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dim knot
rapid hornet
rc.1!
shell mason
split gazelle
tried out the robot xylo with cp 6 yesterday and it's working swimmingly still. ble initial connection seemed a little speedier too
glass moat
Parking my question here about having a run through on connecting two 64 x 32 LED panels together (putting two Adabox kits together) and what all is involved there
lethal lagoon
that ring is so cool
dim knot
robust horizon
I'm feeling inspired π
nova totem
Such a cool idea to have it in those plastic balls
rancid depot
Thanks for the support in playing the video @open girder !
dim knot
rancid depot
You guys inspire me!
glass moat
Going to order the radio kit right now. That was a great video and great cause
rancid depot
@split gazelle appreciate you posting the link
split gazelle
@rancid depot awesome kits!
glass moat
That inspires me to get my daughter interested when she gets older. She just turned 2 but I can't wait to share this with her
robust horizon
I like all the colors
rancid depot
@glass moat thanks! my oldest daughter is 2.5 π need to get her started early!! π
glass moat
@rancid depot Ah good deal. Maybe I should get her going sooner then. Competition between the girls for a spot on the class of 2042 at MIT π
robust horizon
anybody have inventive uses of the spent component tapes and reels?
lethal lagoon
@rancid depot I love your kits! Perfect for my niece and nephew!
rancid depot
@lethal lagoon thank you. I have seen your amazing work over the years....
nova totem
Just sent the link to the kit to a friend who was looking for ideas for home schooling her daughter who "wants to build a robot"
urban gale
@robust horizon the only thing I've ever seen is a tape reel tie fighter
robust horizon
that makes me feel much better about some of my 3d printing
split gazelle
i was thinking the same thing @robust horizon
nova totem
Half the challenge of 3d printing is figuring out how to clean up my 3d printer after misprints
urban gale
or keep the cat away from stray filament
glass moat
I have to stop collecting parts and actually get projects going haha
How does everyone else handle this challenge?
solid wyvernBOT
adafruit is live at https://www.twitch.tv/adafruit
lethal lagoon
@glass moat ooh signing up for Adabox is kind of great for that, because it contains everything you need to actually make some projects so there's no delay between sourcing the parts and making the project π and it's fun to get a fully curated box of goodies from Adafruit
glass moat
@lethal lagoon no doubt. Have been with the Adabox since 002 (picked up 001 from MicroCenter) but just thinking/theorizing there being a tool out there where you plug in the ingredients and out spits a recipe aka another project to crank out
lethal lagoon
ooh i love that idea!
this is super useful info! i have a few mems microphones in my stash, and i could never quite figure out how to use them
shell mason
very useful info
dim knot
Clear Adhesive Squares - 6 pack - UGlu Dashes https://www.adafruit.com/product/4813
Adafruit Matrix Portal Starter Kit - ADABOX 016 Essentials https://www.adafruit.com/product/4812
CircuitBrains Deluxe - CircuitPython-compatible SAMD51 Module - by Null Byte Labs https://www.adafruit.com/product/4802
ESP32-S2-WROVER-I Module with uFL - 4 MB flash and 2 MB PSRAM https://www.adafruit.com/product/4760
rancid depot
oooo...getting one of those modules!
dim knot
Adafruit SGP30 Air Quality Sensor Breakout - VOC and eCO2 - STEMMA QT / Qwiic https://www.adafruit.com/product/3709
Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop - Full Computer Kit https://www.adafruit.com/product/4796
Adafruit SGP30 Air Quality Sensor Breakout - VOC and eCO2 - STEMMA QT / Qwiic https://www.adafruit.com/product/3709
Adafruit BMP390 - Precision Barometric Pressure and Altimeter - STEMMA QT / Qwiic https://www.adafruit.com/product/4816
shell mason
new new new new π
queen mantle
What do you guys think of the Zilog microcontrollers? i believe they are called the eZ80. ever used them?
keen badger
should I copy my question from YouTube to here?
glass moat
Parking my question here about having a run through on connecting two 64 x 32 LED panels together (putting two Adabox kits together) and what all is involved there
queen mantle
probably
bronze iris
Hey, can we get matrix portals with the cable connector, or with no connectors soldered on?
rancid depot
the top secret stuff is so cool @open girder
lethal lagoon
ooooh neato!!!
bronze iris
Also, a nice 4 way joystick and buttons via i2c would be greate
echo canopy
Question for the show βdid you see any way to add a camera to the upcoming Pi 400?
split gazelle
matrix = Matrix(width=128, height=32)
robust horizon
@bronze iris I think an i2c gpio expander might help with that -- https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-seesaw-atsamd09-breakout/ is one example
glass moat
Perfect thanks @split gazelle and @dim knotcrew
bronze iris
Can you map the panels? So itβs not just one Kong pannel? Like 4 panels into a square?
robust horizon
Not in CircuitPython, this only makes a longer panel and not a taller pannel @bronze iris
but yeah I think @split gazelle had tricks π
glass moat
Great show!
rancid depot
thanks all! great stuff as always
lethal lagoon
great show! happy wednesday everyone!
split gazelle
@bronze iris if you map out your art in the square and then label your square's real world x and y for matrixes then you can "trick" it πΊ (i hope that makes sense, it's a little confusing)
bronze iris
Not so good for interactive uses
fair fulcrum
in the department meeting where they were telling us to make sure we vote, i asked if they had considered making it a holiday. They answered, "Its not a US holiday, work with your supervisor"....
keen badger
I'm building a small LED strip dimming circuit using a ESP32 feather and MOSFET. It is driving the MOSFET gate at 1000hz. But I'm getting flickering. I added a 1000uf capacitor to the output side of the LED strip but didn't help. Where should I go next in troubleshooting?
viral sail
Thanks @open girder and good night. π
split gazelle
thanks for a great set of shows!
bronze iris
My next project seems to be to port the python displaying to the raspberry pi matrix code base
rancid depot
night!
bronze iris
Thanks for the show!
lethal lagoon
thanks all! goodnight!
nova totem
Great show
dim knot
Night all!
bronze iris
Iβm work8ng hard to move all my code to one python codebase I can deploy in circuitpythin and other targets
I also really want a port of displayio on my Mac for easy testing without the microcontroller
Wishlists.
robust horizon
@bronze iris for that check out what @smoky island demoed on show & tell!
smoky island
@bronze iris https://github.com/FoamyGuy/Blinka_Displayio_PyGameDisplay Here is the repo for it. I have done only Linux and Raspberry Pi testing so far. But as long as you can get PyGame to work on Mac this should work for you I think.
bronze iris
I always miss show n tell, West coast time
smoky island
If you end up giving it a try let me know how it goes and I'll add a note to the readme about whether it works on Mac.
bronze iris
Iβll take a look and let you know!
inner spade
Hello! Doing well given the overarching situation(s). How about you?
viral sail
Hi everyone.
haughty quiver
hello!
lavish patrol
Evening Mr. @haughty quiver
haughty quiver
live on FB! Live on YT!
lavish patrol
@inner spade It sounds like a war zone here. For the best reasons; it's fireworks night.
