My new-er favorite thing - RP2040 with CircuitPython

Written Apr 20, 2021 - Blog

Back when I did my Model M thingy with CircuitPython, I encountered a lot of difficulties doing I/O. For one, the I/O speed was much too slow for bit-banging anything in Python. Now, you could write some C and call it from Python, but that defeats the benefit of working with Python to begin with. Additionally, hardware peripherals seemed to be destined to be behind in Python. I doubt this will ever change, but a certain recent product seems to offer a bizarre best-of-all-worlds.

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TIL Collection

Written Apr 7, 2021 - Blog

I created this page to post random things that I learned that I figure I should share. The things I learn about that I post here can be any range of things, but I will try to keep it technical and avoid posting things like “TIL that the Washington Redskins are not from the state Washington.” The posted TILs will also not necessarily be things that aren’t widely known - they will only be things that I did not know before the date I added them.

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What I've Done During the End Times

Written Oct 19, 2020 - Blog

I haven’t really worked on anything I felt was worth posting here, but I really don’t want to have gone an entire year with no blog post. So, I figured I’d do a write-up of everything I have done since the world ended, mostly with the intent of it being a reminder that I actually did stuff.

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