With the new Adafruit Playground, now our community has a super easy place to share what they built or are currently working on. The goal of Adafruit Playground was to make it as simple as possible to share your projects with fellow makers. On the Adafruit Learning System we call each project a guide, as they typically have multiple pages, and guides are usually quite time consuming to complete. On Adafruit Playground, we call them notes. There is only one page per note, and you can share a paragraph, or document a really complex project quickly with easy to use elements (like the FAQ element, code element, embed element, and more).
Once you are happy with your note, you can share it with the world and have it featured right on the main Playground landing page. Earn badges by joining our weekly live show & tell, or by catching the eye of someone at Adafruit. More badges coming soon!
We also recently added in reactions, so now you can let the author know you appreciated them sharing their knowledge.
Explore over 3000 guides on the Adafruit Learning System
Wow, we have come a long way since we started ALS over 12 years ago. There have been a lot of amazing guides that have been published throughout the years. Not too long ago I started doing a deep dive into old guides that have gotten lost over the years and decided to make a new special section of hand curated guides.
Oh! And if you are looking to really explore the depths of the Adafruit Learning System, try clicking the pair of dice in the top nav. This will randomly send you to any of the 3000+ guides!
Coming soon! A better way to read guides.
We are constantly evolving the Adafruit Learning System to make it as good as it can possibly be to read about your favorite projects. We are currently in the process of dropping the right sidebar and significantly increasing the width of the main content to give guides more room to breathe. We also have some great updates to current guide elements to help make them more accessible and easy to read.
And for those of you who hate reading black text on a white background….we might have an update coming that you are really going to like. 😉
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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.
Have an amazing project to share? The Electronics Show and Tell is every Wednesday at 7:30pm ET! To join, head over to YouTube and check out the show’s live chat and our Discord!
Python for Microcontrollers – Adafruit Daily — Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: The latest on Raspberry Pi RP2350-E9, Bluetooth 6, 4,000 Stars and more! #CircuitPython #Python #micropython @ThePSF @Raspberry_Pi
EYE on NPI – Adafruit Daily — EYE on NPI Maxim’s Himalaya uSLIC Step-Down Power Module #EyeOnNPI @maximintegrated @digikey
