The Gameduino 3X Dazzler is an Adafruit Feather M4-compatible underwing that outputs HD picture and sound to any HDMI display or TV.
The Dazzler is ideal for game designers using CircuitPython, makers who want rich, responsive data and text visualizations, and anyone who wants superb visuals for their CircuitPython project.
M5Stack’s Timer Camera X is an all-in-one camera module based on ESP32, integrated with ESP32 chip and has 8M PSRAM. Why so much PSRAM? Well, the camera can shoot up to 2048×1536 resolution photos(!). The module also comes with a built-in 140mAh battery and LED status indicator. There is a reset button under the LED.
Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Mini NeoPixel RGB LEDinis! Make your own smart LED arrangement with the same integrated LED that is used in our NeoPixel strips and pixels. We use this same LED in our Metro M4 Express and Neo TrinKey.
If you’re a DIY enthusiast who’d like to update your power only project’s connection to the latest USB standard, here is a 10-pack of USB C power only jack connectors! They’re sturdy metal with 4 through-hole mounting tabs. It’s really hard to rip these off a PCB. In an SMT line, you can just paste over the through-hole slots, and the pads will solder in place.
This thin silvery ribbon is an interesting sensor. It’s made of 2mm wide by 600mm long piezoelectric film sandwich. Piezo film can be used to detect motion or vibration – when shifted around or touched, it creates a small current pulse across the terminals. If a 1 Mega-ohm resistor is placed across the two terminals you will see the current converted into a voltage that can be read by an analog-to-digital converter (ADC).
We carry all sorts of silicone-diffused NeoPixel strips, including these ultra-skinny 96-LED NeoPixel strips and these gloriously chonky neon-like strips. This 60 LEDs-per-meter Silicone Sheath NeoPixel strip is nicely in the middle. It has a semi-diffused look, thanks to the white silicone casing. The white rubber causes the LEDs to have a pastel shade, and of course they’re incredibly durable.
A new chip means a new ItsyBitsy, and the Raspberry Pi RP2040 is no exception. When we saw this chip we thought “this chip is going to be awesome when we give it the ItsyBitsy teensy-weensy Treatment” and so we did! This Itsy’ features the RP2040, and all niceties you know and love about the ItsyBitsy family
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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.
