06 Jan 02:42

dhalbert

7e59ff3

CircuitPython 6.1.0 Release Candidate 0 Pre-release

Pre-release

This is the first release candidate of CircuitPython 6.1.0. See Port status below for details on port stability, and Known Issues for known problems. If you find any issues with this release, please file an issue. If no issues are found within a few days, we'll release this version as stable.

Download from circuitpython.org

Downloads are available from circuitpython.org. The site makes it easy to select the correct file and language for your board. The downloads page is here. Downloads are no longer available from the GitHub release pages because of the large number of files for each release.

Installation

To install follow the instructions in our new Welcome to CircuitPython! guide. To install the latest libraries, see this page in that guide.

Try the latest version of the Mu editor for creating and editing your CircuitPython programs and for easy access to the CircuitPython serial connection (the REPL).

Port status

CircuitPython has a number of "ports" that are the core implementation for a variety of microcontroller families. Stability varies on a per-port basis. As of this release, atmel-samd, nrf, and stm for the F4 family are stable. cxd56, esp32s2, and stm for other chip families are being actively improved but may be missing functionality and have bugs. litex and mimxrt10xx are in an alpha state and will have bugs and missing functionality.

New features and improvements since 6.1.0 Beta 3

Fixes and enhancements

Fix initialization of onboard NeoPixels. #3934. Thanks @DavePutz.
Update ulab to 1.6.0. #3929. Thanks @jepler.
Fix handling of zero brightness in _pixelbuf. #3917. Thanks @brrzap.

Board- and port-specific changes

CPX: Add back frozen adafruit_bus_device back to CPX. #3932. Thanks @kattni.
UnexpectedMaker FeatherS2: Correct pins and add default board devices. #3925, #3914. Thanks @UnexpectedMaker , @askpatrickw.
ESP32S2: Add alarm.touch.TouchAlarm. #3850. Thanks @microdev1.
Mini SAM 4: Freeze in adafruit_dotstar library. #3923. Thanks @bwshockley.

Documentation

Translation additions and improvements. Thanks:
- @wtuemura (Brazilian Portugese)
- @hugodahl (French)
- @oonid (Indonesian)
- @bergdahl (Swedish)

Full commit log is here.

Breaking changes since 5.x

i2cslave is now i2cperipheral and the class in it is changed as well.
The stop kwarg has been removed from I2C.writeto(). If no stop is desired, then use writeto_then_readfrom.
The default speed of busio.I2C and board.I2C is now 100khz, not 400khz as before. Use busio.I2C to set the speed explicitly. #3471 Thanks @caternuson, @ladyada, @hierophect and @tannewt
_bleio.ConnectionError has be removed. Code will now raise the native ConnectionError instead.

New boards since 6.1.0 Beta 3

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Known issues

ESP32-S2: Crash when repeatedly creating and destroying busio.I2C object on ESP32-S2 (#3846)
time.sleep() sometimes hangs when a board is connected to certain Macintosh hosts (#3918, #3919). This issue is also present in 6.0.x.
Built-in adafruit_bus_device has been disabled due to issues (#3859, #3856), please install the version from the Library Bundle
See https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/issues for other issues.

Thanks

Thank you to all who used, tested, and contributed since 6.1.0 Beta 3, including @askpatrickw, @bergdahl, @brrzap, @bwshockley, @DavePutz, @dglaude, @dhalbert, @hugodahl, @jepler, @kattni, @ladyada, @microdev1, @oonid, @tannewt, @UnexpectedMaker, @wtuemurua, and many others on Discord. Join us on the Discord chat to collaborate.

Documentation

Documentation is available in readthedocs.io.

This release is based on MicroPython 1.9.4 @25ae98f. Support upstream MicroPython by purchasing a PyBoard (from Adafruit here) or sponsoring MicroPython on GitHub.

Translations

One important feature of CircuitPython is translated control and error messages. With the help of fellow open source project Weblate, we're making it even easier to add or improve translations. Sign in with an existing account such as Github, Google or Facebook and start contributing through a simple web interface. No forks or pull requests needed!