And now we have bleeps and bloops. π
cinder wind
bloops on the youtubes!
inner spade
Lead-in commercials on YT!
lavish patrol
All The Bloops.
cinder wind
yay audio! and in-sync
inner spade
Voice audio peaking at about -8db. Sounds great!
fallow fractal
Sounds good on YouTube
inner spade
Greasepaint poisoning?
lavish patrol
Lol.
spiral vale
jump
wind spoke
I choose @haughty quiver over #CNN, but wake me up if some breaking news arrive.
lavish patrol
Breaking news - Lars is missing. πΆ
fallow fractal
Those thumbnails are very 2020 YouTube
cinder wind
wait... I think Lars is moving....
inner spade
Of course Lars is moving.
lavish patrol
He's planning something...
cinder wind
uhoh John's drinking uozo again
wow that e-ink image looks really good, only only 3 colors!
shell mason
that eyes look like its from special adabox unboxing
wild urchin
That's Ponyo, right?
spiral vale
@haughty quiver you can probably use cmd-plus/cmd-minus to zoom while the dialog is up
lavish patrol
@spiral vale π
spiral vale
(also cmd-zero to fit to screen)
solid wyvernBOT
adafruit is live at https://www.twitch.tv/adafruit
cinder wind
Is that picture John or Tim Curry?
spiral vale
hard to tell
shell mason
there goes that spooky from Halloween unboxing
haughty quiver
uh oh, crashing stuff!
inner spade
Useful techniques for creating PCB art as well.
cinder wind
yes!
spiral vale
βοΈ totally did something like this for pcb art
cinder wind
I'm totally stealingthis
lavish patrol
Houston...
cinder wind
oh no John ate the tacyons again and his audio is out of sync
waxen thistle
Good afternoon all you wonderful folks
lavish patrol
@waxen thistle Hello.
spiral vale
Adjustments->Threshold or Adjustments->Posterize can do some similar things which can be good for pcb art
viral sail
Thanks @haughty quiver , great Photoshop tips.
bronze iris
welldone
lavish patrol
Blame Lars. I told he was planning something.
inner spade
Nicely done, @haughty quiver !
haughty quiver
thanks much!
shell mason
JohnPark PCB Art
lavish patrol
Thanks @haughty quiver π
cinder wind
Djither
spiral vale
or Dgither ?
lavish patrol
Dibber.
waxen thistle
Ditherydoo
haughty quiver
Dithier, itβs french
lavish patrol
Ditherydon't
modest vector
Hi Scott and all.
rapid hornet
tropic inlet
Hi Scott
simple fractal
i did buy some adafruit stuff. got here finally, mail to canada is rather slow
its actually good timing as it the eink feather thing
still in the package.
i like the youtube chat size. seems larger today. much nicer on my tv
i'm sort of playing with the tinyuf2 bootloader today. for esp32s2
gusty wedge
FWIW, this is like an esp32 (wifi+bt) with native usb, and it's a riscv chip. https://www.bouffalolab.com/bl602
wind spoke
So we can take an ESP32S2 for the build in Wifi, and use AirLift for BLE (but with the current limitation of HCI-BLE).
gusty wedge
The electronics cats crew is testing it, and it's super early... kinda like it was with the esp's a while ago. (there is now esptool o luatool for it, for example)
simple fractal
yes i saw that last week
gusty wedge
Can only buy them in alibaba for now.
simple fractal
and not much docs
gusty wedge
@rapid hornet The board that electronic cats has, does not has a serial programmer.
It looks like the usb traces go straight to the chip.
gusty wedge
@simple fractal Yes, actually the little doc in english there is so far, is from the pine64 people.
simple fractal
i think the sdk has some object only stuff which is what they are eliminating
from cnx-software "First, Sipeed says the code is mostly open-source except for three libraries: ibblecontroller.a, libatcmd.a, libbl602_wifi.a, all of which are un-obfuscated, and easy to disassemble."
is there a winner?
wind spoke
I love election night, I got 4 in a raw for free!
simple fractal
i'm joking. we actually have some americans in town (in canada) and they are keeping me informed
seem logical. vote by mail that is. our provincial election was on a weekend. easy to vote
prime sentinel
Four free what in a row?
simple fractal
lol, i was wondering as well
wind spoke
Four free what in a row?
@prime sentinel Four election night...
Watching CNN until 2AM (in europe)
prime sentinel
Ah, now I get it!
gusty wedge
I know it's not out yet, but I'm guessing we can ask... It that eink with partial updates? What colors?
wind spoke
Belgium turnout is above 90%, all voting in persone on a single day.
Because vote is mandatory in Belgium!
Mostly paper vote and manual count...
gusty wedge
I have been late to the e-ink party. I still want the e-reader that I tough hack-a-day was going to make a bunch of them as they won the feather contest.
wind spoke
It took us 500 days to know who is our prime minister. π
Is it the same as the "cloud" thing that Limor showed in TopSecret?
gusty wedge
I welcome all to come an visit a costarican election. It's such a civic party, we go and vote with our families, we meet old friends at the voting places, it's a day off for everyone, people with cars and buses help people to travel to their voting places, we have no electronic voting at all and the results are always ready in a couple of hours.
prime sentinel
Now that's civilization!
wind spoke
Is it a portal (full with everything) or a FeatherWing (and Limor can do a low power Feather to drive that)?
gusty wedge
Almost all public schools are voting places (and almost all schools are public)
wind spoke
we have no electronic voting at all
@gusty wedge I am since more than 20 years in an NGO fighting electronic voting in Belgium.
solid wyvernBOT
adafruit is live at https://www.twitch.tv/adafruit
modest vector
I definitely prefer vote by mail, specially if they mail you a notice about the smaller elections. I missed a local one once because I was traveling and didn't know about the election until I was already out of town.
gusty wedge
Can we guess what is getting into stock? Pi400? π
gaunt plume
I have a very good guess π
wind spoke
@floral adder turned is Pi400 into a keyboard for another computer. I challenged to turn the Pi400 into a BLE keyboard.
simple fractal
i did order one of the pi400 all in one things from a canadian supplier
wind spoke
Limor knows you are LIVE on stream... she does that on purpose.
simple fractal
scott needs a discount code so we can all buy like mad.
or a referral code at least
timid plover
no JP discount if you watch the recording π
wind spoke
I think Limor and/or Phil are number fetishist, some of the product have a chosen product number to make them special.
SAMD21 with WiFi and BLE ???
gaunt plume
The AirLift ESP32 module has WiFi and BLE
Oo, better error handling in esp32spi π
gusty wedge
BTW, this weekend I'll be building a Meshtastic testnet here in Costa Rica, and if it works, I'll be sending it to an indigenous community in Nicaragua that has just been extra affected by Eta. All of central america is doing bad, but our friends from the miskitu community had is way worst.
glossy flicker
gusty wedge
Sadly, it's arduino code... So later on, I'll try to port it to circuitpython
wind spoke
The AirLift ESP32 module has WiFi and BLE
@gaunt plume But not simultaniously (AFAIK).
gaunt plume
correct
wind spoke
Wifi on the Airlift is in SPI... but HCI-BLE is it SPI or UART?
gaunt plume
UART
nova totem
Oh I want to potentially update my weather display to use that. Not sure why a waether display needs LEDs but I'll find a reason
gusty wedge
Literally, fresh out of the oven.
timid plover
15 in stock...
modest vector
Is there a good table that just lists the differences between all the ESP32 versions? I'm now all confused with S2, WROOM, etc...
gusty wedge
Well, youtube has 138 spectators.
gaunt plume
Literally, fresh out of the oven.
@gusty wedge Literally. I saw it earlier.
cinder wind
so this magtag replaces my maytag clothes washer
nova totem
and dryer too if you flip it over
modest vector
left pier
@modest vector I always look at
https://www.espressif.com/en/products/modules
wind spoke
3 in stock...
gaunt plume
The mini ones are sweet
wind spoke
JPs make a show of 20 minutes to talk about an old product... you don't talk about the product and they are all gone in minutes!
So can you tell us what we have ordered exactly?
gaunt plume
I'm surprised the Pi4k has so many people interested in it, honestly.
timid plover
order first - ask questions later....
gaunt plume
I didn't expect such high interest in it. I run my Pi's headless
timid plover
power switch is under the battery
modest vector
Hehe, I see your electronics have cat hairs all over the place too. I can relate.
gaunt plume
I really like the inclusion of the stemmaQT connectors on all the new hardware (metro esp32s2 surprised me)
wind spoke
Will my Feather ESP32S2 from Unexpected Maker arrive before my MagTag. ??? I guess not!
timid plover
fact of life - plus a good camera π
modest vector
haha, no worries. I was just laughing. I bought some white ikea containers and found out my cat likes to sleep in them more often than I thought. They are now constantly covered in black hairs.
cinder wind
Any functional differences (for CircuitPython) between the ESP32-S2 setup on MagTag vs new ESP32-S2 Metro?
