal kiln I really appreciate that! I'm getting this error (on a device that did work w/the Arduino one)
main.py output:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 5, in <module>
File "nunchuk.py", line 37, in __init__
File "nunchuk.py", line 36, in __init__
File "adafruit_bus_device/i2c_device.py", line 112, in write
OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error
@slender iron I recently found something even better -- a display with a 256-color palette!
slender iron
ooh! links please ๐
stuck elbow
they are known as "nokia 6100" displays
slender iron
(feel free to point ladyada at them too if you think we should carry them)
slender iron
ya, looks like sparkfun used to carry it
stuck elbow
they did
it's obnoxious, because it uses two LEDs in series for backlight, so needs 7V
slender iron
I found a grayscale controller that claims to scroll in both directions
stuck elbow
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32779152549.html <-- this the the one I found recently
umbral dagger
@meager fog
stuck elbow
SSD1329, 4-bit
slender iron
its the ssd1327
stuck elbow
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32929973938.html <-- this is the ssd1327, 16-but gray
it's weird, because i2c
slender iron
is it i2c only?
tough flax
Hmm: @tidal kiln don't do anything on this - I'm going to try to find a different nunchuck
stuck elbow
that particular module is i2c, it comes in spi too, I think: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32925395306.html
slender iron
stuck elbow
and the chip also supports parallel, though I don't know if it's broken out
slender iron
slender iron
ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
stuck elbow
chip-on-flex?
the ssd1322 definitely has an interesting form factor for text, would work well with a keyboard
slender iron
most color say they can do horizontal scroll too....
stuck elbow
https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1TsLzKFXXXXXPXFXXq6xXFXXXh/225565846/HTB1TsLzKFXXXXXPXFXXq6xXFXXXh.jpg
yup, chip on flex
slender iron
nice!
stuck elbow
see that black thing on that flex cable?
does "16 grey scale" mean 4-bit or 16-bit? :P
I suppose 16-bit doesn't make much sense with how human eyes work
slender iron
4bit
stuck elbow
by the way, most SSD13XX displays have a corresponding SH11XX display
slender iron
nice!
civic marsh
@slender iron thanks for the code pointer and keyboard example, very helpful!
idle owl
@gilded cradle I pushed some updates to PyBadger. Also added a second email string line for the business card because blinka@adafurit.com is a short email address, and not everyone has those, so now you can put it on two lines. If you can take a look at it and maybe test it, that would be great.
gilded cradle
Ok, I'll get it a test soon. I already have an item for testing it in Basecamp. ๐
manic glacierBOT
lethal abyss
@idle owl I tried pybadger library with CP 4.1.0.beta1 on my pygamer and everything went smooth for now ๐
the qr generation is a nice feature
tough flax
Happy Saturday, folks. @tidal kiln and I are working on some nunchuk code for CP and I'm seeing this error on the Trinket M0:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 10, in <module>
File "nunchuk.py", line 43, in joystick
File "nunchuk.py", line 66, in _read_data
File "nunchuk.py", line 74, in _read_register
File "nunchuk.py", line 74, in _read_register
File "adafruit_bus_device/i2c_device.py", line 96, in readinto
OSError: [Errno 19] Unsupported operation
I thought this might be a common I2C issue so I'd ask here - any ideas?
@tidal kiln has his code up here (I'm essentially running the hid example, but it basically calls on the first call after init() to the I2C device) https://github.com/caternuson/CircuitPython_Nunchuk
FWIW the hardware works with the Arduino WiiChuck.h code
And sometimes I get this error instead (looking for a pattern now)
OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error
onyx hinge
@tough flax Looks like "Unsupported operation" is MPI_ENODEV is NRFX_ERROR_DRV_TWI_ERR_ANACK -- one hit using that as a search term gives https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/21891/nrf_error_drv_twi_err_anack-in-blocking-mode but it might not be directly relevant
"Input/output error" is MPI_EIO is NRFX_ERROR_DRV_TWI_ERR_DNACK or NRFX_ERROR_INVALID_ADDR
tough flax
Hmm.
Not sure if that helps, but maybe it means the device didn't init right?
When I add this after initing the device, I get nothing listed in the scan() results:
111
nc = nunchuk.Nunchuk(board.I2C())
i2c=board.I2C()
i2c.try_lock()
print(i2c.scan())
i2c.unlock()
umbral dagger
@meager fog Cool. Halloween PyPortal countdown, right?
umbral dagger
I think so. I made changes to reflect the dual brush work.
We should implement BitBlit for CP ๐
That, and tracking dirty rectangles, would make a lot of cool stuff easy.
meager fog
whats bitblit?
stuck elbow
umbral dagger
A neat graphic manipulation mechanism.
yeah, that
Smalltalk made extensive use of it for screen manipulation.
meager fog
oki
you can only overlap now, no xor or such
but i think thats ok for now
@umbral dagger please replace the generic stock photos whenever you can with photos of the project in the guide
we only need stock photos when the topic is really dry and there's no diagrams/photos we can show ๐
umbral dagger
@meager fog OK, just the one on the page you have open to replace.
meager fog
@eager vortex great videos, just watched a few!
fallow wraith
I just got and set up the py gamer and am struggling to find out how to start coding with it
meager fog
@fallow wraith start with makecode, its the easiest way to get going
fallow wraith
can I use python to code the py gamer or do i have to learn circuit python
meager fog
@fallow wraith circuitpython is a subset of py3
so if you know python you're ready ๐
manic glacierBOT
lime trellis
so can safe_mode only be turned off by setting NO_SAFE_MODE before building?
idle owl
<@&356864093652516868> Here is the notes doc for the CircuitPython Weekly tomorrow 8 July 2019 at 11amPT/2pmET. Please add your hug reports and status updates even if you'll be attending the meeting - it's super helpful! Thanks! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DYzTP9a1G0C7GnnqI3cfeUPZATD4IJJJslLUR0NHcMU/edit?usp=sharing
slender iron
@lime trellis why do you want to turn it off? that enum is used in the memory that is maintained across resets
buoyant coral
Hiya! I'm really liking the capabilities of CircuitPython & Python generally! I frequently work on larger-scale OO applications & am used to having a significant amount of memory available for application execution. I've decided to use a Itsy Bitsy M0 for a prototype I am working on. Due to the required peripheral devices & their code dependencies, I ran in to memory issues right out the gate. The device is powerful for its size! Impressive! I've optimized custom modules where possible & will be looking into creating leaner mpy files. I suppose my question is whether there is a similar Adafruit device capable of running CircuitPython with much more memory available. For now, I've switched back to the Arduino IDE.
lime trellis
@buoyant coral by "memory" do you mean RAM or storage? The ItsyBitsy has a 2MB SPI flash used for circuitpython functions, but there are other Adafruit M0 boards with 4MB chips. If you're needing data-storage, why not add an SD card reader to your ItsyBitsy board and enjoy TONS of space
untold knot
@buoyant coral you want a board with express in the name. Such as feather m0 express or feather m4 express. Those have more storage
lime trellis
@slender iron regarding safe_mode, I'm exploring ways to implement a "failsafe" routine. Something that'd allow the user to choose what happens under certain exit_code conditions. like... "if brownout, run next.py" or "if main.py EOF, proceed to nextnext.py"
slender iron
ah, interesting @lime trellis. safe mode is definitely what you want to poke at
for brownout at least
lime trellis
Yeah I've been playing around with it. It really comes down to refreshing the vm and then handling the repl. My experiments today had to bypass the repl otherwise it'd hang in run_repl ๐คท
umbral dagger
@buoyant coral As mentioned, a board with "Express" in the name will have an external flash chip which means a bigger USB drive. This will let it hold more code and/or data files. Your program is still limited buy the amount of RAM on the MCU. Unlike when you use C/C++, your python program is stored in RAM (after being byte-compiled if it was a ".py" file). If you want to be able to write bigger python programs and/or use more libraries you'll want an "M4" board. These use a more powerful MCU (SAMD51 that uses the ARM Cortex-M4 core) that has more flash and RAM. Those memory amounts will vary depending on the model of the SAMD51 used on the board.
orchid basinBOT
buoyant coral
@lime trellis @untold knot @umbral dagger thanks for the replies! I've indeed been utilizing the 2MB SPI flash for code & audio file storage. So far the 2MB capacity is sufficient. Looks like I'll be upgrading to the ItsyBitsy M4 Express which has the same footprint but a better MCU (as @umbral dagger pointed out) & 512K flash! I'll still have to be a little careful to keep things light-weight... but that extra capacity should allow the full project to move forward! Thanks again! Looking forward to sharing all the details in a week or two!
cerulean pawn
hi, I created a couple of new libraries for sensors our blip board https://docs.electronut.in/blip/ - https://github.com/electronut/Electronutlabs_CircuitPython_LTR329ALS01 and https://github.com/electronut/Electronutlabs_CircuitPython_LIS2DH12 is there any place these should be listed to make them more visible?
raven canopy
@cerulean pawn you could add them to the community library bundle: https://github.com/adafruit/CircuitPython_Community_Bundle
cerulean pawn
thanks @raven canopy
slender iron
@cerulean pawn what eink display does your board use?
slender iron
ok, thanks! hope to get displayio working for eink soon
cerulean pawn
cool! I was trying some stuff a couple of weeks ago but didn't get it to a usable state
slender iron
ah, interesting that it does 2-bit black and white
I may ping you when I have something
cerulean pawn
sure
slender iron
I don't think I have a 2-bit display
cerulean pawn
maybe two 1-bit framebuffers in existing code can be used
they are sent separately
drowsy geyser
I have what's probably a dumb question. When I write a compiler, it emits a hardware-specific machine code file. How does CircuitPython work? Is there a hardware abstraction layer between the actual bare metal and the interpreter, or does the interpreter actually run on the bare metal and somehow manage the execution stack? <confused>
slender iron
ya, most tri-color einks have the dual memory ranges
@drowsy geyser circuitpython compiles to a bytecode that a big C switch runs
"vm"
idle owl
@vernal cosmos !!! Hi!
drowsy geyser
Hmmm, thanks @slender iron . I'm groveling around looking for the source to read, but things have changed quite a bit since I last built it....