Troubleshooting

Check out this guide for info on common problems with CircuitPython. If you are still having issues, then post to the Adafruit Support Forums and join Discord.

Assets

Builds are no longer stored as assets on this release page, because there are too many of them. Please see the Download from circuitpython.org section above.

Assets 2

30 Dec 22:40

jepler

6.1.0-beta.3

5698b8b

CircuitPython 6.1.0 Beta 3 Pre-release

Pre-release

This is the Beta 3 release of CircuitPython 6.1. Please use 6.0.x if you need a stable version of CircuitPython on all ports except ESP32-S2. Please use this release or newer for the ESP32-S2. See port status below for more stability details.

Notable in this release are a number of ESP32-S2 additions and fixes, bringing us closer to a stable release for that port. There are 2 new boards and one new board revision included in this release.

Download from circuitpython.org

Installation

To install follow the instructions in our new Welcome to CircuitPython! guide. To install the latest libraries, see this page in that guide.

Try the latest version of the Mu editor for creating and editing your CircuitPython programs and for easy access to the CircuitPython serial connection (the REPL).

Port status

New features and improvements since 6.1.0-beta.2

All ports

Make ResetReason and RunReason available (#3797), thanks @dhalbert
Add board_deinit for use with sleep (#3807), thanks @tannewt
Fix some spelling mistakes (#3814), trhanks @mcauser
Use $(PYTHON3) instead of $(PYTHON) in make actions (#3815), thanks @dhalbert
add apt-get update (#3818), thanks @dhalbert
#3702 breaks printing an exception twice (#3711), thanks @cwalther
build: Update to gcc10 for ARM targets (#3752), thanks @dhalbert, @jepler
Update capacity of MX25R1635F flash chip in devices.h (#3838), thanks @StackRduino
adafruit_bus_device: Don't transmit STOP condition in write_then_readinto (#3847), thanks @jepler
Adding Support for AT25DF641A SPI Flash (#3824), thanks @skerr92
displayio: Fix transparency and palettes of OnDiskBitmaps (#3834), thanks @jepler
Add Adafruit to MICROPY_HW_BOARD_NAME for various boards (#3863), thanks @dhalbert
Add support for Winbond W25Q64FV (#3864), thanks @djix123
unmounted filesystems start as ejected (#3862), thanks @dhalbert
circuitpy_mpconfig.mk: Unconditionally disable CIRCUITPY_BUSDEVICE (#3869), thanks @jepler
Merge ble-fixes from 6.0.x to main (#3874), thanks @dhalbert
Re-Arrange CI Actions (#3881), thanks @microdev1
FIX : common_hal_reset_pin() (#3888), thanks @microdev1
Restore frozen adafruit_bus_device module (#3900) thanks @jepler
update frozen libs for 6.1.0-beta.3 (#3905) thanks @dhalbert

ESP32-S2

allow radio.enabled to be settable (#3790), thanks @dhalbert
Include wifi.radio singleton in gc (#3799), thanks @dhalbert
Enhance debug log for wifi scan, sta_start, sta_stop (#3800), thanks @BennyE
esp32-s2: wifi enhancement to include countrycode (#3868), thanks @BennyE
esp32s2: make flash: use the stub (#3866), thanks @jepler
ESP32-S2: Remove calloc in AnalogIn (#3810), thanks @dhalbert
Store safe mode state in the RTC (#3802), thanks @dhalbert
ESP32S2: Fix microcontroller.reset() (#3804), thanks @microdev1
ESP32-S2: Add IDF pin resets to Microcontroller (#3643), thanks @hierophect
Fix crash after calling stop_scanning_networks() (#3819), thanks @BennyE
esp32s2: Reserve UART pins only if DEBUG=1 is set to address issue 3811 (#3817), thanks @BennyE
alarm.sleep_memory + alarm.wake_alarm (#3816), thanks @dhalbert
I2C bugfixes (#3803), thanks @skieast
Add pin alarming (#3830), thanks @tannewt
Enter safe mode after panic or brownout (#3808), thanks @tannewt
Support for dual bank update on ESP32-S2 (#3812), thanks @microdev1
Support for Touch Alarm (#3850), thanks @microdev1
Fix minor typo in ESP32-S2 README (#3896), thanks @hugodahl

SAMD21 ("M0")

Remove warning about lack of support on M0 from rotaryio (#3806), thanks @deshipu

SAMD51 ("M4")

SAMD51: change of DAC power setting (#3880), thanks @digixx
FrequencyIn: do not raise in interrupt handler (#3867), thanks @dhalbert

AirLift

Rename misnamed ESP UART pins on some boards. #3770. Thanks @dhalbert.

