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Resisty – Resistor CAPTCHA – solve the resistor values to post a comment!
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3D printing

Google Home & Nest Mini socket wall mount #3DThursday
Water Mill Marble Run #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Raspberry Pi

NEW PRODUCT – Raspberry Pi 500 Desktop – Full Computer Kit
The Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: subscribe for free

art

Straphangers Lounge #ArtTuesday
The GIF Art of Agatha Yu #ArtTuesday

wearables

Fluid Simulation Pendant #WearableWednesday
Electrohydraulic wearable devices create unprecedented haptic sensations #WearableWednesday

science

Creating a Sustainable Aviation Fuel
The Science Episode of Craft in America on PBS

arduino

Adafruit TMC2209 Stepper Motor Driver Breakout Board #Adafruit Products #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit
UPDATED GUIDE: Adafruit Feather RP2350 with HSTX #Adafruit #AdafruitLearningSystem

random

Epic Spaceman shrinks 10x every 21s until I’m an atom – The Micro Universe
Stuff Your Stockings with Adafruit!

CircuitPython

The Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: subscribe for free
Python on Hardware weekly video for January 15, 2025 #Python @adafruit

adafruit learning system

Getting Started with Zephyr on Linux #AdafruitPlayground #Zephyr #Linux
Getting a Zephyr Shell over USB or BLE + Bluefruit Connect

music

What If We Were Wrong About Pono? #Music #MusicMonday
Thinking About the Music Theory Behind Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” #MusicMonday

costuming

Tutorial: DIY Icicle Crown Cosplay Project with WLED and Hot Glue
Holiday Tech and Popular Culture Sweaters: Hanukkah Menorah Sweater with Interactive Lights #Sweaters #Hanukkah

cosplay

Tutorial: DIY Icicle Crown Cosplay Project with WLED and Hot Glue
Holiday Tech and Popular Culture Sweaters: Hanukkah Menorah Sweater with Interactive Lights #Sweaters #Hanukkah

robotics

EYE on NPI – Texas Instruments DRV10974 BLDC Motor Driver #EYEonNPI #digikey @TXInstruments @digikey @adafruit
A Ouija Robot – The MagPi Issue 148 @TheMagPi

educators

Celebrate Computer Science Education Week 2024 #CSEdWeek #LookingBackLeapingForward
Native American Scientists and Engineers

community

Adafruit hits 800 OSHWA certifications @OSHWA @hacksterio
Scott and Ladyada talk CircuitPython 2025 #CircuitPython #CircuitPython2025

history

What Dinosaurs Were Really Like
Looking back at the MacTable from the 1980s

space

Planetariums Before Digital Projection #SpaceSaturday
Atlas of Space Interactive Exploration

ask-an-engineer

Adafruit Top Secret for January 15, 2025 #adafruit
ASK AN ENGINEER 1/15/2025 LIVE!

holiday

The Best Martin Luther King Jr Day Events In NYC
Shipping Alert – Adafruit Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 20, 2025 #MLKDay @MLKDay

New Products

NEW PRODUCT – Raspberry Pi 500 Desktop – Full Computer Kit
NEW PRODUCT – Replacement Breadboard Strips – 10 Strips of 10 Rows

maker business

Former CEO of RadioShack was an ER doctor on frontlines of COVID-19 fight #ShackToberFest
Makerspace Spotlight: MakeInspires #distributorspotlight #makeinspires @makeinspires

projects

Making a 3D printed Menorah – The MagPi Issue 148 @TheMagPi
A Ouija Robot – The MagPi Issue 148 @TheMagPi

leds-lcds

Rooooound display prototype testing
Festival of lights – night #5 0.85″ 128×128 TFT breakout

gaming

The Visible Zorker visualizes Zork data files #VintageComputing #Gaming #ReverseEngineering
Playing DOOM in a PDF file (and source code)

python

The Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: subscribe for free
Python on Hardware weekly video for January 15, 2025 #Python @adafruit

manufacturing

Sheffield Makes: Ernest Wright
Tackling Energy Usage in Semiconductor Technology

NeoPixels

NEW PRODUCT – NeoPixel LED Outdoor Netting – 20 x 20 LEDs – 1×1 Meter Sizing
Cuttable Neopixel sheet sample test

EE

Ladyada’s desk gets a scope cart
Updating organization at the Adabench for the New Year

tutorials

Getting Started with Zephyr on Linux #AdafruitPlayground #Zephyr #Linux
Tutorial: DIY Icicle Crown Cosplay Project with WLED and Hot Glue

photography

Meet the Photographer Behind Rasperry Pi’s Awesome Desktop Images #piday #raspberrypi
How Kodak Invented the “Snapshot”

customer projects

Christmas lights made from Adafruit MagTag
Ghost Candy Dispenser

design and architecture

Looking back at the MacTable from the 1980s
The Slow Death of Neon

Adafruit Video

EYE on NPI – Texas Instruments DRV10974 BLDC Motor Driver #EYEonNPI #digikey @TXInstruments @digikey @adafruit
Adafruit Top Secret for January 15, 2025 #adafruit

