The rant and the love letter
From The Bootloader by Paul Cutler and Tod Kurt
July 7, 2025 · 23 min · Season 3 · Episode 22
About this episode
Tod and Paul discuss a MIDI chip, an epic rant, a love letter, and more.
Tod and Paul discuss a MIDI chip, an epic rant, a love letter, and more. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky . 00:00 Welcome 00:17 SAM2695 General MIDI chip Seeed XIAO MIDI M5stack w/ speaker M5stack w/ MIDI in/out DIYElectroMusic articles SAM2695 datahsheet Tod demo on Adafruit Show-n-Tell 3:51 Supercollider and Supriya Supercollider synth engine Supriya Python API Supriya subreddit 5:47 The STM32 rant 12:18 A love letter to embedded engineering Prof. V. Hunter Adams’ November 2023 lecture, “Why I love building things with microcontrollers.” 16:10 Alternate music keyboard layouts 20:09 Spintronics 22:47 Wrap-up Enjoying the show? You can now sponsor the show, learn more at www.circuitpythonshow.com . Thank you for your support!
People in this episode
Hosts: Paul Cutler, Tod Kurt
Topics covered
- MIDI chip
- embedded engineering
- Supercollider
- microcontrollers
- music technology
Keywords
- MIDI
- embedded engineering
- Supercollider
- microcontrollers
- music keyboard layouts
Sponsors
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Mentioned in this episode
Products: SAM2695, Seeed XIAO MIDI, M5stack, Supercollider, Supriya
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