Many Supplyframe readers and engineers of all types know Adafruit, a small electronics manufacturer in New York City, but they may not realize how important this nimble company is to the city as it provides essential services. After receiving the “essential business” designation by the Mayor and Governor of New York, they were able to re-open last week, and within two hours, provide components and electronics for ventilator support in addition to electronics for ongoing medical device efforts. Plus, they are making and distributing some PPE face shields.
Growing up in New York, when I asked Phil and Limor on Twitter how it was going, their response: “#NewYorkStrong — as we battle this pandemic, we are all New Yorkers now.”
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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.
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