There are a ton of IoT solutions in the cloud. Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud all have great and complex IoT platforms out there. They’re fantastic for doing enterprise IoT.
But what about folks who just want to dip their toes into IoT? What if you just want to do a small hobby project to learn IoT before jumping into the big stuff??
Adafruit has your solution. They have a fully functional, easy to use IoT platform for hobbyists who just like to mess around and learn things. This platform is so good, you could use it for enterprise stuff as well.
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.
