New nEw NEWS From Adafruit Round-Up: April, May & June, 2023

So, how are y’all feeling about the newsletter redesign? We’re super into it! We’re also pretty darn excited for the new products we’ve got in store for ya, looking at you My Little Hacker. Looks like we had some big hits this past month with our Mini I2C Gamepad and I2S Amplifier BFF

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Vol. #305: Feather RP2040 RFM69 Packet Radio RadioFruit and STEMMA QT

  • Tro-Color eInk / ePaper display, Feather RP2040 with RFM95 LoRa Radio and more
  • Air Quality Monitor and Case

Vol. #306: Feather RP2040 with RFM95 LoRa Radio – RadioFruitand STEMMA QT!

  • Feather RP2040 with DVI Output Port
  • National Robotics Week 2023
  • Robotic AI Bear with ChatGPT

Vol. #307: Feather RP2040 with USB Type A Host

  • Gold and AluminumPCB Coasters
  • Mother’s Day Gift Guide
  • CircuitPython Wii Classic Controller Library

Vol. #308: RP2040 Feather ThinkInk with 24-pin E-Paper Display

  • Metro ESP32-S2, ADXL343 + ADT7410 Sensor FeatherWing, Floppy Disk Costumes for SD Cards and more
  • MQTT in CircuitPython

Vol. #309: PiCowbell CAN Bus for Pico – MCP2515 CAN Controller!

  • RGB Matrix Shield for Arduino, Ultimate GPS GNSS with USB – 99 channel w/10 Hz updates, AS7341 10-Channel Light / Color Sensor Breakout
  • Make your own Weather Wise Wifi Umbrella Stand
  • Happy Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Vol. #310: RP2040 CAN Bus Feather with MCP2515 CAN Controller

  • Feather M4 Express – Featuring ATSAMD51 – ATSAMD51 Cortex M4, Wide-Range Triple-axis Magnetometer – MLX90393
  • Star Trek LCARS Display: Create an animated display for backlit artwork

Vol. #311: PiCowbell DVI Output for Pico – Works with HDMI Display!

  • Parts Bundle for Introduction to Breadboarding by Jen Fox
  • Fisher-Price USB Controller
  • Celebrating over 400 CircuitPython compatible microcontroller boards
  • Ladyada has revised 300+ designs

Vol. #312: ANO Rotary Navigation Encoder to I2C Stemma QT Adapter!

  • NeoKey Socket Breakout for CHOC Key Switches
  • EPCOT Spaceship Earth with WLED
  • CircuitPython 8.1.0 Released!

Vol. #313: Mini I2C Gamepad with seesaw

  • TRRS Jack Breakout Board, High Density NeoPixel UV LED Strip, 1.14″ 240×135 Color TFT Display + MicroSD Card Breakout – ST7789
  • Make a Canary Nightlight with a QT Py ESP32-S3 and NeoPixel Grid BFF
  • Long weekend for toy hacking

Vol. #314: NeoDriver – I2C to NeoPixel Driver Board

  • ESP32-S2 TFT Feather – 4MB Flash, 2MB PSRAM, RP2040 Prop-Maker Feather with I2S Audio Amplifier
  • Digital RGB LED Weatherproof Strip – LPD8806 x 48 LED – LPD8806, Adafruit DotStar LED Strip – Addressable Cool White – 30 LED/m – ~6000K
  • Make a Magic Storybook with ChatGPT
  • Happy Pride!

Vol. #315: I2S Amplifier BFF Add-On for QT Py and Xiao!

  • Digi-Key Hackbox – Clue and PyLeap
  • FREQUENCY – Adafruit’s 1st Vinyl Record, Make Robot Friend Jigsaw Puzzle, Adafruit NeoPixel Digital RGBW LED Strip – Black PCB 60 LED/m, RGB LED Weatherproof flexi-strip 60 LED/m
  • Make a Circle of Fifths Euclidean Synth with synthio and CircuitPython

Vol. #316: RP2040 Prop-Maker Feather with I2S Audio Amplifier

  • 7-Segment Backpack – 1.2″ Tall Digits, STEMMA Audio Amp – Mono 2.5W Class D – PAM8302, ESP32-S2 Feather
  • High Density NeoPixel UV LED Strip with 60 LED/m – White PCB – 1M, Adafruit LTR390 UV Light Sensor – STEMMA QT / Qwiic
  • Update your Link cosplay with our
    Zelda LED UltraHand
  • Celebrating Juneteenth

Vol. #317: EYESPI BFF for QT Py or Xiao

  • Swirly Aluminum Mounting Grid for 0.1″ Spaced PCBs, new nOOds, Side-Light Flexible Analog RGB LED Strip
  • Adafruit Mini Skinny NeoPixel Digital RGB LED Strip 4m – Black 30 LED, Adafruit Mini Skinny NeoPixel Digital RGB LED Strip 4m – White 30 LED 4m
  • Build a Jellyfish Umbrella with easy WLED WiFi Control






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