CircuitPython Weekly Meeting

CircuitPython Weekly Meeting is the audio record of the CircuitPython project's own weekly meeting. CircuitPython is a version of Python designed to run on microcontrollers, and Adafruit is its main sponsor. The meeting takes place on the Adafruit Discord server, split between a text channel and a voice channel, and is usually held on Mondays at 2pm Eastern. When a US holiday falls on a Monday, the meeting moves, and the recordings say so. Each meeting here opens with nearly the same introduction. What changes is who reads it: Dan, Scott, Liz and Tim each open different weeks, and each describes themselves as sponsored by Adafruit to work on CircuitPython. The introduction also suggests buying hardware from adafruit.com as a way to support the work, and one week mentions a keyboard sale. The agenda is practical. The library news covers the past seven days, with items such as a new CircuitPython synth iota library in the community bundle, a new SGP 41 library, and updates to Template Engine and HTTP Server. Next comes a report on Blinka, the compatibility layer that brings CircuitPython to single-board Linux machines like Raspberry Pi, read out as counts of merged pull requests, open issues and supported boards. Then come hug reports, taken alphabetically, where participants credit people in the community and beyond. In one meeting Dan thanks the people testing his draft pull request for Wi-Fi support on AirLift, and thanks Dashi for making the stage libraries compatible with CircuitPython 10. In the same round, Ann asks people to email their projects in for the newsletter. Status updates also have a place on the agenda. Most of these meetings include a recruitment pitch, delivered with real patience. It goes through circuitpython.org/contributing step by step: open a pull request, read the code, test it on hardware if you can, and leave a GitHub comment with your CircuitPython version and the result. People who get comfortable with that can join the official review team, and anyone ready to write code can pick up an issue from the same page. A Learn guide on Git and GitHub is offered too, along with help on Discord for problems with actions or pre-commit. The recordings keep their rough edges, from audio problems to the final line about stopping the recording. Most end with the schedule, the Discord link, the CircuitPythonistas role for notices about changes, and a pointer to the Python for Microcontrollers newsletter. It suits anyone who wants to hear how an open-source hardware project organises itself, one Monday at a time.