Adafruit Extra Credit: The Results #AdafruitExtraCredit #CircuitPlayground

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Thank you to everyone who participated in Adafruit Extra Credit this past August!! We got a ton of great submissions and it was exciting to see what everyone is doing with the Circuit Playground

We have selected a few projects that really highlight this excellent community.

Here are some projects we think exemplify what circuit playground is meant to/can do, with projects suitable from young engineers to the experienced makers.

Facebook user John R shared this project for using the Circuit Playground to draw with color:


John Rehwinkel I had been playing with a project to draw with

Daniel S shared this Tron Hand Scanner on Google Plus:

Made a fake hand scanner for my son using the CircuitPlayground He is in t

Discord user Sigafoos shared “Circuit Jouster”:

Adafruitextracredit Discord

Elliot P Shared his project using a Circuit Playground as a robot controller on Twitter:

Elliot Pittam on Twitter Using Adafruit s Circuit Playground as a Robot Controller https t co ogMccVMjef AdafruitExtraCredit CircuitPlayground

And finally we selected one project to receive special honors

Instagram user isabellavalentine shared this Hug Request glove:

Isabella Valentine on Instagram Custom music hug request cuffs for my brother Abe ? Since he loves hugs but can t ask for them now he can He loves listening to opera Instagram

Thank you again to all the participants for making the community excellent!


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