Doot! The Cuter Boot Button

First found on SparkFun's MicroMod carrier board for machine learning, on a particularly silly day in the Hackster studio, the little Doot button is perhaps my favorite contribution to the world of open source.

Here's the original video from October 2020, with the discovery at 3:51...

It resurfaced recently thanks to this tweet by Chris Gammell (Contextual Electronics), which shows the affection some gained for the little Doot and inspired this trip down memory lane.

Rob Reynolds, a creative technologist at SparkFun, made a huge version so you can DOOT all you want without messing up your project! (Video in the original tweet)

It seems Jonathan Oxer added a "Snoot" button to this Smart Switch – because naturally, one must boop the snoot in order to boot. (Link)

Adrian Chung chimed in with a link to Dave Darko's true DOOT button boards – which apparently came out just a couple months after the initial video! Swift work! (Dave's tweet here)

I looked these up on OSH Park, and the back says "This exists because I regret correcting @glowascii" – I'd forgotten that he was the one who pointed out that it probably said "Boot" in the first place! (See the moment 17:22 in the video above.) Cursed knowledge!!

Dave even shared a link to the pin backings you can use to make this wearable!

So, anyway... in my defense, here is the original Doot button. Even on SparkFun's official product page, the reading is hard to deny.

I suppose I'll have to make my own Doot button someday, continuing on the tradition. And I'll be sure to share a template here on Hackster. 😃

** UPDATE, October 1, 2021 **

OMG!! SparkFun is releasing a spooky board today with a DOOT button on it! They sent me one in recognition of the original DOOT, and here it is:

Yes – that's an actual DOOT button next to RESET!

And here's my unboxing of the Skeleboard (update: now a retired product)...

...Just DOOT 🎺💀

Alex does video interviews, unboxings, and tutorials at Hackster. Follow her here for Doot updates!