Djair Da Silva is an inventive maker-founder with eight years leading Nicolau dos Brinquedos, crafting intelligent puzzles and scenography automation for escape rooms using CNC, laser cutting, microcontrollers (Arduino, ESP32), Raspberry/Orange Pi platforms and Python/Arduino C. With a background in theater and a degree in performing arts, he blends storytelling and user experience with hands-on electronics and IoT development. His open-source contributions to CircuitPython—adding Seeed XIAO ESP32-S3 Sense board pin mappings and camera integration—showcase practical embedded-systems expertise that enables microcontroller camera and audio peripherals to work in a teaching-focused Python runtime. Comfortable managing multidisciplinary teams and running maker workshops, he brings a rare combination of theatrical design sensibility and low-level hardware/software fluency. Based in São Paulo, he describes himself simply as “just a curious guy,” which matches a career defined by creative problem solving across art and engineering.
8 years of coding experience
Curso Técnico de 2º Grau, Eletrônica, Curso Técnico de 2º Grau, Eletrônica at Fundação Bradesco
Bacharel em Interpretação Teatral, Artes Cênicas, Bacharel em Interpretação Teatral, Artes Cênicas at Escola De Comunicações e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo
CircuitPython - a Python implementation for teaching coding with microcontrollers
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Contributions:12 reviews, 3 PRs, 28 comments in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Djair primarily focused on configuring and updating pin definitions for the Seeed Xiao ESP32-S3 Sense board within the CircuitPython project. Their contributions involved modifying `pins.c`, `mpconfigboard.h`, and `mpconfigboard.mk` to correctly map GPIO pins, including camera and microphone interfaces, and to set board-specific configurations. The user also worked on integrating the camera functionality by adding a camera data tuple and correcting pin assignments. These changes enable the Seeed Xiao ESP32-S3 Sense board to run CircuitPython with functionality for peripherals like cameras.
Contributions:149 pushes, 5 branches, 1 comment in 10 months
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