CircuitPython Examples

CircuitPython examples for the Adafruit Circuit Playground Express board.

CircuitPython API

The CircuitPython API docs are here.

MicroPython Basics are here.

Ampy Utility

The ampy utility simplifies running and debugging python code on the Circuit Playground. One big advantage is it allows you to see the stdout from python print statements.

Neopixels

Example code is in neopixels.py.

The neopixels package is described here.

Note: 0x100000 is equivalent to (0x10, 0, 0).s

Circuit Playground Hardware

Example code is in hardware.py.

The hardware package is described here

Board properties available in python:

circuit.switch
circuit.button_a
circuit.button_b
circuit.light
circuit.temperature
circuit.red_led

Accelerator

Example code is in:

• x-taps.py
• accel-data.py

The hardware package is described here.

Additional LIS3DH info is here.

A spinner example is here.