STM

Add default I2C pins for STM32F411CE (#3865), thanks @djix123

Translations

Translations update from Weblate (#3792, #3828, #3832, #3860), thanks @vkuthan, @wtuemura, @bergdahl, @Anton-2, @ryevertigo, @hugodahl

fomu

Fomu fixes (#3878), thanks @xobs

New boards

Update Big Honking Button configuration to support its newest board revision. (#3820), thanks @theacodes
Add new board BastBLE (#3662), thanks @Soulkrown
add stackrduino_m0_pro (#3842), thanks @StackRduino

Known issues

ESP32-S2: Crash when repeatedly creating and destroying busio.I2C object on ESP32-S2 (#3846)
Built-in adafruit_bus_device has been disabled due to issues (#3859, #3856), please install the version from the Bundle
See https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/issues for other issues.

Thanks

Thank you to @Anton-2, @BennyE, @bergdahl, @cwalther, @deshipu, @dhalbert, @digixx, @djix123, @hierophect, @hugodahl, @jepler, @mcauser, @microdev1, @ryevertigo, @skerr92, @skieast, @StackRduino, @tannewt, @vkuthan, @wtuemura, @xobs, and all who used, tested, and contributed since 6.1.0-beta.2. Join us on the Discord chat to collaborate.

Documentation

Documentation is available in readthedocs.io.

This release is based on MicroPython 1.9.4 @25ae98f. Support upstream MicroPython by purchasing a PyBoard (from Adafruit here) or sponsoring MicroPython on GitHub.

Translations

Troubleshooting

Check out this guide for info on common problems with CircuitPython. If you are still having issues, then post to the Adafruit Support Forums and join Discord.

Assets

Builds are no longer stored as assets on this release page, because there are too many of them. Please see the Download from circuitpython.org section above.

Assets 2

28 Dec 19:29

dhalbert

6.0.1

eda1f81

CircuitPython 6.0.1

This is CircuitPython 6.0.1, the second 6.0.x stable release. This release fixes regressions in BLE and FrequencyIn() that prevent these functions from operating properly. The release also includes a considerable speedup in JSON parsing.

Download from circuitpython.org

Installation

To install follow the instructions in our new Welcome to CircuitPython! guide. To install the latest libraries, see this page in that guide.

Try the latest version of the Mu editor for creating and editing your CircuitPython programs and for easy access to the CircuitPython serial connection (the REPL).

Port status

Fixes and improvements since 6.0.0

_bleio: Characteristic and Descriptor max_lengths can be zero. Better argument validation for start_scan()andstart_advertising()`. #3861. Thanks @dhalbert.
frequencyio.FrequencyIn() caused a crash. #3867. Thanks @dhalbert.
json: Speed up parsing dramatically. #3728. Thanks @tannewt.

Breaking changes since 5.x

i2cslave is now i2cperipheral and the class in it is changed as well.
The stop kwarg has been removed from I2C.writeto(). If no stop is desired, then use writeto_then_readfrom.
The default speed of busio.I2C and board.I2C() is now 100khz, not 400khz as before. Use busio.I2C to set the speed explicitly.
_bleio.ConnectionError has been removed. Code will now raise the native ConnectionError instead.
Removed Mixer, RawSample, and WaveFile from audioio. They are now only available in audiocore. 5.x has them in both modules.

