ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UP
We’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging from learn guides to blog articles, videos, and more.
BLOG
Announcing the winners of the 2019 Women in Open Source Awards – Limor Fried
Limor Fried, who was recognized in the community category, is the founder and lead engineer at Adafruit Industries, an open source hardware company designed to be a place for people to learn about and purchase open tools, equipment and electronics online. Adafruit has grown to more than 100 employees and is 100% woman-owned. Fried personally selects, tests and approves each product before it is added to the Adafruit store. With more than 13 years in the open source community, she is a strong advocate for open source hardware and software. She led the effort in writing open source tutorials at learn.adafruit.com, providing more than 1,700 designs for makers to build and learn from, and developed Circuit Playground Express—an all-in-one exploratory circuit board widely adopted in schools, colleges, and STEM organizations. Fried also hosts the YouTube show “Ask an Engineer,” one of the longest-running live weekly Internet shows on STEM, and “Show and Tell,” a show that allows makers to share their creations. She is on the advisory board of IEEE Spectrum magazine and spends time mentoring other women who own small businesses.
Congrats Saloni Garg, academic winner & thank you so much community for the support, to Red Hat, and to all the folks who voted!
More BLOG:
Keeping with tradition, we covered quite a bit this past week. Here’s a kinda short nearing medium length list of highlights:
- We wrapped up our 2019 Graduation Gift Guides this week, and we think they’re pretty (g)rad
- Our Asian Pacific American Heritage Month coverage is going strong. Catch up here!
- Jamie put together a 2nd Adafruit Music Roundup
- Never fear missing Mike Barela’s Vintage Computing series – just search #VintageComputing
- Mike Barela also found this awesome Behind the MakeCode Hardware – the Circuit Playground Express Speaker video
Learn
In this project we’re building a rig for heat set inserts. When working with 3D printed parts, a press can help you install inserts. This holds a soldering iron vertically and allows you to press down, perfectly straight. The tip of the iron heats up the brass and softens the plastic. Pressing down pushes the insert into the part and once it cools down, it’s locked in place. This could be handy for folks doing a small production run or if you’re looking for a tool to make this easier.
More LEARN:
Browse all that’s new in the Adafruit Learning System here!