Hi, @idle owl !!!
round lintel
Is the meeting now? I'm just lurking!
idle owl
<@&356864093652516868> Weekly in ~5 minutes. Here's the notes doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DYzTP9a1G0C7GnnqI3cfeUPZATD4IJJJslLUR0NHcMU/edit?usp=sharing
@round lintel Thanks for joining us!
inland tusk
@idle owl @slender iron I will be lurking because of a noisy environment.
neat folio
also lurking, because SQUIRREL!
solar whale
@drowsy geyser Nice to "see" you back online!
sterile bronze
just lurking
meager fog
๐
cerulean pawn
thanks for this great tutorial on how to create a circuitpython library @slender iron is it normal to git push -f 20 times trying to get it to build?
neat folio
the "Big Brother Auto-Backup" feature ๐
meager fog
@cerulean pawn are you havin' pylint issues?
cerulean pawn
@meager fog both pylint and sphinx, now all fixed
meager fog
@cerulean pawn pylint i run locally
cerulean pawn
installed stuff locally
cerulean pawn
just installed the sphinx stuff too
meager fog
that helps a ton!
slender iron
@cerulean pawn it's ok to rely on travis but local is the easier way to do it
river quest
8/8/2019 is CircuitPython day!
Getting started programming microcontrollers with CircuitPython by NYC Resistor - August 3, 2019.
CircuitPython Day with the India Linux Users Group Delhi (ILUGD) at the Delhi Technical University for Women - August 4, 2019.
Scott's teardown presentation "Supercharge Your Hardware" is up on GitHub.
https://github.com/tannewt/presentations/blob/master/teardown2019/presentation.md
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/03/teardown-2019-a-festival-of-hacking-art-and-fpgas/
slender iron
๐
river quest
PyBadger Event Badge
Create a CircuitPython powered event badge with PyBadger, PyBadge and PyGamer!
https://learn.adafruit.com/pybadger-event-badge?view=all
Made with Mu - Alpha 2 Released with Web Mode
https://madewith.mu/mu/users/2019/07/05/alpha2.html
neat folio
:badger:
river quest
oh, i'll make a badger emoji later
slender iron
@cerulean pawn are you lurking?
cerulean pawn
yeah
idle owl
@meager fog hug reports?
neat folio
kinda multi-tasking, but "dogpile" group hug for the whole wonderful community ๐
cerulean pawn
a group hug from me too ๐
gilded cradle
The latest Humble Bundle includes books that cover several products sold by Adafruit: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/programmable-boards-make-books
You're Welcome ๐
errant grail
<lurking whilst landscaping>
prime flower
slender iron
๐
prime flower
๐
pastel panther
CONGRATS @solar whale! ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
gilded cradle
Congrats ๐
tulip sleet
no longer talking to space
slender iron
@solar whale you should reload
solar whale
hmm -- not hearing
marble hornet
In the weeds: AST and/or compile built-in
raven canopy
in drive-thru: can we reverse my thought? Link the README...yeah, what kattni just said.
Also, I mentioned it a couple weeks ago: config management tools like Ansible used in a pull system?
errant grail
If the issue is that the learning guide tool is not conducive to collaboration and freshness, why not change the learning guide tool?
There are quite a few learning guides that are out-of-date.
slender iron
@errant grail I've tried making an argument for having learn guide text in github in the past and didn't make much progress. can bring it up again
errant grail
Fundamentally, the learn guide process and tool are great for creation, but collaborative maintenance is broken. I suggest fixing it rather than adopting a new tool.
errant grail
Simply doesn't stay fresh and doesn't allow collaboration to maintain, particularly when authors are no longer around.
slender iron
yup, I agree
raven canopy
eval substitute?
ruby atlas
(lacking context) but I find the whole learn system page style and navigation unintuitive. I'm always failing to see the next page button and see a list of pages. Also lately for some reason it always wants me to log in instead of showing me the content.
(this is a problem with how I perceive the content, not a problem with the content)
slender iron
the login may be because you are looking at unreleased stuff
ruby atlas
the login is happening when i google a guide (the easiest way to find them).
so whatever's indexed in google isn't necessarily the right page (rel=canonical problems?)
slender iron
hrm, weird
prime flower
@ruby atlas I'll let the learn dev team know, could you PM me some more info re: your browser info and possibly a URL?
tulip sleet
like, if you can reproduce it by pasting a link in an icognito window, that would be a good reproducible case
ruby atlas
hmm maybe it's because i have previously logged in because of AIO.
prime flower
Without getting into it, that shouldnt be a factor
ruby atlas
it doesn't seem to be doing it today. I had googled "hue pyportal guide" then clicked the link https://learn.adafruit.com/pyportal-philips-hue-lighting-controller
solar whale
Have a great week -- dog needs a walk ๐
ruby atlas
So maybe it was a transient bug.
marble hornet
Python > English
prime flower
๐คท @ruby atlas if it happens again and you can repro, feel free to DM me and I'll pass it to learn dev
ruby atlas
Sure, i'll dump my cookies too.
And any other session details I can glean from chrome dev tools.
Oh, I am the person formerly by the nickname Roy (and realname). Finally realized I could change my nickname on here.
slender iron
๐
silver tapir
@gilded cradle BTW, I have been meaning to offer this. I have Hifive Unleashed board with RISCV64 processors, and would like to add support for Blinka. Where would be a nice place to start?
This boards are quite pricy ($1k) and a bit rare. I offer this board to developers in Costa Rica and elsewhere who need access to one.
And I also use it to create the Slackware riscv port.
If anyone alse think they might need access to one, please let me know.
umbral dagger
Is there base64 encoding support somethere in CircuitPython. I found refrence to the mucropython lib in the RTD. Importing base64 or binascii fails.
silver tapir
@umbral dagger Would this help?
https://circuitpython.readthedocs.io/en/3.x/docs/library/binascii.html
It has a binascii.a2b_base64(data)
umbral dagger
@silver tapir That's what I was looking at... has it been ported, and, if so, where is it?
manic glacierBOT
silver tapir
@umbral dagger It look like it is in head in github, https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/blob/master/extmod/modubinascii.c
I've just taken a quick look around the library bundle and it doesn't look like it's there.
umbral dagger
indeed
silver tapir
I'm running 4.1 beta. Let me check on older ones.
gilded cradle
Hi @silver tapir, to start with, you would need to get Adafruit_Python_PlatformDetect correctly detecting your board. We've had the best luck with Debian-based distributions of linux with this such as Armbian and Linaro.
silver tapir
@gilded cradle I'll put a Debian-riscv on it and try it, and let you know.
gilded cradle
Sounds good. ๐
tough flax
So, @tulip sleet and other who were watching the NRF board failing in Seattle - I just got the same error with a second board when trying to install 4.1.0-beta1
Hoping this one doesn't go haywire as well
And the file IS still located in that spot
tulip sleet
@tough flax is this on your own PC?
tough flax
Yep
I tried a second time and it gives me the same "Format Disk"error (not the could not find one)
tulip sleet
can you get to the REPL? If so erase the filesystem. If not, try the 52840 CPy eraser uf2 I dropped to you
tough flax
I can get to the repl
erase_filesystem() never returns, but I get a "you need to format the disk" error
If I reconnect to the REPL I'm back at the prompt
but still no filesystem
tulip sleet
erase_filesystem() should cause the board to reboot
tough flax
This is the second NRF52840 Express I've seen this with
tulip sleet
could you check this on a native mac or Linux system?
tough flax
Should I choose format?
Not easily - should I just ship it to you?