New boards since 5.3.1 (38 boards)

Adafruit BLM Badge
Adafruit Feather M4 CAN
Adafruit Matrix Portal M4
Adafruit Metro ESP32S2
Adafruit Metro M7 1011
Adafruit QT Py
Adafruit QT Py Haxpress
AloriumTech Evo M51
Atmel SAME54 Xplained
BDMicro Vina D51
BH Dynamics DynOSSAT-EDU-EPS
BH Dynamics DynOSSAT-EDU-OBC
BLE-SS Dev Board Multi Sensor
Electronic Cats Bastwifi
Espressif Saola 1 w/WROOM
Espressif Saola 1 w/WROVER
Fluff M0
HiiBot BlueFi
Ikigaisense Vita nRF52840
Loc Ber M4
MakerDiary M60 Keyboard
MakerDiary nRF52840 M.2 devkit
Makerdairy Pitaya Go
Muselab nano ESP32-S2
Nice Nano
Nordic PCA10100
OpenMV H7
Picoplanet
PyCubed MRAM
Raytac MDBT50Q-DB-40
STM32F746 Discovery
STM32F746 Nucleo
Seeeduino Wio Terminal
Simmel
Teensy 4.1
TinkeringTech ScountMakes
UnexpectedMaker FeatherS2
microDev microS2 (ESP32-S2)

Known issues

We are not aware of any show-stopper issues.
See https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/issues for other issues.

Thanks

Thank you to all who used, tested, and contributed to this bug fix release: @catequalsgood, @cls22, @d-c-d, @dhalbert, @jepler, @kevinjwalters, @ladyada, @tannewt. Join us on the Discord chat to collaborate.

Documentation

Documentation is available in readthedocs.io.

This release is based on MicroPython 1.9.4 @25ae98f. Support upstream MicroPython by purchasing a PyBoard (from Adafruit here) or sponsoring MicroPython on GitHub.

Translations

Troubleshooting

Check out this guide for info on common problems with CircuitPython. If you are still having issues, then post to the Adafruit Support Forums and join Discord.

Assets

Builds are no longer stored as assets on this release page, because there are too many of them. Please see the Download from circuitpython.org section above.

Assets 2

03 Dec 18:21

dhalbert

6.1.0-beta.2

fb90f51

CircuitPython 6.1.0 Beta 2 Pre-release

Pre-release

This is the Beta 2 release of CircuitPython. Please use 6.0.x if you need a stable version of CircuitPython on all ports except ESP32-S2. Please use this release or newer for the ESP32-S2. See port status below for more stability details.

Notable in this release are a number of ESP32-S2 additions and fixes, including UDP, AnalogOut, and deep sleep.

Download from circuitpython.org

Installation

To install follow the instructions in our new Welcome to CircuitPython! guide. To install the latest libraries, see this page in that guide.

Try the latest version of the Mu editor for creating and editing your CircuitPython programs and for easy access to the CircuitPython serial connection (the REPL).

Port status

New features and improvements since 6.1.0-beta.1

All ports

Implemented adafruit_bus_device as a native module. Included on builds for which it will fit. #3612. Thanks @gamblor21.
Added microcontroller.reset_reason and supervisor.run_reason. #3767. Initial alarm sleep support (implemented for ESP32-S2 only). Thanks @dhalbert.
Add moveable supervisor allocations. #3695. Thanks @cwalther.
Fix README typos. #3766. Thanks @ehershey.
Fix displayio.ColorConverter make_ methods. #3760. Thanks @arturo182.
Fix EVE VertexFormat() opcode bug. #3757. Thanks @jamesbowman
Speed up readinto JSON parsing. #3728. Thanks @tannewt.
Update ulab to 1.1.0. #3694. Thanks @jepler.
EPaperDisplay: add rotation property. #3718. Thanks @jepler.
Prevent tracebacks from accumulating in REPL. #3702. Thanks @tannewt.

