Adafruit Weekly Editorial Round-Up: Adafruit AR Update, Essential Sci-Fi, RGBMatrix on Adafruit Feather RP2040, Circuit sculptures 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.
We’ve recently added the Teensy 4.1 and Raspberry pi-400 to our list of third-party boards that can be recognized by our Board Scanner Mode in Adafruit AR. Scan your Teensy 4.1, Raspberry pi-400, or Raspberry pi Pico to reveal an AR overlay of the boards pinouts and power pins.
Not aware of our Adafruit AR app? The Adafruit AR app is an awesome way to not only see some cool things happen in AR, but also informs you about Adafruit devices and electronic info.
Here you can meet our virtual Adabot, that gives you some electronic tips and facts. Adafruit AR also has interactive overlays on real-life microcontroller boards and displays 3D models, guides, & videos too! Download Adafruit AR today!
With its generous 264kB of RAM, the Raspberry Pi RP2040 is perfect for driving RGB matrix displays. To make it easy, you can use the Adafruit Feather RP2040 together with the Adafruit RGB Matrix Featherwing Kit. We’ve added a new page showing the code you’ll need to get those pretty, pretty lights going:
Browse all that’s new in the Adafruit Learning System here!
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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 7:30pm ET! To join, head over to YouTube and check out the show’s live chat and our Discord!
Python for Microcontrollers – Adafruit Daily — Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: CircuitPython 9.2.1, What is DMA, PyConUS 2025 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
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