live-broadcast-chat

[tame dew]

Does discord eat h e double hockey sticks? Something about Patent trolls...

🔥

[lucid marsh]

the adafruit filter is pretty strict, supposed to be PG in these parts

[tame dew]

That’s a good thing. I just need to remember 😉

[lucid marsh]

🙂

[dim knot]

https://www.adafruitdaily.com/

[lavish patrol]

I'm in my pajamas now. 😀

[waxen thistle]

2020: That's my secret Captain...I'm always in my pajamas.

[dim knot]

https://learn.adafruit.com/

[autumn turret]

Is there any reason to change out of pajamas?

[shell mason]

CyberAda CyberFruit for 2021

[lavish patrol]

When taking a bath...

[shell mason]

@waxen thistle have you check what finns do in pajamas?

[tame dew]

@lavish patrol for the remainder of #2020 #dumpsterfire

[lavish patrol]

@tame dew Yep. 😄

[autumn turret]

Sounds like a lot of work. And why not wash pajamas at the same time?

[lavish patrol]

Do tell...

[tame dew]

I love the digital sand #2020

Good riddance

[waxen thistle]

Turn 2020 into digital dust -- CircuitPython-powered Infinity Gauntlet.

[tame dew]

Ideally it would light on fire

[waxen thistle]

And now it's a sweet manipulative sand display!

[autumn turret]

@tame dew In 2020 style, it would light on fire INDOORS

[tame dew]

Much calmer and safe

[tame dew]

You read my mind

Probably with a fire extinguisher just on the unreachable side of it

[autumn turret]

That comes to mind

[shell mason]

founds in finland emoji pack the thing

[tame dew]

Twitter: the more you scroll, the worse you feel about humans

[shell mason]

Infinity CyberGauntlet with

[tame dew]

Bring back Google+ where I could safely follow my maker friends

[hot frigate]

Put that on the webpage, regarding the UV detector. I saw it earlier, and immeidiately thought about disinfecting. Didn't read enough to say if you DID highlight it or not, though. Be good if it was there, though, if it's not.

[autumn turret]

Should livestream that selective solder 24/7. Visual ASMR

[wind spoke]

Hi @open girder, I would like to queue a question. The application Tennis Math is working on a physical "Tennis Score Board Display". The author used a Matrix Display 16x8, I am trying to help by searching for low power alternative. It need to be visible from a distance (in daylight mostly). What "technology" can be used for that. It mostly only require big 7 segments display.

[wild urchin]

That's seriously soothing.

[waxen thistle]

I was thinking, I'd probably watch a 24/7 livestream channel of factory footage like this. Put it on in the background, so soothing.

[autumn turret]

Right? Pick & place is cool and all, but selective solder is soooo soothing

[wild urchin]

Giant Honking LCD segments?

[autumn turret]

Might something like the Matrix Portal with the 64x32 LED work out?

[wild urchin]

Giant Honking low-res e-paper?

[lavish patrol]

The Disney Snow Pit...

[wild urchin]

@autumn turret power requirements.

[autumn turret]

Oh, right. Hrmmmm

[viral sail]

Nice sunset. Did you catch the Great Conjunction of Jupiter & Saturn?

[wild urchin]

@open girder if they do put the gold in there, and you don't tunnel in and take the gold, I'll be really disappointed in you.

[autumn turret]

I wonder what the odds are of a time-lapse of the entire Disney build once it's completed

[urban gale]

Don't give them any ideas; they'll turn it into an amusement park

[lavish patrol]

@viral sail I saw two things: Diddly and Squat.

[autumn turret]

Come pretend to be Uncle Scrooge swimming through a vault of coins. Only 20$/minute!

[wild urchin]

@urban gale You know what would be awesome? Hook up a bungee setup so you can do your Disney Villain Death by falling off a ledge, AT the Disney Tower!

[urban gale]

Or a sarlacc pit 🙂

[wind spoke]

I am looking for something low power. Like gigantic eInc, or Mecanical like old clock or anything that do not consume too much.

[wild urchin]

@urban gale That should be in the center, and there should be a spiral slide down into it.

[wind spoke]

I think there are custom eInk like the screen we used to have in "Game and Watch".

[wild urchin]

That's how they get rid of executives.

[waxen thistle]

So many BlitzCityDIY projects on this recap 🙂

[wild urchin]

And just like the Sarlacc, you don't die.

They put you on life support and hold all your voting proxies.

[urban gale]

I hope no one from Disney is reading this

A year of inspiring projects

[viral sail]

@lavish patrol did you have clouds? They're still close this week. Look about 45 minutes after sunset.

[wild urchin]

Soylent Green is Former Cast Members!

[autumn turret]

@wind spoke I'm thinking maybe 4 separate displays, so you're only updating 1 most of the time, and 2 occasionally. Like a repurposed Kindle or similar eInk display

[lavish patrol]

Yeah, I looked, but I thin they were too low in the sky, so behind buildings. I could have walked down the street to get a better view but it was too cold.

[wind spoke]

Yes, I was thinking about multiple eInk, like a farm of MagTag...

[autumn turret]

A possible cheap and dirty way, if there's a way to remote control it, would be an eInk ebook reader, with a page per possible score, and trigger page changes (next, previous, goto page) remotely

[wild urchin]

Some of the abandoned Kindle Fire readers.

[wind spoke]

I found those giant Gas Station screen... they seems to exist in eInk too.

[autumn turret]

That sounds slick

[waxen thistle]

Hmm. Peanut Butter & Jelly. That's almost as good as donuts filled with cannoli cream. Which are called "Donnoli".

[autumn turret]

or custard

[dim knot]

https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/t/texas-instruments/tps63900-75na-iq-buck-boost-converter

[wind spoke]

The phone application already exist (since 11 years or so). There is a prototype screen with a 16x8 matrix. I search something that can be aquired, build, not reuse of old Kindle.

[autumn turret]

From how far should it be legible @wind spoke ?

[wind spoke]

a Tennis court far?

[distant junco]

Can someone share the TI link (if it’s handy)

[open girder]

https://www.digikey.com/short/4c8hvr

[rancid depot]

TI my former employer...they make good power products for sure!

[autumn turret]

Tennis court far, so probably 1 foot/30cm wide by 2 feet/60cm tall per digit?

[distant junco]

This sounds like a great device for v2 of the magtag

[lilac tusk]

Had to look because I use two TI buck converters in two designs

17uA Iq for the 5V buck and 22uA Iq for the 3.3V nice

[viral sail]

@lavish patrolyeah they are very low on the horizon. We had to travel a bit to a suitable site. A local bird sanctuary invited us down, it wasn't supposed to be clear, but we got lucky. https://twitter.com/SkyscraperJim/status/1341219909221675013/photo/2

Jim Hendrickson (@SkyscraperJim)

Despite a dismal forecast, skies cleared unexpectedly just before sunset over @NormanBirdS in Middletown, RI for spectacular views of the #GreatConjunction of Jupiter & Saturn.

Twitter · Nov 4, 2010, 1:42 AM

[worn field]

thx i was looking for a buck boost for my next project

[tame dew]

I love DCDC converters and this is just awesome! Thank you for the ideas!

[distant junco]

This is a super duper useful NPI

[lavish patrol]

I caught the comet earlier in the year... 😄

[dim knot]

Acrylic + Hardware Kit for Adafruit MagTag https://www.adafruit.com/product/4807

[viral sail]

@lavish patrol that is awesome!

[lavish patrol]

Thanks!

[dim knot]

Universal Proto-board PCBs in Various Sizes - 3 Packs https://www.adafruit.com/product/4858

Universal Proto-board PCBs 2cm x 8cm - 3 Pack https://www.adafruit.com/product/4783

Universal Proto-board PCBs 3cm x 7cm - 3 Pack https://www.adafruit.com/product/4784

Universal Proto-board PCBs 4cm x 6cm - 3 Pack https://www.adafruit.com/product/4785

Universal Proto-Board PCBs 5cm x 7cm - 3 Pack https://www.adafruit.com/product/4786

[wind spoke]

Well, maybe that is BIG. This is not for the US Open. 🙂 Typically this is for the two player to be able to see and agree on the score, and for the parents and few spectator to follow.

[viral sail]

Do you have a Flickr account? Where do you share your astrophotos?

[dim knot]

DIY "Twinkling Tutu" Light-Up Tutu Kit https://www.adafruit.com/product/4838

[autumn turret]

Ah, ok. So maybe my dimensions were a little excessive then!

[dim knot]

DIY "Watch Me Sparkle" Light-Up Tote Bag Kit https://www.adafruit.com/product/4837

Smoke Snap-on Case for micro:bit V2 https://www.adafruit.com/product/4852

Translucent Snap-on Case for micro:bit V2 https://www.adafruit.com/product/4853

[autumn turret]

I guess since a 16x8 led board was visible enough

[dim knot]

GPIO Female Socket Riser Header - 2x2 4-pin https://www.adafruit.com/product/4855

Adafruit Prop-Maker Starter Kit - Make your own Lightsaber! https://www.adafruit.com/product/4860

[lavish patrol]

I don't take many astrophotos. It was just that I wanted to catch the comet. And I usually only post photos on Twitter or here or whatever if I think they're worth it. I have a Flickr account but there's nothing on it.

