CircuitPython version 6.1.0 is available

Adafruit, the company producing the well-known and community loved circuit boards and sensor chips, announced the release of CircuitPython 6.1.0.

CircuitPython is a Python-based programming language to read data from and control boards and sensors. It can easily be installed through Python's pip (here for a Raspberry Pi):

root@raspberrypi:~# sudo pip3 install --upgrade adafruit-python-shell
root@raspberrypi:~# wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/adafruit/Raspberry-Pi-Installer-Scripts/master/raspi-blinka.py
root@raspberrypi:~# sudo python3 raspi-blinka.py

Existing users upgrading from the previous release 6.0.1 (or earlier) should note the following breaking changes:

• 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.