The updated @raspberrypi.com Pico lessons in #CircuitPython will be sorted in order here as they are added or updated bit.ly/pico-school. I still begin my course w/an @adafruit CircuitPlayground Bluefruit & those lessons begin here bit.ly/circuitpytho... #CSed pls use if interested.
Raspberry Pi Pico School - YouTube
A playlist for lessons using Raspberry Pi Pico series microcontrollers, created for Prof. John Gallaugher's class: Physical Computing: Art, Robotics, and Tec...
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July 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The updated @raspberrypi.com Pico lessons in #CircuitPython will be sorted in order here as they are added or updated bit.ly/pico-school. I still begin my course w/an @adafruit CircuitPlayground Bluefruit & those lessons begin here bit.ly/circuitpytho... #CSed pls use if interested.
Learn to sense touch on a Raspberry Pi Pico, CircuitPlayground Express/Bluefruit, or any #CircuitPython board using an @Adafruit STEMMA-QT MPR121 12 pad capacitive touch board. Learn standard & debouncing techniques & see touches trigger different colors in a NeoPixel strip. youtu.be/R9ug3rfZdFI?...
Detech Touch w/the MPR121 STEMMA QT Breakout Board w Pico + CircuitPlayground (CircuitPython School)
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February 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Learn to sense touch on a Raspberry Pi Pico, CircuitPlayground Express/Bluefruit, or any #CircuitPython board using an @Adafruit STEMMA-QT MPR121 12 pad capacitive touch board. Learn standard & debouncing techniques & see touches trigger different colors in a NeoPixel strip. youtu.be/R9ug3rfZdFI?...
A fun part of the new job is all the cool kit I get I play with. Here is just some of the tools I have to learn on this weekend. #STEAM #STEM #STEMeducation @SpheroEdu @makeymakey #circuitplayground @adafruit #aussieED
November 16, 2024 at 4:16 PM
A fun part of the new job is all the cool kit I get I play with. Here is just some of the tools I have to learn on this weekend. #STEAM #STEM #STEMeducation @SpheroEdu @makeymakey #circuitplayground @adafruit #aussieED
Updated CircuitPython School Lesson:
Detect Motion with the Built in Accelerometer in CircuitPlayground boards. Update shows plotting in the editor at code.python.org, plus how to add packages to a PyCharm project using PyCharm Unified. youtu.be/PW1y0I-B_Ew?...
Detect Motion with the Built in Accelerometer in CircuitPlayground boards. Update shows plotting in the editor at code.python.org, plus how to add packages to a PyCharm project using PyCharm Unified. youtu.be/PW1y0I-B_Ew?...
Detect Motion with the Built in Accelerometer in CircuitPlayground boards (CircuitPython School)
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August 31, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Updated CircuitPython School Lesson:
Detect Motion with the Built in Accelerometer in CircuitPlayground boards. Update shows plotting in the editor at code.python.org, plus how to add packages to a PyCharm project using PyCharm Unified. youtu.be/PW1y0I-B_Ew?...
Detect Motion with the Built in Accelerometer in CircuitPlayground boards. Update shows plotting in the editor at code.python.org, plus how to add packages to a PyCharm project using PyCharm Unified. youtu.be/PW1y0I-B_Ew?...
I thought an Adafruit CircuitPlayground Express might be the way to go as it offers both light and sound support. But, I coded a demo program using MakeCode this morning, but the code did not run smoothly.
I'm going back to my original idea of a NeoPixel Ring and an RP2040 PropMaker.
I'm going back to my original idea of a NeoPixel Ring and an RP2040 PropMaker.
October 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I thought an Adafruit CircuitPlayground Express might be the way to go as it offers both light and sound support. But, I coded a demo program using MakeCode this morning, but the code did not run smoothly.
I'm going back to my original idea of a NeoPixel Ring and an RP2040 PropMaker.
I'm going back to my original idea of a NeoPixel Ring and an RP2040 PropMaker.
