You can also get an "analog" touch value with touch_pin.raw_value to do basic proximity detection or even theremin-like behavior. If your board's CircuitPython has the keypad library (most do), then I ...

CircuitPython reached a major milestone last week as it welcomed its 100th board into the fold: the wristwatch form factored badge designed for the 10th annual Open Source Hardware Summit, which takes ...

Modern microcontrollers like the RP2040 and ESP32 are truly a marvels of engineering. For literal pocket change you can get a chip that’s got a multi-core processor running at hundreds of megahertz, ...

Electronic enthusiasts, makers and hobbyists searching for a tiny CircuitPython prototyping board may be interested in the Serpente, which has been created by developer “arturo182” and is now ...

Last week it was announced that CircuitPython 4.0 is now available to download and test out. CircuitPython is Adafruit’s branch of MicroPython designed to “simplify experimentation and education on ...

CircuitPython is a beginner friendly, open source version of Python for tiny, inexpensive computers called microcontrollers. Microcontrollers are the brains of many electronics including a wide ...