Also switch your camera so we can see your PR π
wind spoke
Forgot to order the "Mini Magnet Feet". π¦
gaunt plume
dang that focus snaps so quickly, my GH4 weeps
wind spoke
The color is well choosen, like the colour of the eInk.
smoky island
what is the utility you use that changes your terminal prompt to show colored git information?
wind spoke
I have two DOIT and I was not able to DO anything with IT. One as Nina, but I failed on the pin to use, the other one has MicroPython.
gusty wedge
This is so weird. Another of those riscv bl602 boards I was showing earlier. One looks and has the pins of a full size SD card.
https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/Uec1d28de1f3542a89ae61476a5478adck/HF-LPS170-BL602-Small-Size-Low-Power-SDIO-Wi-Fi-BLE-Module-Linux-SDIO-2-4G.png
gaunt plume
interesting...
rapid hornet
smoky island
thank you
drifting arch
@smoky island check out https://starship.rs also
left pier
@smoky island check out http://ohmyz.sh
gaunt plume
yes! I just switched to starship last week to test it out and like it.
drifting arch
I switched from ohmy to starship....love it...
I had issues with slowness with ohmy...
gaunt plume
I like how it shows your build env.
simple fractal
i will try it. just to annoy myself π
left pier
I've heard people talk about speed issues and I see plugin speed up stuff in their awesome- repo, but I've not had issues. I'm probably not a power user with too many plugins
simple fractal
yes, like when its red. makes me check what happned
left pier
drifting arch
@left pier you need some font update π
left pier
Yeah, I have to look it up
gaunt plume
@left pier what terminal are you using? iterm?
left pier
iterm2
wind spoke
I have been listening to "street of philadelphia" because CNN was talking about Philadelphia all day.
gaunt plume
@left pier i knew it! In the profile settings, select the font you want to use
wind spoke
And when Limor was saying "Regulator" of low power board, I started to listen to "Warren G Regulators". π
left pier
@gaunt plume tx! All I had to do was check Use builtin powerline glyphs
main flame
This is the sort of task Iβd use git grep to find those hidden references
cinder wind
the UF2 bootloader?
left pier
For anyone who wants to know why that matters
gaunt plume
no more ? block
left pier
... more block ?
gaunt plume
the question mark block icon you had before
left pier
That is now the branch icon
wind spoke
Serious question: Since each board has a different USB ID, would it be possible to have an auto upgrade thing: "Plug the board, double press reset, the script detect what board it is, download the lattest firmware and copy to it"?
drifting arch
οΏ½, or the ? in the block...it's called "tofu"
gusty wedge
Also, Adafruit has amazing covid screening, bleach sprays, etc. Not really, but I would lick a board from adafruit, if I had to.
gaunt plume
...cant say i've done that
gusty wedge
Before covid, I did lick a circuitplayground. My students were scared that we were touching pcb's without static gloves. So, I was showing them that they should not be afraid. (and, it was the back of the board..)
drifting arch
What did it taste of? kinda snakey?
cinder wind
oh now you tell me not to lick the baords
gusty wedge
π
timid plover
seattle after August 15th... is dry for a while π
cinder wind
yes, some text editors will do auto-save and that could trigger a circuitpython reload
wind spoke
But it is Fridge Magnet... but for the outside of the fridge, not the inside.
modest vector
I'll remember that @gusty wedge. I'm mailing CircuitPlaygrounds to my nieces and I had to convince my Brother that even though the components are exposed they are not dangerous. I guess now I'll have to lick them just to prove it π
wind spoke
Bitcoin, you don't need icon.
gusty wedge
@modest vector I also run the (arduino) mega demo before the class, and before I show them what does the board has, I ask them to explore the board in the mindset of children, and as soon as someone gets what one of the demo does, we move to the next one. (and then I show them how to load cpy)
upper sandal
(fyi I downloaded a font from nerdfonts to get the branch icon in starship)
gusty wedge
That vga2hdmi looks like one of the models that can be hacked, and used as SDRs π
simple fractal
ok starship installed on pwsh and wsl2. its actually rather nice.
gusty wedge
radio.killed("radio", "star")
simple fractal
i kept looking for starfish. and starfish shell. lol
drifting arch
video did it π
gaunt plume
Ok, I'm going to hop off and cook dinner. Watching the rest of the stream over the weekend. π
timid plover
I thought you would introduce an error as part of the learning process π
simple fractal
i'm having leftovers later. beef stew and noodles
it will be an almost beef stroganoff
mumbling noises about using vscode π
i actually started on sublime back in the beginning of it, moved on
modern night
can you create a 'secrets.py' and import that?
simple fractal
i was a textmate (or i think it was textmate) user on my mac
left pier
@modern night totally can do that
simple fractal
this code is a lot simpler than the equivalent i have in c/c++
wind spoke
Snow?
simple fractal
running on snow is not recommended
modern night
@left pier cool! The transition from standard python to circuit python is one I'm working on my confidence in. Thank you!
gusty wedge
I've never seen snow. Not sure if I want to... I'm so cold right now (it's at 18C)
smoky island
just ran into this name conflict this morning working on using Blinka_PyPortal with PyGame display π
modest vector
Is asyncio not in circuitpython? If not, has anyone gotten it to work?
left pier
I did not even know that ...
https://docs.python.org/3/library/secrets.html
modern night
my usual one called, 'asecretplace.py' and then write from asecretplace import weatherkeys because it avoids naming conflicts and is sillier
wind spoke
Do we get the REPL on the eInk?
smoky island
@modest vector asyncio itself is not included I think. But we did recently get async and await implementations.
drifting arch
I live in Sweden....I've seen snow π
simple fractal
i felt bad for the Syrian refugees who showed up here mid winter. Luckily they were provided with lots of warm clothes
i read a lot of scandinavian detective/police novels. lots of snow and rain. and cloud and stuff
modest vector
Oh thanks @smoky island and Scott.
I'm trying to get something like this going: https://github.com/sbidy/wiz_light
drifting arch
Taken nearly 5 years ago... Nov. 22
timid plover
new meaning for dress for success !
shell mason
or new meaning as dress for weather
wind spoke
Brace yourself...
drifting arch
...results are coming.
balmy tinsel
In Bellingham a little north of Seattle we got hit by a relatively bad blizzard this Jan
simple fractal
left pier
Going to see snow tomorrow near Seattle at a little Mountain called Rainier
current webcam at visitor center
simple fractal
I think that was my car last december
drifting arch
@simple fractal Cars like to have hats when it's cold π
modest vector
I have yet to understand how anyone can drive in snow. I can walk in it, can't drive in it.
nova totem
shell mason
also that iced car
nova totem
Freak October storm last year, right behind me was a car - now under a tree
simple fractal
This year we had one minor snowfall. and since then rain. so skiing is not ready quite yet
modern night
@modest vector good tires are magic and make driving easier in snow
timid plover
from twitch... https://www.adafruit.com/product/3535 for a second... Some new open hardware projects have their schematics and details in github ( was 3535 pre github ? )
wind spoke
Will Melissa do a Portal library like for Matrix and PyPortal?
gusty wedge
Any new plans for electioncal? sleep() for ~3 years?
drifting arch
what about mid-terms π
wind spoke
Yeah, those big library are... problematic. And using those without the library is not well documented.
left pier
@gusty wedge @drifting arch we need about 100 new volunteers
wind spoke
There are election in January !!!
nova totem
a Feather M0+eInk getting data every 5 minutes via Wifi lasts 3ish days on 350mAh battery (in Arduino so I can sleep it)
wind spoke
4 night of CNN make me an expert!
smoky island
Do you know if there are any crazy big hurdles in the way of having PNG image support in addition to BMP?
wind spoke
(My night are your days).
drifting arch
@wind spoke I 2nd then!
shell mason
the fridge
drifting arch
I would love to try this out using LoRa instead of WiFi...I guess I can do some tests when I get my nucleo power board.