[tame dew]

So envious of the blade

[hot frigate]

A 2x2 was on my mind earlier.... SKR1.4 Turbo DCDC connector pin. I have a 5A 5V power supply, so I don't need the DCDC thingy, but I DO need a 2x2 header!!!

[dim knot]

Adafruit CYBERDECK Bonnet for Raspberry Pi 400 https://www.adafruit.com/product/4862

Adafruit CYBERDECK HAT for Raspberry Pi 400 https://www.adafruit.com/product/4863

[tame dew]

ladyada thinking outside the box AGAIN.

[waxen thistle]

One time being tilted is a good thing 🙂

[autumn turret]

Totally, and making it happen!

[waxen thistle]

I'm loving the angled headers, that's exactly what I was looking for 🙂

[lavish patrol]

@waxen thistle Are you angling for a freebie? 😄

[wind spoke]

This product make you want to have a Pi400 !!!

[wild urchin]

I definitely want one of those. And I want to have some sort of more customized hard keys

[dim knot]

40 Pin GPIO Extension Cable for any 2x20 Pin Raspberry Pi - 150mm / 6" long https://www.adafruit.com/product/4823

[wind spoke]

Pimoroni has the 90° version... but the Adafruit Angle is better. 🙂

[tame dew]

I was lucky enough to get a 400 early on (nit from Adafruit sadly). It is fun

[shell mason]

also that is so cool way and I also show some cool way to use rasberry pi 4 recenly so why not with pi 400

[wild urchin]

I keep wondering if I can't use all the old IDE cables I have around for RaspPi connectors.

I mean, of course not the ones that have the one pin keyed out.

[tame dew]

Does it have the camera header? I need a web cam fir my boring meetings next week

[shell mason]

Orchard Skills have put video where they put windows 10 on arm to raspberry pi 4 running the emulated version but could be cool in rasberry pi 400 with all the cyber things in it

[wind spoke]

Pi 400 dilema for me is the keyboard choice. I can switch between Querty and Azerty. Programming can be Querty, but if I want to share with my kids, then writing in French is important.

[autumn turret]

Azerty physical for the kids, and use Qwerty layout for programming and use muscle memory?

Or maybe external keyboard (defeats the point of the 400 tho) for the alternate layout

[dim knot]

Adafruit LTR390 UV Light Sensor - STEMMA QT / Qwiic https://www.adafruit.com/product/4831

[tame dew]

400 is a chiclet keyboard, so fir ancient hackers that learned to type on a manual typewriter...

[wind spoke]

Yeah I can switch in my mind. Typically I make error for 1 minute until my brain adapt.

[waxen thistle]

@open girder Question: How did your trip to Japan influence the design style of the permaproto board?

[wind spoke]

In the past, Hard keyboard mean I am on a VT terminal, mean it is QUERTY and soft keyboard mean it is a PC.

[autumn turret]

@shell mason - Dunno if you saw, but Jeff has a Pi 400, and is planning on using it for Minimal March

[wind spoke]

Tennis display?

[wild urchin]

Question: 40-pin IDE cables, are they viable for Raspberry Pi connections?

[sterile forge]

You have done very well Phil. Remember all the good you & Limor have done in the past.

[rancid depot]

Q: When PT was reflecting on 2020 and looking ahead to 2021, the passion for Adafruit was showing for sure. What keeps you guys motivated and passionate about your company? Why do you do what you do?

[tame dew]

My 400 is the ansible controller for my entire crazy k8s multi-cluster lab

[viral sail]

This is going to be quite useful for astro data processing.

[tame dew]

“lab” === squirrelly mess of boards, cables and wires barely functioning in my home “office””

[wild urchin]

Question: is there going to be ongoing availability of the Pi3 compute modules?

[worn field]

Questions :what is the best mcu for USB audio device application like sendin audio stream over I2S to a codec? I was looking for ESP32-S2 or STM32G4. Any others choices?

[waxen thistle]

@open girder Another question: What's the difference between the new RPi GPIO cable versus the older one (PID: 1988)?

[tame dew]

Mach 3 flight test that ripped off the SD card cage cones to mind

[autumn turret]

An ESP32-S2 Clue Two? Woohoo!

[tame dew]

https://twitter.com/adamgreig/status/1332140722670219265?s=12

Adam Greig (@adamgreig)

@GregDavill man, i could really have done with one of those a few years ago for my last GPS logger, it turns out the micro SD card holder didn't agree with sudden exposure to mach 3 airflow, RIP that micro SD card

Twitter · Nov 27, 2020, 1:54 AM

When things went wrong

[autumn turret]

Might want to requeue your question @wind spoke

[wild urchin]

Because OF COURSE YOU DID.

[wind spoke]

Requeue for @open girder

[autumn turret]

@open girder - Heads up for David.G's question just above

[wild urchin]

It's "noblesse oblige"

[tame dew]

I think the crown fits pretty well

And it had neo-pixels

[wild urchin]

We can, so we must.

[wind spoke]

Neopixel consume less than Matrix?

[dim knot]

GIFT CERTIFICATES https://www.adafruit.com/category/14

[wild urchin]

Because if we don't, we won't be the sort of people we want to have the privilege we have.

[wind spoke]

Thanks.

[autumn turret]

Quick Discord "scroll to bottom" trick - cursor in textbox, press Esc

[wind spoke]

Except for Adabox. 😦

[waxen thistle]

Question: What's the difference between the new RPi GPIO cable versus the older one (PID: 1988)?

[wild urchin]

The reason I ask about the compute modules is I got a kickstarted Turing system

Well, it's one the way.

[shell mason]

ask of engineer 2020 wrap up

[lavish patrol]

Thanks @open girder

[hot frigate]

Thanks, Happy New Year!

[viral sail]

Thanks @open girder and good night and happy new year. 🌕

[wild urchin]

@open girder "noblesse oblige" is maybe the term you want.

[split gazelle]

thanks for a great set of shows and happy new year!

[autumn turret]

Thanks @open girder and everyone behind the scenes!

[waxen thistle]

Thanks @open girder for an awesome year, and here's to many more.

[autumn turret]

Leave what you don't like in the dumpster fire that is 2020

[dim knot]

See ya all next year!!!

[wild urchin]

The UNIX Epoch MATTERS!

[lavish patrol]

Happy New Year to all.

[tame dew]

@open girder thank you for bringing a lot of joy and curiosity to my sabbatical

[viral sail]

🎆

[autumn turret]

Be the best you that you can be

[wild urchin]

oh, hey, has anybody taken apart a Pi400 yet?

[tame dew]

Dinner!

[urban gale]

@open girder Thanks for sharing and inspiring. Happy 2021 everyone!

[wild urchin]

See if they can repurpose the mainboard into another keyboard box?

[lavish patrol]

Bedtime for me. 🥱

[autumn turret]

@wild urchin I saw a teardown on Youtube a few weeks ago

[lavish patrol]

G'night all.

[proven crow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqpylxLhw98

[autumn turret]

g'night @lavish patrol

[tame dew]

Jeff is awesome. Watch his videos and read his blogs.

[autumn turret]

I saw this one which was pretty good https://youtu.be/nopc7mJUDkM

[wild urchin]

Anybody who's seen the original Shadowrun RPG book probably can figure out what I'm thinking of for cyberdeck.

and, turingpi cluster: https://turingpi.com/v1/

If I get it working, I'll let people know.

[tame dew]

I’ve been building a raspberry pi 4 8gb x8 cluster. Since the Turing pi 2 and CM4 wasn’t available in late November.

I also plan to build a ceph cluster once the m.2 carrier boards fir CM4 are available. For my use case I only need eMMC, Ethernet, PoE header, PoE HAT and m.2 pcie connector for an NVME. Not sure what 8x of those with say 8x 1TB m.2 NVME might be capable of. But Jeff Geerling clocked m.2 at 500 Mb/s...

[wild urchin]

That's ... intense.

I mean, I was mostly thinking of it as a Kube practice system.

[shell mason]

@autumn turret I have access to that builds as well but need to get those pi400 ones

[sly spade]

Hi guys 🙂

[sacred isle]

Hiya! If anyone was interested in making the pyportal computer monitor thing, I've put all my code over into this repo. (Note: I'm not that great at python :p)
https://github.com/tandpfun/pyportal-computer-monitor

[open girder]

DESK OF LADYADA - Happy New Year - It was a Featherfull long weekend https://youtu.be/1RC5X6qOYYE

[viral sail]

Good afternoon.

[inner spade]

👋

[haughty quiver]

hi there!

Happy New Year!

[viral sail]

Happy New Year @haughty quiver

[inner spade]

bleeps and bloops on YT!

[viral sail]

two thousand twenty one

[inner spade]

voice level is a tad low; -12db peak

can hear a bit of the HVAC resonance in the background

sync is perfect!

[cinder wind]

oh no it's in sync

[inner spade]

just went out of sync on YT

[cinder wind]

oh no it's out of sync

[inner spade]

it's back in sync

[viral sail]

🦝

[haughty quiver]

TEETH

[inner spade]

audio out of sync again.

