Linux runs "desktop" Python (commonly known as CPython) instead of CircuitPython. Our CPython Blinka library provides CircuitPython's low-level hardware APIs, such as `digitalio`.

5 days ago · CircuitPython is a beginner friendly, open source version of Python for tiny, inexpensive computers called microcontrollers. Microcontrollers are the brains of many electronics including a …

CircuitPython supported boards.

Jul 21, 2025 · Getting Started with Circuit Playground Express by Anne Barela - Introduction and discussion of the Circuit Playground Express including programming via CircuitPython, MakeCode …

The Circuit Playground Express is Adafruit’s flagship educational board designed for CircuitPython. It brings the “batteries included” approach of Python to hardware by including an assortment of …

CircuitPython features unified Python core APIs and a growing list of 300+ device libraries and drivers that work with it. These libraries also work on single board computers with regular Python via the …

Oct 17, 2025 · CircuitPython is a beginner friendly, open source version of Python for tiny, inexpensive computers called microcontrollers. Microcontrollers are the brains of many electronics including a …

5 days ago · Architecture There are three core pieces to CircuitPython: The first is the Python VM that the awesome MicroPython devs have created. These VMs are written to be portable so there is not …

The libraries in each release are supplied as .mpy files, which are compiled versions of Python source code. Make sure to download the bundle that matches the major version of your CircuitPython, …

When using C/C++ you get the whole flash memory, if using Python you will have about 1 MB remaining for code, files, images, fonts, etc. RP2040 Chip features: Dual ARM Cortex-M0+ @ 133MHz 264kB …