The Bootloader

Paul and Tod share a new CircuitPython IDE, a new selling platform for makers, Space Cadet Pinball, and more. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky . Show Notes 00:00 Intro 00:19 RV Circuit Studio RV Circuit Studio GitHub page with download links 4:20 The curse of being a production maker About SmallRun SmallRun FAQ SmallRun Discord SmallRun on BlueSky RetroDisks, Aron’s store on SmallRun todbot...

Paul and Tod are back and discuss a nostalgia archive on the web, Web Serial in Firefox, real time OSes, a follow-up to last episode’s story on Parachord, and more. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky . We have stickers! Request a free sticker here. (US Only, sorry!) Show Notes 00:00 Welcome 00:20 FreeMediaHeckYeah “freemediaheckyeah“ 3:34 Flipper One Flipper Zero All the fun things to do with...

Paul and Tod discuss a new review site for dev boards, add textures to your 3D prints, an open source music player, and more. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky . We have stickers! Request a free sticker here. (US Only, sorry!) Show Notes 00:00 Intro 00:20 OpenBoardsGuide.com Ventuno Q Review Arduino Nesso N1 review Pimoroni Badeware Tufty review Straithe’s BlueSky comment 4:49 BumpMesh.com CN...

In this episode, Tod and Paul share a secondary display for your Bambu Labs 3D printer, a small eink eReader, an open source microcontroller, and more. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome 00:15 BambuHelper BambuHelper is a tiny ESP32-powered desk friend to tell you how your 3d printer is doing! BambuHelper sourcecode BambuHelper assembly video 3d printed case on Makerworld CircuitPython library by Paul! Circ...

Paul and Tod chat about an open source record player, MicroPython’s new operating system, 3D printing news, and you won’t believe who is going to Eurovision. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky . We have stickers! Request a free sticker here. (US Only, sorry!) Show Notes 00:00 Welcome 00:19 The Statimatic STM-01 Automatic Turntable Hackster coverage YouTube series GitHub repository Gareth Halfa...

In this episode, Tod and Paul discuss hacking Flock cameras, the Adafruit Fruit Jam, Neural Networks in CircuitPython, some bad 3D printing legislation, and more. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky . We have stickers! Request a free sticker here. (US Only, sorry!) 00:00 Intro 00:17 Flock Camera Hacking This Flock Camera Leak is like Netflix For Stalkers We Hacked Flock Safety Cameras in under...

Paul has mic issues and Tod has a cold, but they’re here to discuss building your own Steam Machine, learning to sew, circuits and synths, and more. Want a free sticker? Order one here (US only). Show Notes Show Notes 0:00 Intro 00:20 Build your own Steam Machine Building my own Steam Machine with Bazzite Reddit Guide to turn your Steam Machine into a console Interview with Jorge Castro about Bazz...

Show Notes In this episode, Tod and Paul discuss the recent Hackaday Supercon, including a talk and a workshop, Microsoft open sources Zork, the return of 80s style computer magazines, and more. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky . We have stickers! Request a sticker here. 00:23 Supercon Recap Supercon 2025 YouTube playlist 2:10 Tod’s favorite Supercon talks 3:57 Arduino Uno Q Workshop (Tod #1...

Liz Clark joins the show for a second time. Liz, Paul, and Tod each share two things they found interesting including remoting in to a Raspberry Pi, code as PCB design, an open source ereader, and more. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky . Show Notes 00:00 Welcome 00:20 Stickers! Request a sticker 00:31 Welcome Liz Clark 00:53 Raspberry Pi Connect Raspberry Pi Connect Documentation Raspberry P...

Paul and Tod discuss speeding up a Raspberry Pi, parts management with Inventree, product reviews, synths, and more. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky . Show Notes 00:00 Intro 00:23 Make Your Raspberry Pi Faster 5:13 Inventree 7:59 Framework 12 Laptop 15:18 Channels 19:26 Mutable Instruments ported to the Pico 23:38 3D Printable and Dissolvable Circuit Boards Enjoying the show? You can now sp...

This episode is a replay of The Bootloader’s live CircuitPython Day 2025 show from August 15th, 2025 hosted on Adafruit’s YouTube channel. The episode has been lightly edited. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky . 00:00 Intro 00:26 Welcome 1:02 Thank you Anne Barela Subscribe to the Python on Hardware newsletter 1:46 CircuitPython Fonts CircuitPython fonts repository with circup instructions Ci...

In this episode, Tod and Paul welcome John Park to the show. They discuss a floppy disk MIDI boombox, live-coding music, RP2350 as a mini-computer, and more. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky . Show Notes 00:00 Intro Joséphine Wolf Oberholtzer , creator and maintainer of Supriya 00:54 Floppy Disk Midi Boomboxes (John #1) Vintage: Roland MT-80S Roland MT-300S Yamaha MDP-10 DIY: MIDI Blaster by...

Tod and Paul discuss a MIDI chip, an epic rant, a love letter, and more. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky . 00:00 Welcome 00:17 SAM2695 General MIDI chip Seeed XIAO MIDI M5stack w/ speaker M5stack w/ MIDI in/out DIYElectroMusic articles SAM2695 datahsheet Tod demo on Adafruit Show-n-Tell 3:51 Supercollider and Supriya Supercollider synth engine Supriya Python API Supriya subreddit 5:47 The S...