[upbeat matrix]

yep

[wild urchin]

Had I a wii nunchuck, surely I'd have me a breakout.

[upbeat matrix]

back in sync

[wild urchin]

Guitar controller.

Not a use case I'd considered.

But relevant to my interests!

[inner spade]

Audio is slowly drifting out of sync. It's gradual.

[wild urchin]

...

Blast! You have nunchucks. Now I am compelled to buy them.

[cinder wind]

wow you can get a 2-pack of the "Lyyes Classic Wii Controller Wired Pro" for $15

[viral sail]

Thanks @haughty quiver

[inner spade]

Thanks!

[haughty quiver]

Thanks all!

[wild urchin]

@haughty quiver Thank you!

[haughty quiver]

You bet -- go get some Wiichuck adapters and show us what you make with them!

[wild urchin]

@haughty quiver It's all part of a growing weird DIY synth thing. I got several of the littlebits guitar kits on sale, a littlebits envelope and filter, and a completely unreasonable pile of Adafruit and Hackerbox components.

[haughty quiver]

Muhuahahaha!

[wild urchin]

I think it's ultimately going to go into either a https://www.adafruit.com/product/4795 with a Cyberdeck header, or maybe a wearable MIDI controller rig with a couple of nunchucks and a CLUE board.

Though, actually, I think my forearm is long enough to hold a NeoTrellis, so it might just end up being a wearable groovebox.

Like the holographic interface from Final Fantasy Spirits Within: https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Wrist_Halo?file=TSWScreenshot4.jpg

With a nunchuck in hand, and a NeoTrellis inner forearm mounted like an astronaut control panel.

[waxen thistle]

Good morning all you wonderful folks! Happy New Years! 🎉

[hard hollow]

☕️ welcome back folks!

Happy new new new year!

[nova totem]

Happy new year! My schedule actually will let me watch the first half live today yay

[rocky reef]

good morning folks!

[waxen thistle]

3D Hangouts: Din tested, Grogu approved.

[lavish patrol]

Hello all.

Bleeps and Bloops detected.

[autumn turret]

Hi folks and brothers Ruiz!

Got that macOS "Big [not so] Sur[e]" update last night too. Caused some VPN pains

[rocky reef]

yikes, premire is a mess on the m1 macbooks

[nova totem]

Arcade buttons are just fun to press

[sonic kernel]

yeah

[lavish patrol]

@rocky reef Lol. Was the spelling mistake deliberate? (preMIRE) 😉

[rocky reef]

Learn Guide Project Code: https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Learning_System_Guides

Layer by Layer CAD Tutorials Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOVsMp6nKnpjsXSQ45nxfORb

[shell mason]

3d print if you have chance

[hybrid veldt]

Hey all! My first time joining the 3D livechat... Just wanted to say "Hey!" and tell y'all how much I enjoy your videos and projects... 👋 🤟

[mellow thunder]

Always a great notion to try and 3D print anything you can first.

[shell mason]

next way is 3 way

[hybrid veldt]

Have you guys used one of the new infinite-Z printers? (e.g. the Creality CR-30 or Fabbaloo)

[shell mason]

nice way to build buttons

[hybrid veldt]

The DarkSaber blade made me think about swords and other large cosplay designs on these new belt-printers... 😉

[mellow thunder]

You guys have a CR-10 series Printer I believe. you like it? In the market for another printer and looking for suggestions....

[shell mason]

3dprintmill is great

[mellow thunder]

Wish I had the space for that...lol

[lavish patrol]

This is the key to a good project...

[shell mason]

you could use 3dprintmill like 3 lane of factory with boxes on end of it without additional rollers

[hybrid veldt]

That's the thing I've been thinking about @fallow fractal ... Found this and it might be my first Piper3D build: https://piper3dprinters.com/?page_id=810

[shell mason]

assemblying to hilt for blade

[hybrid veldt]

(I have an 4 year-old FLSun cartesion/2020-rail printer "FrankenPrusa" that has a fried Melzi board I was thinking about scavenging for a Piper 1... but this Piper Infinite is just TOO tempting!)

[waxen thistle]

?showtimes

[arctic abyss]

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

[mellow thunder]

Awesome job guys! TY

[lavish patrol]

Great show @hard hollow and @rocky reef 👍

[waxen thistle]

Thanks for another awesome show!

[hybrid veldt]

Thanks guys!

[shell mason]

https://imgflip.com/i/4solou

[rocky reef]

thanks hanging out folks!

[hard hollow]

thanks folks! cya tonight

[spiral vale]

do I need to do anything special to get in the queue to show something on Show and Tell tonight?

[gaunt plume]

nope, the link will be posted here @spiral vale

[waxen thistle]

Good evening all you wonderful people!

[nova totem]

Good evening!

[viral sail]

Hello everyone.

[split gazelle]

hi folks

[open girder]

Link to join to show and share your project: https://streamyard.com/swjw8xmrjz

WE ARE LIVE! SHOW AND TELL! https://youtu.be/HupzVqFkf9s

[waxen thistle]

Live on Twitch 🙂

[inner spade]

👋

[shell mason]

be safe

[waxen thistle]

We can fix anything. We don't know the meaning of "no" -- only because "no" wasn't properly defined in the schematic.

https://www.adafruit.com/product/1689

[lethal lagoon]

hello everyone ❤️

[waxen thistle]

Heya Sophy!

[tame dew]

Adafruit marches on. Thank you.

[lucid marsh]

All you have to do is get a magtag, heh. I've been trying!

[lethal lagoon]

I'm soooo happy to hang out with you all tonight 🙂

[gaunt plume]

They were briefly in stock today @lucid marsh

[lucid marsh]

I saw too late 😦

[lethal lagoon]

ooh AR with the MagTag, so cool!

[gaunt plume]

:\ Make sure you have product notification emails set up for it

[haughty quiver]

Hi all!

[gaunt plume]

hi jp

[spiral vale]

JP!

[gaunt plume]

Darksaber looks sharp

[waxen thistle]

Will Noe & Pedro duel each other for control of Mandalore? Find out the next 3D Hangouts!

[mellow thunder]

Dark Saber!!!

[lethal lagoon]

dark saber looks soo good!

[haughty quiver]

@spiral vale I hope we get to see your keyboard project tonight!

[tame dew]

Gorgu sighting!

[shell mason]

with beltprinters it going to be more awesome

[tame dew]

“Let’s not look at the news”
Quote of the day.

Serial working +1 JP

[split gazelle]

very cool @haughty quiver

[tame dew]

USB MIDI yeeeessss! @haughty quiver

[waxen thistle]

When it doubt, cut it in half and glue it together.

[nova totem]

That's a real cool tip for 3d printing

[lucid marsh]

-King Solomon c. 1000 BC

[haughty quiver]

It solves so many 3D printing problems @nova totem !

[deep scarab]

late but finally made it!

[robust horizon]

for all those interested, the font converter is: https://adafruit.github.io/web-bdftopcf/

[tame dew]

Nice tip in PCF @robust horizon

[shell mason]

nice one @haughty quiver

[split gazelle]

super cool @robust horizon

[nova totem]

I hope to try out the PCF thing soon @robust horizon I have a project idea for my MagTag

[tame dew]

I wasn’t trying to laugh. Fat fingers.

[robust horizon]

no harm done -- though I think if you click the icon you didn't want it'll disappear

[tame dew]

TIL

[waxen thistle]

wacka-wacka-wacka

[lethal lagoon]

so cool Liz!

[nova totem]

orange is tough to get well in LEDs

[tame dew]

@split gazelle super cool

[haughty quiver]

Cute ghost anim @split gazelle !

[split gazelle]

thanks @lethal lagoon @haughty quiver && @tame dew

[robust horizon]

I think I owned that book. A lot went over my head at that age..

[split gazelle]

@nova totem if interested the RGB data for the orange is (255, 156, 0)

[inner spade]

@split gazelle Would love to see some ghosts in BlitzCity yellow/green.

[tame dew]

Remember when everything came with a schematic?

[viral sail]

I learned on the C=64, fun times.

[robust horizon]

Hey, I neglected to mention it while I was on the video, but if you're into CircuitPython we'd love your thoughts on where we should take CircuitPython in 2021 -- check out https://blog.adafruit.com/2021/01/01/where-should-circuitpython-go-in-2021-circuitpython2021-circuitpython/ and then submit your thoughts. We'll cover it on the blog, newsletter, and beyond!

[deep scarab]

Yeah, Commodore 64! The only computers in our computer lab in 1994.

[nova totem]

I never could figure out why on MSDOS I couldn't just type in a basic program and run it

[smoky island]

That keyboard looks awesome!

[tame dew]

Timex Sinclair with the cassette tape drive.

[nova totem]

I'm pretty sure the C64 is still in my mom's basement

[haughty quiver]

x0xb0x!

[lethal lagoon]

ooh neato

[robust horizon]

I think I sent mine to a thrift store. I hope they fell into good hands.

[tame dew]

A friend of mine is collecting every c64 he can find. Lol.