I like to have Pie in my fridge, not Py on it...
gusty wedge
Oh, I do have a pie in my fridge.
sterile forge
reset the board
drifting arch
Emma said she'll bake me a carrot-cake if/when Blue takes the win....
gusty wedge
Thanks for the stream, it was pretty cool as always, and I will know snow sometime. I like silence...
main flame
Thanks tannewt!
cinder wind
Thanks Shawn Scottcroft!
simple fractal
thanks again scott. now i want my magtag. guess i can just play with the eink display π
wind spoke
That was great.
simple fractal
now back to uf2 and shifting bits
balmy tinsel
Thanks for the stream always a good time
modern night
Thanks!
left pier
Thanks !
simple fractal
by all. and happy cat time
rapid hornet
thanks all!
modest vector
Thanks @rapid hornet , great stream again. Didn't buy anythin gtoday since I did my shopping spree yesterday, but you can still take credit π The stream keeps me coming back to Adafruit.
rapid hornet
great! Thank you @modest vector
simple fractal
yes, i ordered a magtag online. should get here next month. π
blazing girder
Was just catching up on @rapid hornet βs livestream, wife walked in the room at 1:18 just as this came up and went nuts that my name appeared on your computer! Thanks π
MagTag also looks awesome for her next project!!
steel turtle
MagTag is sold out..ππ.
open girder
WE ARE LIVE! Desk of Ladyada! https://youtu.be/1EGXlUKwb2s
Every Sunday we work on a STEMMA board, this week we put together two MPR121 variants and also did a bunch of testing with ESP32-S2 based boards like a "Pi Zero" shaped ESP32-S2. While we bring up this board we also released one this week - MAGTAG! A magnetic E-Ink display with WiFi and lots of buttons.
shell mason
MAGTAG special π
all those einks like what 3 color Eink is cool as well and would it be possible for MAGTAG
open girder
yah, we'll have different versions prolly
shell mason
yeah it is the Arial bold font
cinder wind
I want to make a really slow Game of Life on my fridge with this
shell mason
or some special days to count
shy sage
@cinder wind With that onboard accelerometer, you could do a step of the "Game of Life" every time you open the fridge door- might even outlast you or me! π
cinder wind
haha totally, @shy sage
open girder
The Great Search - Right Angle Tactile Switch
https://www.digikey.com/short/zdv87r
Tactile switches go into all our designs. From the mini, to 6x6mm, we like them for all sorts of uses. This week we're going to look at right angle tactile switches including the type we put on the MagTag board for reset+DFU. These switches are easy to pick and place and have a nice clicky feel.
rancid depot
Q: any idea on the current draw of the fridge magnet? How often would it have to be recharged? Any deep sleep modes that can be enabled?
nova totem
@rancid depot I know they're actively working on deep sleep for CircuitPython
open girder
@rancid depot get to that Q in a bit after this search segment
rancid depot
@nova totem oh that would be awesome in extending battery life to up the quality of the projects for sure.
nova totem
Obviously not the same hardware but with a M0+Wifi feather and an eInk display I get about 3 days with a 350mAh battery with adafruit IO refreshes every 5 minutes
rancid depot
That's not bad at all considering the 5 min refresh.
@open girder thanks! Good stuff π―
solid wyvernBOT
adafruit is live at https://www.twitch.tv/adafruit
inner spade
Hello!
lunar pulsar
@rapid hornet will your tiny logic friend support the esp32-s2?
I came across this code example: https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/blob/357a2776032299b8bc4044900a8f1d6950d7ce89/examples/peripherals/gpio/main/gpio_example_main.c
inner spade
Disco bleeps on YT!
viral sail
Good afternoon.
inner spade
Voice audio is a little low; peaking at -10db
cinder wind
You're not the boss of me, JP! goes to page anyway, puts OLED in cart
inner spade
Yeah, same here. It's a weekly ritual now.
rapid hornet
@lunar pulsar not out of the box. I'd like to get back to it at some point though
cinder wind
back in my day with my QuickCam, 16 grays for videoconferencing was all we got, and we liked it!
wind spoke
This is a color screen for colour blind...
Could be interesting for "Pico8" that has 16 colors... I don't know how they match to gray scale.
cinder wind
breaking: adafruit's JP confirms presence of the grays π½
lunar pulsar
@rapid hornet i.MX? I was looking at putting sigrok on an rp4 for direct gpio access and came across your stream.
viral sail
Thanks @haughty quiver
inner spade
Thank you @haughty quiver !
haughty quiver
Right on!
viral sail
Great show & no audio issues today.
haughty quiver
Hurray!!!
rapid hornet
@lunar pulsar I was prototyping on the SAMD51. I think the imx is interesting because it has high speed usb. to be clear: it doesn't work now and needs more software work
waxen thistle
Good morning all you wonderful folks!
rocky reef
good morning folks!
#3DHangouts Episode #304 LIVE β 3D Hangouts β Air Silo, Braincraft Case and iPhone 12 Pro Max #3DPrinting
https://www.youtube.com/adafruit/live
hard hollow
βοΈ
upbeat coral
waiting for commercial to end
waxen thistle
Voice is good π
shell mason
Excellent 
nova totem
I finally get to watch live for the first time in a while
waxen thistle
Happy Birthday!
haughty quiver
β
nova totem
Is all the birthday cake gone, asking the real questions
hard hollow
hiya
waxen thistle
hi right back at ya
dreamy kernel
Hi
waxen thistle
https://www.adafruit.com/holiday#:~:text=Orders do not ship from Adafruit on the following holidays%3A&text=Presidents'%20Day%20*No%20USPS%20pickup,Independence%20Day
rocky reef
Adafruit is open, safely ... and shipping orders at this time within 1 to 2 business days https://www.adafruit.com/opensafely
split gazelle
good morning folks
waxen thistle
Mornin' Liz!
nova totem
Hi to everyone
charred mason
good morning!!
shell mason
β
waxen thistle
I think the Twitch stream went down...
split gazelle
hey @waxen thistle !
nova totem
Twitch went down for me
dreamy kernel
same wit hyoutube
viral sail
Good morning everyone.
upbeat coral
me as well\
haughty quiver
hello
waxen thistle
@hard hollow @rocky reef -- gremlins got the livestream again π¦
haughty quiver
This content is TOO POWERFUL! There are forces at work trying to stop us from finding out!
waxen thistle
Morning JP
waxen thistle
Back on Twitch π
split gazelle
it back!
upbeat coral
commercial again, must be back
dreamy kernel
yep
nova totem
and frozen again at the same part basically
split gazelle
gremlins are chomping every other packet
nova totem
oh i'm back
waxen thistle
Yay, back.
split gazelle
moving right along now, electric mayhem style
waxen thistle
"Electric Mayhem Style" is an excellent name for a rock band.
rocky reef
Adafruit Learning System Learn Guide
IOT Air Quality Monitor Learn Guide
https://learn.adafruit.com/air-quality-sensor-silo-house
IO updated mini-tour https://twitter.com/brentrubell/status/1325847550642053121
New Parts! 3D Parts on GitHub https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CAD_Parts
Adafruit Fritzing Library parts https://github.com/adafruit/Fritzing-Library/tree/master/parts
waxen thistle
Hulk rip.
rocky reef
LAyer by Layer CAD chat in #Fusion360 Air Quality Sensor https://youtu.be/UlRyUzP55ts
waxen thistle
Those glue sheets are pretty rad, I wonder how they'll hold up being exposed to temperature & humidity differentials
nova totem
I had success coating my electronics I leave outside in "corrosionx". Aimed at boats and ships but I've seen demoed for RC planes and stuff too that may get wet
charred mason
looks awesome, I wonder what is the temperature operation range for the sensors.
It can get pretty chilli in Canada
solid wyvernBOT
adafruit is live at https://www.twitch.tv/adafruit
charred mason
I just checked, the PMSA003l might not get there at a range of -10 ~ 60 β but the BME680 looks good at -40β¦85Β°C. Maybe I'll bring it in for the winter π
shell mason
good good
rocky reef
#3DPrinting projects on Adafruit Learning System Learn Guide
https://learn.adafruit.com/braincraft-camera-case
BrainCraft HAT
https://www.adafruit.com/product/4374
waxen thistle
Space Cowboy -- that'd be a great TV series. Really could find some serenity watching it during trying times.
