Making a “Project Accelerator” with the Adafruit Feather
seanhodgins has a great project using an Adafruit Feather to create a “project accelerator.” Here’s more from Instructables:
I have slowly been collecting the different Adafruit Feather microcontrollers and sensor boards that are available from Adafruit. They make prototyping and testing super easy, and I am a huge fan of the layout of the board. Since I found myself using them in more and more projects, I decided to make a “project accelerator” that would eliminate the need for a breadboard, and have easy access to a mount 18650 battery, and some buttons.
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