[robust horizon]

Looove the PCB artwork!

[haughty quiver]

That PCB is so rad @spiral vale

can't wait to build mine

[spiral vale]

totally ripping off Hokusai 🙂

[haughty quiver]

I heard Hokusai used elastomer switches and incandescent bulbs

[spiral vale]

truth!

[haughty quiver]

hahaha

[viral sail]

Great work everyone. Thanks for sharing.

[spiral vale]

bamboo reed switches maybe

[tame dew]

Please let next Wednesday be better

[lethal lagoon]

awesome show and tell everyone! so lovely to see everyone's great work!!!

[nova totem]

Great projects everyone

[haughty quiver]

so nice to see everyone

[robust horizon]

thank yoooouuuu

[fluid drum]

After seeing the synth my kid wants me to do projects like that now...

[deep scarab]

Good stuff! Now to catch up on the first half. 😆

[waxen thistle]

Thanks everyone for sharing, you're all making things better, one thing at a time.

[viral sail]

It's Ada'clock, time for Ask an Engineer. 🕗

[spiral vale]

Excited that OBS will talk to streamyard on the mac natively now. 🙂

need to up my camera game (and maybe get a new face)

[open girder]

ASK AN ENGINEER 1/6/2021 LIVE! https://youtu.be/E-cUUa4uKI4

[autumn turret]

But... Ask an Engineer IS doom scrolling according to my wallety

😄

[waxen thistle]

2021 wasn't supposed to be 2020's NewGame+.....

[tame dew]

Thank you for not ignoring the news of the day @open girder

[autumn turret]

You know it's bad when George W. said this is the sort of behaviour that happens in Banana republics

[tame dew]

I’m freaking out. I freely admit it.

But a real question too: recommended headers for stacking multiple mini latching relay feather wings?

[mellow thunder]

Such a shame ! Glad I am a super geek, and have Ladyada & Adafruit to get me through these crazy times.

[tame dew]

I’m baking a peach pie with brown sugar tomorrow

[haughty quiver]

🍑

[waxen thistle]

https://www.adafruit.com/opensafely

[tame dew]

Recognize @open girder

[waxen thistle]

https://www.adafruit.com/product/3331

https://www.adafruit.com/adabox

https://www.adafruit.com/free

[lilac tusk]

I was inspired to check out the new products on DigiKey this morning thanks to remembering Ask An Engineer was tonight

I got an idea for a project this weekend

[tame dew]

Only one? @lilac tusk

[lilac tusk]

It’ll be a little bit to do the board and driver code hehe

I don’t want to spill too much just in case it’s the same one Ladyada picked

[tame dew]

I gotta go back and rewatch @dusky bolt and oauth I got distracted.

I hope I picked the correct Brent

[nova totem]

Oh I need to watch that search, my crimping skills will ruin 50% of them but so useful to be able to quickly make cables

[tame dew]

I just bought a new crimper. Not the official one I used to use at $oldjob. I’ll report back if it’s ok.

[fluid drum]

I miss being able to go get components at a local Radio Shack. But I can't see that returning.

[waxen thistle]

I'm not at my main workspace currently, and I had a need for a 100 ohm resistor to urgently fix a NAS. It was the first time in a while I felt:

"gosh. I miss Radio Shack. I could've just went in person to get the part. Now I have to wait a week for the postal service."

[shell mason]

well it could in different form

[tame dew]

RadioShack got annoying when you just wanted to buy some discreets and they wanted to sell you a cell phone. Or worse, spent 30 minutes with the cell phone customer and ignored you.

Never ignore a customer. Never.

[fluid drum]

I thought it was just my local Radio Shack that got annoying with the cell phone thing. It got really bad. Apparently it was other Radio Shacks as well.

[tame dew]

It was all of them

The ham folks that used to work there got pushed out.

Anyway. Good memories and I wish them well.

[waxen thistle]

Once I was accosted with the cellular pitch as soon as I entered --- I was in a hurry, and not having any of that. I held up my phone and said "sorry, already have one. here for circuit board components."

Them: "....you want to buy a second phone?" sigh.

[tame dew]

Would you like some toast?

[waxen thistle]

I'll be thrilled to see them back, doing things differently.

[autumn turret]

Wish the magtag on a maytag worked by flipping it over!

[fluid drum]

I would love to see them back, with a focus on makers, 3d printers, and other related hobbies such as RC cars

and robotics

[lilac tusk]

Yeeep

[tame dew]

My favorite thing about Adafruit is the kids projects. Gives me so much hope.

[nova totem]

I just saw my project in the newsletter and somehow missed it while i read the newsletter 🤦‍♂️

[open girder]

the fun this is to search online for something, find it, read it, and then realize you wrote it and published it

[autumn turret]

Good thing you're watching the stream then!

[dim knot]

https://learn.adafruit.com/

[fluid drum]

That reminds me, my nieces loved the Shake Away 2020 code on my MatrixPortal. They thought it was like magic.

[tame dew]

Unicode FTW

Eye candy

Who edits the videos? Kudos.

[haughty quiver]

All about that gyroid infill!

[autumn turret]

I need a 3D printer just for that 2-way screw

[spiral vale]

very satisfying time-lapse

[fluid drum]

I saw that on Thingiverse, haven't printed it yet. Looks very cool.

[haughty quiver]

Potter & Brumfeld sound like the make bespoke leather monocle cases.

[tame dew]

Awesome SCR!

[autumn turret]

Anyone else hear/imagine "Spayed connectors" when someone says "spade connectors"? Or is that just me?

[inner spade]

Potter and Brumfield represented the best of high-quality relays BITD. Glad to see TE use the name.

[tame dew]

Just you @autumn turret

[autumn turret]

Figured that was probably the case @tame dew

[fluid drum]

now I will....

[haughty quiver]

Well now I do @autumn turret

[autumn turret]

I think I just happened to watch too much Price is Right in my misspent youth

Thank BOB BARKER!

[nova totem]

I still watch too much Price is Right, more so since I started having to work from home

[tame dew]

My childhood cleaning distributor caps comes back to me in a flood. Thank you dad, grandfathers and uncles.

Zero crossing SSR really important for heating elements like quartz IR bulbs...

I built so many gigantic electronics boxes in grad school that would have shrunk with SSRMP

[spiral vale]

new new new new new!

[robust horizon]

woah what is that

[dim knot]

LOOMIA Prototyping Packs & Parts - Quick-Start Pack https://www.adafruit.com/product/4825

[tame dew]

So they are washable?

[lilac tusk]

Is it new new new and then Eye on NPI

Did I miss It

[tame dew]

Confirmed. Thank you @open girder

[fluid drum]

Cool possibilities for cosplay with that kit

[dim knot]

SparkFun Qwiic Multiport https://www.adafruit.com/product/4861

Adafruit SCD-30 - NDIR CO2 Temperature and Humidity Sensor - STEMMA QT / Qwiic https://www.adafruit.com/product/4867

[tame dew]

Quantum mechanics FTW. CO2 has very specific absorption specs 😉

[lilac tusk]

I love the ESP32 s2 feather

With tft

[tame dew]

Just in case I’ll re-ask

@open girder recommended headers for stacking multiple mini latching relay feather wings? The relay is taller than normal stacking headers. But maybe it’s ok?

[upper sandal]

I would say feather wing doubler/tripler rather than stacking

[modest vector]

@open girder: what inspired or rather applications do you envision for that reverse mountable neopixel?

[tame dew]

@upper sandal I will be trying it with the max number of gpio pins I can. Aka 10 relays?

[spiral vale]

I have a mech-keyboard thing with those LEDs - backlighting the keys

[upper sandal]

ah that's a lot

[tame dew]

Yup

[upper sandal]

@open girder what I wasn't sure of when you wrote about those boards on the blog, is if you will make them with the current mini module or are waiting for a mini module with psram ?

[modest vector]

@spiral vale Thanks. That makes sense!

[spiral vale]

I showed the keyboard in show and tell earlier if you want to see

there's this huge "badgelife" scene doing crazy pcbs and stuff - they use reverse mount leds regularly

[tame dew]

Haters gonna hate.

Not a fan

Go go Limor go!

[nova totem]

Make all the hardware, and some extra after that

[exotic holly]

LIMOR YOU ARE A HARDWARE QUEEN 👸

[fluid drum]

post and ghost... I picked up some new lingo today.

[tame dew]

100% behind you all the way Limor

[digital crescent]

Can you tell @proper trench to release more hardware?

[inner spade]

More hardware, more inspiration, please.

[autumn turret]

Can you tell Limor not to make it so easy for me to make electronics stuff? I really like having a hard time and releasing the magic blue smoke from stuff!

[fluid drum]

As a customer I would ask @open girder and @proper trench to not slow down!

[tame dew]

@upper sandal wins the award

[shell mason]

more RAM the better right

[tame dew]

Glad you share the good and the bad

[turbid sparrow]

release all the hardware!

[upper sandal]

more sizes and colors of MagTag !