Paul and Tod discuss tariffs, desoldering tricks, a classic arcade game, and more. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky . Follow Paul on Mastodon or Bluesky . Follow Tod on Mastodon or Bluesky . For detailed show notes and transcripts, visit TheBootloader.net Show Notes 00:00 Welcome 00:17 Tarriffs are Bullshit 6:00 Desoldering Tricks 10:21 Philips Fixables 12:45 Resurrecting Sinistar 15:36 Kiwi...

Welcome to a new episode! Tod and Paul chat about woodworking, MP3 players, a CircuitPython synthio tutorial, and more. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky . 00:00 Intro 00:12 Hyperwood 2:34 Synology NAS devices 7:27 TRMNL WiFi ePaper display 11:29 Rockbox 4.0 Paul incorrectly stated 2022 as the year of the first Rockbox release. It’s 2002 and we regret the error. 13:02 CircuitPython synthio tu...

Andy Piper joins Tod and Paul and they discuss an open source laptop, 3D printing filament detection, synths, and more. Visit Andy’s homepage Check out TheBootloader.net for detailed show notes and transcript. Follow us on social media: Andy Piper on Mastodon or Bluesky Paul Cutler on Mastodon or Bluesky Tod Kurt on Mastodon or Bluesky 00:00 Intro 00:59 Glance app 5:33 Soundfonts , General MIDI, a...

Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky and join our newsletter Check out TheBootlader.net for detailed show notes, links, and transcript. Brent Rubell of Adafruit Industries joins Tod and Paul. They discuss the Wippersnapper IoT firmware, Arduino libraries, microcontrollers as mini-computers, and more. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome 00:27 Wippersnapper’s new offline mode Wippersnapper Learn Guide 5:36 r...

Paul and Tod discuss drama in the world of 3D printing, oscilloscope music, inventory management for makers, and more. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky and sign up for ad-free, spam-free, tracking-free monthly newsletter . Show Notes bamboozle: To deceive or dupe; hoodwink. synonym: deceive. 00:00 Welcome 00:14 Drama in the world of 3D printing Bambu Firmware Update Introducing New Authoriza...

Happy New Year! Tod and Paul are back, each with three things to share. They discuss sunsetting a popular IDE, Tod’s favorite synth (which does so much more), 3D printing, pinball, and more. We’re now on Bluesky! Follow us on Bluesky or subscribe to our newsletter . Visit The Bootloader.net for detailed show notes, links, transcripts, and more. 00:00 Welcome 00:19 Sunsetting Mu 3:23 The Synthstrom...

Tod and Paul discuss the recent Hackaday Supercon. They share some of their favorite talks, the Supercon badge, and notable add-ons for the badge. For detailed show notes, including pictures, visit TheBootloader.net . And while you’re there, sign up for our newsletter! 00:00 Welcome 00:25 What is Supercon? 3:23 The Supercon badge 5:25 Supercon badge simple add-ons 6:44 The 2024 Supercon badge 7:16...

Welcome to the show For detailed show notes and a transcript, visit TheBootloader.net Join our newsletter! Keep up with the show and what Paul and Tod are up to. Visit The Bootloader’s newsletter page to browse the archives or subscribe. Welcome to our second guest, Kevin Santo Cappuccio, the creator of Jumperless. 6:20 The UNO Plus+ (Kevin #1) The UNO Plus+ from John Loeffler is what the Arduino...

Paul and Tod welcome their first ever guest, Liz Clark aka BlitzCityDIY. They chat about the itsaSNAP iOS app from Adafruit, the new Raspberry Pi AI camera, maker skill trees, and more. Join our newsletter! Keep up with the show and what Paul and Tod are up to. Visit The Bootloader’s newsletter page to browse the archives or subscribe. Show Notes 00:25 Adafruit itsaSNAP iOS App (Liz #1) I have to...

Welcome to a new episode of The Bootloader. For detailed show notes and transcripts, check out TheBootloader.net . Join our new newsletter or check out the archives . 00:00 Welcome 00:26 Recap: The Bootloader live on CircuitPython Day 3:00 MICRORACK (Tod #1) 08:16: Pimoroni’s Picade Max (Paul #1) Paradise Arcade Shop 13:17 A bug in the Raspberry Pi RP2350 (Tod #2) Hackster article 18:36 Stratasys...

In this episode of The Bootloader, Paul and Tod are joined by Debra Ansell who recaps Teardown 2024. Tod and Paul share a few interesting things including the Tulip Creative Computer, code editors, metal 3D printing, and more. Stay until the end for a special announcement about CircuitPython Day on August 16, 2024. For detailed show notes, transcripts, and to join our newsletter, visit The Bootloa...

Paul and Tod chat about Professor Gallaugher’s CircuitPython tutorial videos, Embedded Swift, a special interview with Justin Myers, the author of the new CircuitPython ConnectionManager library, and more. For detailed show notes and transcripts visit The Bootloader.net Show Notes: 00:21 CircuitPython videos by Professor John Gallaugher Professor Gallaugher interview on The CircuitPython Show Prof...