Valentine’s Gift Guide for makers, hackers, artists and engineers! #valentinesday
It’s the most romantic time of year depending on who you talk to. Adafruit has a bunch of great gifts that all your maker, hacker, artist, and engineer loved ones will be super excited to receive. Grab a product from the store or make your own gift using one of our tutorials in the Adafruit Learning System!
Solder this baby up and turn that TV off! Valentine’s day is the perfect day to spend time with your loved one away from the boob tube. Let Adafruit help set the mood this year with a TV-B-Gone Kit!
The perfect gift for someone who’s always wanted to see their name in lights. Write up a romantic message for an unforgettable Valentine’s Day gift with our MiniPOV 4 Kit.
These eye-catching cufflinks will let the wearer stand out of the crowd for sure. Plus if you are trapped in a dark room together you’ll be able to find them easily! For the sophisticated techie nothing beats the iCufflinks.
Valentine’s Day is more than just a date night – it’s an excuse to eat as much chocolate as you want! Try out making these adorable custom chocolate treats from the Adafruit Learning System. YUM.
Wear your heart on your sleeve! Or at least on your lapel. This light-up heart display uses a light-dependent resistor and GEMMA, Adafruit’s tiny wearable electronics platform.
Adafruit has had paid day off for voting for our team for years, if you need help getting that going for your organization, let us know – we can share how and why we did this as well as the good results. Here are some resources for voting by mail, voting in person, and some NY resources for our NY based teams as well. If there are additional resources to add, please let us know – adafruit.com/vote
Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, TinyGO, or even use the Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for CircuitPython, MakeCode, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand.
Have an amazing project to share? The Electronics Show and Tell is every Wednesday at 7pm ET! To join, head over to YouTube and check out the show’s live chat – we’ll post the link there.
