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EPISODE · Mar 29, 2025 · 1H 59M

Deep Dive w/Scott: Emoji Fonts in CircuitPython!

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Join Scott as he finishes up work on LVGL font on disk support and answers any questions folks have. He's been trying Windsurf AI assistant for coding too! Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com Thanks to dcd for timecodes: 0:00 Getting started 1:11 Hello everyone - welcome to Deep Dive 2:15 Fruit Jam will be available in the future 2:40 Thanks to Tim / FoamyGuy for filling the past few weeks 3:00 Scott will not be doing Deep Dives in May 4:40 Status update: Added third drive to CP 7:00 NerdSnipping - supporting emojis 8:37 unifoundry.com emojis 9:14 added lvmfont to the Adafruit_CircuitPython_BitMap_Font library 10:05 used Claude code to generate file parsing code (it checks for error message from compiler) 12:00 Demo of what is working so far - using new capture card - live output from Fruit Jam 13:16 Windsurf - (a fork of vscode) 14:13 emojipedia.org 15:01 partypopper, parting face, and other emojis 15:40 fonts loaded off the "disk" - not using all the RAM 17:13 NERD FONTS nerdfonts.com - fetching rain cloud icon 21:26 Status Bar emojis vs. terminal emojis 22:40 meta-period to get to emoji selector 23:09 emojipedia / wire keyboard / unicode plains 24:30 Circuitpython-font-generator (created by AI Friend) 26:53 Unicode Character Ranges at jrgraphix.net 27:18 using Cascade AI to help generate code - using Windsurf for code review 30:26 Might look at RooCode in the future 37:08 eject the drive and restart 39:07 Look at Claude code 43:22 vscode issues - the constant pop-ups.... 48:55 check out the Japanese fonts - ( see tio showing the fonts ) 54:45 return to windsurf and add some debug prints 1:00:27 Disable some of the serial mirroring 1:11:23 More debugging required :-) 1:27:06 fix might be to use the counts...54:45 return to windsurf and add some debug prints 1:00:27 Disable some of the serial mirroring 1:11:23 More debugging required :-) 1:27:06 fix might be to use the counts...54:45 return to windsurf and add some debug prints 1:00:27 Disable some of the serial mirroring 1:11:23 More debugging required :-) 1:27:06 fix might be to use the counts...54:45 return to windsurf and add some debug prints 1:00:27 Disable some of the serial mirroring 1:11:23 More debugging required :-) 1:27:06 fix might be to use the counts...54:45 return to windsurf and add some debug prints 1:00:27 Disable some of the serial mirroring 1:11:23 More debugging required :-) 1:27:06 fix might be to use the counts... 1:29:46 add ascii font also to a few languages 1:33:10 that fixed it - ascii in title bar and terminal 1:34:44 update settings.toml ( selecting fonts? ) 1:38:00 staging changes and rebuild 1:42:35 now we have emojis 1:45:10 how to get cascade to remember context 1:48:50 edit ing .windsurfrules 1:49:29 claude created CLAUDE.md, windsurf didn't 1:51:38 stage more changes and git commit --amend 1:53:41 the new HDMI capture card was XR1 lite from EVGA ( was using the adafruit card ) 1:56:46 wrap-up 1:58:39 artifacts in the circuitpython-font-generator ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Subscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/subscribe New tutorials on the Adafruit Learning System: http://learn.adafruit.com/ -----------------------------------------

Join Scott as he finishes up work on LVGL font on disk support and answers any questions folks have. He's been trying Windsurf AI assistant for coding too! Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com Thanks to dcd for timecodes: 0:00 Getting started 1:11 Hello everyone - welcome to Deep Dive 2:15 Fruit Jam will be available in the future 2:40 Thanks to Tim / FoamyGuy for filling the past few weeks 3:00 Scott will not be doing Deep Dives in May 4:40 Status update: Added third drive to CP 7:00 NerdSnipping - supporting emojis 8:37 unifoundry.com emojis 9:14 added lvmfont to the Adafruit_CircuitPython_BitMap_Font library 10:05 used Claude code to generate file parsing code (it checks for error message from compiler) 12:00 Demo of what is working so far - using new capture card - live output from Fruit Jam 13:16 Windsurf - (a fork of vscode) 14:13 emojipedia.org 15:01 partypopper, parting face, and other emojis 15:40 fonts loaded off the "disk" - not using all the RAM 17:13 NERD FONTS nerdfonts.com - fetching rain cloud icon 21:26 Status Bar emojis vs. terminal emojis 22:40 meta-period to get to emoji selector 23:09 emojipedia / wire keyboard / unicode plains 24:30 Circuitpython-font-generator (created by AI Friend) 26:53 Unicode Character Ranges at jrgraphix.net 27:18 using Cascade AI to help generate code - using Windsurf for code review 30:26 Might look at RooCode in the future 37:08 eject the drive and restart 39:07 Look at Claude code 43:22 vscode issues - the constant pop-ups.... 48:55 check out the Japanese fonts - ( see tio showing the fonts ) 54:45 return to windsurf and add some debug prints 1:00:27 Disable some of the serial mirroring 1:11:23 More debugging required :-) 1:27:06 fix might be to use the counts...54:45 return to windsurf and add some debug prints 1:00:27 Disable some of the serial mirroring 1:11:23 More debugging required :-) 1:27:06 fix might be to use the counts...54:45 return to windsurf and add some debug prints 1:00:27 Disable some of the serial mirroring 1:11:23 More debugging required :-) 1:27:06 fix might be to use the counts...54:45 return to windsurf and add some debug prints 1:00:27 Disable some of the serial mirroring 1:11:23 More debugging required :-) 1:27:06 fix might be to use the counts...54:45 return to windsurf and add some debug prints 1:00:27 Disable some of the serial mirroring 1:11:23 More debugging required :-) 1:27:06 fix might be to use the counts... 1:29:46 add ascii font also to a few languages 1:33:10 that fixed it - ascii in title bar and terminal 1:34:44 update settings.toml ( selecting fonts? ) 1:38:00 staging changes and rebuild 1:42:35 now we have emojis 1:45:10 how to get cascade to remember context 1:48:50 edit ing .windsurfrules 1:49:29 claude created CLAUDE.md, windsurf didn't 1:51:38 stage more changes and git commit --amend 1:53:41 the new HDMI capture card was XR1 lite from EVGA ( was using the adafruit card ) 1:56:46 wrap-up 1:58:39 artifacts in the circuitpython-font-generator ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Subscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/subscribe New tutorials on the Adafruit Learning System: http://learn.adafruit.com/ -----------------------------------------

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