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From the Editor:
Welcome to the latest Python on Microcontrollers newsletter! The heat I mentioned last week has hit my locale and it’s a scorcher, bringing evening thunderstorms. On the Python front, I think folks at the companies are on summer break while the Makers are busy indoors.
If you’ve ever used WLED for NeoPixel strips, ScrollKit provides similar effects for LED matrix work, using CircuitPython. Looking at AI, companies are improving use for us humble coders while corporate folks increase security of products ahead of a European Union mandate. All this and folks are mad at Microsoft again for their GitHub Copilot pricing. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Stay cool. – Anne Barela, Editor
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ScrollKit
Most LED-matrix libraries get you a scrolling “Hello, World” and stop. Michael Czeiszperger built ScrollKit for what comes next: over-the-air updates to boards in the field, fault-tolerant data refresh, real transitions and effects, WiFi setup with no file to edit, and a built-in web server users control from a browser. The hard part isn’t any single feature. It’s running all of them at once on a microcontroller without the display stuttering. It also runs on a desktop simulator Michael wrote that exports its own GIFs and videos – ScrollKit and GitHub. Via Discord.
Visual Studio Code Improves Tools for Agents
Visual Studio Code 1.127, an update to Microsoft’s open-source code editor brings improvements to the Agents window. VS Code 1.127 enhances agent session management, introduces per-site browser permissions, and makes browser tools for agents generally available – Infoworld.
Getting Started with the Claude API in Python
Have you wanted to use Claude in your CPython program? KDnuggets describes in detail how to do so via the Claude API. The Claude Python SDK takes care of much of the underlying API interaction. It provides typed response objects, built-in retry handling, and a simple interface for working with the Messages API – KDnuggets.
GitHub Copilot’s New Usage-Based Billing: What Changed, Why Developers Are Upset, and What It Means
GitHub Copilot is entering a new phase, moving Copilot from premium request-based usage to usage-based billing built around a new unit called GitHub AI Credits. On paper, this is a pricing model change. In practice, it signals something bigger: AI coding tools are moving from subscription software economics to cloud compute economics. For many developers, Copilot’s value was not just the AI assistance. It was the simplicity: pay a monthly fee, use the tool, don’t think too much about the meter running in the background. No longer – GAPvelocity.
Raspberry Pi’s Statement On the EU Cyber Resilience Act
“The regulatory landscape for digital devices is changing, specifically for those that fall within the relatively wide definition given in the EU’s new cybersecurity regulation. If you’re starting to develop a new product, Raspberry Pi is an excellent choice. Engineering leaders should treat this window as their last chance to ensure compliance with the CRA, and integrating Raspberry Pi technology provides a substantial head start” – Raspberry Pi News.
…‘product with digital elements’ means a software or hardware product and its remote data processing solutions, including software or hardware components being placed on the market separately…
Related: Securing Raspberry Pi Connect at scale – Raspberry Pi News.
This Week’s Python Streams
Python on Hardware is all about building a cooperative ecosphere which allows contributions to be valued and to grow knowledge. Below are the streams within the last week focusing on the community.
CircuitPython Deep Dive Stream
Last Friday, Tim tag teamed in to discuss the picogame CircuitPython game framework.
You can see the latest video and past videos on the Adafruit YouTube channel under the Deep Dive playlist – YouTube.
CircuitPython Parsec
John Park’s CircuitPython Parsec is off this week. Catch all the episodes in the YouTube playlist.
Deep Dive with Tim
Last week, Tim streamed work on a CircuitPython I2SIn learn guide.
You can see the latest video and past videos on the Adafruit YouTube channel under the Deep Dive playlist – YouTube.
CircuitPython Weekly Meeting
CircuitPython Weekly Meeting for June 29, 2026 (notes) on YouTube.