(which I finally managed to grab one today I'm guessing it's already out of stock)

[fickle umbra]

I mean, if Limor wants to take a week off, none of us are gonna blame her.....

but that's HER call

[tame dew]

As a customer my only problem is I also have to spend time at day$job

[fickle umbra]

Can I be Limor when I grow up? (Says the 40 year old guy...)

[autumn turret]

Are you saying that we're her enablers?

[tame dew]

Older than that... still resisting growing up but Limor gives me hope

[mental apex]

Does the Bluefruit Connect LE app have an API available to the public?

[tame dew]

☀️

[untold current]

The suspense there.

[viral sail]

It's not out yet, don't ask. 🙂

[robust horizon]

great show, thank you for occupying our attention for this pleasant moment in time

[modest vector]

@open girder can we get more Colin videos? 😄

[turbid sparrow]

👋

[nova totem]

Great shows!

[viral sail]

Thanks @open girder and good night. 🌘

[wispy flint]

👋

[cinder wind]

hi thanks @open girder!

[waxen thistle]

@open girder Thanks again for another excellent evening of shows. I look forward to these shows, especially after challenging times.

[fluid drum]

Good show, glad my new schedule allows me to watch live now.

[upper sandal]

thanks for the streams and the positvity ❤️

[tame dew]

I actually forgot the events of the day. What a wonderful gift.

[spiral vale]

we're all in it together!

[dim knot]

GIFT CERTIFICATES https://www.adafruit.com/category/14

[spiral vale]

moment of zener? LOL

[haughty quiver]

Thanks all!!

[neat geyser]

Great show y’all, thanks for some goodness on a crazy day

[tame dew]

I might just do feather and Ethernet feather with a separate 8x relay board.

[haughty quiver]

Love this song!

[waxen thistle]

Good afternoon all you wonderful folks!

FYI, Twitch may be having platform issues. Your alternative will be YouTube @ https://www.youtube.com/adafruit/live

[lavish patrol]

Greetings all.

[viral sail]

Good afternoon.

[lavish patrol]

So, Twitch has got the twitches...

[waxen thistle]

Too much caffeine.

[lavish patrol]

Lol

[inner spade]

👋

[haughty quiver]

hi!

[viral sail]

Hi @haughty quiver

[lavish patrol]

Good afternoon @haughty quiver

[cinder wind]

Time for Lars Required Happy Hour?

[lavish patrol]

Lars is in Washington...

[viral sail]

⌛

[lavish patrol]

Looks like Youtube's a no-go either. 🤔

[haughty quiver]

We'll be starting shortly.

[fluid drum]

Hello all

[lavish patrol]

Is Lars holding you to ransom, @haughty quiver 😄

[haughty quiver]

mmmmrmmf

[lavish patrol]

Lol

[viral sail]

Looking forward to hearing the new mic.

[lavish patrol]

Any bleeps and bloops will do at this stage...

[waxen thistle]

Lars, leave JP set his show up in peace.

No, I didn't say give him Reeses Pieces. Though that was surprisingly nice of you, thank you Lars for being kind.

[inner spade]

YT bleeps 'n' bloops!

[lavish patrol]

How's everyone enjoying 2020 v.2.0?

[haughty quiver]

Was hoping for 2019 v2

[waxen thistle]

December 38, 2020.

[lavish patrol]

Lol

[flint flower]

What is the "best place" to watch the Adafruit live streams? Youtube?

[mellow thunder]

Hey all!!!v.2 sucks!

[inner spade]

voice audio is very good, peaking at -5db

[lavish patrol]

@flint flower Normally Twitch, but today Youtube is your best bet.

[viscid bolt]

Hi!

[sterile forge]

hello JP

[mellow thunder]

Shop tour! yes!

[fluid drum]

Is it possible to have a proper shop without piles of junk?

[mellow thunder]

I don't think so..lol

[lavish patrol]

I know why John's doing a Guitar Hero project... Apparently the new Covid Vaccine has got a guitar amp embedded in it. 😄

[mellow thunder]

My workbench has 3 ongoing projects scattered on it right now..lol

[waxen thistle]

Be careful Lars, the guy next to you complains, saying "there's a snake in my boot!" all the time.

https://jobs.adafruit.com

[lavish patrol]

Lars - spotted!

[waxen thistle]

https://www.adafruit.com/free

[cinder wind]

Oh no he didn’t want Woody! I guess he got a Buzz for Xmas

[lavish patrol]

@cinder wind Or maybe a Rpi 400...

[cinder wind]

lol

[waxen thistle]

And it's the same as the NES mini and SNES mini.

[mellow thunder]

Wish I would have held onto guitar hero...

[prisma vector]

You could find them sometimes at a goodwill

[mellow thunder]

true! I will check, cool project! not that I don't have enough already

[waxen thistle]

@haughty quiver Muted!

[lavish patrol]

@haughty quiver Muted!

[sterile forge]

sound please

[mellow thunder]

JP muted!

[waxen thistle]

Actually, I hear him at like 1% volume.

[mellow thunder]

lol

[waxen thistle]

Now it's 100% 🙂

[cinder wind]

Social distance bot

[lavish patrol]

Lol

[prisma vector]

Sadly no Kung Fu stream atm

[spiral vale]

aloha!

[shell mason]

stream of ninja JP

[sterile forge]

wammy bar is cc msg 2

12 bit

2 is pitch bend 14 bit wide

[eager sapphire]

@inner spade way off topic, but I can confirm that cardboard is pretty much Kryptonite to a carpet knife, even with a 'fresh' blade. Surprises me every time.

[spiral vale]

livin on the edge!

[inner spade]

@eager sapphire Indeed. I've been using the Slice knife lately with very good results. https://www.adafruit.com/product/4306

[eager sapphire]

@inner spade excellent, thank you for the tip

[lavish patrol]

@haughty quiver Live in concert.

[eager sapphire]

Taking requests, John?

[fluid drum]

Freebird! 🔥

[eager sapphire]

With a cricket in the garage, clearly it's time for some Buddy Holly

[shell mason]

twitch seems back

[viral sail]

🎵

[waxen thistle]

Loud and clear

[spiral vale]

all good

[inner spade]

Nice mix!

Neighborhood dogs are on the way.

[cinder wind]

These Canary cardboard knives work well too, and safe for kids https://www.adafruit.com/product/3929

[inner spade]

Mandolin Hero

[fluid drum]

That looks like more fun to play with now than playing Guitar Hero

[spiral vale]

allnotesoff

[gleaming flame]

could this wii adapter be used to use game controllers in emulators over USB?

[eager sapphire]

@cinder wind -- great solution...was tempted to use a hacksaw at one point

[lavish patrol]

Has anyone been taking notes?🎵 🎶

[waxen thistle]

Wait, was I supposed to? I was taking a rest.

[prisma vector]

Would be great if keys could get velocity too

[lavish patrol]

@waxen thistle Were you at the bar?

[viral sail]

Cool stuff. Thanks @haughty quiver. Good show & no audio issues today.

[spiral vale]

not really doable with the basic switches in that guitar

[waxen thistle]

Let's refrain from the music puns.

[inner spade]

^ I'll join the chorus on that comment.

[lavish patrol]

I use the puns to stave off boredom...

[prisma vector]

^sounds like a plan

[spiral vale]

sounds like treble to me

[eager sapphire]

You guys are merciless.

[lavish patrol]

I'm just stringing you along.

[eager sapphire]

Is there a quick-ref to that wii-nunchuk adapter product page?

[prisma vector]

Homeless on YouTube uses random controllers to play first person shooters

[eager sapphire]

(or did I just miss it)

[waxen thistle]

Thanks @haughty quiver for another awesome show!

[viral sail]

Thanks @haughty quiver

[haughty quiver]

cardboard canary knives, however are too dull to carve the bird.

[gleaming flame]

Thanks John

[lavish patrol]

Great workshop once again, @haughty quiver

[eager sapphire]

Another great one, thanks @haughty quiver

[spiral vale]

this one? https://www.adafruit.com/product/4836

[haughty quiver]

That's the one!

[inner spade]

Thanks JP!

[fluid drum]

great show, now I need to check my storage shed to see if I have an old Guitar Hero guitar in there....

[haughty quiver]

I bet you're planning something involving monome ii now @spiral vale ...

[grand hull]

Nice job John! This has been on my to do for years!

[eager sapphire]

@spiral vale thanks yes

[grand hull]

Are circuit python libs available to do this?

[eager sapphire]

@grand hull from the product page: "The Wii controllers use a standard I2C interface, and there's existing code for both Arduino and CircuitPython/Python for quick integration with an Arduino UNO, Feather, or even a Raspberry Pi. "

[haughty quiver]

@grand hull Yes, CircuitPython libs work with the Nunchuck only at this time, but hoping we may talk someone in the CircuitPython community into adding the other accessories...

[grand hull]

Beautiful- guess I should have dug a bit more!

There’s an iOS app called geosynth that has an innovative way of playing nutso runs by keeping a key held down while pressing another

Gotta try to implement!

[haughty quiver]

fun!

[eager sapphire]

There's also that exercise board which could make for some really interesting applications

[grand hull]

Example https://youtu.be/UJAviGBG1oU

[haughty quiver]

so rad

[grand hull]

And John really appreciate the effort and creativity you’ve put into the ADABOX since Halloween!

