Tod Kurt (todbot)

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runs ThingM, maker of blink(1) USB LED & BlinkM, co-founder CrashSpaceLA hackerspace, Pasadena, CA, he/him 

#electronics 
#circuitpython #arduino #rgbled #usbhid #blink1 #raspberrypipico #diysynth #eurorack #synths #synthesizers #midi #openhardware #opensource #pasadena

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codehttps://github.com/todbot
hackerspacehttps://crashspace.org/
bloghttps://todbot.com/blog/
blink1https://blink1.thingm.com/
Tod Kurt (todbot)7h ago
Paul Cutler1d ago
New blog post (2 days in a row!?) - circuitpython-bambulabs published: https://www.paulcutler.org/blog/2026/03/30/circuitpython-bambulabs-published/ (With a special thanks to todbot and foamyguy) #CircuitPython #BambuLabs
circuitpython-bambulabs Published! - PaulCutler.org

Paul Cutler's blog and homepage

Tod Kurt (todbot)2d ago

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@prcutler/116313399660304632

This is so neat!

Tod Kurt (todbot)2d ago
Paul Cutler2d ago
Listen to the latest episode of The CircuitPython Show and hear some of John Park's favorite #CircuitPython memories, including this one:
Tod Kurt (todbot)3d ago
Paul Cutler3d ago
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a working BambuLabs #CircuitPython library, making it easy to query info about your printer. This way people can build UIs on top of the easy to get data.
Tod Kurt (todbot)3d ago
Beautiful day for a protest #Pasadena #California #NoKings
Tod Kurt (todbot)3d ago
billy joe bowers 🗽4d ago

I know people say if you're going to No Kings or any other protest you need to do this and that, or list all the things you should do, but really all you need to do is show up and walk around for a bit.

Really. Just another body there sends a message.

It's not scary, you don't have to do anything. Just show up and hang out with some nice people for a while.

#NoKings

Tod Kurt (todbot)4d ago
Emily Velasco4d ago
I want to teach a class on repurposing electronics. We could start out just taking some broken things apart and seeing if we can fix them, but every student would have to pick something to repurpose or revive as a semester-long project. Maybe they want to turn an old propane lantern into an LED lantern, convert a cordless drill with dead nicad batteries to lithium, or jailbreak an e-bike. Everyone should leave the class with a device or appliance with a new lease on life. A community college should hire me for this
Tod Kurt (todbot)4d ago
Paul Cutler4d ago

RE: https://mastodon.world/@gallaugher/116301569118449916

Learn more about Esha Patel and Professor Gallaugher's Physical Computing course in the next episode of The CircuitPython Show coming April 6th.

Tod Kurt (todbot)5d ago
Kevin McAleer 🤖 Robot Maker5d ago

I've ported the Software Automatic Mouth (SAM) speech synthesis to the #Raspberry Pi Pico and #MicroPython - it uses Programmable IO as well. No fancy components or hardware required, just an 8ohm speaker on a GPIO pin and GND. It can even sing!

https://github.com/kevinmcaleer/sam

Tod Kurt (todbot)5d ago
Another stupid MacOS 26 Tahoe change making my life harder. In Tahoe, several USB tools I use are broken. They call `system_profiler SPUSBDataType` internally to get USB info. In Tahoe that's gone, replaced by "SPUSBHostDataType", which returns not enough info.
If anyone has any tips on a built-in equivalent, let me know!
#macos #tahoe #USB #macos26