Project of the Week: A MIDI to CV Using a Cytron Maker Nano 2040 With an MCP4728 DAC
A Cytron Maker Nano 2040 with an Adafruit MCP4728 board and I2C isolator converts MIDI messages to pitch control voltage and an envelope. This is performed with a CircuitPython program which is using CircuitPython’s synthio library to generate the envelopes. It can also output the note velocity or gate instead of the envelope output. The MCP4728 DAC has four channels which allows a duophonic patch to be used. There are two oscillators and two filters with the envelope driving the cutoff frequency on the filters – YouTube.
Popular Last Week
What was the most popular, most clicked link, in last week’s newsletter? 5 things to build with the $4 chip that’s outselling the Raspberry Pi.
Did you know you can read past issues of this newsletter in the Adafruit Daily Archive? Check it out.
New Notes from Adafruit Playground
Adafruit Playground is a new place for the community to post their projects and other making tips/tricks/techniques. Ad-free, it’s an easy way to publish your work in a safe space for free.
Macropad USB Audio Digital Effects Pedal – Adafruit Playground.
CircuitPython on the PiMoRoNi Explorer – Adafruit Playground.
Workout Rest Helper – Adafruit Playground.
News From Around the Web
Turning an ESP32 into a MIDI keyboard with MicroPython – YouTube and GitHub.
The Cytron Raspberry Pi boards mentioned in a previous newsletter were locked at 1.25 GHz. Were they worth the discount? Jeff Geerling got one and put it through tests – GitHub. Via X.
A $25 DIY weather station – YouTube. Via X.
Raspberry Pi PICO 2W and IRC chat client by bobricius. “The PICOmputer FLIP DVI handheld has code written in CircuitPython, based on an Adafruit demo with big Claude help. Remember the good old days of internet cafes?” – X.
Using MicroPython with LVGL to make an ESP32-S3 smart touch pad – YouTube and GitHub.
Rescue Scout: RC Car search and rescue system with Raspberry Pi and Python – Instructables.
Creating a BadUSB to hack with, using CircuitPython (Part 1: Microcontroller Preparation) – Vignette & Clarity. Via X. (Japanese)
Ten years of Meta’s commitment to Python – Meta Engineering.
Black Jack Folk: an AI-powered companion robot for card games using Raspberry Pi and Python – Instructables.
SquarePi is an open-source hi-fi audio amp for Raspberry Pi. The Pi HAT has a 15-band hardware EQ and browser control — no app, account, or cloud required – hackster.io.
Making a smart lamp on W55MH32L-EVB with MicroPython – hackster.io.
Porting CircuitPython code to different hardware – YouTube.
Running Python Locally in a Sandbox – The Real Python Podcast #301 – YouTube.
Seven real-world Python projects you can build in 2026 (with guides) – KDnuggets.
These seven Python libraries are useful even if you’re not a developer – yahoo!tech.
Make your homelab easier for everyone to use this weekend – How-To Geek.
New
The new Seeed Studio XIAO nRF54LM20A contains the Nordic nRF54LM20A with a 128MHz Arm Cortex-M33 and an additional 128MHz RISC-V coprocessor. It has 512KB of RAM and 2MB of NVM. And its 2.4GHz multi-protocol radio supports Bluetooth LE, WiFi, Matter, Thread, Zigbee, and more. It furnishes 28 GPIO pins, with 9 analog pins. It provides an IPEX4 connector for an external antenna, 8MB of flash storage, and an nPM1300 power management IC – hackster.io.
The Waveshare ESP32-C5-LCD-1.47 is a little different, since it’s the first to feature an ESP32-C5 chip for dual-band WiFi 6 connectivity. It’s basically based on the ESP32-C6-LCD-1.47 design, but replaces the ESP32-C6 supporting 2.4 GHz WiFi 6 with an ESP32-C5 capable of handling both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi 6. Other features mostly remain the same: a 1.47-inch 262K-color display with 320 x 172 resolution, 4MB of flash, an RGB LED, a microSD card slot, and two 9-pin headers for GPIO expansion – CNX.
New Boards Supported by CircuitPython
The number of supported microcontrollers and Single Board Computers (SBC) grows every week. This section outlines which boards have been included in CircuitPython or added to CircuitPython.org.