?showtimes
arctic abyssBOT
JP's Product Pick of the Week - 4pm ET Tuesdays
3D Hangouts - 11am ET Wednesdays
Show & Tell - 7:30pm ET Wednesdays
Ask an Engineer - 8pm ET Wednesdays
Desk of Ladyada - Random hacker times
John Park's Workshop - 4pm ET Thursdays
Deep Dive w/Scott - 5pm ET Fridays
rocky reef
Timelapse Tuesday:
iPhone 12 Case Pro Max / Mini
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4648523
https://youtu.be/QEOANEMKae8
viral sail
Thanks @rocky reef & @hard hollow . See you guys tonight.
split gazelle
great show!
nova totem
great show guys
waxen thistle
Thanks for another awesome show!
charred mason
see ya! and thanks!
rocky reef
thanks so much for hanging out folks!
hard hollow
take off bulletproof vest
waxen thistle
Good to see everyone here, y'all are awesome folks. Keep being good and doing good in this world π
hard hollow
thanks folks πΈ
leaden trail
Bother. Just tuned into Show and tell, took many minutes to realize it starts at 4:30 again now.
haughty quiver
?showtimes
arctic abyssBOT
JP's Product Pick of the Week - 4pm ET Tuesdays
3D Hangouts - 11am ET Wednesdays
Show & Tell - 7:30pm ET Wednesdays
Ask an Engineer - 8pm ET Wednesdays
Desk of Ladyada - Random hacker times
John Park's Workshop - 4pm ET Thursdays
Deep Dive w/Scott - 5pm ET Fridays
leaden trail
4pm PT start got burned into my brain during the first part of the covid lockdown.
wind spoke
YouTube is down... and it is not just me. Site is OK, video are not loading.
lucid marsh
same
wind spoke
If restream (is that what adafruit use) is alive, then maybe Twitch will do the trick: https://www.twitch.tv/adafruit
waxen thistle
Twitch.tv/adafruit is typically available -- with lower latency times than Youtube from what I've seen.
@wind spoke Also, the show hasn't started yet -- ETA 3mins
plus or minus a few mins for setup, etc
open girder
Link to join to show and share your project: https://streamyard.com/teu3bxdjgq
waxen thistle
Also, good evening all you wonderful folks!
viral sail
Hi everyone.
gaunt plume
π
split gazelle
good evening folks
sage aspen
Good evening
open girder
WE ARE LIVE! SHOW AND TELL! https://youtu.be/B2uQ5SHIxfw
buoyant mantle
hi
gaunt plume
Hi!
open girder
try twitch if youtube is down https://www.twitch.tv/adafruit
rapid hornet
sage aspen
hi
split gazelle
education loves carts
gaunt plume
I miss UMass' makerspace, unfortunately closed during covid :\
solid wyvernBOT
adafruit is live at https://www.twitch.tv/adafruit
open girder
split gazelle
hyped for magtag
waxen thistle
*looks up magtag
shell mason
Magtag hype
gaunt plume
waxen thistle
*wallet says "what are you doing to me?!", but my heart says yes
nova totem
Goood evening everyone!
nova totem
My magtag should arrive tomorrow or friday
split gazelle
mine was not safe yesterday afternoon
waxen thistle
@gaunt plume You'd think it's safe, but it's a false sense of security. π
nova totem
@split gazelle Neither was mine, but I emptied most of my wish list (that's good and bad!)
shell mason
@waxen thistle you can always get ready
waxen thistle
@split gazelle That's what mine said on Friday with a new 3D printer that should be in sometime this week
waxen thistle
@split gazelle And it's a budget printer that has more features than my Prusa Mk2s -- I nabbed a XVICO X3S for a sweet discount, cheaper than what I paid for my b&w laser printer.
We really are in the future when it's cheaper to print in 3D than on paper.
gaunt plume
rufio (?) is adorable
split gazelle
rufio will not be machine learned
waxen thistle
Machine learn all the things!
A wyze camera is what monitors my 3d prints, it lacks any semblance of intelligence sadly.
tulip canyon
Really liked Colin's eink vid. No idea that's how colour worked
waxen thistle
Colin's videos are indeed a treat.
Very slick UI for Adafruit IO.
Feed me, Seymour! ~Adafruit IO feed for plant watering project.
split gazelle
super awesome @gaunt plume !
nova totem
@gaunt plume Very nice work, I look at Adafruit IO almost daily and while it was easy to read before now it is even more clear. Have to play with it some more still
open girder
youtube is really down, wow - https://twitter.com/Tri_Becca90/status/1326678539261804544
smoky island
π yay darkmode!
waxen thistle
For anyone who depends on Youtube, this makes the case for a distributed broadcast/video network.
YT down? Check out Twitch, Periscope, Facebook, Linkedin, etc
split gazelle
whoa that's really quick
nova totem
I'm excited to play with this
split gazelle
same! that's so fast for eink
waxen thistle
That really looks slick
nova totem
Yup I'm watching my weather display update and it takes a just annoyingly long time. and to add in grey scale for.. not sure
waxen thistle
π¦
split gazelle
party parrot is my new go-to graphics thing
nova totem
it's a great graphic to use, colorful, fun, recognizable
waxen thistle
It's your hello world for a LED Matrix
split gazelle
super cool @buoyant mantle !
waxen thistle
Indeed, that's some awesome work @buoyant mantle
lilac tusk
I love show n tell
waxen thistle
@buoyant mantle If you want, go ahead and drop a link to your project/site in the chat π
buoyant mantle
https://technochic.net/blogs/technochic-diy-projects/diy-lady-gaga-led-mask-from-the-2020-vmas I will be updating this post soon with more!
lucid marsh
Is that unicorn horn for sale anywhere? Literally asking for a friend
hasty chasm
SnT is often the best part of my week. it's easy to get sidetracked by life and lose excitement/motivation for side projects. Seeing other folks get excited about their awesome projects (like @buoyant mantle ! so rad!) is the best cure π
viral sail
Great work everyone. Thanks for sharing.
nova totem
Great projects everyone
split gazelle
@lucid marsh i think this is it: https://www.adafruit.com/product/4809
waxen thistle
Indeed, a hearty parrot to everyone who shared and everyone who's inspired by those sharing! π¦
split gazelle
great projects!
lucid marsh
ayy thanks @split gazelle !
buoyant mantle
You can also find pics of the mask on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/technochic/
wind spoke
Here is the link to the time taker: https://gist.github.com/dglaude/75b90856b7fbab4632788a63f2694f82
nova totem
@buoyant mantle That mask is so cool, love seeing light react to sound
waxen thistle
About time we got a clue that keeps time π
buoyant mantle
@nova totem Thanks! It literally made everyone gasp when I started talking on Halloweeen!
nova totem
@wind spoke It's great seeing how the clue can be a keyboard and be something so useful that you can't really do with a traditional keyboard easily
wind spoke
@wind spoke It's great seeing how the clue can be a keyboard and be something so useful that you can't really do with a traditional keyboard easily
@nova totem Next week, I will have a QT-Py doing the same... just using the Scroll Lock key of your keyboard !!! It will type a timecode every time you press the Scroll Lock Key...
open girder
ASK AN ENGINEER 11/11/2020 LIVE! https://youtu.be/JinE4UnVMeA
noble grove
Is there an engineer in the house?
smoky patrol
I see this error. An error occurred. Please try again later. (Playback ID: FPb7V8WRpw2UAZOl)
Learn More. Is it just me?
noble grove
me too
hasty chasm
looks like the you-tubes are still clogged
waxen thistle
@smoky patrol Youtube is having a bad day. Use Twitch/Linkedin/Periscope/etc instead for tonight π
rancid depot
hasty chasm
or periscope: https://www.pscp.tv/w/1MnGnlYEDNmxO
waxen thistle
smoky patrol
Thanks. Twitch works
waxen thistle
There no shame in staying home to help others. If you can't or don't feel comfortable doing anything else to help others, doing nothing can sometimes be the best thing.
nova totem
We just went into a close to 100% lockdown again here, it is no fun
simple fractal
well we are supposedly on a two week almost lockdown. but people arent playing nice. oh well
waxen thistle
.....20% off? that's insane. crazy. wild. amazing.
simple fractal
lol
nova totem
wish I had that two days ago... guess i'll just have to order again
simple fractal
true. i would have ordered all the magtags
leaden trail
Have ASK on periscope, but not working on youtube or twitch.
simple fractal
working on twitch
waxen thistle
Twitch is solid for me
rancid depot
@open girder I just enabled 2 factor on my account! π
simple fractal
same here. which doesnt help where it doesnt work. lol
we need a 3rd bruce, just saying, invite all the Bruce
ivory flax
I've already done the two factor last month, does this still count towards the 20% discount
waxen thistle
Adafruit IO is such a gem
ivory flax
Lol
simple fractal
seems right. although i was watching some news just before
leaden trail
I already have 2-factor turned on, do I still get the coupon?
nova totem
And 2 factor is on
waxen thistle
"Be prepared."