ESP32-S2

Use nina-fw root certificates, for consistency. #3775. Thanks @tannewt.
Add two-minute fallback timeout on recv. Do not throw BrokenPipeError for socketpool recv. #3776. Thanks @tannewt.
Disallow concurrent tasks during flash erase. #3780. Thanks @tannewt.
Added light sleep and deep sleep support for time-based alarms. Still to come: pin alarms. #3767. Thanks @dhalbert.
Fix simultaneous use of touchpads. #3738. Thanks @microdev1.
UDP support. #3708. Thanks @hierophect.
Update wifi doc. #3758. Thanks @tannewt.
Fix pin claiming bugs. #3754. Thanks @hierophect.
Exit faster on recv when TLS connection closed. #3759. Thanks @tannewt.
TinyUSB fix for CDC connection race. #3741. Thanks @hathach.
Support for ps2io. #3714. Thanks @microdev1.
Support for AnalogOut #3514. Thanks @hierophect.
Retry connection when getting NOT_AUTHED. #3720. Thanks @tannewt.
Support for frequencyio. #3704. Thanks @microdev1.
Update pin names from silk. #3745. Thanks @kattni.
Do full WiFi scan when channel and BSSID are not given. #3727. Thanks @BennyE.
Fix common_hal_mcu_delay_us(). #3740. Thanks @dhalbert.

SAMD21 ("M0")

Disable complex arithmetic to make room for other features. #3773. Thanks @dhalbert.

AirLift

Rename misnamed ESP UART pins on some boards. #3770. Thanks @dhalbert.

Translations

Portugese updates. #3774, #3756. #@wtuemera
Swedish updates. #3774, #3734. Thanks @bergdahl.
Czech updates. #3744. Thanks @vkuthan.
German updates. #3764. Thanks @danybd.
Spanish updates. #3764. Thanks @danybd, @begeistert.
Japanese updates #3764, #3756. Thanks @sporeball, @aoyamaprod.
French updates. #3756, #734. Thanks @Anton-2, @Edrig.

New boards

Thunderpack v1.2. #3737. Thanks @jgillick.
CP-Sapling. #3732. Thanks @skerr92.

Known issues

ESP32-S2: import wifi interferes with I2C. #3743.
See https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/issues for other issues.

Thanks

Thank you to @Anton-2, @aoyamaprod, @arturo182, @begeistert, @BennyE, @bergdahl, @brentru, @danybd, @d-c-d, @dhalbert, @Edrig, @ehershey, @gamblor21, @hathach, @hierophect, @jamesbowman, @jepler, @jgillick, @kattni, @ladyada, @microdev1, @skerr92, @sommersoft, @sporeball, @tannewt, @vkuthan, @weblate, @wtuemura and all who used, tested, and contributed since 6.1.0-beta.1. Join us on the Discord chat to collaborate.

Documentation

Documentation is available in readthedocs.io.

This release is based on MicroPython 1.9.4 @25ae98f. Support upstream MicroPython by purchasing a PyBoard (from Adafruit here) or sponsoring MicroPython on GitHub.

Translations

Troubleshooting

Check out this guide for info on common problems with CircuitPython. If you are still having issues, then post to the Adafruit Support Forums and join Discord.

Assets

Builds are no longer stored as assets on this release page, because there are too many of them. Please see the Download from circuitpython.org section above.

Assets 2

20 Nov 01:07

tannewt

6.1.0-beta.1

2f14609

CircuitPython 6.1.0 Beta 1 Pre-release

Pre-release

This is the second beta release of 6.1.0. (This first was broken.) It includes many changes that were done while 6.0.0 release candidates were in pre-release. Please use 6.0.x if you need a stable version of CircuitPython on all ports except ESP32-S2. Please use this release or newer for the ESP32-S2. See port status below for more stability details.

Download from circuitpython.org

Installation

To install follow the instructions in our new Welcome to CircuitPython! guide. To install the latest libraries, see this page in that guide.

Try the latest version of the Mu editor for creating and editing your CircuitPython programs and for easy access to the CircuitPython serial connection (the REPL).

Port status

New features and improvements since 6.0.0

All ports

Added grayscale E-Ink support. (IL0373 control chip.) Thanks to @tannewt
Added support for transparent_color support in ColorConverter. Allows transparency with full color bitmaps. Thanks to @jensechu
Fix accumulating tracebacks in REPL. Thanks to @DavePutz
Luma computation for grayscale conversion corrected. Thanks to @tannewt
Fixed unhiding a TileGrid. Thanks to @FoamyGuy
Fixed sharp memory display memory error. Thanks to @jepler
Added native binascii to most boards. Thanks to @dhalbert
README typo fix. Thanks to @ehagerty
Stub (.pyi) fixes and CI check added. Thanks to @sw23
Translation updates for French, Portuguese (Brazil), and Swedish. Thanks to @bergdahl, @Edrig, @hexthat, @jepler, and @wtuemura.

