🎉 The #PyConES2026 program is now available! Talks, workshops and keynotes await you in Barcelona. Take a look and start planning your schedule! 🐍 🔗 https://2026.es.pycon.org/es/programa/ #PyConES #Python

I have a new page for SPOKE that allows you to edit the circuitpython code on the board directly from the browser. With a bunch of templates for different modes and tools like a scale-builder that lets you choose exactly what midi note is mapped to each pin. tom-vulpes.github.io/SpokeWebMidi...

I love using GitHub Pages for my projects' docs 📚 So I've dusted off my Jekyll Read the Docs theme port, and added a bunch of useful stuff: admonitions, Mermaid diagrams, better GH Pages integration and more ✨ Hopefully others find it useful too! carlosperate.github.io/jekyll-theme...

Read The Docs Theme for Jekyll & GitHub Pages - Read The Docs Jekyll Theme

Port of the Read the Docs theme to Jekyll to use with GitHub Pages.

carlosperate.github.io

Really enjoyed this blog post + video 📺 from @forwardedu.bsky.social comparing several 3D-printed micro:bit holders. A fantastic side-by-side look at different design choices and trade-offs. Definitey worth a watch!

Awesome micro:bit@awesomemicrobit.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🖨️ 3D Printing - 3D Printed micro:bit Holders for the Classroom Forward Education 3D printed, tested and reviewed 7 different #microbit holders to use in the classroom.

This is absolutely ridiculous, can’t access my own website (behind Cloudflare) from Spain because there’s a futbol match on: hayahora.futbol

Been cleaning my terminal history from misspells, only to discover how much git status humbles me every day 😅. Here are some of my greatest hits: git staatus git statuss git statsu git stauts git stataus 📺 Tune in next to find out how much I can mess up just the word “git.”

Remember when laptops used to be serviceable?

Not the first #KiCad PCB edge USB‑C footprint, but it’s awesome that this one comes with testing & documentation of contact wear, latch wear, bend & break, and thermals 🤩 Love seeing this data shared with the design. github.com/AnasMalas/pc...

📣 We’re hiring! Join the Micro:bit Educational Foundation as an Embedded Software Engineer and help create open, inclusive tech that inspires young people to learn and code 💡 🔗 Apply or share: apply.workable.com/micro-bit-ed... #Hiring #Edtech #SoftwareEngineer

The original Arduino IDE was a game changer for makers, educators, and hobbyists. But did you know it was a fork of a fork?🍴 Not only that, but other companies later forked it as well to tweak it for their own needs! Have you seen or used these other versions? 👇🧵

Made a thing that makes me happy (how sad): an old RaspberryPi with a small screen and a serial console used as a terminal for smolBASIC (My First Text-based Language) that is running ON THE micro:bit! SmolBASIC is itself written in Python and can be extended by older children.

Oh man, I really REALLY wanted to be all in, but $225 + shipping, taxes, and import duties for an nRF52840 watch is a tough sell for me. Was also hoping the Time would at least look less like a fitness tracker, loved the original Time 2 look 🫤 Still incredibly exited that the Pebble is back! ⌚️🥳

Eric Migicovsky@ericmigi.com · last yr.

It's our pleasure to introduce two new watches that closely follow the original Pebble DNA. Both are available for pre-order starting today. - Core 2 Duo: black/white display, $149, ships in July - Core Time 2: 64 colour display, $225, ships in Dec Pre-order today at store.rePebble.com

🚨Our Generative AI Lab at Wharton is releasing its first Prompt Engineering Report, empirically testing prompting approaches. We find: 1) Prompting “tricks” like saying “please” do not help consistently or predictably 2) How you test against benchmarks matters a lot papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

ViperIDE v0.5.2 is out: viper-ide.org #MicroPython #WebIDE

@juanlu.space Esto va a ser poco random, pero he estado mirando cosas de Python packaging con extra index URLs, y cada vez que busco algo en Google termino en un hilo creado por ti o donde respondes con info útil. Asi que tan solo quería darte las gracias! 😃

I'm working on wrapping the arm-none-eabi-gcc toolchain into a Python Package 📦🐍 for easy distribution and installation. Does anybody have any suggestions of an embedded project with complex build steps to test it? Or that uses as many of the toolchain executables as possible?

