--- title: a portable Python synthesizer for music and graphics description: Tulip Creative Computer is an open-source portable device for music synthesis, graphics, and coding. It runs MicroPython on ESP32-S3 hardware with a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-portable-python-synthesizer-for-music-and-graphics-meloufmyo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: a portable Python synthesizer for music and graphics | daily.dev og:description: Tulip Creative Computer is an open-source portable device for music synthesis, graphics, and coding. It runs MicroPython on ESP32-S3 hardware with a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-portable-python-synthesizer-for-music-and-graphics-meloufmyo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/MelOUfMYo.png og:image:alt: a portable Python synthesizer for music and graphics og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # a portable Python synthesizer for music and graphics **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Tulip Creative Computer is an open-source portable device for music synthesis, graphics, and coding. It runs MicroPython on ESP32-S3 hardware with a touchscreen, featuring a 120-voice AMY synthesizer, sprite graphics, WiFi, MIDI support, and 32MB storage. Available as purchasable hardware ($59), web version, or desktop app. Includes built-in code editor, BBS chat (Tulip World), and supports USB peripherals. The entire system boots instantly to a Python prompt with APIs for real-time audio synthesis, graphics rendering, network access, and hardware interfacing. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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