UPDI stands for Unified Program and Debug Interface, but this board is so smol and cute that we will call it the Unusually Playful Device Interfacer and pat its head when it does a good job. It’s designed to make programming modern ATtiny chips very easy because it has 3V or 5V power and logic select, power, and transmit indicator LEDs, and a quick cable for poking into a breadboard.
This RGBW NeoPixel strip comes in a Neon-like Silicone Tubing, combining the best of “Addressable NeoPixels” and “Ruggedized LED Neon” for a great looking, high-density, easily programmable, and very durable light strip. It has a diffused look like neon but without needing expensive transformers, glass tubing, inert gasses, or a Las Vegas casino license.
This RGBW NeoPixel strip comes in a Neon-like Silicone Tubing, combining the best of “Addressable NeoPixels” and “Ruggedized LED Neon” for a great looking, high-density, easily programmable, and very durable light strip. It has a diffused look like neon, but without needing expensive transformers, glass tubing, inert gasses, or a Las Vegas casino license.
Analog switches are a solid state alternative to relays, when you want a smaller, lower-power technology that won’t wear out mechanically. As the name implies, you can use an analog switch chip to select between two analog signals, much like a mechanical switch. These chips tend to be tiny surface mount parts, so the Adafruit STEMMA Analog SPDT Switch lets anyone use the MAX4544 SPDT analog switch for signals up to 12V, without fiddly soldering.
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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.
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