<description>&lt;p&gt;Tod and Paul discuss a MIDI chip, an epic rant, a love letter, and more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Follow the show on &lt;a href="https://www.circuitpythonshow.com/@thebootloader/follow"&gt;Mastodon&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/thebootloader.net"&gt;Bluesky&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;00:00 Welcome&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;00:17 SAM2695 General MIDI chip&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.seeedstudio.com/XIAO-MIDI-Synthesizer-p-6462.html"&gt;Seeed XIAO MIDI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://shop.m5stack.com/products/midi-synthesizer-unit-sam2695"&gt;M5stack w/ speaker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://shop.m5stack.com/products/midi-unit-with-din-connector-sam2695"&gt;M5stack w/ MIDI in/out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://diyelectromusic.com/2025/06/26/xiao-esp32-c3-midi-synthesizer/"&gt;DIYElectroMusic articles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.dream.fr/pdf/Serie2000/SAM_Datasheets/SAM2695.pdf"&gt;SAM2695 datahsheet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/sQW1XVhu-iw?si=TsH9pujz_LLW6hGb&amp;amp;t=342"&gt;Tod demo on Adafruit Show-n-Tell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3:51 Supercollider and Supriya&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://supercollider.github.io/"&gt;Supercollider synth engine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/dayunbao/supriya_demos"&gt;Supriya&lt;/a&gt; Python API&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/supriya/"&gt;Supriya subreddit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5:47 The STM32 rant&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;12:18 A love letter to embedded engineering&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TFsfcIx04Q"&gt;Prof. V. Hunter Adams’ November 2023 lecture, “Why I love building things with microcontrollers.”&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;16:10 Alternate music keyboard layouts&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;20:09 &lt;a href="https://upperstory.com/en/spintronics/"&gt;Spintronics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;22:47 Wrap-up&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;footer&gt;&lt;p&gt;Enjoying the show? You can now sponsor the show, learn more at &lt;a href="https://www.circuitpythonshow.com/pages/sponsors"&gt;www.circuitpythonshow.com&lt;/a&gt;. Thank you for your support!&lt;/p&gt;
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The Bootloader

Paul Cutler and Tod Kurt

The rant and the love letter

JUL 7, 202522 MIN
The Bootloader

The rant and the love letter

JUL 7, 202522 MIN

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<p>Tod and Paul discuss a MIDI chip, an epic rant, a love letter, and more.</p> <p>Follow the show on <a href="https://www.circuitpythonshow.com/@thebootloader/follow">Mastodon</a> or <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/thebootloader.net">Bluesky</a>.</p> <p>00:00 Welcome</p> <p>00:17 SAM2695 General MIDI chip</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.seeedstudio.com/XIAO-MIDI-Synthesizer-p-6462.html">Seeed XIAO MIDI</a></li> <li><a href="https://shop.m5stack.com/products/midi-synthesizer-unit-sam2695">M5stack w/ speaker</a></li> <li><a href="https://shop.m5stack.com/products/midi-unit-with-din-connector-sam2695">M5stack w/ MIDI in/out</a></li> <li><a href="https://diyelectromusic.com/2025/06/26/xiao-esp32-c3-midi-synthesizer/">DIYElectroMusic articles</a></li> <li><a href="https://docs.dream.fr/pdf/Serie2000/SAM_Datasheets/SAM2695.pdf">SAM2695 datahsheet</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/sQW1XVhu-iw?si=TsH9pujz_LLW6hGb&amp;t=342">Tod demo on Adafruit Show-n-Tell</a></li> </ul> <p>3:51 Supercollider and Supriya</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://supercollider.github.io/">Supercollider synth engine</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/dayunbao/supriya_demos">Supriya</a> Python API</li> <li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/supriya/">Supriya subreddit</a></li> </ul> <p>5:47 The STM32 rant</p> <p>12:18 A love letter to embedded engineering</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TFsfcIx04Q">Prof. V. Hunter Adams’ November 2023 lecture, “Why I love building things with microcontrollers.”</a></li> </ul> <p>16:10 Alternate music keyboard layouts</p> <p>20:09 <a href="https://upperstory.com/en/spintronics/">Spintronics</a></p> <p>22:47 Wrap-up</p> <footer><p>Enjoying the show? You can now sponsor the show, learn more at <a href="https://www.circuitpythonshow.com/pages/sponsors">www.circuitpythonshow.com</a>. Thank you for your support!</p> </footer>