#Makers have you ever wanted to control LED lights from an app? Learn how using sample #CircuitPython code, an @Adafruit CircuitPlayground Bluefruit, and the free Bluefruit Connect app. Here's the lesson I give all of my students. youtu.be/AwD3sar--BY?...
Turn on LEDs from an App! Bluetooth Control w/a CircuitPlayground Bluefruit (CircuitPython School)
YouTube video by Build With Prof. G.
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March 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
#Makers have you ever wanted to control LED lights from an app? Learn how using sample #CircuitPython code, an @Adafruit CircuitPlayground Bluefruit, and the free Bluefruit Connect app. Here's the lesson I give all of my students. youtu.be/AwD3sar--BY?...
Any concerns with CircuitPlayground Bluefruit installs? I’ve got all their Bootloaders updated. And thanks to the entire team for this work! I have a full class starting next Wednesday and you are the magicians enabling the hacking. May any 2025 bugs be infrequent and rapidly squashed. Cheers!
January 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Any concerns with CircuitPlayground Bluefruit installs? I’ve got all their Bootloaders updated. And thanks to the entire team for this work! I have a full class starting next Wednesday and you are the magicians enabling the hacking. May any 2025 bugs be infrequent and rapidly squashed. Cheers!
I specifically avoid the circuitplayground cp libraries in my class because I want students to write code that works cross platform or can be easily adapted from board to board. We start with the CircuitPlayground Bluefruit but switch to the pico mid semester. bit.ly/circuitpython-school
CircuitPython School - YouTube
A Playlist containing all of the lessons and projects in Prof. John Gallaugher's course: Physical Computing: Art, Robotics, and Tech for Good.
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September 19, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I specifically avoid the circuitplayground cp libraries in my class because I want students to write code that works cross platform or can be easily adapted from board to board. We start with the CircuitPlayground Bluefruit but switch to the pico mid semester. bit.ly/circuitpython-school
The Jedi in the Microcontroller. Using CircuitPython to detect and respond to gestures on a @raspberrypi.com pico or @adafruit.com CircuitPlayground using a $7.50 APDS9960 sensor. Another lesson from the #SemesterOfCircuitPython
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TheJedi in my microcontroller! Sensing gestures w/the Adafruit APDS9960 (CircuitPython School)
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March 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The Jedi in the Microcontroller. Using CircuitPython to detect and respond to gestures on a @raspberrypi.com pico or @adafruit.com CircuitPlayground using a $7.50 APDS9960 sensor. Another lesson from the #SemesterOfCircuitPython
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Thx much. One or two weeks will be great. That'll be before we cover things that the CPB has that CPX doesn't. Have enough CPX on-hand 'til then. Keep making the awesome! And would love to see an updated CircuitPlayground board sometime. Those are such great "Intro to CircuitPython" boards. Hack on!
January 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Thx much. One or two weeks will be great. That'll be before we cover things that the CPB has that CPX doesn't. Have enough CPX on-hand 'til then. Keep making the awesome! And would love to see an updated CircuitPlayground board sometime. Those are such great "Intro to CircuitPython" boards. Hack on!
adafruit-circuitpython-circuitplayground 5.3.6
CircuitPython library for Circuit Playground Express
Author: Adafruit Industries
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CircuitPython library for Circuit Playground Express
Author: Adafruit Industries
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December 28, 2024 at 12:00 PM
adafruit-circuitpython-circuitplayground 5.3.6
CircuitPython library for Circuit Playground Express
Author: Adafruit Industries
🏠Homepage
CircuitPython library for Circuit Playground Express
Author: Adafruit Industries
🏠Homepage
No. I hand each student a feature packed, Ritz-cracker sized board so they can do a ton of “get started” things in that one piece of HW. Neopixel lights, touch, sound detection, buttons, accelerometer, HID, etc. So a non-CircuitPlayground (CP) doesn’t fit with the need.
January 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
No. I hand each student a feature packed, Ritz-cracker sized board so they can do a ton of “get started” things in that one piece of HW. Neopixel lights, touch, sound detection, buttons, accelerometer, HID, etc. So a non-CircuitPlayground (CP) doesn’t fit with the need.