I have a pi I can use
tulip sleet
yes, try it on the pi. Try storage.erase_filesystem() on that and see if CIRCUITPY appears
tough flax
@tulip sleet
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so.
is that after reformat? unplug and replug.
tough flax
I erased it, unplugged it from windows and plugged it into pi
when I tried to mount it that's what I got
in dmesg I get this:
[ 310.439852] F2FS-fs (sda1): Magic Mismatch, valid(0xf2f52010) - read(0x88888888)
[ 310.439864] F2FS-fs (sda1): Can't find valid F2FS filesystem in 1th superblock
[ 310.449495] F2FS-fs (sda1): Magic Mismatch, valid(0xf2f52010) - read(0x88888888)
[ 310.449507] F2FS-fs (sda1): Can't find valid F2FS filesystem in 2th superblock
[ 310.449541] F2FS-fs (sda1): Magic Mismatch, valid(0xf2f52010) - read(0x88888888)
[ 310.449549] F2FS-fs (sda1): Can't find valid F2FS filesystem in 1th superblock
[ 310.449557] F2FS-fs (sda1): Magic Mismatch, valid(0xf2f52010) - read(0x88888888)
[ 310.449564] F2FS-fs (sda1): Can't find valid F2FS filesystem in 2th superblock
i thought it would try to mount automatically. plugging in my pi
tulip sleet
yes, try that
tough flax
Same errors
I can try your eraser
But right now it's hosed
I can share my screen if you want to drive
tulip sleet
my eraser just does what storage.erase_filesystem() does
i'm just trying to get into my pi to see what happens when I plug in a working board
tough flax
On mine, it showed a new device /dev/sda and a partition /dev/sda1
when I went to mount /dev/sda1 it barfed
tulip sleet
you shouldnt' need to mount it manually, i thought
try plugging in some other board with a good CIRCUITPY and mounting in the same way
tough flax
Ok.. while I have it plugged in:
root@handraiser:/dev# fdisk /dev/sda
Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.29.2).
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
Be careful before using the write command.
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sda: 2 MiB, 2093568 bytes, 4089 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 1 4088 4088 2M 1 FAT12
that looks good
tulip sleet
on mine it just mounted
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root 14808816 5138012 9005712 37% /
devtmpfs 469544 0 469544 0% /dev
tmpfs 474152 0 474152 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 474152 12352 461800 3% /run
tmpfs 5120 4 5116 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 474152 0 474152 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/mmcblk0p1 43539 22683 20857 53% /boot
tmpfs 94828 0 94828 0% /run/user/1000
/dev/sda1 2024 260 1764 13% /media/pi/CIRCUITPY
So, I copied both filesystems with dd
tulip sleet
did the new board work for a while and then just stop?
tough flax
hexdump of the m4 looks like this:
root@handraiser:~# hexdump m4dump | head
0000000 feeb 4d90 4453 534f 2e35 0030 0202 0001
0000010 0001 f802 f80f 0006 003f 00ff 0001 0000
0000020 0000 0000 0080 3729 2100 4e28 204f 414e
0000030 454d 2020 2020 4146 2054 2020 2020 0000
0000040 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
*
00001f0 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 aa55
0000200 fff8 ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff a009 0b00
0000210 00c0 efff 0f00 fff0 2011 1301 fff0 6fff
0000220 ff01 018f ffff 1bff fff0 efff 1f01 fff0
hexdump of the NRF looks like this:
root@handraiser:~# hexdump nrfdump | head
0000000 8888 8888 8888 8888 8888 8888 8888 8888
*
0176770 8888 8888 8888 8888 ffff ffff ffff ffff
0176780 ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
*
0176800 8888 8888 8888 8888 8888 8888 8888 8888
*
0176f70 8888 8888 8888 8888 ffff ffff ffff ffff
0176f80 ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
it's corrupted
The NRF52 worked until I tried to load beta1
Just like the one in Seattle
tulip sleet
could you try to put 4.0.1 or 4.0.2 back on the BOOT drive and then reformat and see if it's better?
tulip sleet
either 4.0.1 or 4.0.2 neither has the speedups, which is what I'd be suspicious of
tough flax
On Linux when I reboot to bootloader mode, I get no sda1 partition
Should I reflash on Windows?
Or should I mount /dev/sda?
tulip sleet
yes, try on windows. there's something odd about your pi that it's not automoutning. There are too many mount options to debug if you have to mount by hand
tulip sleet
it's just how the partition table is set up
tough flax
it's a raw disk?
tulip sleet
automount on mine
/dev/sda 3965 959 3006 25% /media/pi/FTHR840BOOT
This Pi has been used - it's not clean... it's what I have
tulip sleet
np if you're willing to type
tough flax
I've lived in linux many years ๐
Now I get no REPL
I flashed it with 4.0.2
Now I have a corrupted drive and no REPL access... which is exactly where we were in Seattle
And this is just what I did
installed Beta1 - then when it failed, installed 4.0.2
Installing 4.0.2 did not change the corrupted drive (identical)
but I didn't get to do an erase
tulip sleet
I'll try the same on one of my '840 feathers, but I have been doing lots of development with a recent master, and it's been OK. I may ask you to send it, but if I brick it and can then unbrick, I'll let you know how
sorry about this, it's mysterious
tulip sleet
tough flax
Make sure you try to copy it from Windows 10
tulip sleet
Yes, I'll need to fire up my laptop
tough flax
I have a feeling that it's something like Win10 closing the drive before it's done copying
tulip sleet
I have seen that strange error about the source file disappearing before. I thought it was in the forums, but I can't find it right nwo
tulip sleet
we have to go out fairly soon, so I'll try this later tonight
tough flax
Yes, I might just pop it in the mail
it is useless to me
I am not hurting
I have other projects
tulip sleet
was this a new one from the factory? I have two recent ones I can try this on. Give me a few days before you mail it, because maybe I can recover it if I can duplicate it
tulip sleet
what antivirus are you running on Windows, anything besides the standard MS-supplied one?
tough flax
Just defender
tulip sleet
and are you using AIDA64 or Hard Drive Sentinel?
my guess is that your machine is fairly clean
tough flax
No, just stock windows
So... I have one way to unstick it
I can use dd to copy the M4 version ๐
back on to the partition
But that will probably invalidate this for any kind of research into what's wrong
tulip sleet
oh, wow, that's great! But I think it may indicate it's not a flash chip problem, but perhaps a timing problem in the beta build. I don't know why that would screw up the 4.0.x loads after it's corrupted, though.
I'm using the beta change that speeds things up in my test versions, so not sure that's the problem.
ok, gotta sign off for now
tough flax
That dd copy did not work... :-(
It placed it at an odd place... take a look at where the magic number (feeb) starts
root@handraiser:~# hexdump nrfErase2dump
0000000 ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
*
0177770 ffff ffff ffff ffff feeb cd98 ccdb dbcf
0177780 aebd 88b8 8a8a 8889 8889 f88a f88f 888e
0177790 88bf 88ff 8889 8888 8888 8888 8888 bfa9
01777a0 a988 cea8 a8cf c9ce cdcd a8a8 a8a8 c9ce
01777b0 a8dc a8a8 a8a8 8888 8888 8888 8888 8888
01777c0 8888 8888 8888 8888 8888 8888 8888 8888
*
0177800 ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
I'm headed to dinner
silver tapir
@gilded cradle Ok. I had to deal with Debian a bit and build missing packages, but I now have python3 and pip.
python3 setup.py build, builds without error. And pip3 installed the module as well. I just rant the example code:
python3 test.py
Chip id: None
Board id: None
Pi 3B+? False
BBB? False
Orange Pi PC? False
generic Linux PC? False
I'm getting a venv ready to start playing. Git fork also ready and updated.
One of the files mentioned in the README says:
cat /proc/device-tree/compatible ; echo
sifive,fu540gsifive,fu500
The other one:
cat /proc/cpuinfo
hart : 1
isa : rv64imafdc
mmu : sv39
uarch : sifive,rocket0
(repeated until hart :3. And yes, they counter starts at 1, not a 0)
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tulip sleet
@raven canopy hi - I'm trying to remember if I filed an issue about not adding beta library releases to the bundle -- I can't find one. I was going to document how we figured out how to do that. Or did you fix this already? Not sure where I should file it. Tnx
cerulean pawn
for my nrf52840 board,I'm trying to build circuitpython to use the UART instead of USB CDC port, so I compiled it with NO_USB = 1 (and had to disable the #elif !defined(NRF52840_XXAA) flag in supervisor/serial.c file), doesn't seem to be coming up.
raven canopy
@tulip sleet just got home after airline woes (was supposed to be home last night). I don't see any related issues; I would say circuitpython-build-tools would be the best repo for one. I do recall the topic...maybe an in-the-weeds? I do not recall handling it though. I've gotta run out in a bit, but we can chat about it later if you want.
idle owl
@slender iron what version of the arm toolchain are you using for building CP right now
idle owl
Yah I'm looking at that but wasn't sure if we were on a specific version or something
I'm running 7.2.1
slender iron
the command there installs a specific version
๎ฑ arm-none-eabi-gcc --version Tue Jul 9 09:54:52 2019
arm-none-eabi-gcc (GNU Tools for Arm Embedded Processors 7-2018-q2-update) 7.3.1 20180622 (release) [ARM/embedded-7-branch revision 261907]
Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
@slender iron I'm getting an error trying to make -C mpy-cross. The board I'm about to add is a Trinket analog if that matters. Do I need mpy-cross?
slender iron
what is the error?
idle owl
Use make V=1, make V=2 or set BUILD_VERBOSE similarly in your environment to increase build verbosity.
