The Bootloader

Don't call it a comeback

December 1, 2025·33 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Show Notes In this episode, Tod and Paul discuss the recent Hackaday Supercon, including a talk and a workshop, Microsoft open sources Zork, the return of 80s style computer magazines, and more. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky. We have stickers! Request a sticker here. 00:23 Supercon Recap Supercon 2025 YouTube playlist 2:10 Tod’s favorite Supercon talks 3:57 Arduino Uno Q Workshop (Tod #1) Jeff Geerling’s video review Using arduino-app-cli on Uno Q by Shawn Hymel Uno Q user manual Radxa X4 SBD w/ RP2040 MCU 13:21 Covert Regional Communication with Meshtastic (Paul #1) Covert Regional Communication with Meshtastic by Daryll Strauss 17:18 Supercon 2025 Badge Supercon 2025 Badge Solder Party Keebdeck 20:07 Ultrawideband (Tod #2) Makerfabs ESP32 UWB Getting started with ESP32 UWB Build UWB Position system w/ ESP32 & Qorvo DWM3000 24:30 Microsoft open sources Zork 1 - 3 (Paul #2) Microsoft announcement Andrew Blotkin’s blog: Zork is now open source GitHub repository with source code Z-Machine for CircuitPython Guide 27:18 How to buld a dev board (Tod #3) Let’s Design an RP2040 Devboard! by Kai project github repo Hackaday discussion 30:03 DocType magazine (Paul #3) DocType magazine Enjoying the show? You can now sponsor the show, learn more at www.circuitpythonshow.com. Thank you for your support!

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