Happy Star Trek Day! Celebrate by making a Circuit Playground Combadge #StarTrekDay

On this day in 1966, Star Trek debuted for the first time on television! Happy Star Trek Day!

What better way to celebrate than with a Star Trek project from Adafruit?


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Circuit Playground Combadge

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to turn an Adafruit Circuit Playground into a Star Trek Combadge! When tapped, it’ll make the “chirp” sound effect! It won’t make any actual phone calls, but it does make a pretty sweet prop for cosplay!

If you do want to make actual phone calls (along with a monthly bill) we made a functional Star Trek Communicator 🙂

The combadge is a prop from Star Trek (originally appeared in The Next Generation) that is a combination of a badge and communicator. It is used to communicate with Starfleet personnel on-board the ship. When activiated, it makes a destinctive “Chirp” sound.

See the full guide here!

See more Star Trek coverage on the Adafruit Blog and Star Trek learn guides in the Adafruit Learn System! Check out the official Star Trek website for more ways to celebrate! Live long and prosper!


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