GEN build/genhdr/moduledefs.h
QSTR updated
make: msgfmt: No such file or directory
make: *** [build/genhdr/en_US.mo] Error 1```you need gettext for msgfmt
idle owl
brew install gettext?
slender iron
look in the instructions there is an install and link needed
idle owl
oh ok. sorry. I must not have done this on this machine yet. I thought I had done all of that already.
slender iron
the instructions may have changed since you did it
you can run them again without a problem
idle owl
doing that now.
drowsy geyser
@slender iron and @idle owl I'm on a Mac now, but I have a very high-end Linux machine (System76). I'm thinking the toolchain will be simpler on Linux.... Thoughts?
slender iron
k, awesome @granite crow
@drowsy geyser I think they are equally simple. the high end box will likely be faster thoug
granite crow
Np @slender iron , thanks for the patience ๐ฌ
slender iron
no problem! will review now
drowsy geyser
Thanks. Trying to re-establish my workflow. ๐
idle owl
@slender iron do you do the thing with creating a case sensitive disk image to store the source code?
idle owl
hmm. ok
if this is for CircuitPythons specifically, about how big should it be?
And presumably I need to delete the clone I made locally and clone it directly into the image once created?
idle owl
GUID is ok?
slender iron
not sure what you are asking
slender iron
ya, sure
idle owl
ok
idle owl
yah I'm there already
created it, but wasn't sure if CP needed something specific other than case-sensitive
slender iron
nope
cerulean pawn
Oh wow, getting ili9163 to work with displayio was easy, it just worked
is there a way to check board.SPI() clock speed?
meager fog
@umbral dagger hiya hows the halloween countdown going
silver tapir
@gilded cradle So, the dev env is ready for playing with Platform detector.
meager fog
@umbral dagger hihi
umbral dagger
@meager fog hey
silver tapir
Any particular past patch set to look at, or any guide on what to add next.
meager fog
@umbral dagger did you get to look at halloween countdown stuff today
@umbral dagger do ya have what you need
silver tapir
I'm not really sure where do I get some of the codes that I see in the code...
umbral dagger
I think so. It's coming alomg
umbral dagger
I can work with what Phil linked me to
gilded cradle
So is it detecting the platform right now? The identifier in /proc/device-tree/compatible sounds promising" That's what I used for one of the boards I did.
silver tapir
Yeah. the code is running, and it detects Linux as platform.
gilded cradle
But is it detecting your board and chip?
silver tapir
('Chip id: ', None)
('Board id: ', None)
gilded cradle
Ok, so you'll need to get those being detected. First the chip, then the board.
silver tapir
Ok. On it, let me see if I can get it...
gilded cradle
๐
silver tapir
Not sure what I'm doing wrong here. I'm testing the library with repl.
detector.check_dt_compatible_value("sifive,fu540gsifive,fu500")
False
detector.check_dt_compatible_value("fu540gsifive,fu500")
False
No wait, got it.
python3 test.py
Chip id: HFU540
gilded cradle
Cool
So, now that the chip is being detected, you can just add a conditional that if it's that chip, then we know it's that board.
gilded cradle
yes, I believe so, but I think the same thing will need to be in a few other files.
Nevermind the few other files, that will be in the next phase.
Yes, board.py
silver tapir
ok, on it.
Ok.
python test.py
('Chip id: ', 'HFU540')
('Board id: ', 'SIFIVEHFUA00')
@gilded cradle Not sure what I'm missing for detecting the board family.
Or, where do I get the info for _MYBOARDS_IDS = {}, or if I should have one...
gilded cradle
You would create a board ID for your board along with all the others. You could call is something like HIFIVE_UNLEASHED
Then you could add it to something like _HIFIVE_BOARDS_IDS incase there are other Hifive boards that get added to Blinka.
then you would create a property at the bottom like any_hifive_board(self) that's similar to the others.
silver tapir
I thing I have that.
Where should I paste a bit of code? Here, private msg, pastebin?
simple pulsar
Are there any known issues with audioio two channel playback having problems keeping the two channels in sync? I've got some drift between them somehow.
gilded cradle
@silver tapir, you could submit a PR and I can review it. If it's not quite right, you can just push additional changes.
silver tapir
@gilded cradle Sure ,here it is.
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Python_PlatformDetect/pull/31
gilded cradle
Ok, taking a look
silver tapir
@gilded cradle Ok, travis ready. Just a small reply about the chip id.
This, still doesn't work btw.
print("Sifive? ", detector.board.SIFIVE)
gilded cradle
Ok, let me look
silver tapir
And not sure if I should click "resolve conversation"...
gilded cradle
Did you try the other one I suggested?
silver tapir
Tried this versions:
if self.detector.check_dt_compatible_value("fu500"): # Works
if self.detector.check_dt_compatible_value("sifive,fu540gsifive"): # Does not
if self.detector.check_dt_compatible_value("sifive"): # Works
if self.detector.check_dt_compatible_value("sifive,fu540gsifive,fu500"): # Does not
The full text from /proc is "sifive,fu540gsifive,fu500"
gilded cradle
if self.detector.check_dt_compatible_value("fu540gsifive"):
gilded cradle
Ok, then I guess we'll leave it for now. Hopefully there isn't another board with that string in it or we'll maybe need to revisit.
silver tapir
I'm working on the Slackware port, so as soon as there is another riscv64 board, I'll hope I'll get it.
Or at least access to developers who do. I'll re-test.
gilded cradle
Ok. Can you try print("Sifive? ", detector.board.SIFIVE_UNLEASHED)
Also, it would be good to push you changes to the test file
silver tapir
Yeap, now it True.
gilded cradle
๐
silver tapir
Test file only or readme as well?
gilded cradle
Test file only is fine. I haven't been updating readme
silver tapir
It rare hw so it's ok.
gilded cradle
Yeah
It's kind of like unit testing though so you make sure you don't break other boards.
silver tapir
Ok, test file ready.
gilded cradle
Ok, merged and released. I'm going to get going, but we can work on the Blinka part tomorrow. You'll need to add the chip first. You'll probably need libgpiod installed and then take a look at this page to help with figuring out which line goes to which gpio: https://www.beyondlogic.org/an-introduction-to-chardev-gpio-and-libgpiod-on-the-raspberry-pi/
If you need other dependencies check out some of our learn guides: https://learn.adafruit.com/search?q=circuitpython linux
silver tapir
Sure thing. Thanks for the help.
gilded cradle
You're welcome. Thanks for adding this. We love having boards added.
silver tapir
@gilded cradle, For tomorrow, libgpiod 1.1.1 compiled, and just to check blinka also builds.
/opt/gpio/bin/gpiodetect
gpiochip0 [10060000.gpio] (16 lines)
There's no more output.
Same for git master and next branches of libgpio
marble hornet
I made a python file with (i'm pretty sure)all the html colors as 24bit hex. module for cp, circuitpyhon_displayio_html_colors? does this sound like a thing we'd want?
ex: gray_cloud = GrayCloud = 0xb6b6b4 gray_goose = GrayGoose = 0xd1d0ce platinum = Platinum = 0xe5e4e2 metallic_silver = MetallicSilver = 0xbcc6cc blue_gray = BlueGray = 0x98afc7 light_slate_gray = LightSlateGray = 0x6d7b8d slate_gray = SlateGray = 0x657383 jet_gray = JetGray = 0x616d7e mist_blue = MistBlue = 0x646d7e marble_blue = MarbleBlue = 0x566d7e slate_blue = SlateBlue = 0x737ca1 steel_blue = SteelBlue = 0x4863a0 blue_jay = BlueJay = 0x2b547e dark_slate_blue = DarkSlateBlue = 0x2b3856 midnight_blue = MidnightBlue = 0x151b54 navy_blue = NavyBlue = 0x000080 blue_whale = BlueWhale = 0x342d7e lapis_blue = LapisBlue = 0x15317e denim_dark_blue = DenimDarkBlue = 0x151b8d earth_blue = EarthBlue = 0x0000a0 cobalt_blue = CobaltBlue = 0x0020c2 blueberry_blue = BlueberryBlue = 0x0041c2 sapphire_blue = SapphireBlue = 0x2554c7
slender iron
@marble hornet would be good for the community bundle!
lethal abyss
@idle owl I had some crash using pybadger show_qr_code.
So I rerfreshed my repository and tried to launch examples/pybadger_simpletest.py and ended up with the same error.
pybadger = PyBadger()
pybadger.show_badge(name_string="Blinka", hello_scale=2, my_name_is_scale=2, name_scale=3)
while True:
pybadger.auto_dim_display(delay=10)
if pybadger.button.a:
pybadger.show_business_card(image_name="Blinka.bmp", name_string="Blinka", name_scale=2,
email_string_one="blinka@", email_string_two="adafruit.com")
elif pybadger.button.b:
pybadger.show_qr_code(data="https://circuitpython.org")
elif pybadger.button.start:
pybadger.show_badge(name_string="Blinka", hello_scale=2, my_name_is_scale=2, name_scale=3)
I'll stick to my image QRcode show for the rest of EuroPython, no problem.