Aerosols linger for hours, so wear a mask if someone else might've been there.
Surgical masks are cheap, disposable. And pockets are big π
rancid depot
"chopping down the door!!??" that's NYC living for you
waxen thistle
Wallet, phone, keys, and mask.
plucky glen
I am unable to make any Express board work with the Arduino IDE. In fact, after a few uses, my Windows 10 machine refuses to acknowledge the existence. I've tried every express board, including Circuit Playground, Itsy-Bitsy M4, and Feather M4. A couple uploads, and suddenly it is gone unrecoverably. I've asked many times in the fora, and I'm not getting useful answers (or any answers). I want to do projects, but right now they are C/C++ projects, and I've been stuck for weeks! How can I get a workaround?
tacit pine
Qeustion about voice bonnet: is ist p[ossible to insert audio from an external source via the privacy switch?
simple fractal
i have multiples in car, backpack,various pairs of pants.
2fa as well. and saved the emergency code
tacit pine
???? no sound on twitch?
waxen thistle
β±οΈπ΅ @haughty quiver's MakeCode Minute was 2min 30sec of sweet tempo changing beats π΅ β±οΈ
Lars is groovin' it at Disco Park.
tacit pine
nm, forgot I had hadphones plugged in
waxen thistle
@tacit pine Check the bottom left corner to see if the stream isn't accidentally muted, and if the volume slide is engaged -- refresh the stream π
simple fractal
lol
i've had various things playing to bluetooth, somewhere
lol, seems like there was not a lot of thought that went into the tariffs. amazing.
waxen thistle
There were some electronics items, such as the GoXLR that jumped in price by 25%. Which really didn't help encourage spending for specialty electronics companies that operated on a slim margin.
rancid depot
I hope Limor gets invited back to the White House
waxen thistle
[I put off a purchase because of it, still hoping it drops in price eventually.]
tacit pine
Louis Rossmann couldn't improt/resell good microsocopes because of how the tariffs were deployed
simple fractal
critical thinking, another useful skill
upbeat coral
I liked having a manufacturing job so I could afford to buy things
waxen thistle
@simple fractalHence why I'm here encouraging the DIY/Maker movement. I benefit from people being smarter and more thoughtful.
lilac tusk
Speaking of makers
distant junco
Amen (patent reform). Have felt that pain firsthand
lilac tusk
I finally launched the LiPo power pack that works with the Qt Py https://www.oakdev.tech/store/p6/LiPo-Power-Pack.html#/
wind spoke
@open girder Why is the MagTag logo black and white... and has a gray scale screen.
nova totem
Another great reason to buy from ethical companies. I'd rather pay more for someone that will fight for "good"
wind spoke
@open girder Software patent ??? Software is math, how can we have patent on math?
buoyant mantle
Whaaaat that is so cool. Garden roomba!
simple fractal
lol, i was in court as an 'expert' witness involving some accounting computer thing. The judge went off on a tangent about printers. Lots of talk about nothing.
charred mason
Does it detect dandelions? I need one π
tulip canyon
π’ β₯οΈ
simple fractal
i wish i had a garden
wind spoke
Full disclosure: I have been lobbying (more than 10 years ago) against the software patent directive in Europe, and I know the current and some previous president of the FFII that has been fighting that.
simple fractal
then i could get a robot to weed
tulip canyon
Chris Anderson (former wired editor) had a mini review of turtill.
ivory flax
I think the weeds have to be less than 2" tall
waxen thistle
We work better and go farther together.
split gazelle
it's dangerous to go alone
tulip canyon
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
lucid marsh
help me explain my sword budget to my accountant
nova totem
learning to work with others is such a valuable skill, for almost everything
plucky glen
It is complicated. Turns out that neither software nor hardware should be patentable, and if you look at it in detail, neither copyright nor patent are the solution. The goal is a sui generis law, a law specific to protecting intellectual property expressed as either hardware, software, or a combination. We were worried about this in the mid-1980s, but the people responsible for the laws being passed don't want to be bothered with real problems, instead giving us DCMA (which I claim does not stand for "Digital Millennium Copyright Act" but "Disney Must Conquer All", because this terrible law was pushed through and passed by technically incompetent legislators because Disney was handing out massive bucks because the copyright on Mickey Mouse was about to expire. Well, it expired anyway, and 20 years later we are suffering from this really bad law. But neither copyright nor patent work right for either hardware or software, but getting a good law would require both competent legislators and motivation to do the Right Thing, as opposed to the The Thing That Brings In Campaign Funds. I was there in the middle of this in the 1980s at the Software Engineering Institute. Look up Pamela Samuelson for detailed discussions of copyright/patent problems.
waxen thistle
@split gazelle well said.
Major Adafruit IO facelift -- fresh coat of paint, new features, shuffled things around to better places.
simple fractal
Nice stuff
can looks interesting. i have a ton of can hardware. now more things to experiment with
open girder
waxen thistle
tulip canyon
Wearable project idea for MagTag eInk display
simple fractal
i think my downstairs neighbour fireplace is leaking into my place. Time to dust off my air quality sensor
viral sail
Gray dirt, it looks like if you dig deep enough you get to the Moon.
tulip canyon
Would love to see examples of ML transfer learning on Braincraft
Something I struggle with using Pi and AIY cams
waxen thistle
Breathe deeply, Noe & Pedro have an air quality sensor project.
nova totem
The looks way nicer then my outdoor enclosure for which I printed a... box
ivory flax
Is there a guide in finding a 3-D printer on a budget
waxen thistle
simple fractal
there are some great youtube creators that only look at 3d printers.
lucid marsh
@ivory flax there was recently a conversation about this in #help-with-3dprinting
scroll up a bit
distant junco
@ivory flax I find that https://all3dp.com/ is a good source of information
ivory flax
Thank you all. Love what the Brothers do in their projects
simple fractal
now i need to look at my youtube subscribe list.
https://www.youtube.com/user/ThomasSanladerer
I like his reviews.
tacit pine
except 2G is service is getting harder to find. lcoally, a phone doesn't work unless it's at least 3G.
lucid marsh
does that mean the 2g and 3g microchips that bill gates implanted in me will need to be upgraded?
simple fractal
lol
i was looking at the new UWB tags coming. those look fun
actually for a tracking app that is pretty reasonable. we were quoted more like $20/vehice/month last year
fair fulcrum
Costs a little more than a CalAMP TTU2830, but is more flexible, open source and more capabilities.
split gazelle
the new new new remix
nova totem
I was just wearing my Adabox mask today
waxen thistle
dim knot
Standard Adult Disposable Masks - Black Surgical-Style - 50 pk https://www.adafruit.com/product/4824
Adafruit BME280 I2C or SPI Temperature Humidity Pressure Sensor - STEMMA QT https://www.adafruit.com/product/2652
waxen thistle
Bow ties are cool.
tulip canyon
The Particle tracker looks great. I'm often out of cell range and need to rely on a satellite product like SPOT. Is there any open source Satellite comms?
dim knot
DIY Light Up Blinky Bow Ties Kit - 10 Pack https://www.adafruit.com/product/4810
tacit pine
@waxen thistle heh... Whovian, I take it?
dim knot
DIY "Be a Unicorn" Light-Up Unicorn Headband Kit https://www.adafruit.com/product/4809
SMT Socket Header Kit for FeatherWings https://www.adafruit.com/product/4743
distant junco
ok.. that smt Feather Header kit is kinda sweet
open girder
dim knot
Adafruit MagTag Starter Kit - 2.9" Grayscale E-Ink WiFi Display https://www.adafruit.com/product/4819
Adafruit MagTag - 2.9" Grayscale E-Ink WiFi Display https://www.adafruit.com/product/4800
wind spoke
It is complicated .... I was there in the middle of this in the 1980s at the Software Engineering Institute. Look up Pamela Samuelson for detailed discussions of copyright/patent problems.
