The Twitter thread has the architect of CircuitPytho n, Scott Shawcroft, volunteering to help. Part of the mantra of CircuitPython: code plus community (and of course open source).

Today’s second project: #CircuitPython support for the #OpenBook! It’s not 100% there yet — I have yet to get the screen working as board.DISPLAY — but I can create it in main and it “just works” with @tannewt’s IL0398 driver. This feels like a big step. https://github.com/joeycastillo/circuitpython/tree/openbook/ports/atmel-samd/boards/openbook

Adafruit is a huge fan of Joey Castillo’s OpenBook project: an open source eReader using a huge ePaper/eInk display. Based on a SAMD51 processor, Joey’s working on CircuitPython programming support:



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