The Adafruit team have this week announced the release of the CircuitPython 5.0.0 Beta 1, offering a largely feature-complete release of the latest CircuitPython platform, although it is still under testing. If you are looking for a stable release install and download CircuitPython 4.0 until Adafruit are completely happy with the latest release.
“CircuitPython 5.0.0 is the latest major revision of CircuitPython. It features many improvements and enhancements to displayio, including grayscale OLED and e-paper displays, extensive additions and changes to BLE support, support for the STM32F4 and Sony Spresense microcontrollers, and PWM audio support.”
For more details and to download jump over to the GitHub release page where a full list of all features and enhancements are listed. New Features, Updates, and Fixes since 5.0.0 Beta 0 include :
– Add MP3 playback support and audio improvements. Thanks to @jepler, @urish, @Dar-Scott
– Various BLE fixes and improvements including pairing support, raising specific BluetoothErrors and extended advertisements. Thanks to @kattni, @tannewt and @dhalbert
– Filesystem creation now includes code.py. Thanks to @iayanpahwa
– Added Korean translation thanks to @rafa-gould and @jepler
– Additional Chinese Pinyin translations. Thanks to @hexthat
– The @micropython.native decorator will no longer throw an exception when it isn’t supported. It will fallback to using byte code. Thanks to @theacodes
– Fixed displayio ePaper support that lead to displays not updating. Thanks to @tannewt
– Fixed displayio support in STM32F4. Thanks to @hierophect
– Fixed UART blocking behavior on SAMD. Thanks to @dhalbert
– Fixed crash from attempt at long living frozen code. Thanks to @dmgrime
– Removed Robo Hat MM1 M0 board. Thanks to @wallarug
– Switched to GCC 9 for builds. Thanks to @jepler
Source: Adafruit
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