A gyroscope and CircuitPlayground Bluefruit reports back your disc golf game stats using CircuitPython. @bcclerval.bsky.social throws down with a wrist snap. Nice!
April 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
A gyroscope and CircuitPlayground Bluefruit reports back your disc golf game stats using CircuitPython. @bcclerval.bsky.social throws down with a wrist snap. Nice!
Updated CircuitPython lesson on using the light sensor built into the CircuitPlayground boards (Bluefruit or Express). Includes updates showing plotter at code.circuitpython.org (rather than Mu). youtu.be/YT_lVQ595e8?...
Light Sensor and the CircuitPlayground (CircuitPython School)
YouTube video by Build With Prof. G.
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August 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Updated CircuitPython lesson on using the light sensor built into the CircuitPlayground boards (Bluefruit or Express). Includes updates showing plotter at code.circuitpython.org (rather than Mu). youtu.be/YT_lVQ595e8?...
I'll use this amp, which has a JST plug & I can swap alligator cables for the CircuitPlayground portion of the courses with pin JST for the Raspberry Pi pico lessons. www.adafruit.com/product/5647 Total price is cheaper than the hamburgers & one less USB device to power & I can send through a DAC.
Adafruit STEMMA Audio Amp - Mono 2.5W Class D - PAM8302
The Adafruit STEMMA Audio Amp is a super small mono amplifier is surprisingly powerful - able to deliver up to 2.5 Watts into 4-8 ohm impedance speakers. Inside the miniature chip ...
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August 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I'll use this amp, which has a JST plug & I can swap alligator cables for the CircuitPlayground portion of the courses with pin JST for the Raspberry Pi pico lessons. www.adafruit.com/product/5647 Total price is cheaper than the hamburgers & one less USB device to power & I can send through a DAC.
Need a rock break? Check out my student @mgamma.bsky.social showing off his CircuitPython & CircuitPlayground-based interactive guitar strap. Wind the potentiometer to change your strap's light show. Rock on, gamma jamma! youtu.be/2RmDIF87xwI?...
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April 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Need a rock break? Check out my student @mgamma.bsky.social showing off his CircuitPython & CircuitPlayground-based interactive guitar strap. Wind the potentiometer to change your strap's light show. Rock on, gamma jamma! youtu.be/2RmDIF87xwI?...
#Maker & #STEMed folks, want a lesson on how to wire up a jack that you can connect to any standard 3.5 mm audio plug? Have at it! I show how to do this with an @Adafruit CircuitPlayground board, and a @raspberrypi.com pico board, but same basic set applies to others. Hack on! youtu.be/n6Otj6sFRvc
Secure Your Speaker Plugs with a Breadboard Friendly Audio Jack (CircuitPython School)
YouTube video by Build With Prof. G.
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March 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
#Maker & #STEMed folks, want a lesson on how to wire up a jack that you can connect to any standard 3.5 mm audio plug? Have at it! I show how to do this with an @Adafruit CircuitPlayground board, and a @raspberrypi.com pico board, but same basic set applies to others. Hack on! youtu.be/n6Otj6sFRvc
Javier shows off one of our builds from tonight. Students used real plants and 3D printed Groots to make “Touch to Talk Groots” in #CircuitPytbon with CircuitPlayground Bluefruit. Nice work! Build in Week 6 slides in Google Drive at Gallaugher.com. All welcome to follow the Semester of CircuitPython
February 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Javier shows off one of our builds from tonight. Students used real plants and 3D printed Groots to make “Touch to Talk Groots” in #CircuitPytbon with CircuitPlayground Bluefruit. Nice work! Build in Week 6 slides in Google Drive at Gallaugher.com. All welcome to follow the Semester of CircuitPython
In this project we'll show you how we built a mini synthesizer with capacitive touch using Circuit Playground Express and MakeCode! Learn guide, files and more! learn.adafruit.com/touch-tone-f... youtu.be/2MKndPYqgps #adafruit #3dprinting #cncmilling #makecode #circuitplayground
June 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
In this project we'll show you how we built a mini synthesizer with capacitive touch using Circuit Playground Express and MakeCode! Learn guide, files and more! learn.adafruit.com/touch-tone-f... youtu.be/2MKndPYqgps #adafruit #3dprinting #cncmilling #makecode #circuitplayground
I'm switching from using hamburger speakers in my Physical Computing CircuitPython course to speakers & amps that can be powered through the board (CircuitPlayground or Raspberry Pi Pico). Here is the tutorial I created for my students. Description shows parts I've chosen. youtu.be/Ozeo8l8PHTA
Power an External Loudspeaker & Amp Through a CircuitPlayground (CircuitPython School)
YouTube video by Build With Prof. G.
