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The Bootloader
by Paul Cutler and Tod Kurt
A monthly podcast loading you up with news, project updates and product talk from the CircuitPython and maker communities. Hosted by Tod Kurt and Paul Cutler.
Episodes
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The Spirit of Radio
Tod and Paul are back and share CircuitPython Turbo, an open source ambient TV lighting project, LoRa radios, and cheap music gadgets. Show Notes 00:00 Intro 00:30 CircuitPython Turbo 6:53 HyperHDR HyperHDR documentation HyperHDR GitHub Repository HyperSerialPico Paul's blog posts on installing...
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CircuitPython Day 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...
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Thank You For The Music
In this episode, Tod and Paul share everything you wanted to know about USB, what's new in CircuitPython, a retro MP3 player, and more. Follow the show on BlueSky. 00:19 Understanding USB Know what your USB-C cable can really do RD TC66 USB Tester Treedix USB Cable Tester Linux lsucpd 6:13 Terry...
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Pinball Wizard
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...
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Times Like These
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...
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Wave of Mutilation
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...
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Help I'm Alive
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...
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Spin the Black Circle
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...
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Kick Out the Jams
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…
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Games Without Frontiers
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…
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Don't call it a comeback
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...
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Super Smooth - with Liz Clark
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...
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I Feel the Need for Speed
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...
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CircuitPython Day 2025
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...
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Drop the beat - with guest John Park
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...
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The rant and the love letter
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…
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Rated PG for Language
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…
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I'm Afraid it's TRMNL
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…
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Welcome Andy Piper
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...
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Welcome Brent Rubell
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...
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Bamboozled
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....
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Sunsets, Synths, and Pinball!
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...
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Supercon 2024
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...
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Welcome Kevin Santo Cappuccio
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...
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Welcome Liz Clark
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...
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From Arcade to Synth
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)...
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Teardown 2024 with Debra Ansell
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…
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Four Topics and an Interview
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...
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Beautiful Bezier Curves
In episode 9, Paul and Tod chat about the M5Stack Cardputer, RadioFreeFedi, migrating to Kicad, the CircuitPython Online IDE, and more. For detailed show notes, visit TheBootloader.net. 00:00 Welcome 00:20 The M5Stack Cardputer - Tod #1 2:10 CircuitPython build for the Cardputer 2:40 Available…
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Built from the ground up
In this episode, Paul and Tod each share three interesting things from learn to solder kits to programming ARM in assembly and more. Visit TheBootloader.net for more information including detailed show notes and transcripts. 00:22 Meet the Maker: Carrie Sundra of Alpenglow Industries. (Paul #1)...
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The CircuitPython 9 Release Show
00:00 Welcome to The Bootloader 00:22 What are we excited about in CircuitPython 9? 00:56 jpegio and the Memento Camera AdaBox 21 Unboxing Video 2:12 The one downside of JPEG vs. BMP or PNG 3:03 How Adafruit is innovating around the hardware and software 3:57 bitmapfilter image effects 4:28 USB...
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Supersized for Supercon
Tod shares some of his favorite talks from the recent Supercon conference in Pasadena, CA. Paul and Tod each share one thing they found interesting. Follow Tod on Mastodon: @[email protected] Follow Paul on Mastodon: @[email protected] Show Notes 0:00 Welcome to the Supersize Supercon...
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Pandas and Breadboards
Tod and Paul share a few interesting things including virtual breadboards, Hey Github, and creating virtual synthesizers. 00:00 Welcome 00:26 MicroPython by Arduino Labs 6:15 Home Assistant 9:50 WithDiode.com and virtual breadboards 14:09 Hey, Github 17:40 Virtual Synthesizers - Turn Max patches...
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What's the Matter?
In episode 4, Tod and Paul discuss macOS Ventura, the Matter smart home specification, video synths and more. Show Notes: 00:22 macOS Ventura cannot copy UF2 files 2:37 Matter smart home specification 7:00 3D printing for good causes 10:00 Video Synthesizers 13:10 IO Rodeo’s Open Colorimeter…
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The Middle is a Pumpkin
In episode 3, Paul and Tod share news about boards, code editors, sensors, and something fun at the end. 0:15 RISC-V Arduino Chip 04:28 Code editors and JetBrains Fleet 09:35 Person Sensor by Useful Sensors 13:38 GitHubCopilotInvestigation.com 19:18 CircuitPython’s ulab 23:57 MakerDeck If you…
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M is for Makers, Music, and Machine Learning
In episode 2, Paul and Tod talk about some makers and their cool projects, including the Lux Lavalier and Pikon; creating music in a web browser, and more. PixelBlaze expression language (Tod #1) 1:45 Lux Lavalier Created by the team of Jason Coon, Debra Ansell, Ben Hencke Whisper OpenAI (Paul…
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Rock Stars Are Just Like Us
In this first episode, Paul and Tod each share a few things they found interesting. They discuss open source projects including tio and Belay, 3D printing, and a rock star's Python project. Follow the show on Twitter or visit The Bootloader for full show notes and transcripts. 00:23:...
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Trailer #2
Paul and Tod preview The Bootloader and share a fun fact. The Bootloader is coming September 26th. Follow us on Twitter @thebootloader Visit our homepage at thebootloader.net Enjoying the show? You can now sponsor the show, learn more at www.circuitpythonshow.com. Thank you for your support!
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The Bootloader Trailer
Welcome to The Bootloader with Tod Kurt and Paul Cutler. Each episode we'll bring you news, project updates, and more from the maker and tech scenes. Enjoying the show? You can now sponsor the show, learn more at www.circuitpythonshow.com. Thank you for your support!
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A monthly podcast loading you up with news, project updates and product talk from the CircuitPython and maker communities. Hosted by Tod Kurt and Paul Cutler.
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