Adafruit Weekly Editorial Round-Up: Adafruit Holiday Gift Guides 2019 #adafruitgiftguides, 3d-hangouts Update, #VintageComputing,Circuit Playground Gizmo Ornaments and more!
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.
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We recently launched a new Gift Ideas section on the Adafruit site to help you shop for the ada-fans in your life. I know what you’re thinking…just in time for the holidays, right?
If you’re like us and haven’t finished all of holiday shopping yet, head on over to our Gift Ideas section and search the many guides we’ve put together for this holiday season!
Hello and welcome to episode five of Adafruit and Digi-Key’s “All the Internet of Things”! A six-part series that covers everything you need to know about IoT. This video series has built up from the basics to more advanced topics, as we take you through the journey of IoT best practices. In previous episodes we’ve discussed the transports, protocols, and services you need to craft your IoT functionality. We’ve also showed off working example code for sending and receiving data with MQTT versus REST, and when to use WiFi, cellular and Bluetooth so you can start making the right decisions for which transports and protocols to use. Check out the full guide!
Browse all that’s new in the Adafruit Learning System here!
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Python for Microcontrollers – Adafruit Daily — Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: The latest on Raspberry Pi RP2350-E9, Bluetooth 6, 4,000 Stars and more! #CircuitPython #Python #micropython @ThePSF @Raspberry_Pi
EYE on NPI – Adafruit Daily — EYE on NPI Maxim’s Himalaya uSLIC Step-Down Power Module #EyeOnNPI @maximintegrated @digikey