ESP32-S2

Fix TLS certificate errors when root certificate is signed by SHA-1. (Fixes io.adafruit.com and others.) Thanks to @jepler, @tannewt and @BennyE
time.sleep() can now be interrupted by CTRL-C. Thanks to @DavePutz
touchio, rotaryio, watchdog, and countio support added. Thanks to @microdev1
canio support added. Thanks to @jepler
Added more Network parameters. Thanks to @astrobokonon
Fix I2C crashing. Thanks to @jepler
Fixed brief AP mode when starting wifi. Thanks to @BennyE
Fixed stack size. Thanks to @jepler
Fixed Socket.recv behavior to return available bytes immediately when fewer than requested. Thanks to @tannewt
Fixed concurrent NeoPixel strip use. Thanks to @hierophect and @ladyada
Fixed wifi reset. Thanks to @astrobokonon
Add recv_into argument size check. Thanks to @gamblor21
Added native display init for MagTag eInk display. Thanks to @tannewt and @ladyada
Fixed SCL and SDA pins for UnexpectedMaker FeatherS2. Thanks to @askpatrickw
Add default SPI, UART and I2C busses for UnexpectedMaker FeatherS2 and microS2. Thanks to @FoamyGuy and @microdev1
Added IO pin naming to Metro ESP32-S2. Thanks to @kattni and @ladyada
ESP32-S2 README improvements. Thanks to @hierophect

See the 6.0.0 release notes for breaking changes since 5.x.

New boards since 6.0.0

Adafruit MagTag Thanks to @tannewt
Targett Module Clip WROOM Thanks to @Targett363
Targett Module Clip WROVER Thanks to @Targett363
AtelierDuMaker Breakout NRF52840 v1 Thanks to @Edrig

Known issues

We are not aware of any show-stopper issues.
See https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/issues for other issues.

Thanks

Thank you to all who used, tested, and contributed since 6.0.0. Join us on the Discord chat to collaborate.

Documentation

Documentation is available in readthedocs.io.

This release is based on MicroPython 1.9.4 @25ae98f. Support upstream MicroPython by purchasing a PyBoard (from Adafruit here) or sponsoring MicroPython on GitHub.

Translations

Troubleshooting

Check out this guide for info on common problems with CircuitPython. If you are still having issues, then post to the Adafruit Support Forums and join Discord.

Assets

Builds are no longer stored as assets on this release page, because there are too many of them. Please see the Download from circuitpython.org section above.

Assets 2

17 Nov 23:17

tannewt

6.1.0-beta.0

e2b5ae2

CircuitPython 6.1.0 Beta 0 Pre-release

Pre-release

We only released beta 0 to GitHub because it had a severe bug. It was never on the website or blog. So, please see Beta 1 for full details.

Assets 2

16 Nov 21:19

dhalbert

6.0.0

42ca57f

CircuitPython 6.0.0

This is CircuitPython 6.0.0, the latest major revision of CircuitPython, and is a new stable release.

Download from circuitpython.org

Installation

To install follow the instructions in our new Welcome to CircuitPython! guide. To install the latest libraries, see this page in that guide.

Try the latest version of the Mu editor for creating and editing your CircuitPython programs and for easy access to the CircuitPython serial connection (the REPL).

Port status

Major new features and improvements since 5.x

New port to ESP32-S2 chip.
RGBMatrix display support.
countio module to count pulses.
watchdog controls hardware watchdog timer. Only on certain ports.
vectorio provides native displayio shapes.
canio provides support for CAN bus operations.
_bleio adds support for HCI-based BLE co-processors, such as AirLift boards.
aesio provides support for AES computations.
async/await made available by default in many builds; support improved.
Network modules are revamped, adding wifi, socketpool, ssl, and other modules. Disabled socket, wiznet5k and network modules. They will be removed in 7.x in favor of networking libraries.
Updated stage and pew libraries.
_pixelbuf improvements.
Improved USB serial detection.
json can now read from stream objects.
pulseio.PWMOut is split out into pwmio.PWMOut. It is still available in pulseio, but that is deprecated and will be removed in 7.x.
Added memorymonitor for memory debugging. It is not enabled by default.
Reduced power consumption (light sleep) during time.sleep() when possible.