But I wanted to warn you
lethal abyss
20 minutes later, no idea what I broke in my build chain but I just removed the .mpy I built and added a pure copy of the library source file and it works.
I'll figure out later what happen
marble hornet
@slender iron ๐
marble hornet
prime flower
oh, neat @marble hornet
lethal abyss
I took some time to update my pygamer with the latest learn guide about pybadger
https://learn.adafruit.com/pybadger-event-badge/prepare-your-pybadge
But there is no adafruit_pybadger.mpy in the library bundle linked on circuitpython.org
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_Bundle/releases/download/20190709/adafruit-circuitpython-bundle-4.x-mpy-20190709.zip
prime flower
@lethal abyss check https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_PyBadger/releases
It hasn't been added to the bundle yet
you'll want this one ๐
marble hornet
@prime flower thank you! But i can't take too much credit. i wrote a python script to write it for me ๐
lethal abyss
thanks @prime flower I wanted to point the issue as the learn guide is published and point to the lib bundle.
I'm not stucked as I'm using my own local version ๐
minor plume
I'm glad I'm not the only one who tripped over the pybadger not being part of the library bundle yet.:-D
Also, sorry for missing the CircuitPython weekly chat this week. ๐ฆ I'm moving into a new roie at work and getting ready to move from CA to AZ in September, so things are a bit hectic right now.
meager fog
@marble hornet heya thats handy, can you add it to the contributor bundle?
we could add support for it into turtle (to match CPython)
minor plume
I'm having some trouble with the sample code from the pybadger learn guide on my PyGamer. I get errors when I press the buttons. Busy day at work today, but I'll see if I can run down what's going on at lunchtime if I get a break.
Initial badge display is fine, but the call to pybadger.show_business_card tells me "Unexpected keyword argument 'name_string')" and the call to pybadger.show_qr_code is producing the error:
File: "adafruit_miniqr.py", line 531, in put
TypeError: can't convert 'int' object to str implicitly
Since I don't have time to dig into this right now, just wanted to flag what I'm seeing in case someone else wants to look at it before I have time to come back to it.
marble hornet
@meager fog sure, the https://github.com/adafruit/CircuitPython_Community_Bundle ?
meager fog
yes
slender iron
@marble hornet https://learn.adafruit.com/creating-and-sharing-a-circuitpython-library/sharing-in-the-community-bundle
manic glacierBOT
gilded cradle
@silver tapir try /opt/gpio/bin/gpioinfo
silver tapir
Much better.
gpiochip0 - 16 lines:
line 0: unnamed unused input active-high
line 1: unnamed unused input active-high
line 2: unnamed unused input active-high
line 3: unnamed unused input active-high
line 4: unnamed unused input active-high
line 5: unnamed unused input active-high
line 6: unnamed unused input active-high
line 7: unnamed unused input active-high
line 8: unnamed unused input active-high
line 9: unnamed unused input active-high
line 10: unnamed "?" output active-low [used]
line 11: unnamed "spi2.0 cd" input active-high [used]
line 12: unnamed unused output active-high
line 13: unnamed unused input active-high
line 14: unnamed unused input active-high
line 15: unnamed unused input active-high
idle owl
@lethal abyss Thanks for catching that! I got caught up with other things and forgot to get it into the bundle. I'll do that today.
lethal abyss
@idle owl that's ok because I knew how to solve my issue
idle owl
@lethal abyss I meant to do it anyway, it needs to be there. So thank you for reminding me regardless. ๐
cerulean pawn
@slender iron does it make sense for microSD as external flash filesystem? or is only non-removable storage preferred or something?
slender iron
it'd be nice if it was managed by the supervisor. I'd hesitate to use it as CIRCUITPY itself since it is removable
cerulean pawn
okay
browsing circuitpython source, figuring out what goes where at the moment, I'd like to add PWM audio out for nrf port
main meteor
Is it going to have a coin acceptor or is that just a clever graphic?
Or place for a coin cell? ๐
lavish sundial
does circuitpython support interrupts?
cerulean pawn
it's will be a real coin slot, some coin will go through for sure
silver tapir
@gilded cradle I'm happy with gpioinfo. I was being pessimist and thinking I'd have to code upstream.
Please let me know what could be the next step.
gilded cradle
The next step is to create a microcontroller which is just the chip. There's plenty of examples there. Since you only have 1 GPIO controller, it's pretty easy. For instance look at the allwinner_h3. The number you pass to Pin is the libgpiod line number. Also if you create any blank folders, be sure to copy over an empty init.py file or PyPI won't install it.
slender iron
@lavish sundial not from python, no
silver tapir
@gilded cradle That would be where, in blinka 's code? Or still in the Adafruit platform detect lib?
gilded cradle
meager fog
@cerulean pawn its on our list - chat with @onyx hinge
if you work together perhaps it will go easier ๐
but yes having PWM output for 'audioio' would be great - it can use 8bit pwm (or 16 if the pwm is fast enough)
and then we just need to RC filter it
cerulean pawn
thanks @meager fog, will talk to them. Saw some gh issues for same just now
idle owl
@slender iron Did you have to do anything special to get your Hovercam to work? Mine's not showing up at all.
slender iron
is the screen working? I think you need to turn on the usb side
onyx hinge
@cerulean pawn @meager fog Yes, tannewt has asked me to look into the adding pwm audio to the nrf port. I have not been able to put much time into it now, I have basically just gotten my dev environment up for the nrf boards, and tested a speaker on the existing PWM function. The idea is to be compatible with the current analog audio interface, so that code will work from the samd boards with just a change of pin designator, but there may also be limits on the bit resolution of the audio that are more restrictive than the samd port.
prime flower
Hitting a weird impasse with sphinx. It seems to think I have an "unexpected" indentation for a class docstring but it's the correct indentation level ๐คท https://travis-ci.com/brentru/Adafruit_CircuitPython_MiniMQTT/jobs/214960223#L386
celest zenith
I think you need a blank line before the :param
prime flower
@celest zenith sphinx doesn't care about that it seems...
celest zenith
Hmm. adding blank lines before the first :param line worked for me -- also had to add blank lines after the .. code-block directives
prime flower
@celest zenith Ok, I added those and still hit the same indentation level error thru sphinx.. weird
raven canopy
@prime flower i have a feeling that's related to the docstring being inside the __init__ special method. .. automodule doesn't render special methods by default, so the parser may not recognize that its inside the init and thinks that the indentation is wrong...
most of the __init__ docstrings i've seen are at the class level...
you could include special methods though with
.. automodule:
:special-members:
https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions/autodoc.html#directive-automodule
prime flower
@raven canopy Is there an alternative?
i.e: > most of the init docstrings i've seen are at the class level...
raven canopy
other than using :special-members:, not that i know of really. other than manually typing out all members with :members: foo, bar, __init__ (which i'm not even sure would work with dunders)
prime flower
@raven canopy I originally had it at the class-level, though
I tried moving it to init, same issue.
raven canopy
and it still gave the error? (didn't roll through the Travis history)
raven canopy
๐ค i'll take another look then... ๐
oh wait... its specifically for MQTT.connect(). der. ๐คฆ
def connect(self, clean_session=True):
"""Initiates connection with the MQTT Broker.
:param bool clean_session: Establishes a persistent session
with the broker. Defaults to a non-persistent session.
"""
should be
def connect(self, clean_session=True):
"""Initiates connection with the MQTT Broker.
:param bool clean_session: Establishes a persistent session
with the broker. Defaults to a
non-persistent session.
"""
subsequent lines need to indent past the :
oof. that looks horrible here in discord.
prime flower
doesn't it indent pas the : ?
raven canopy
needs to be past the second/closing :
prime flower
even with all the indents past the : I'm still hitting that..
maybe the code blocks?
raven canopy
the same line is complaining?
prime flower
got it passin! thanks @raven canopy and @celest zenith
atomic beacon
Does anyone know the max size and speed of the micro SD card for the M0 adalogger?
marble hornet
@slender iron is that ur cat?
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slender iron
@marble hornet was there something on AAE? my parents came so I missed it
marble hornet
Yes, A hand snap activated, cat toy servo running off a cpx, to me the video sounded like you speaking.
slender iron
ah, nope. not me. will need to watch it though
my kitties are mostly white. search #pet-photos for pics
cerulean pawn
@onyx hinge do you have that test code somewhere online?
marble hornet
Tannewt: AWE, very cute!๐ฑ
onyx hinge
@cerulean pawn I don't have any code to post yet. So far, I played pure tones using pulseio PWMOut, so I at least knew the speaker and op-amp were working.