I pulled the trigger and launched the kickstarter for SPOKE this morning. www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom... If you like it, consider supporting it or sending it to friends who might!

Been working with Intel Hex files & these are a couple of online tools I often use, in case you find them useful too! 1️⃣ www.fischl.de/hex_checksum... Useful to manually modify Intel Hex records. 2️⃣ nordicsemiconductor.github.io/nrf-intel-he... Quickly visualise & check memory regions a hex covers.

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This is fantastic news for all Pebble fans out there! 🤩 Thanks @ericmigi.com and Google folks for making his happen!

Eric Migicovsky@ericmigi.com · 2y ago

** It's happening!! ** We managed to convince Google to open source PebbleOS. Took a while, but they just did it today! github.com/google/pebble With that, we're bringing Pebble back! I blogged about it - ericmigi.com/blog/why-wer...

If you’d like to get the latest BBC micro:bit posts on your home page, I’ve created a dedicated 🦋 feed just for that! 📢🌐 Follow it to stay updated and see what the #microbit community is sharing 🌟 bsky.app/profile/carl...

#micro:bit controlled Ferdinand the Furby has been giving me the stink-eye recently! I don't think he's impressed that Omnibot has had all the attention lately while he's left feeling exposed!

This is a musical USB-MIDI Bonsai tree. Each branch is a touch sensor made from insulated garden wire that triggers a sequence of MIDI notes. It was made using the SPOKE hardware that I'm Kickstarting. Sign up for updates here! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

This is excellent news! 🎉 For any project targetting arm64/aarch64 testing in GH Actions required to either have a custom runner on your own Arm server (or something a #RaspberryPi) or using an emulator like QEMU. So I've been looking forward to these native runners for a while! 😃

Diego Russo@diegor.it · 2y ago

That's the news I've been waiting for months! github.blog/changelog/20... If you have an OSS project, Arm-native developers can now build, test, and deploy entirely within the arm64 architecture without the need for virtualisation on your Actions runs, all for free! Build the future on Arm!

Oh, look what I found rummaging through old drawers 🔎🗄️ Can anyone guess which #microbit board this is?

New Year, New PyCon UK! We're excited to announce that PyCon UK 2025 will be held in Manchester from 19th to 22nd September 2025. Expect a full program of talks, workshops, and sprints for all Pythonistas. We look forward to seeing you there! #PyConUK2025 #PythonProgramming #Pythonista

In line with my last post, I just saw a #MechanicalKeyboard that fits inside Altoids tins and it's just 🧑‍🍳😙🤌 www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKe...

Carlos@carlosperate.bsky.social · 2y ago

It's been a while, but remember when Altoids tins were the goto project case for electronics? Even the BeagleBone was designed to fit inside! A bit of #maker nostalgia.

It's been a while, but remember when Altoids tins were the goto project case for electronics? Even the BeagleBone was designed to fit inside! A bit of #maker nostalgia.

I've finally ported the Awesome micro:bit bot 🤖 to Bluesky!🦋 It automatically shares the latest entries from the Awesome #micro:bit list! So make sure to follow @awesomemicrobit.bsky.social if you want to be up-to-date with the coolest micro:bit projects, lessons & resources 🌟 #EduSky #EdTech #STEM

Awesome micro:bit@awesomemicrobit.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hello, world! 🌍 I'm the Awesome micro:bit Bot 🤖, here to showcase the coolest projects, resources, lessons, and ideas from the Awesome micro:bit list! 💡 Follow me to discover the amazing creations the #microbit community is sharing 🚀 #EduSky #EdTech #STEM

Merry Christmas! I hope Santa made his way to your homes without crashing as much as the one I made did. Made with a couple of MakeyBits.