This week there were no new boards.
Note: For non-Adafruit boards, please use the support forums of the board manufacturer for assistance, as Adafruit does not have the hardware to assist in troubleshooting.
Looking to add a new board to CircuitPython? It’s highly encouraged! Adafruit has four guides to help you do so:
- How to Add a New Board to CircuitPython
- How to add a New Board to the circuitpython.org website
- Adding a Single Board Computer to PlatformDetect for Blinka
- Adding a Single Board Computer to Blinka
New Adafruit Learning System Guides
The Adafruit Learning System has over 3,200 free guides for learning skills and building projects including using Python.
USB Morse Code Key with CircuitPython from Tim C
CircuitPython Libraries
The CircuitPython library numbers are continually increasing, while existing ones continue to be updated. Here we provide library numbers and updates!
To get the latest Adafruit libraries, download the Adafruit CircuitPython Library Bundle. To get the latest community contributed libraries, download the CircuitPython Community Bundle.
If you’d like to contribute to the CircuitPython project on the Python side of things, the libraries are a great place to start. Check out the CircuitPython.org Contributing page. If you’re interested in reviewing, check out Open Pull Requests. If you’d like to contribute code or documentation, check out Open Issues. We have a guide on contributing to CircuitPython with Git and GitHub, and you can find us in the #help-with-circuitpython and #circuitpython-dev channels on the Adafruit Discord.
You can check out this list of all the Adafruit CircuitPython libraries and drivers available.
The current number of CircuitPython libraries is 572!
New Libraries
Here is this week’s new CircuitPython library:
Updated Libraries
Here are this week’s updated CircuitPython libraries:
What’s the CircuitPython team up to this week?
What is the team up to this week? Let’s check in:
Dan
I’ve been fixing bugs and adding features for CircuitPython 10.3.0. In the past week, I’ve submitted half a dozen pull requests. Several have been done with the aid of an LLM. In some cases, it diagnosed a bug right away; in other cases it needed some guidance. But it has definitely saved time, and it has been easy to keep my usage well under control.
Tim
I am still largely in audio land this week. The USB morse key guide I mentioned last week is published now. Next I’m working on a guide about using I2SIn microphones with CircuitPython. It will feature examples of basic recording, audio reactive NeoPixels, and USB voice changing microphone. I’ve also started working on implementing sdioio module in the raspberrypi port. My goal is to speed up sd card writes to make recording I2S audio in real time to a file work better. The current sd card implementation in rpi port causes gaps and other artifacts in the audio.
I’ve also been looking into a new game framework for CircuitPython picogame. It is brand new, still in alpha stage, now available to start tinkering with. It is able to achieve very impressive rendering performance, which can unlock some games that were previously not really possible to make, like side scrolling platformers.
Scott
This week I got caught up after vacation. The PCBs I ordered before it arrived, so I’ve been testing them. I think the HIL board is ready for steady use. The gameboy cart has a boot button bug and a few other tweaks. So, I’m ordering a new version of it. The trackball PCBs need some 3D printed parts for full testing. I ordered a 3D printer and will start printing those parts once I get it. Next week, my goal is to get the hardware in the loop testing running and in use.
Liz
This week I published two guides. The first was for the new ADS7128 8-channel ADC and GPIO expander. This breakout lets you add 8 analog inputs, digital inputs, digital outputs or a combination of all three. The second guide was for the CircuitPython Chiptune Player that I’ve been discussing here. Noe did a great job with the enclosure design, and it was fun to figure out how to use synthio to play these files back in CircuitPython.
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Other Events This Year
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Latest Releases
CircuitPython’s stable release is 10.2.1 and its unstable release is 10.3.0-alpha.3. New to CircuitPython? Start with our Welcome to CircuitPython Guide.
20260702 is the latest Adafruit CircuitPython library bundle.
20260616 is the latest CircuitPython Community library bundle.
v1.28.0 is the latest MicroPython release. Documentation for it is here.
3.14.6 is the latest Python release. The latest pre-release version is 3.15.0b3.
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