@cerulean pawn basically, ```>>> import pulseio
from board import *
p = pulseio.PWMOut(D0, variable_frequency=True)
p.duty_cycle = 1000
p.frequency = 440
p.frequency = 523
p.duty_cycle = 0
One out of every ~20 or so SAMD51 does this when flashing the UF2 bootloader from AS7 (Pulsing green indicator LED and solid red neopixel). Reflashing doesn't fix it. Has anyone else encountered this?
tulip sleet
@lime trellis photo is an ESP32, I think? Not sure what you meant.
is it on the bottom of the board?
ok, I see it's the SAM32. Does the BOOT drive show up
meager fog
@umbral dagger hiya please take a sped-up GIF of the halloween countdown
@umbral dagger or you can have noe + pedro do it for you
but right now needs a little more demo of what they're building
umbral dagger
To capture the background changing and the count decreasing? Do you want the final days then the "Happy Halloween" screen?
meager fog
just the countdown part
doesnt need to be the final part
or at least, the background-changing part
lime trellis
@danh sorry for the confusion. Yes SAMD51 on back side. Does not ever reach BOOT drive. Windows notifies of USB error.
umbral dagger
@meager fog Ok, I can fake the timing to speed it up.
tulip sleet
@lime trellis check the fuse settings from AS7, but I have no other first-line suggestions
is it fast or slow red led pulse?
lime trellis
@tulip sleet I'll take another pass through the fuses, bootprot looked fine. Red RGB is constant.
tulip sleet
fast means the UF2 bootloader is not seeing a USB connection (can simulate this by hooking it up to a USB power supply or use a charge-only cable)
so i'd check the soldering on the connector, etc
lime trellis
Ooo ok that's a good thing to try. Do you happen to have any tricks or routines to revive bricked samd chips?
tulip sleet
if you can get to SWD, then you're home free: can set fuses manually. Also SAMD51 has a bit to set that bypasses the BOOTPROT setting
see BPDIS
umbral dagger
@meager fog I put it in as the thumb image
lime trellis
@tulip sleet that's just it, as far as I can tell I'm in SWD. I can read device id and set user page no problem. I'll look more into your comment about the USB port after doing power only test. Thank you for your insight!
idle owl
@slender iron when you have a minute, I have a couple of general questions about the files used to add a board to CP
slender iron
@idle owl I have time now. want to hop in voice chat?
idle owl
@slender iron sure.
slender iron
sly falcon
@idle owl do you have a minute to chat sometime today or tomorrow?
idle owl
@sly falcon I can make time. Today might be better as tomorrow I'm heading out in the afternoon for the weekend.
Afternoon ET.
idle owl
Sure. Audio/video/text?
sly falcon
text...I tried setting up my audio and well...I think I have to tear apart my computer to find out why the connector isn't working ๐
pops over to private chat
idle owl
@slender iron is microcontroller.pins also considered a "module" ?
slender iron
yup
idle owl
thanks
@slender iron ok for the most basic changes needed: rename the board in mpconfigboard.h... where do the following things get changed if needed? ```
- verify that your chip variant matches (mpconfigboard.mk or .h or both?)
- verify that the spi flash configuration matches (same?)
- verify that the crystal configuration matches? (don't see that anywhere)
@idle owl 1) both 2) .h for spi pins and .mk for specifying the chip 3) #define BOARD_HAS_CRYSTAL 1 in .h
for 3 see metro_m0
idle owl
ah I don't see it because I'm looking at a Trinket variant. right. ok. Thanks
slender iron
ya, it's a weird one where it's only there if it is present
marble hornet
@slender iron : can i, again, ask why Groups have a set length?
slender iron
I did it originally to prevent allocations during actual rendering
I agree it'd be good to remove though
it's also way simpler to implement
buoyant coral
Hi all! Quick Q re: audiobusio on Itsy Bitsy M4 Express. It seems the module is not available. When running import audiobusio in main.py I get Traceback (most recent call last): File "main.py", line 1, in <module> ImportError: no module named 'audiobusio'. I am attempting to use audiobusio.I2SOut. Thoughts about what I might be doing wrong?
Adafruit CircuitPython 4.0.2 on 2019-06-27; Adafruit ItsyBitsy M4 Express with samd51g19
>>> help("modules")
__main__ collections math storage
_os digitalio microcontroller struct
_pixelbuf displayio micropython supervisor
_time errno neopixel_write sys
analogio fontio os terminalio
array frequencyio pulseio time
audioio gamepad random usb_hid
bitbangio gc re usb_midi
board i2cslave rotaryio
builtins io rtc
busio json samd
side note: I'll use #help-with-circuitpython for Q's like these in the future ๐
slender iron
@buoyant coral I don't believe the smallest samd chips have i2s support
looks
yup, it's missing from the 48 pin versions like the itsy bitsy has
buoyant coral
Nutz. So yeah I just received 2x Itsy Bitsy M4 Express boards which apparently feature samd51g19 which lacks I2S as that data sheet shows. Is there another Itsy Bitsy Express board that has a SAMD chip with I2S support and 512k+ RAM? I may need to use an Itsy Bitsy M4 Express & an Itsy Bitsy M0 Express in tandem.
Might go the analog route via A0 & A1. Thoughts on an amp module (e.g. https://www.adafruit.com/product/2130) for those analog signals? Space is limited for this project. Looks like the pins emit voltages similar to those found in typical line level audio applications. My only concern is whether the amplifier module mentioned above can work with that analog audio signal with an odd DC offset.
tulip sleet
@buoyant coral can you fit a Feather M4 in the space? That has I2S.
main meteor
You could also AC couple the signals if your application doesn't require response down to DC, then you could remove the offset.
buoyant coral
Hey @tulip sleet! Good idea! It would probably fit. I might just do that. I think I may even have one at the ready in a box somewhere. My only concern with the Feather is supplying regulated power via the battery pin. Most microcontroller board choose between a VIN pin and the USB connector. The Feather platform differs in that one can only power it via the USB connector or the BAT pin (which has a charge controller in-line). If my calcs are correct, it could be powered via that BAT pin if the supply voltage is regulated at about 4.2V (allowing power to pass into the microcontroller, but eliminating the risk of the charge controller attempting to send voltage back the power supply if a USB cable is also connected).
@main meteor I'm not familiar with that approach. Since this discussion is moving further away from CircuitPython, perhaps we could discuss further in #help-with-audio? The application only requires a single speaker.
tulip sleet
@buoyant coral Did you see this page, especially the bottom part? https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-feather-m4-express-atsamd51/power-management
buoyant coral
@tulip sleet yes indeedy! ๐ I decided to also dive a little deeper in this existing thread: https://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=142737
wooden lichen
Have you guys heard of the new esp32-S2 chip?
It is going to have build-in usb, hopefully it can support mass storage flashing so it can finally have circuitpython
quasi fjord
somebody in here is eagerly awaiting being able to get their hands on one to start porting. I don't remember names though
stuck elbow
it's going to take a while, and I'm afraid od them buthering the usb standard
the current beta silicon still doesn't include the usb bits
wooden lichen
Isn't it included, or is the software ready yet?
tulip sleet
we were told the silicon doesn't support it (maybe it's buggy; I don't know)
main meteor
I'm eyeing it, but I'm currently pretty pleased with the AirLift concept, which divides up the functionality nicely so I don't have to worry about networking with the same CPU that's running my main code.
lethal abyss
@stuck elbow I really I wish to stay more days and applause you for all the fun you bring to EuroPython this year.
having unplanned training sessions with perfect strangers was one of my favorite moments! ๐
stuck elbow
I'm glad to hear that
umbral dagger
@meager fog @twin mica got it fixed it seems
wooden lichen
@main meteor There are some very nice options available with just an esp32 for example pip install and the esp32 can currently have 8MB PSRAM what can also be increased to 16MB
You can do some real extra stuff with that amount of ram
solar whale
@tulip sleet starting to play with BLE PR's the UART/Eddystone/peripheral examples seem to work -- I'm not sure how to use the central demo.
@tulip sleet ah -- got it -- using 2 nrf52840s they are talking!
now I can start playing ๐
sudden coral
are there particularly recommended ways to profile a circuitpython application beyond spam-printing gc.mem_free and gc.mem_alloc? I'm imagining something like cprofile (except not deprecated lol) but really anything to give insight as to where/why memory is allocated would be awesome
I suppose I could also scan through sys.modules and do a sizeof on everything I find but that seems... brute force and inaccurate
the root issue I suppose: converted a bunch of heavy .py files to .mpy files and noticed very little difference in mem_free() (though a huge decrease in startup time, which was great), which is telling me freezing stuff in is possibly not going to help me as much as I need.