Really entertaining and mo’ phun!

[haughty quiver]

Very welcome, thanks @grand hull !

[rapid hornet]

notes doc is here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uxClDYkeL6fVJe0ANLSxLXqodaj00ZKaC2Nk8WU77IQ/edit?usp=sharing

[sterile forge]

Hello scott

[viscid bolt]

Good afternoon!

[modest vector]

Hi all

[sterile forge]

First one of the new year

[gaunt plume]

USB switch PCB 👀

[old star]

👋

[nova totem]

Hey

[wispy linden]

@rapid hornet I am now the proud owner of three sets of Silicon Jumper Cables because of your streams lol 😉

[simple fractal]

lol

i only wish it was a bit easier/faster to get Adafruit in canada. Digikey usually only has the older stuff and mail from NY seems to take weeks.

[wispy linden]

Singapore here @simple fractal so its normally DigiKey or Mouser (free shipping) and then Adafruit directly for the latest products (DHL)

[nova totem]

DHL slow for you too? I can get a package from Adafruit in 2-3 days usually

[gaunt plume]

https://www.adafruit.com/distributors ?

[simple fractal]

i usually get it by mail. DHL from adafruit is a bit pricey.

[nova totem]

True depends how much I buy... sometimes it is a rounding error to go DHL from USPS by the time I'm done 🙂

[simple fractal]

unfortunately the distributors seem well behind the curve for new products/

[old star]

Speaking of PPKII - I have not successfully used it to read the power draw on my nRF52840 express, it doesn't appear to power the board. Is there a trick besides "Enable power output"?

[simple fractal]

I just got a package from poland via dhl, $15.00 usd, seemed reasonable

[wispy linden]

@idle parcel DigiKey have been getting stock on new products faster (recently)

[simple fractal]

i will keep checking. thanks @wispy linden

[gaunt plume]

@simple fractal unfortunate indeed :\

[wispy linden]

woooo ( toggles to Github sponsorship )

[simple fractal]

lol, i met some puppies today. in the snow. rather fun

[wispy linden]

@rapid hornet you have a new Cat sponsor lol 🙂

[waxen thistle]

Good afternoon all you wonderful folks!

[simple fractal]

lattner

i thought he went elsewhere

[strong acorn]

"real-time" (depending on how you define it) creates challenging constraints

[modest vector]

Language development indeed is hard. Know several mathematicians that work in that field, and I can barely understand them, haha.

[nova totem]

More in depth question (feel free to skip it) what is a QSTR? I've got a vague idea and see them everyone in the core code but haven't had a chance to dive into them yet

[simple fractal]

when i wondered the same i found this https://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/develop/qstr.html

[nova totem]

Thanks @simple fractal I thought it was like that but wasn't quite sure how it worked

Thanks for the answer, trying not to leak (or waste) memory as I work in the core too 🙂

[waxen thistle]

Do you compile rust with the "oxidize" command?

[simple fractal]

rustc?

[waxen thistle]

Shucks, a missed opportunity 😉

[simple fractal]

i think i did one program. Would love to have a full embedded ecosystem based on rust. might avoid all my memory allocation errors

[gaunt plume]

jan. 2020 :sigh: ...

I still need to write my '21.. I've enjoyed writing them so far!

[balmy tinsel]

I would love to be able to have an embedded ecosystem based on rust similar to what Circuit Python is. Seems like the language tooling isn't quite ready for prime time yet. But I only know a bit about rust and where it is right now in terms of development.

[waxen thistle]

What was the biggest challenge you had being a "digital nomad"?

[wind spoke]

Once again I missed the beginning... silly me. Hi all, happy 2021.

[waxen thistle]

Happy December 39th, 2020 @wind spoke 😉

[modest vector]

I forget if you had already answered this in past streams. But how does CP versioning workk? At what point does work on 6.x just become 7.0?

[gaunt plume]

hi @wind spoke

the jump to 3.0 adding SAMD51 was great, long live suddenly running into memoryerrors while writing in code.py 😆

[modest vector]

It did, thanks.

[simple fractal]

just did an adafruit order. including silicone jumper wires. DHL shipping this time 🙂

[nova totem]

silicone wires are so nice. As is DHL if you ignore the cost 🙂

[simple fractal]

well it was not much more than mail.

[wispy linden]

haha @simple fractal thats awesome 🙂

[simple fractal]

and i kept adding items to my cart. lol

I think scott should get a commission for all orders during his stream. only needs some sort of tracking code

[wispy linden]

Not just that, @simple fractal I also bought the Sony ZV-1 because of @rapid hornet 's product showcasing whooooosh focus demonstrations

[cinder wind]

Would you/Adafruit ever consider making CircuitPython an organization on github rather than an Adafruit subproject? Might make it psychologically easier for other orgs to contribute to CircuitPy

agree, totally deserves all the credit

[waxen thistle]

Folks are complaining about Adafruit's name on everything? Well....maybe it's because they make a lot of good things....

[modest vector]

Is neopixel not an Adafruit term? I somehow thought it was, but that library does not have an adafruit prefix.

[cinder wind]

meta-question: why are some of us showing up as "[object Object]" in your chat window?

[simple fractal]

we are all derived from Object

[modest vector]

Because this is an object-oriented show? 😄

[fluid drum]

Its because of the Adafruit name being on Arduino libraries that I first really became aware of them. I have no problem with their name being on things they have supported and given to the community.

[sterile forge]

the generic name attached to NeoPixel is the WS 28 series of addressable LEDs

[waxen thistle]

Trade Secrets really protect the how 😉

[smoky island]

17?

[waxen thistle]

18 in march

[cinder wind]

hahaha nostalgia for 2 years ago

[smoky island]

Lots of the code in learn comes from the examples folders in the library repos as well.

[waxen thistle]

?serverinfo

[arctic abyss]

adafruit

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[waxen thistle]

ETA for 27k is roughly March 1st 🙂

[smoky island]

rounds up for the preview

[wind spoke]

One year ago, I went over all the release blog post to prepare my Fosdem 2020 presentation. Some of those slide are just v1.0. v2.0 v3.0 v4.0 and upcoming v5.0: https://archive.fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/iotcircuitpython/attachments/slides/4106/export/events/attachments/iotcircuitpython/slides/4106/Slides.pdf

[waxen thistle]

+1 for BLE

This review is so useful for me.

[wind spoke]

A lot of my wish are hardware, like USB Host and Video output. So what should I write... explain project that use that?

[wispy linden]

@rapid hornet dumb question, but is there a pip equivalent for Cpy? or, can the Mu editor auto-load required packages into lib ?

Copy/pasting from the downloaded bundle seems awkward

[smoky island]

circup is similar to pip

[wispy linden]

circup looks good 🙂

[cinder wind]

I wrote this tool because I couldn't find something to solve the getting libraries on CircuitPy boards https://github.com/todbot/cirpycp

[smoky island]

Shoutout hug to askpatrickw for doing lots of work on circup lately!

[rapid hornet]

https://github.com/adafruit/circup/

[wind spoke]

I made a little update.py that does a very small circup to update library based on a new bundle (so only update): https://gist.github.com/dglaude/f5f3423288861bc44fe758212dbaac61#file-update-py

[wispy linden]

@rapid hornet Puck.js (also in the adafruit store) has a really good BLE workflow and web-based editor

@rapid hornet BLE workflow would be great for beacons and sensors

[waxen thistle]

Did the Twitch stream go down for anyone else?

[wispy linden]

Example the cheap Xiaomi sensors are programmable/hackable over BLE https://github.com/atc1441/ATC_MiThermometer

[waxen thistle]

Might be me. Apologies.

[nova totem]

Twitch is up for me

[prisma vector]

It was for me, I switched to YouTube.

[waxen thistle]

Yeah, it all came back quickly. I think it was a rural PA internet hiccup.

Internet is unstable, I think I'll drop off. I'll catch up with the VoD.

Thanks again Scott for doing this, it's extremely valuable to look back on the past to see where to go in the future.

[wind spoke]

For BLE controler there is a Airlift replacement firmware that does that.

http://retro.moe/

[digital crescent]

How long until TCP servers is done?!?

for the esp32s2?

i'd love to!

[rapid hornet]

https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/pull/3854

[wind spoke]

Can I SSH into my FeatherS2?

[wispy linden]

Sparkfun Artemis looked so promising but the software (Arduino) never fully materialised. Really makes you appreciate the work which goes into @open girder products.

[digital crescent]

is that in your repo or adafruits?

thanks!

[upper sandal]

where is Micropython at with the S2 ?

[simple fractal]

i'm guessing the s3 will be easier. being dual core?

[smoky island]

it does for me in the editor

shift-ctrl-c in serial console

[cinder wind]

CircuitPython on your TV! Yeah I want CircuitPython Roku app

[smoky island]

You can with my PyGame displayio driver! 😉

[prisma vector]

Would be great to see Cpy for Google coral

[simple fractal]

i just got a feather board with that chip i think

[wind spoke]

This is my test code for all the Alarm: https://gist.github.com/dglaude/3659888feb34321162939bb62ecbf0c3

But if failed on Pin.