@plucky glen Very interesting. I am happy with Copyright for software, and that seems to make sense and work for protecting Free Software. Also make sense internationaly (even with Napoleon vs AngloSaxon difference). But I can agree the lenght of Copy protection is too long. I am not sure I like sui generis new right like what Europe did for database. But sure patent is not right for software. (What is the status with "Alice").
split gazelle
i love a font
wind spoke
Please, make the font use grey scale...
distant junco
countdown to the McRib π€£
tulip canyon
If retail was still a thing this would be the future product price tag.
fair fulcrum
we know what Mr LadyADA's 2020 highlight is.
wind spoke
@open girder Why is the MagTag logo Black and White?
gaunt spear
Question: what is the model / part number of the 7.5mm speaker/buzzer on the Magtag (and PyPortals + CircuitPython Express), and can it be used to playback music / arbitary waveforms?
distant junco
Question: I absolutely love the Adafruit Grand Central M4, because it exposes almost all of the pins - which helps me to quickly prototype an idea before creating a custom PCB. Any thoughts on releasing "all-ish the pins" boards for ESP32-S2 or NRF52840?
wind spoke
@open girder Could you work on grey scale font (to have better reading)?
Make it double the size, then divide by two.
dithering
tacit pine
Question, unless already answered: is it possible to inject external audio into a voicebonnet via the priavacy switch?
plucky glen
I have problems with express boards working with Arduino IDE C/C++. Will these problems be fixed?
waxen thistle
Use a password manager, never reuse a password, and if you're asked for security questions, treat them just like a password -- randomly generate them.
plucky glen
I have posted in the forums, and all I get is "me, too"
waxen thistle
@open girder Thanks again for another awesome evening of shows.
viral sail
Thanks @open girder and good night. π
waxen thistle
Remember folks to keep doing good and being good in this world π
wind spoke
Second wave here in Belgium... and Europe.
meager iron
this was great fun to watch. thank you!
shell mason
vaccine is close too
split gazelle
thanks for a great evening of shows
nova totem
Great shows
buoyant mantle
Ah I miss the city so much. β€οΈ
ivory flax
Thanks for the great show. Good info tonight
fair fulcrum
I love you guys! You are the light in my COVID life <3
waxen thistle
@buoyant mantle Likewise. I'm over in NJ, used to work in the city everyday. Not right now due to health reasons. Miss it terribly at times.
buoyant mantle
Me too! Jersey City! Used to work all over NYC
waxen thistle
I'm just a little bit west of you, near East Rutherford/Lyndhurst/Clifton. And went all over the city too for work, different client sites every day π
rapid hornet
night all!
wind spoke
@rapid hornet Do you have a Scroll Lock key on your keyboard?
buoyant mantle
Jersey City had a big celebration like this too. π
solid wyvernBOT
adafruit is live at https://www.twitch.tv/adafruit
dawn urchin
night all, be well. :)
rapid hornet
@rapid hornet Do you have a Scroll Lock key on your keyboard?
@wind spoke Nope, I don't
wind spoke
@wind spoke Nope, I don't
@rapid hornet Then you are stuck with the CLUE and you cannot use my QT-Py timer for taking timestamp. π¦ https://github.com/dglaude/my_qtpy_trick/blob/main/meeting_timestamp_keyboard.py
rapid hornet
np
lavish patrol
Good morrow good people.
haughty quiver
hello!
lavish patrol
Hello @haughty quiver
viral sail
Good afternoon.
lavish patrol
Bleeps and Bloops.
nova totem
Hello everyone
haughty quiver
hurray!!
inner spade
Bleeps and bloops on YT!
nova totem
My magtag is literally on a truck for delivery on its way to my house "soon"
inner spade
Voice audio levels are perfect! Peaking at -6db ish.
waxen thistle
Good afternoon all you wonderful folks!
shell mason
good afternoon Bruce
cinder wind
"oh no big woop, just going to make a synth with arpeggiator in MakeCode" -- @haughty quiver
waxen thistle
Lars is sus, I saw him vent.
lavish patrol
Lars is planning something...
waxen thistle
Might be lunch, might be thermonuclear war against Martians. We never really know.
shell mason
great cool MagTag there with John Park
cinder wind
"THERE ARE FOUR COLORS"
shell mason
waxen thistle
cinder wind
Now do the O'Reilly book animals! https://www.oreilly.com/content/a-short-history-of-the-oreilly-animals/
solid wyvernBOT
adafruit is live at https://www.twitch.tv/adafruit
shell mason
you are late twitch bot
autumn turret
Is the 90 degree USB-C adapter available in the shop?
viral sail
Thanks @haughty quiver
lavish patrol
cinder wind
how do I play DooM on MagTag
waxen thistle
Thanks @haughty quiver for another awesome show -- and thanks to everyone behind the scenes with the development of MagTag!
cinder wind
oooo JP's got a guitar pedal now!
lavish patrol
Another great show @haughty quiver π
inner spade
Excellent workshop show today @haughty quiver . Thanks!
haughty quiver
Big four color grayscale thank you to the developers, yes!
pastel sail
Dang that microcontroller is only $35
haughty quiver
Packs a lot in for the price, itβs true!
Sign up now to be notified when itβs in stock β guaranteed to be easier to get than a Playstation PS5!
autumn turret
Wow, you really went there @haughty quiver? lol
I'm eyeballing the Magtag starter kit. 5$ more for the magnet feet and battery? No brainer!
haughty quiver
Iβm bitter because I got one into my cart on walmart earlier and then it crashed so many times that my cart was empty before I could buy it :)
Agreed, those are good add-ons
autumn turret
Ouch. That's a bitter pill π¦
haughty quiver
haha, I may lick my wounds by plugging in the original PlayStation and playing some Destruction Derby.
autumn turret
Actually, would those M3 magnetic feet fit on the Gizmo?
autumn turret
I was going to say, get a PS2, peel the "2" and paste it backward π
haughty quiver
sounds legit
autumn turret
Great show btw, thanks a bunch
haughty quiver
thank you!
sterile forge
@haughty quiver @cinder wind The word your looking for in reference to to the o'rielly book covers is colophone. The images are all animals. An example is the Perl book is the Camel book.
haughty quiver
Thank you @sterile forge
gusty wedge
Hi. You should all see the afternoons we are having here in Costa Rica.
timid plover
looking forward to today's Deep Dive with Scott - I mean @rapid hornet π
gusty wedge
Good bug hunting?
rapid hornet
notes doc is here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1avYDJaOA1ouENq6eWsU0PrRDWgVuF8we4yMSVquDYmo/edit?usp=sharing
wind spoke
white cat ballance?
modest vector
Hi Scott and all
simple fractal
Hello all. On a conference call here. lol
gusty wedge
I hear this is the place to win btc's π¦
I got one from Helium's discord, but none from here.
modern night
Mods have been awesome in response
gusty wedge
Yeah, all mods are always faster than me.
wind spoke
Unhappy with DHL because my MagTag is not at home yet... they said Monday or come and pick it before 18H00!
nova totem
My MagTag showed up yesterday my plan was to play with it now though work won't go away
timid plover
clue "types in" a time code - as in faking a keyboard - ( to a window that has focus ? )
wind spoke
Yes, let me find the link.
cinder wind
yay widgets!
gusty wedge
Have you made your magtag night table clock yet?
wind spoke
clue "types in" a time code - as in faking a keyboard - ( to a window that has focus ? )
@timid plover https://gist.github.com/dglaude/75b90856b7fbab4632788a63f2694f82#file-best_version-py
simple fractal
my basket has $167 worth in it lol
timid plover
at 2-factor authentication and get 20% off ????
gusty wedge
Actually my 2fa dev is not a phone, is a pyportal π
digital crescent
You should put esp32s2 web server on your plan.
sterile forge
Hello to everybody watching
gusty wedge
(no idea how to get the long code that cloudflare gives and use it either with cpy or pyotp...)
balmy tinsel
Is 2fa on Pyportal an Adafruit only thing or would that work with other accounts?
gusty wedge
I have it for github, and several other places. It's standard, works like PyOTP.
sterile forge
google has it too!
balmy tinsel
Might have to check that out, it'd be nice to have a different device for 2fa
simple fractal
i use authy and 1password (which also has totp_
gusty wedge
Yeah, sha1 has been out for 15 yearsh is.