(I also just realized I should have put this in #help-with-circuitpython, sorry...)
stuck elbow
any memory analyzis is going to be inaccurate, because python doesn't really have a concept of memory ownership, so you never know who actually holds it
sudden coral
even rough guesses are fine by me (which is really all cprofile gives me on desktop cpython)
stuck elbow
if you call gc.mem_free(1) you get a memory map with types of objects marked
and you can enable debugging to enable the stack analysis module
sudden coral
gc.mem_free(1) gives me a TypeError, takes no positional args
I'll look into enabling debugging though
ahhh looks like I want micropython.mem_info([verbose]) -- edit: this doesn't exist on m4
raven canopy
@sudden coral iirc, mem_info() was disabled to gain space for translated builds. you could turn it on in a build with #define MICROPY_PY_MICROPYTHON_MEM_INFO (1) in a port/board's mpconfig___.h
https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/blob/master/py/circuitpy_mpconfig.h#L106
sudden coral
<wrong>looks like that functionality is pretty unmaintained, I get a gnarly build failure when forcing that to be enabled</wrong>
nvm I should consider make clean every once in a while, the fix for most qstr issues
wooden lichen
What editor do you guys use for circuitpython?
solar whale
I use nano but I never edit code on the device. I edit locally on my computer then copy to the device and sync the file system.
sudden coral
really any editor will do - micro/circuitpython don't have tight integrations with most editors. Mu is I believe a common beginner's recommendation, otherwise pick your fav (vim/emacs/vscode/sublime/whatever)
solar whale
If you edit on the device, the editor must handle writes properly.
onyx hinge
I have a particle xenon flashed with circuitpython. How do I get it to go back to uf2 mass storage bootloader mode? or am I better off just using nrfjprog to program it?
I tried holding the other physical button and poking reset but that didn't seem to do anything
solar whale
Double tap the reset button
onyx hinge
that should give me a breathing red led when I do it, right?
solar whale
Not sure about led bout should mount The NRFBOOT drive . Not sure of exact name.
onyx hinge
OK. I've been trying that and I only ever see CIRCUITPY, never *BOOT
wooden lichen
Yeah mu is the best editor because it knows the libraries.
Just don't like the editor itself
Looks like it's made for people with bad eyesight
onyx hinge
>>> microcontroller.reset()
``` isn't getting me to the bootloader either. weird.(though, I know there have been problems there in the past; I think this is a micropython module that may not be seeing much testing in circuitpython)
slender iron
@sudden coral did you see my stream about memory debugging?
sudden coral
I did not!
slender iron
ruby lake
climbs back up out of the Tk/python rabbit hole for a bit.
timber mango
Hi. I suppose that it is not 100% a circuitpython issue, but I think it is the closer to refer it here. I have a trinket m0 that it was working until yesterday (programmable and interacting with led/button). Today circuitpy did not appear and mu said there was no device connected. I reset it, red led appears and remains red. Tried on a second m0 I have and I had the same. Same when I used another usb cable. Do you know what could it mean?
meager fog
sounds like a bad usb cable/port
maybe shut down computer, wait a bit, then use another port
timber mango
I checked two other usb ports and a third usb cable, but the same. Probably I should find another pc to check. Thank you!
meager fog
weird!
timber mango
I read about kaspersky and norton possible issues in troubleshooting section. I have eset and I am wondering if it is something similar. I will find a pc without eset to check it.
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buoyant coral
PHP developer here. Really enjoying learning more about Python & CircuitPython! Aside from creating a PR (since I'm a Python noob), what is the preferred way to request CircuitPython features?
- Hoping to propose a small revision to CircuitPython's
json.dumpsso it supports pretty-printing of JSON strings (perhaps by default?). - Hoping to propose a port of https://pyyaml.org/wiki/PyYAML.
I'd love to help. Still a Python noob, though.
slender iron
@buoyant coral I'm happy to help you contribute! for ideas an issue is the place to start. code is always welcome via pr
pyyaml may be doable as python code
indigo wedge
Are there any examples for using esp32spi as a http server? ๐
Seems it would be perfect to serve files from the file system and add some dynamic data or set settings over it
tulip sleet
@solar whale re two 52840โs. Yes, this is exactly how I was developing and testing. One time with the current code I got a hard fault, but was unable to reproduce it. It was when attempting to connect from client with bad argument and then doing something else like trying to write. Not able to reproduce. But the demo code in the library ran for five hours with no problems before I stopped it.
snow cedar
Anyone worked with adafruit_cursorcontrol ? I'm trying to get running on a PyGamer and it's initing and erroring coming back with File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "adafruit_cursorcontrol/cursorcontrol.py", line 81, in init
File "adafruit_cursorcontrol/cursorcontrol.py", line 240, in generate_cursor
stuck elbow
it got cut off, can you paste the whole exception?
snow cedar
stuck elbow
how did you load that image?
snow cedar
I didn't load any image...
mouse_cursor = Cursor(display, display_group=splash)
is line 14, asking the library to run with its defaults
stuck elbow
where does it get the image from?
raven canopy
@snow cedar can you file an issue on the repo? i think its a bug related to the last change to that file. looks like line 81 should be updated to be self.generate_cursor(self.cursor_bitmap)
snow cedar
Will do...
raven canopy
thanks!
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snow cedar
Just tested that fix @raven canopy and it looks good
Issue in https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_CursorControl/issues/8 if anyone wants to follow it. ๐
onyx hinge
Whee, I have all the stubs written for nrf audioout, and have started working on sharing code with pwmout for allocating, initializing, and releasing pwm channels. It looks like audio will have to have its very own PWM channel, so it will take away 4 PWMs for 1 or 2 audio channels. I also spotted a few bugs, which I've noted in my own log and will file as issues if I don't fix them.
onyx hinge
I will need to re-scale samples in a different way than DAC-based audio out. Say you have a 8kHz sample to play. You will end up reprogramming the PWM for a "top" of 2000. This means you have to rescale the individual samples by (8000/32768) before using them as the raw PWM value.
At least, I didn't see anywhere else this is being done now
meager fog
in general, no
people tend to pick the fasts PWM they can get
then they update the timer every 8 khz
if it were possible, the best way is PDM not PWM
but i dont know that any chips have a pdm out periph
onyx hinge
I don't see any sign of PDM in the nrf manual (I thought that too)
they have a PDM input only
meager fog
yeah its ok
so i sorta think maybe best to do it the classic way - dont change the frequency, just duty
unless you want to use the time for both
which will save u a timer but then yeah you need to set it up when playing
onyx hinge
Do you think there's something better to do than set the PWM "top" to give 1 PWM cycle = 1 audio sample? Sounds like you are.
For instance, set it for a "top" of 400, and do a temporal-resample too?
meager fog
no i think thats peachy
just make sure you're at least a decade above the sample rate
also, we can tweak if one way isnt workin'
onyx hinge
16MHz / 2000 = 8kHz. Are by "decade above" are you saying 16MHz / 200 = 80kHz, and repeat each sample 10 times?
(the hardware can repeat a sample an integer number of times)
but then you've gone from a ~10 bit PWM to a ~8 bit PWM, so the fidelity will suffer
(16MHz is the highest counting rate available for PWM on nrf)
meager fog
really? its a 64mhz chip ๐
you'd think they'd give you at least 32mhz for the pwm
yeah you need the pwm rate to be 10x the sample rate
so 80khz
otherwise you cant filter well
so yeah do 8 bit
there's no PLL's or anythin?
onyx hinge
I'm reading https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/pdf/nRF52840_OPS_v0.5.pdf 46.5.8 PRESCALER
choices are 16MHz down to 125kHz
indigo wedge
@meager fog that's a-freaking-mazing, thanks! ๐
meager fog
@onyx hinge i guess thats whatcha got
@indigo wedge please try it and suggest anything to the submitter, i wont have time to test it out
indigo wedge
will do for sure, and I see there's a AP mode PR too, just what I needed
onyx hinge
Thanks, I'll code it so that it will find an integer sample repetition factor that gives an underlying waveform that repeats at around 80kHz, even if that means a smaller resolution (e.g. 8-bit equivalent)
so for 8kHz original sample, it might literally be 80kHz and 200 (7.xxx bits resolution)
meager fog
@indigo wedge yes i asked them to split the two. they should work just fine but...again, untested. please check and suggest. the PRs looked at least 90% there
@onyx hinge id recommend, if it doesnt glitch, just set it to max speed (16mhz) and 8 bit, and then set up the DMA to feed it the duty cycle values at whatever rate audioio wants
if its 22khz it wont sound great, but thats not our problem ๐
and there may be situations where thats desirable (say if you can connect a hi quality filter)
meager fog
like, the PWM should be free-running
i havent actually used this periph but im guessing based on similar ones ๐
mostly this should get you going ASAP. until you listen w/ears or look on a scope, hard to really gauge ๐
onyx hinge
I also don't see how I can retrieve the PWM value currently being output. I can ignore it for now, but it may make for an unavoidable audio pop at shutdown, because the PWM duty cycle can't be ramped from whatever it was at .stop() to the "quiescent" value. (If I play to the end of a buffer, I would know the last sample in the buffer, however). This is something I should note and work on later, not get bogged down by.
