 Okay, it's time for Python on hardware this week. Yeah. We have a bunch of things going on, projects and more, some year-end stuff, and some really cool projects. Slide into the air. So this is Alistair Robot, learns to grip with CircuitPython. Okay. We're starting to see some robotics projects. This is Connect-Controlled. Oh, cool. Robot. And it uses CircuitPython. And if you watch the tweet video and go to GitHub, you can see it's learning how to grip. It's kind of cool. It can do all this with CircuitPython. The December 2020 release of the Python extension, VS Code, a lot of people use VS Code. So if you like Python, use VS Code. Check it out. There's a couple updates. You can read about that on the Microsoft blog. This is interesting news for me. You love this. We had put in requests over the years to GitHub to support video files. Yeah. And they did. And the reason for this is good is because a lot of people put animated projects in issues. Which are bigger than movies. Especially for hardware stuff. They're like, oh, show me the wiring or show this thing in action. Show what you're seeing on the screen. Yeah. Or screencast and stuff like that. So the maximum is 10 megabytes. And right now it can just be as an asset in an issue. I'm going to play around to see if you can add it to other places. But so far so good. They also did a really neat update to their Markdown editor. Check that out as well. The deep dives at Scott are finished for this year. They'll be starting up again in 2020. But you can check out the latest one on our YouTube. If you did not happen to get a gift for someone. Or maybe you're like, oh, no, I forgot someone. Get them a gift certificate of aid fruit. And they can buy all the Python on hardware they want. Next up, there is this interesting study. And this is from MIT News. Your old stomping grounds. They did brain scans of people. And they looked at what parts of your brain are getting lit up when you look at block programming. Yeah. And then what part is lit up when you're doing Python. And I think people always get stuck in this like, either or, which one's better. I feel like for block programming, it's not or. It's just like, and this is how a lot of people get started. It's another way to do something. It's like you can play chords on a guitar, but eventually you might need to play notes. And I think that's one of the things that like, you can start to piece together a program. And it's like, oh, I wanted to do these things. And here's all my choices. It's like a big multiple choice test. And then programming uses different parts of the brain, where maybe it's like more like reading math or real natural language. So anyways, check it out. I think there'll be a lot of insights as we start to study the impacts of programming on people. Yeah. I mean, there's no right, you know, there's no, it's not like scratch junior or Python are better for learning programming. What I like is that some people learn better with one or the other. They prefer one or the other. And I'm glad that there's two options. And here's a prayer tip. Don't listen to anyone ever on Twitter or hacker news or anything about what the best programming language is, or what's best, or just like some curmudgeoning person. Play around with these things. You know what's cool? Lots of different choices. Yeah. You know what's neat? The bouncing between different programming languages when you want to get something done and be like, oh, that's a new way to think about solving a problem. So look at it as like good, not like oh no, or only in gatekeeping. Yeah. Okay, news from around the web. This is kind of neat. We have Boot Manager for the MagTag. So basically, remember the old days back in Linux, you can use like Lilo, Lilo. Yeah. And you can choose your little... Yeah. Could do stuff like that. Okay. Important Linux to Inc. Yeah, we're going to do that. This is kind of cool. You pull a switch and it gets you out of a Zoom call. I thought that was funny because it was like, the video was great and the author was like, you know, they wanted to get out of videos, but they didn't want that awkward like reaching for the click button. So they just have sort of like, the thing that they pull and when they pull it, it... And another circuit Python project. One of the things I have noticed, speaking of programming languages, there's a lot of people who know Python and they've been working from home and they're starting to think about physical devices and projects that they want or need like a thing that you pull and it ends the Zoom call, but they don't want to like learn, see, or like download and crazy ID or do all this stuff. Yeah. They already know Python. So they're instantly able to do this. So I thought that was kind of... We're seeing lots and lots of projects. This was with a Adafruit Feather NRF 52840 and Circuit Python. This is kind of neat. Mark was on the show and tell, these are these neat dripping icicles that we did with Python. And what's cool is on lots of different platforms, Python can do advanced fast animations. Yes. So especially like with all the hardware that we have now that supports Python. It's kind of cool. Next up, parcel Arduino on a mag tag. Check that out. This is from MakerBlock. From MakerBlock, this is, you know, again, going with theme. MakerBlock programmed a QTPI using sort of Python for the first time in a few days, first time ever using Python. And MakerBlock said, hey, you know, maybe I don't want to go back to Arduino because it is different. And this is one of those things like try it out. If you've only done like Arduino stuff, try out Python on hardware. And also my request is if you're doing Python on hardware once in a while, try to do the exact same thing in Arduino and see the differences. Yeah. And see how much harder it easier is. A good example, IoT stuff, nearly impossible to do with Arduino, like getting strings and like displaying stuff, putting on ink, custom fonts, bitmaps. Good luck. CircuitPython, we make it quote too easy. Yeah. So anyways, hi, praise. Thank you, MakerBlock. This is kind of cool. Control your TV using the force, build a gesture controlled remote using Adafruit Feather M4 Express and CircuitPython. This is a cool, like, little prop. Yeah, it's like a prop and they're adding CircuitPython to it. It's kind of cool. More about the open book project. You can see some PCBs that are going to work with the Adafruit Clue and an ADC board. Here is a Seed Dweeno Shal, which also supports CircuitPython. You can see some of the components on there. And along panel meters using CircuitPython, new Feather S2 by an expected maker. Here is a new Feather board with Bluetooth from Recraner Labs. This is the new STM Bluetooth check. That's cool. Here's the thing, they were like, people asked, are you going to make this? And I said, I don't think I'm going to get around to it, but I'm glad somebody else did. Yeah, and in the popular Feather format. This is kind of cool. This is a full-on CircuitPython book from Elector in France. Yay! And probably, this is my... My intro. Yeah, probably my guess. This is from Michael Baton, and it's in French. My guess is you're probably going to see a lot of Python on hardware, specifically in France because Python is a national programming language for students there. Yeah. And one of the things that we're trying to do is talk to policymakers in the U.S., especially as there's a next chapter in our administration, and say, hey, if we're going to choose something to suggest to kids, what has machine learning? What has data science? What has things like Jupyter Notebooks? What has things that is open source? What has things that is a really good community? What has things that you can kind of read it and understand what's going on? So you think Python. So I think this will be interesting to see if this continues around the globe. Next up, a couple other second Python projects. Here is a fun Neopixel signage about, you know, keeping distance around the mistletoe. Here's a guide using the Pymeroni and Vyro and Featherwing using the NRF 52-840. Python size Python book is out. Python turtle for beginners. I love turtle. Yeah. And a couple other things that's ahead. Look for the Python event that's going to be in March. And if you want to donate to the Python foundation, that's one of their big things. Yes. And then other stuff with events, let me just get down to it here, is you can check out all the things our team's up to and more. And the libraries is PyCascades, Open Hardware Summit in April, and then you're doing a Linux event at the end of January. That's like a month from now. Yeah, at the end of January. I'm going to get my slides. Yeah. For what's on Linux-based hardware, which is Blinka, which is libraries, and it's a way to use the circuit Python libraries we made across multiple platforms. Yeah. Okay. And with that is our Python on hardware news this week. Yay, Blinka, Blinka.