Failed on beta3.

[simple fractal]

This one https://www.reclaimerlabs.com/stm32wb-feather has the STM32WBCGU6

[wind spoke]

Maybe you want the buyer guide to be more easy to find...

[smoky island]

https://learn.adafruit.com/choose-your-circuitpython-board

[simple fractal]

i got it in the mail yesterday. Still in the package

[cinder wind]

Learn Guides should be dispayed as hyberbolic tree based on your personal tag cloud. hahhaah

[simple fractal]

So many boards and so little time

i also received the olimex esp32-s2 lipo board. same as the saola except some interesting usb-otg circuitry and lipo support

yes i just started to do some stuff i left off in early december. no idea how i did anything. maybe i should document stuff

the board will actually supply 5v to the usb device (allowing host mode) conditionally.

[upper sandal]

when I google modules and function names on circuitpython I land on the v2.0 readthedocs and the version menu to jump to latest does not work (I know how to manually change but) 😛

[simple fractal]

olimex even has a USB vendor id!! , maybe an easy circuitpython port.

so far all we get are cat guests. And they are rather indifferent to our comments

[wispy linden]

+1 for double-deep-dive haha

[simple fractal]

you can talk to all the zigbee devices then

i guess

maybe zwave also lol

[shell mason]

so strange when overlay say all as object Object

[timid plover]

another vote for "standard locations"r 🙂

[upper sandal]

I object object !

[simple fractal]

lol

loving that bluetooth workflow would lead to esp32 support

[timid plover]

speaking of home automation - CP examples that interact with "smart speakers"

[simple fractal]

now i am frantically googling ble boot lol

[wind spoke]

That Adabox beeing too easy to guess is a problem!

How to make it a surprise?

Hopefully, I cannot get the Adabox because I am in Belgium.

[upper sandal]

the not shipping to europe is a bigger one for me 😛

[wispy linden]

( or Singapore ) lol

[wind spoke]

Not is about TAX estimation.

[wispy linden]

ADABOX 16 had ~30 in stock last week, but they were gone within hours

[wind spoke]

I usually have Adabox content before it is shipped.

At least for the last 3 (or 4).

[smoky island]

This was a great stream. Thanks for taking us through all of these yearly posts!

[wispy linden]

Thanks @rapid hornet 🙂

[prisma vector]

Thanks for the stream, very informative

[digital crescent]

it was fun! thanks @rapid hornet

[modest vector]

Oh I thought Adabox was about a stellar performance from John Park, and you get a free box at the side 🙂

[cinder wind]

Thanks @rapid hornet and Adafruit for all the CircuitPython. It's amazing to see how far it's come in such a short time

[simple fractal]

https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/esp32-ota-updates-over-ble-from-a-react-web-application

now i have to actually read it

[timid plover]

thank you @rapid hornet - I'll catch up on what I missed via the youtube recording!

[simple fractal]

thanks, good catchup scott.

[modest vector]

Thanks Scott. Have a good weekend.

[nova totem]

thanks!

[rapid hornet]

thanks all!

[restive owl]

1983 stargazers

Almost there

[haughty quiver]

haha thanks!

[timid plover]

is @open girder or anyone else exploring the idea of offering assembled USBJoules V2
( https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/rUv6lwJI ) by @rapid hornet for PPK2 ( https://www.nordicsemi.com/Software-and-tools/Development-Tools/Power-Profiler-Kit-2 )

[rapid hornet]

@timid plover I haven't talked to limor about it. I'll show it off on show and tell when I get it going and then we can go from there

[open girder]

DESK OF LADYADA - 'Spressif Sunday - We try out our ESP32-S2 Feathers https://youtu.be/oR7uGy8ea68

[open girder]

https://www.digikey.com/short/4c0c00

[lilac tusk]

The great search tonight is great because I’m getting ready to build final BOMs for some boards I’m working on and am looking for some nice green LEDs. I’ve used yellow/green LEDs so I definitely agree on overall visual quality

[wind spoke]

Ready for your show @haughty quiver ? Here are two comments I have written on the YouTube chat.

1. The MCP2221A is a great board to access StemmaQT sensor from your PC/MAC/Linux and give GPIO that you can directly control from Python with Blinka. Your code will run on your computer.
2. It would be very interesting to compare that with QT-Py. It is similar size, same StemmaQT connector, but the QT-Py has a brain (SAMD21), work on it's own. Your code run on the QT-Py not your PC/Mac.

It's a topic I find very interesting as to where your Python code is running, on your host computer or on the little board attached.

[viscid bolt]

@wind spoke #2 is interesting.

[haughty quiver]

hello!

[inner spade]

👋

YT is alive!

[haughty quiver]

let's try to keep it that way!

[inner spade]

Voice audio is low; peaking at -20db -ish.

[autumn turret]

Out of sync on YT

[fluid drum]

bad audio...

[mellow thunder]

Hey JP!

[autumn turret]

Is Youtube unhappy for anyone else today? Locking up, looping the same 10-15 seconds on refresh?

[cinder wind]

uhoh stream died on twitch & youtube

[inner spade]

Yes. YT is acting up today.

[fluid drum]

yes, I thought it was just me because of other programs running on my computer

[wind spoke]

I am on twitch now...

[fluid drum]

Its streaming for me on YT again, but audio is. But that is better than no feed

audio is off I meant

[inner spade]

YT is working now except audio is out of sync.

[wind spoke]

Displayio ? Why PIL and not Displayio ? (serious question)

[autumn turret]

The battery is a lie?

[wind spoke]

LCDproc was the way to do that over... RS232 then USB.

Did he mention using Blinka?

[viral sail]

Thanks @haughty quiver

[fluid drum]

Good info, thanks for covering the product

[modern night]

Thanks! Have a good one!

[autumn turret]

Thanks @haughty quiver. The show goes on, despite YouTube's best (worst?) efforts

[inner spade]

Thanks! Thinking of a couple of projects for that breakout board...

[autumn turret]

I think I need to stock up on a few of those

[haughty quiver]

Yes, so sorry about the sync only on Tuesdays -- I made some changes to Wirecast that weren't effective, will try from scratch for next week! -JP

[autumn turret]

Even at full price it's a crazy good deal for what can be done

[shell mason]

it had that sync issues

[wind spoke]

One use of such board is for "Adventures in Minecraft" kind of book from David Whale, Martin O'Hanlon. It explain how to control electronics from within Minecraft. That works for Raspberry Pi build/in limited version of Minecraft, but if you want to play the big "normal" java Minecraft on PC, you need GPIO and the same API as on the Pi. This is where a neat trick come in. (1) You cannot really modify the client to have that hardware API, but it is easy to modify the server code so they hock in into the server code to add the same API as on the Raspberry Pi (2) You need GPIO, and this is where they use a trick, and I believe it is a serial protocol over USB and an add-on to your PC/MAC that talk that protocol where you can say UP/DOWN for a GPIO.

So you write Python code, connecting to a hock in the server (that is a TCP connection) and connecting in serial over USB to control the hardware (all of that is transparent.

Here, with Blinka, you could do normal Circuit Python call for that second part.

[rocky reef]

#3DHangouts Episode #308 LIVE – 3D Hangouts – Darksaber, Buddha Box and Screws #3DPrinting
https://www.youtube.com/adafruit/live

good morning folks!

[waxen thistle]

Good morning all you wonderful folks!

[hard hollow]

☕️⚡️

[waxen thistle]

We're a go on twitch

[glass moat]

howdy!

[waxen thistle]

https://www.adafruit.com/free

?showtimes

[arctic abyss]

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]

Adafruit is open, safely ... and shipping orders at this time within 1 to 2 business days https://www.adafruit.com/opensafely

[waxen thistle]

https://www.adafruit.com/newsletter

https://www.adafruitdaily.com

[lavish patrol]

Greetings all.

[rocky reef]

What Is Feather?
https://youtu.be/W9jjgKaE1_k

[waxen thistle]

Liz is a Jedi Master, confirmed.

[lavish patrol]

The Force is strong in this one.

[waxen thistle]

CircuitPython? This is the way.

[urban gale]

love that sound

[rocky reef]

Learn Guide Project Code: https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Learning_System_Guides

Adafruit Prop-Maker Starter Kit - Make your own Lightsaber! https://www.adafruit.com/product/4860

[split gazelle]

good morning folks

[rocky reef]

Fairy Wings build https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ylii_L5YRU&list=PLjF7R1fz_OOVsMp6nKnpjsXSQ45nxfORb&index=10

[waxen thistle]

Morning @split gazelle -- we heard that you did some Jedi lightsaber work. These totally aren't the droids we're looking for 😉

[digital crescent]

What is the speaker that is attached to that? Is it in the adafruit shop?

[lavish patrol]

Hi, @split gazelle

[rocky reef]

BrainCraft TFT fix: https://github.com/adafruit/Raspberry-Pi-Installer-Scripts/issues/138

speaker: https://www.adafruit.com/product/3968

[mellow thunder]

This is the same hat as before?

Braincraft that is.