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past tangle
Hey gang, so super green question here but: whatโs a VIN in relation to my m0 express featherboard? The sharp sensor Iโm looking to use says this for the connections: โThe square pad is ground, middle is VIN, and the remaining pad is output. โ โ Iโm completely clueless, my searches just show stuff about servos or stuff that mentions this but doesnโt actually tell me what VIN is/stands for/what on my board is the same as VIN. I assume itโs something power related, hopefully my 3v, but thatโs me guesstimating. Yโall have any insight here?
raven canopy
@past tangle VIN is Voltage In, which is the power supply line that provides power to the sensor. so you'd connect the Feather's 3V pin to VIN.
past tangle
@raven canopy awesome, thanks for the speedy reply! Iโm a little gun shy as I start hooking everything up and donโt care to risk frying my board or components just yet ๐ thanks!
onyx hinge
How frequently does run_background_tasks() get called, when things are operating properly?
raven canopy
i've been under the impression that it runs at every cycle of the VM loop...
onyx hinge
that's going to be a lot more often than once per 2ms, then?
raven canopy
looking at it again now. there is a flag so that it doesn't run until the "last" run is complete...
onyx hinge
Yes, I see that part too
and also some scattered places where it's called explicitly, presumably because they run a long time without returning to Python code.
What's on my mind is the sizing of the audio buffer for nrf pwm audio
which I think we've established will be the original audio sample, resampled to 8 bits at a sample rate of 62.5kHz -- but each sample still takes 2 or maybe even 4 uint16_ts to store, so the converted audio storage feels like a lot of RAM
indigo wedge
CP doesn't have PIL right? so this example is only good for running with blinka on Linux? https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_DotStar/blob/master/examples/dotstar_image_paint.py
graceful heart
I also assumed PIL wouldn't work, but that would be amazing if it could ๐ฎ
maybe certain modules are OK?
green rock
I was playing with that yesterday and that's the conclusion that I came to.
graceful heart
@green rock that it doesn't work at all or that certain modules are ok?
green rock
That CP doesn't have any of PIL.
graceful heart
๐ฆ but expected.
granite crow
Greets yall, I'm pretty new to Travis and everything CI related, do you have any preferred tutorial on it, or can I get started by reading the docs?
raven canopy
@granite crow the docs and google are how i've learned thus far. i don't know of any "comprehensive" tutorial... https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/for-beginners/
granite crow
Thanks @raven canopy 
onyx hinge
The other day I reported problems accessing the uf2 bootloader on a particle xenon. Update: When I use arduino to flash the bootloader, it works (I can reach it by the normal double-click on the reset button, boot filesystem label FTHR840BOOT). When I use 'make sd' in circuitpython, I can't access the uf2 bootloader.
however, resetting to uf2 from microcontroller.on_next_reset still doesn't work
graceful heart
Has anyone ever had a circuit python device claim to show up as a 'network device' when plugged into mac os usb?
It appears the serial monitor and repl isn't working correctly in Mu editor
looks like its showing up as /dev/cu.usbmodem14201
I have a ESP32 co processor attached... but I haven't started seeing this until recently.
onyx hinge
@graceful heart sounds like the "serial device" that lets you access the python terminal is being interpreted as an old fashioned dial-up modem. I dunno if that is typical for macs or not. I wouldn't have expected it to change just because you added the ESP32 co-processor, it should depend on how circuitpython identifies itself to the OS
graceful heart
The itsy bitsy LED starts green and then after a few seconds turns to white, which as I understand, means it has went into REPL mode? This is also when the OS pops up asking me to configure it as a network device.
green rock
Mine shows up as usbmodem, but it's always been tty.usbmodem.
graceful heart
ok..... I just restarted my mac. It still popped up looking like a network device, but now Mu is able to communicate with it now.
it used to think it was a keyboard lol.
green rock
๐ Getting closer... maybe?
graceful heart
maybe! lol
onyx hinge
enum { DFU_MAGIC_SERIAL = 0x4e };
NRF_POWER->GPREGRET = DFU_MAGIC_SERIAL;
reset_cpu();
}
``` hm, it's supposed to be resetting to DFU (if you take this at face value) but that doesn't seem to happen either.#define DFU_MAGIC_UF2_RESET 0x57
``` from uf2 bootloader sourcebut it's not appearing as a "serial dfu" device either, it just boots right into circuitpython...
scarlet maple
At least for my PyPortal, the usbmodemNNNNN device shows up any time itโs plugged in to the Mac. Addressable with screen, and I assume thatโs the device Mu talks to, too. Have seen other screenshots of similar devices showing up in network preferences.
onyx hinge
using 0x57 doesn't make any difference
stuck elbow
back home
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onyx hinge
first pwm audio (hard coded sine wave, or should have been) on nrf52840
looks like my scaling must have been wrong, and it clipped...
or maybe it's playing outside the intended bounds of the sample
tulip sleet
Nevertheless, it goes up and down ใฐ
onyx hinge
yup, it's less than I'd hoped for this weekend, but it's still real progress. Time to head out to sunday family dinner.
(also I think I spotted that it's a pointer arithmetic problem, so for half the time it's DMA'ing at the wrong addresses)
graceful heart
Hi Everyone! I've been working on this PR to add some lightweight web-server functionality to the ESP32spi library, and I think its getting to a good enough point for review. I would really appreciate any feedback! <@&356864093652516868> .
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_ESP32SPI/pull/59/files
Thanks!
raven canopy
@graceful heart i added the circuitpython librarians team to the reviewers for ya. also, i'm looking, but don't expect much from me. ๐
indigo wedge
On first glance it looks awesome, see you added the event handling and serving files ๐
First thing that is noticeable is the mixing of single and double new lines, but I have a bit OCD thing about consistency that doesn't really affect code functionality.
graceful heart
oh yeah, I totally get that ahaha. I think most of the repo is in double quotes, I can make sure and clean that up.
thanks @raven canopy
ohhh, I think I misinterpreted you . @indigo wedge . Do you mean having extra empty lines between pieces of code, like inside a function body? I sometimes will do that to logically separate out pieces of 'grouped' code, but I can clean that up to follow whatever the convention is.
indigo wedge
I meant like in adafruit_esp32spi_server.py it seems a bit arbitrary which functions are separated by single new line and which by a double, but it really doesn't matter ๐
This will be awesome to have a AP web server to setup initial wifi credentials, thanks so much for all your work ๐
graceful heart
Thanks, I'm happy to help, it's been a lot of fun ๐ When combined with AP mode, I think it will be really useful for making web apps to control your board that you can load on your mobile phone, wherever you want.
marble hornet
i'm defining an api and am curious about what is the most intuitive way to set padding around a page.
or
app.page_padding(top, bottom) and app.page_padding(top, bottom, left, right)
or
only one of the above options w/ 4 options
did i explain my question clearly?
onyx hinge
@marble hornet There's whatever css does, I'd interpret varying numbers of arguments same as css
If nothing else, you can defend it by saying it's the same as css ๐ https://www.w3schools.com/Css/css_margin.asp
marble hornet
@onyx hinge , thank you! i like it alot
slender iron
<@&356864093652516868> Community meeting is tomorrow at 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern here in the CircuitPython voice and text channels. Everyone is welcome to join. Notes doc for the meeting is here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bG6hLq6jgBDLLFRSbaL0Z8TfaXGL2n4fAD0KdO27kPY/edit?usp=sharing
cerulean pawn
@onyx hinge any way I could help you with the pwm audio stuff right now?
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fierce rapids
Where should product hardware assembly bug reports go?
stuck elbow
probably the forum?
tulip sleet
@fierce rapids That's good, or as feedback on the guide. But more people see it in the forums, and you can see feedback about your feedback.
sly falcon
Thanks for the merge, @idle owl! ๐
idle owl
@sly falcon Thanks for slogging through that!
sly falcon
Haha....my pleasure! I did find a few things I'd like to tighten up in the next week or two...but work is super busy right now, so I'll be missing today's meeting again
round lintel
Lurking!!
idle owl
@round lintel Thanks for letting us know!
sterile bronze
just lurking
graceful heart
also lurking!
turbid radish
Lurking here
river quest
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errant grail
Lurking/listening while landscaping today. I'm finding dirt underneath the sod. And there's lots of it!
turbid radish
Thank you for your hard work Deshipu at EuroPython!
inland tusk
could you give us a link to the two podcasts you were on?
raven canopy
@tulip sleet did you see my comment on the Bundle PR for skipping bundling beta releases?
stuck elbow
tulip sleet
@raven canopy - not yet; I may have deleted the email by accident. will go look
idle owl
@tulip sleet Can you mute?
tulip sleet
oops
pastel panther
LET THE KODEZ BE FREEEE
solar whale
Have a great week all -- have to run ๐
raven canopy
back to work for me... :eeyore:
lunar crown
@slender iron I opened an issue yesterday on adafruit_si5351.py and ladyada asked me to submit pull request with fix. I have new branch with fixes, but am getting authentication failure. How do I get authenticated to publish new branch for pull-request?
lunar crown
OK
idle owl
@tulip sleet in mpconfigboard.mk, there's CHIP_VARIANT and CHIP_FAMILY. Ignoring anything but SAMD for now, what is CHIP_FAMILY? Is it samd## for all the SAMD chips?
tulip sleet
@idle owl we only support samd21 and samd51, so yes CHIP_FAMILY is one of those two. Then the CHIP_VARIANT is the specific chip (which will have varying pins, and also sometimes varying features (like no I2S on the small '51 chips)