Episode 36 - CircuitPython Day 2026
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Published: September 7, 2026 (originall record August 21st, 2026)
Tod and Paul take a look back at the last year and share some of their favorite CircuitPython projects and features. This is a replay of The Bootloader's livestream on the Adafruit YouTube channel on CircuitPython Day. It has been slightly edited and we do use screensharing, so you may want to check out the video on YouTube.
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Show Notes
00:00 Intro
00:57 CircuitPython in the last year
1:24 CircuitPython 10 Audio Effects
4:24 CircuitPython 10.1 and 10.2 updates
4:37 MicroPython and upstream
5:03 The Adafruit Fruit Jam
5:27 Sean Carolan’s Pac-Man Clone
6:24 Dan Cogliano’s Z Machine and Zork
8:20 Dan Cogliano’s Fruit Jam Screensavers
9:14 Liz Clark’s Fruit Jam Video Music Player
11:41 picogame by Vladimir Smitka
16:24 Lorraine’s Autonomous LEGO Train with CircuitPython and LIDAR
19:42 RV Circuit Studio by Armstrong Subero
24:11 Liz Clark’s Chiptune Player
27:31 PicoTTY
30:30 Wrap-up