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August 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I'm switching from using hamburger speakers in my Physical Computing CircuitPython course to speakers & amps that can be powered through the board (CircuitPlayground or Raspberry Pi Pico). Here is the tutorial I created for my students. Description shows parts I've chosen. youtu.be/Ozeo8l8PHTA
"Shake and Bake: The Ballad of an Accelerometer" a CircuitPython School challenge & solution. #STEMed and #CSed folks, feel free to use for your own courses. Uses a CircuitPlayground Bluefruit which has a built in LIS3DH accelerometer youtu.be/kHNb18eZQ3U
Shake & Bake - Using an Accelerometer for Shake Detection (a CircuitPython School challenge)
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April 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"Shake and Bake: The Ballad of an Accelerometer" a CircuitPython School challenge & solution. #STEMed and #CSed folks, feel free to use for your own courses. Uses a CircuitPlayground Bluefruit which has a built in LIS3DH accelerometer youtu.be/kHNb18eZQ3U
This sounds great! Does it need any special hardware? My students use CircuitPlayground Bluefruit and pico boards - just pwm with audio out from digital pin to a 3.5mm jack/powered speaker. Am looking to up their tonal game. Looking fwd to seeing this in action. Thanks for your work!
March 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This sounds great! Does it need any special hardware? My students use CircuitPlayground Bluefruit and pico boards - just pwm with audio out from digital pin to a 3.5mm jack/powered speaker. Am looking to up their tonal game. Looking fwd to seeing this in action. Thanks for your work!
Dangit lol that was a typo, was supposed yo be CircutPython, not CircuitPlayground 🤦♂️
January 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Dangit lol that was a typo, was supposed yo be CircutPython, not CircuitPlayground 🤦♂️
Here's an updated parts list w/links & notes for products I use in my CircuitPython-based Physical Computing course. We primarily use CircuitPlayground Bluefruit & Raspberry Pi Pico 2W boards: bit.ly/prof-g-parts... #CSed #STEMed #MakerSpace #Maker lessons at: bit.ly/circuitpytho...
Components List for Parts from Prof. Gallaugher's CircuitPython School Videos
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July 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Here's an updated parts list w/links & notes for products I use in my CircuitPython-based Physical Computing course. We primarily use CircuitPlayground Bluefruit & Raspberry Pi Pico 2W boards: bit.ly/prof-g-parts... #CSed #STEMed #MakerSpace #Maker lessons at: bit.ly/circuitpytho...
In this week's CircuitPlayground CircuitPython challenges: control "Google Dino Game" w/vegetables. Veggies wired to cap-touch pads, which receive input & map these to keyboard characters using HID. Fun, but will be useful in their assistive tech projects. Lesson: youtu.be/5VkYCk3spv8?... #CSed
Typing and keyboard control using the HID library (CircuitPython School)
YouTube video by Build With Prof. G.
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September 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
In this week's CircuitPlayground CircuitPython challenges: control "Google Dino Game" w/vegetables. Veggies wired to cap-touch pads, which receive input & map these to keyboard characters using HID. Fun, but will be useful in their assistive tech projects. Lesson: youtu.be/5VkYCk3spv8?... #CSed