NEW GUIDE: RGB Matrix Automatic YouTube ON AIR Sign @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit
When your favorite YouTube channel is streaming, this sign will let you know! Check out this new guide by John Park to build your own.
In the guide, you’ll code it with CircuitPython, and the board’s built-in WiFi will allow it to check the YouTube Data API to find out when a channel is livestreaming! Then, it’ll light up the RGB LED matrix display with “OFF AIR” or “ON AIR” depending on the current status.
It runs on a Metro M4 Airlift with RGB Matrix shield and a 64 x 32 matrix display. You’ll use a beautiful bitmap font and custom line drawing graphics routines to make if fancy. LED diffusion acrylic is the finishing touch.
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.
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