[lavish patrol]

I guess it could be used for any cables - Cat5, headphone etc.

[rocky reef]

yes it's the BrainCraft hat @mellow thunder

[mellow thunder]

Got a CR-10 V3 coming on Friday, ty guys for your recommendation... Can't wait!

[lavish patrol]

👀

[waxen thistle]

?showtimes

[arctic abyss]

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

[viral sail]

Thanks @hard hollow & @rocky reef see you tonight.

[lavish patrol]

Another great show, guys.

[mellow thunder]

Thanks guys!

[urban gale]

Thanks all for my moment of sanity

[waxen thistle]

Thanks @hard hollow and @rocky reef for another awesome show! Thanks @split gazelle again for all your awesome contributions.

[split gazelle]

d'aw thanks @waxen thistle 😺

great show guys!

glad i could finally catch at least a portion live

[hard hollow]

yay, thanks folks!

[rocky reef]

thanks so much for hanging out folks!

[wise iris]

thanks guys!

[waxen thistle]

Good evening all you wonderful folks, androids, and non-corporeal technological consciousnesses!

[split gazelle]

hello friends

[nova totem]

Hi everyone!

[viral sail]

Good evening everyone.

[deep scarab]

Aloha!

[open girder]

Link to join to show and share your project: https://streamyard.com/yt3dppj5cw

WE ARE LIVE! SHOW AND TELL! https://youtu.be/y0PAlNZM4aI

[ivory kiln]

Howdie do kids!

[waxen thistle]

Hmm. Peaches. 🍑

[gaunt plume]

ngl - there are a lack of resources regarding freeRTOS ports which show it being used with arduino IDE

excited to see more resources like this!

[waxen thistle]

Ah, temporal waves. Happens when the Tardis materialized within this gravity well. No worries everyone, carry on.

Heavy cream or 1%. Nothing in the middle.

[nova totem]

RTOS always seems scary but it isn't that difficult to get into (though been a while for me, gotta check this out)

[shell mason]

RTOS is great

[mortal condor]

What is superloop?

[gaunt plume]

Everything contained in a single loop()

[shell mason]

Azure RTOS is one option

[lofty mist]

Superloop is what you normally do in Arduino or Circuit Python: setup() and loop() or main () { while(true) { //do stuff}} is the basic "superloop" architecture

[mellow thunder]

JP in the house, cool project!

[waxen thistle]

Super Loop when you get 8 chaos emeralds with Musk -- Hyper Loop is what happens when you get 8 more. Can't forget to get 50 rings and double jump. 🙂

[steep pilot]

Hello

[hasty locust]

Hmm, Azure Architect just saw an Azure thing he didn’t know about, hehe.

[gaunt plume]

@lofty mist Are you going to show using FreeRTOS with existing libraries (arduino)?

[lofty mist]

@gaunt plume totally agree! There are some videos and classes out there, but I wasn't super happy with the resources out there to "learn RTOS"

[gaunt plume]

not sure if this is "Arduino_FreeRTOS"

[lofty mist]

@gaunt plume Yes, I'm working on using the built-in FreeRTOS with the ESP32. It's a modified version unique to the ESP32 called "ESP-IF." I try to show where it differs from vanilla FreeRTOS

[mortal condor]

ESD justice!

[lofty mist]

I'm using Arduino because it 1) works out of the box with FreeRTOS and 2) many people are familiar with it (and I don't have to teach a vendor tool or something else on top of RTOS concepts)

[gaunt plume]

Yes, it's great. Keep at it 🙂

[shell mason]

as Azure RTOS https://docs.microsoft.com/fi-fi/azure/rtos/overview-rtos

[gaunt plume]

RTC?

dang!

[waxen thistle]

CircuitPython? This is the way.

[lofty mist]

This is the way.

[hasty locust]

I’m too busy with my day job for c++ so I agree.

[sage aspen]

Hello all 👋

[hasty locust]

This is the way.

[lofty mist]

yay e-ink!

[mellow thunder]

I'm digging this!

Just don't know which one to do it on...

[split gazelle]

that's really neat @gaunt plume

[waxen thistle]

IFTTT has gone to a premium model -- costs $ after (I think) three routines.

[autumn turret]

Great job wrangling in the Google APIs with CP @gaunt plume

[waxen thistle]

So, the more we can move away from it, the better.

[lofty mist]

Yeah, I was sad to see IFTTT go to nearly all premium 😦

[gaunt plume]

thanks!

@mellow thunder I suggest magtag, it's less distracting and I kept it on my desk all day to glance at it

[lofty mist]

That's where the moo sound came from! Fantastic 🙂

Yes please on more DMA! It helps a ton with audio stuff

[gaunt plume]

thanks @split gazelle and @autumn turret

[mellow thunder]

@ brentru I agree... don't wait to give up my bitcoin ticker on my portal..lol

[gaunt plume]

this week? absolutely not 😛

[robust horizon]

holy moley @steep pilot that is amazing

[hasty chasm]

wowowowow so pretty

[split gazelle]

this is so beautiful

[waxen thistle]

Noe & Pedro are building a lightsaber. Erin is growing kyber crystals. The force is with everyone this week.

[nova totem]

That's a really cool fixture

[mellow thunder]

Oh come on Erin, unreal so very Awesome!!!

[deep scarab]

So pretty @steep pilot !

[viral sail]

That's nice.

[lofty mist]

Dang! That's amazing @steep pilot !

Not "C-punk?" Dang 😛

[nova totem]

I love how that keyboard looks

[open girder]

let's bring back SeaQuest

[robust horizon]

some code to get you started with i2sout on esp32s2: https://gist.github.com/jepler/7cff5b1ec6e6b1ccf9548282d7979ec8

[steep pilot]

thanks you guys!

[deep scarab]

yeah oskitone! Nice work @split gazelle I can't wait until mine is done!

[waxen thistle]

Bring back SeaQuest DSV? Aye, Captain Bridger.

[split gazelle]

thanks @deep scarab ! can't wait to see your build

[mellow thunder]

Ah SeaQuest! love that show..lol

[split gazelle]

and this is oskitone's (tommy's) blog post about the project if folks are interested: https://blog.tommy.sh/posts/poly555-synth/

[nova totem]

@split gazelle are all the case parts 3d printed?

[split gazelle]

yes with the exception of the plexiglass window

[mellow thunder]

Keys also?

[split gazelle]

yes indeed

[mortal condor]

A lot of people don't know that real acoustic pianos actually also have a 555 oscillator on every key.

[mellow thunder]

Sweet!

[deep scarab]

He's selling kits both with and without the 3D printed parts - I had to buy them because they were a little too big for my printer bed. 😦

[autumn turret]

I thought those accoustic pianos had 440 oscilators?

[split gazelle]

i'm into this aquatic aesthetic tonight

yay @nova totem !!

[waxen thistle]

@split gazelle We all want to be..... part of that world... 🎵

[autumn turret]

Congrats @nova totem !!!

[mellow thunder]

Concrats!

[deep scarab]

awesome, congrats @nova totem !

[lofty mist]

Congratulations @nova totem !

[hasty chasm]

yay congrats Mark!

[split gazelle]

it's a really magical feeling

[autumn turret]

Print means someone spent money to share it with the world, it's a pretty big deal!

[hasty chasm]

link to watchy dev kit if anyone's interested 🙂 (no affiliation) https://www.tindie.com/products/sqfmi/watchy/

[lofty mist]

Yay cat and doggo!

[nova totem]

Thanks @split gazelle @autumn turret @deep scarab @lofty mist @hasty chasm Everyone here encouraged me

[split gazelle]

super sweet @hasty chasm

[viral sail]

Great work everyone. Thanks for sharing.

[split gazelle]

great projects everyone!

[waxen thistle]

Thanks everyone for sharing -- you're such a welcome distraction from all the issues we're facing in the world.

[lofty mist]

Thanks all! Great work everyone!

[deep scarab]

cool stuff!

[nova totem]

Great job everyone

[waxen thistle]

NPI!

[open girder]

WE ARE LIVE! ASK AN ENGINEER! https://youtu.be/rpMgL30fgX4

[waxen thistle]

https://www.adafruit.com/opensafely

Mario Kart Show & Shell. 🐢

https://www.adafruit.com/free

?showtimes

[arctic abyss]

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

[hasty chasm]

just realized that the crystal light fixture somehow fits both "seapunk" and "spelunkpunk" aesthetics. blitzcitydiy @steep pilot is a trendsetter

[split gazelle]

that was @steep pilot actually 🧜‍♀️

[hasty chasm]

oh whoops - thanks 🤦‍♂️

[autumn turret]

Who also happens to be a 2021 princess with power tools!

[steep pilot]

@split gazelle is also a trendsetter. 🙂

[upbeat matrix]

@steep pilot That was beautiful! Do you have a link to a writeup?

[waxen thistle]

⏱️ 🚙 Lars has us driving in circles! @haughty quiver's MakeCode Minute was 1min 35sec of chasing away a wheeled robot! 🚗 ⏱️

[neat kayak]

Hi!

New here, be gentle

So I want to create a backpack that heats and cools with a switch