MatrixPortal crashes into safe mode (CircuitPython core code crashed hard. Whoops!)

[wifijt]

CircuitPython 6 Beta 1

Matrix Portal M4

Trying to run the Moon Phase Clock for Adafruit Matrix Portal

Crashes hard and I have to reload CircuitPython from the bootloader to recover

boot_out.txt

code.txt

[jepler]

I have reproduced this problem on my matrixportal. I ran the following lines at the REPL and got the same behavior (safe mode reset):

>>> from adafruit_matrixportal.matrix import Matrix
>>> MATRIX = Matrix(bit_depth=4)

[jepler]

Thanks for the report @wifijt -- you should now be able to grab a fixed firmware by using the "absolute latest" link at https://circuitpython.org/board/matrixportal_m4/ or wait for the next prerelease to come out. Either way, please let us know your results!