Maybe it would be a nice thing to improve adafruit's ssl.
wind spoke
Collision...
nova totem
This stuff always gives me a headache whenever I dive into certs
simple fractal
like my hair , weak roots
wind spoke
So it is missing an option that does not disable SHA-1 for root but refuse it for all other level.
Checking certificate also mean having a good clock and checking the validity too.
Once you said: Circuit Python is not for security... so you could accept weak certificate to maximise the number of server it can connect to.
Of course Adafruit.io is important. π
waxen thistle
Good afternoon all you wonderful people!
wind spoke
What would be interesting is clear instruction on how to add a trust authority (root) so that I can put the "company" PKI in CP gadget where I would recompile the firmware.
simple fractal
good afternoon to you as well π
gusty wedge
Well, CircuitPython has been and will be in space, so making it insecure is not a good idea as well.
waxen thistle
Aliens using it as a foothold
solid wyvernBOT
adafruit is live at https://www.twitch.tv/adafruit
gusty wedge
But sha1 is like starting to port something to python2 π
simple fractal
back when i was doing it support i spent a fair amount of time getting webservers secure.
wind spoke
So in python also we get an error for such a self-signed certificate. We can fix the same by passing the certificate
req = urlopen("https://dev.tarunlalwani.com/testme", cafile="/vagrant/certs/selfsigned.crt")
req.read()
'GET /testme \n'
simple fractal
interesting
wind spoke
I am interested in Ethernet.
waxen thistle
Might not be fort knox, but at least you're getting the low-hanging fruit.
wind spoke
You have 3 network stack... Nina, ESP32S2 and that Wiz(?) 5000(?) ethernet module. What else.
Full Disclosure: I was a Cisco trainer and network eng. (and my first job before that was to build a PoC PKI).
simple fractal
lol, i was on the other side as a user of cisco stuff. and meraki.
waxen thistle
I'm on the SAN-side of Cisco & Brocade -- oh the joys.
modern night
wow, that's a testy bug. Nice job narrowing it down and finding it
wind spoke
Is there a macro processing that could help put readable firmware message, but that do not have a cost at runtime?
waxen thistle
LAs follow the old adage: "You think it's working? Prove it."
Same goes to Wireshark with networking π
balmy tinsel
Volume is fine
gusty wedge
Clever people whomever developed that.
wind spoke
But then why only 2 shade of gray?
And then someone will explain how they make 7 colors. π
glossy flicker
Oh man...hearing how the fancy 7-color panels (like the new Pimoroni board) work I think might melt my brain
modern night
I might be completely missing something--but if the arduino and circuit python got different grays, and these cycles are kind of different, can you get more 'gray resolution' out of the panel?
wind spoke
So take that 7 one and LadyAda ESP32S2 Pi size board.
modern night
that makes sense
glossy flicker
Limor mentioned on a "Desk of...", I think, that she got one of the raw panels to start playing with...but it's not out yet π
cinder wind
was it Ben Krasnow's stuff? https://hackaday.com/2017/10/31/ben-krasnow-hacks-e-paper-for-fastest-refresh-rate/
modern night
Could it be Juul's work?
waxen thistle
Imagine a 10" full-color eink paper, as a PDF/comic book reader.
wind spoke
Can I shake the screen real hard and "erase" the image? Etch-A-Sketch style.
glossy flicker
lol
wind spoke
Imagine a 10" full-color eink paper, as a PDF/comic book reader.
@waxen thistle Tell me, I am Belgian.
waxen thistle
eink bleeding red? That's horrifying. But great around halloween...
nova totem
So far my eink with red isn't bleeding but if it starts i'll bandage it and get a picture
wind spoke
Has been sitting in a drawer for 6-12 month...
This is supposed to be black and white on a red capable eInk. So white is now pink.
Joycon for colour check.
nova totem
I now have two ESP32S2 so excited to play
waxen thistle
$87 usd
wind spoke
Put the ESP32S2 "Pi Zero" like board from Limor... (is that top secret).
You can talk to Gadgetoid... he wrote the code (likely).
modest vector
I have a question that's not eink related: my qtpy does not automatically reload whenever I save a file. How can one enable that for other boards?
waxen thistle
And I also have a question unrelated to anything discussed so far: Were stats collected from the voting site you created? How many people used it?
modest vector
Oh no! I liked this bug, haha.
waxen thistle
Excellent turnout -- last I heard it was in the mid-60%
wind spoke
Belgium as 90+ % turnout of all citizen in age of voting... (vote is mandatory)
There is a German Word for that...
waxen thistle
+1 for that request -- i'm in the middle of building a sturdy performance PC, and flakey USB is something I won't tolerate either
I'm using a Macbook Pro 16" right now, Catalina. But I'm thinking of getting a performance Win10 machine. With maybe a second bare-metal Ubuntu box with the same higher quality components but not as specc'ed out.
wind spoke
44 bytes is the average size of a long german word...
nova totem
woo! I made the cut
clever summit
Wohooo!
wind spoke
Did we discuss dithering for font to have better readability? What if I could write in black and white to a buffer that is two times bigger than the real screen, and then displayio squeeze to the eInk screen and use grey.
modern night
could you use a variable encoder to compress that, like a dictionary (lz78 or something)?
where would I look in the repo to look into that?
wind spoke
umlaut rulez: Àâü
clever summit
Γ₯Àâ
glossy flicker
lol...nice
clever summit
Any tips for a font that works well on low resolutuon displays?
wind spoke
Maybe you should build on demand...
gusty wedge
I'm not saying no to ninja. But ccache might do this "by accident".
wind spoke
So if you split the error message outside of the compiled code... you can make much less compilation.
Like you could have a defaut short English error message, and a file to drop to have the other languages.
cinder wind
"Error 0x639F3D. Look it up nooob"
wind spoke
Statistics of non us-EN download?
cinder wind
EN-Pirate is required
modern night
could there be a 'error focused' dictionary that'll be built to encode those specifically, and a flag to tell the compression to switch between the standard compressor and the error compressor?
wind spoke
At work we have mandatory multilingual with no prefered language... for 24 languages.
modern night
"A vast majority of what you're compressing are error strings"--is there a place I can find those?
clever summit
Text compression techniques - https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/computer-science/text-compression
modern night
ok, so everything between a " is what you're compressing?
wind spoke
And the dictionary is unique to a language?
modern night
so.. say I write my own compressor and decompressor for those strings--how would I compare my compression to the makeqstrdata.py compression?
thank you!
waxen thistle
Thanks Scott!
wind spoke
That was great...
cinder wind
Thank you @rapid hornet. You are awesome
gusty wedge
Use a pycubed, they have lot's of space π
digital crescent
great show!
modest vector
Thanks Scott!
rapid hornet
Thanks all!
glossy flicker
Good times...thanks, @rapid hornet and all y'all!
simple fractal
thanks scott, missed most of it as i was on a conference call. it looked good.
timid plover
Unhappy with DHL because my MagTag is not at home yet... they said Monday or come and pick it before 18H00!
@wind spoke mine MagTag was supposed to arrive Friday also, but status was updated to say Monday also
open girder
DESK OF LADYADA - Machine Learning Sunday with BrainCraft HAT + Coral Module https://youtu.be/4ByslMN5npQ
solid wyvernBOT
adafruit is live at https://www.twitch.tv/adafruit
open girder
The Great Search - The Great Search - High Current 3.3V Buck Converters
Some specialty items are tougher to search on Digikey.com - so we pair up our search with chip company search tools. In this segment we'll show how I go lookin' for a 3-4 Amp 3.3V buck converter for a Coral inference engine module, with the help of TI.com's power supply assistant.
https://www.digikey.com/short/z04z03
sterile forge
I am lurking. Can not fimd notes doc link
open girder
We are LIVE! https://youtu.be/zRRK9E1yKxs
haughty quiver
check one on the mic
inner spade
sibilance sibilance sibilance
inner spade
much clearer
haughty quiver
whew
cinder wind
sleestaks sleepily slink south
inner spade
YT is working. Audio and video sync is off again.
leaden trail
yt audio out of sync again.
cinder wind
AV SYNC OFF
haughty quiver
drat
leaden trail
Gojira movie time!