Breaking changes since 5.x

i2cslave is now i2cperipheral and the class in it is changed as well.
The stop kwarg has been removed from I2C.writeto(). If no stop is desired, then use writeto_then_readfrom.
The default speed of busio.I2C and board.I2C() is now 100khz, not 400khz as before. Use busio.I2C to set the speed explicitly.
_bleio.ConnectionError has been removed. Code will now raise the native ConnectionError instead.
Removed Mixer, RawSample, and WaveFile from audioio. They are now only available in audiocore. 5.x has them in both modules.

New boards since 5.3.1 (38 boards)

Adafruit BLM Badge
Adafruit Feather M4 CAN
Adafruit Matrix Portal M4
Adafruit Metro ESP32S2
Adafruit Metro M7 1011
Adafruit QT Py
Adafruit QT Py Haxpress
AloriumTech Evo M51
Atmel SAME54 Xplained
BDMicro Vina D51
BH Dynamics DynOSSAT-EDU-EPS
BH Dynamics DynOSSAT-EDU-OBC
BLE-SS Dev Board Multi Sensor
Electronic Cats Bastwifi
Espressif Saola 1 w/WROOM
Espressif Saola 1 w/WROVER
Fluff M0
HiiBot BlueFi
Ikigaisense Vita nRF52840
Loc Ber M4
MakerDiary M60 Keyboard
MakerDiary nRF52840 M.2 devkit
Makerdairy Pitaya Go
Muselab nano ESP32-S2
Nice Nano
Nordic PCA10100
OpenMV H7
Picoplanet
PyCubed MRAM
Raytac MDBT50Q-DB-40
STM32F746 Discovery
STM32F746 Nucleo
Seeeduino Wio Terminal
Simmel
Teensy 4.1
TinkeringTech ScountMakes
UnexpectedMaker FeatherS2
microDev microS2 (ESP32-S2)

Known issues

We are not aware of any show-stopper issues.
See https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/issues for other issues.

Thanks

Thank you to all who used, tested, and contributed since 5.3.1. See the 5.4.0 and 6.0.0 alpha, beta and RC releases for all who contributed. Join us on the Discord chat to collaborate.

Documentation

Documentation is available in readthedocs.io.

This release is based on MicroPython 1.9.4 @25ae98f. Support upstream MicroPython by purchasing a PyBoard (from Adafruit here) or sponsoring MicroPython on GitHub.

Translations

Troubleshooting

Check out this guide for info on common problems with CircuitPython. If you are still having issues, then post to the Adafruit Support Forums and join Discord.

Assets

Builds are no longer stored as assets on this release page, because there are too many of them. Please see the Download from circuitpython.org section above.

Assets 2

12 Nov 01:51

dhalbert

6.0.0-rc.2

105ec12

CircuitPython 6.0.0 Release Candidate 2 Pre-release

Pre-release

This is the third release candidate of CircuitPython 6.0.0. We don't know of any stability issues overall. See port status below for more stability detail. If you find any issues with it, please file an issue. If no issues are found in the near future, we'll release this version as stable.

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Installation

To install follow the instructions in our new Welcome to CircuitPython! guide. To install the latest libraries, see this page in that guide.

Try the latest version of the Mu editor for creating and editing your CircuitPython programs and for easy access to the CircuitPython serial connection (the REPL).

Port status

New features and improvements since 6.0.0 Release Candidate 0

Full commit log is here.

Fixes and enhancements

RGBMatrix: validate bit-depth argument in constructor (#3661). Thanks @aocole for the issue, @jepler for the fix, and @FoamyGuy for testing.
Update protomatter library, used for RGBMatrix (#3666). Thanks @maxmckinney for the issue, @jepler for the fix.

Board- and port-specific changes

Nothing in this release.

Documentation

No changes in this release.