Ada Lovelace Day is coming…get ready(October 12th)! #ALD21 @findingada
October is one of our favorite months. Not only do we get to celebrate Electronic Halloween, we also get to honor Adafruit’s namesake. On the 2nd Tuesday of October, the world celebrates Ada Lovelace Day!!
On October 12 we will spend the day highlighting a number of women who are pioneering their fields and inspiring the next generation.
Finding Ada has some ways you can get involved and spread the word:
One of the most important things you can do to support Ada Lovelace Day is to help us spread the word. Here are some ideas to get you started:
Check back here on October 12 to get some inspirational stories of women in STEM and remember Ada Lovelace.
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.