STEM

Holiday Tech and Popular Culture Sweaters: Hanukkah Menorah Sweater with Interactive Lights #Sweaters #Hanukkah
Over 500 fossilized poops show how dinosaurs came to rule the Earth

announce

Rooooound display prototype testing
Festival of Lights – Tiny Round 0.7″ TFT Display

science fiction

Making a Fictional Calendar for Your Science Fiction World #SciFiSunday
Isaac Asimov: Science Fiction’s Grampa #SciFiSunday

Uncategorized

Screw Gauge Template #3DThursday
The GIF Art of Agatha Yu #ArtTuesday

NYC

The Best Martin Luther King Jr Day Events In NYC
Straphangers Lounge #ArtTuesday

components & parts

EYE on NPI – Texas Instruments DRV10974 BLDC Motor Driver #EYEonNPI #digikey @TXInstruments @digikey @adafruit
The basics of Pogo Pin connectors @digikey

drones

New Year’s Eve Fireworks in the Parks Are Canceled #drone #droneday
Drones with Legs Can Walk, Hop, and Jump into the Air #drone #droneday

micropython

The Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: subscribe for free
Python on Hardware weekly video for January 15, 2025 #Python @adafruit

adafruit learning technologies

Subscribe to the Adafruit Youtube channel! #Youtube #AdafruitLearnSystem
LED Noodle Snowflake

open source hardware

The Year in Open Source Hardware: why Open Hardware is needed
Easily Upgrade All of Apple’s AirPods to USB-C

internet of things

HardBreak: the hardware hacking wiki
Long Distance IoT Hug Plushie

Programming

Python on Hardware weekly video for January 15, 2025 #Python @adafruit
Playing DOOM in a PDF file (and source code)

young engineers

Watch what we do: Computer Science Education Week at Google #CSEdWeek
Classic computer and retro gaming enthusiast Kari Lawler @TheMagPi

feather

UPDATED GUIDE: Adafruit Feather RP2350 with HSTX #Adafruit #AdafruitLearningSystem
Making a personalized digital tree ornament with animated icons

events

Visiting the Student Tech Showcase at Boston College 2024
Adafruit on the Open Source Hardware Association Show and Tell event – Oct 2nd, 6:40 PM EDT #OpenOct

sensorsparts

The Chilled Drinkibot Is A Host’s Best Friend
The Sensor Watch #WearableWednesday

show and tell

SHOW and TELL 1/15/2025
SHOW and TELL 1/8/2025

halloween

Ghost Candy Dispenser
Halloween Skeleton Transformation Illusion Prop #LED Strips #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit

Women In STEM

Space Gala 2024 held to support Women in STEM
Meet the Italian ‘Fruit Detective’ Who Investigates Centuries-Old Paintings for Clues About Produce That Has Disappeared From the Kitchen Table

Newsletter

The Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: subscribe for free
Python on Hardware weekly video for January 15, 2025 #Python @adafruit

tools

Why Do Some Cables Have a Bump? #FerriteCore
8 Wire Stripper Features to Be Familiar With

biohacking

ZOO architects designs biomorphic shelter prototypes for otters
High-Flying Frigate Birds Collect Data from the Top of the Sky

books

A Look Back at the Penguin Books 2024 Cover Design Award Winners
Wintry Sci-Fi and Fantasy

vintage computing

Word processors on the Commodore VIC-20 @TechTinkering
Vintage Macintosh meets modern internet with MacProxy Plus

mail bag

From the mail bag…
From the mail bag…

fashion

Tutorial: DIY Icicle Crown Cosplay Project with WLED and Hot Glue
Holiday Tech and Popular Culture Sweaters: Hanukkah Menorah Sweater with Interactive Lights #Sweaters #Hanukkah

ald

Books for Ada Lovelace Day ALD24 @findingada
Irene Solaiman #ALD24 @findingada

Adafruit Blog

Adafruit’s Top 10 Blog Posts of December 2024 #StateOfTheFruit #AdafruitTopTen
Adafruit Weekly Editorial Round-Up: Articulated Pi Display V2 Mount, Metro RP2350 Update, & more!

retro

What Happened to the World’s Largest Tube TV?
Day 22: Retrocomputing Advent Calendar – ZX Spectrum #retrocomputing #firstcomputer #electronics

code

A How-To Guide for Creating Your Hour of Code! #CSEdWeek
Celebrate Computer Science Education Week 2024 #CSEdWeek #LookingBackLeapingForward

software

Getting Started with Zephyr on Linux #AdafruitPlayground #Zephyr #Linux
The Visible Zorker visualizes Zork data files #VintageComputing #Gaming #ReverseEngineering

Adafruit Daily

The Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: subscribe for free
The Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: subscribe for free

MakeCode

Holiday Tech and Popular Culture Sweaters: Hanukkah Menorah Sweater with Interactive Lights #Sweaters #Hanukkah
Halloween Monsters with CRICKIT and Circuit Playground Express #ElectronicHalloween

computers

Word processors on the Commodore VIC-20 @TechTinkering
Looking back at the MacTable from the 1980s

livestream

John Park’s Workshop — LIVE TODAY 1/16/25 Project: Espresso Water Level Meter
John Park’s Workshop not airing today 1/9/25

Python on Microcontrollers

The Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: subscribe for free
Python on Hardware weekly video for January 15, 2025 #Python @adafruit

displays

A Ouija Robot – The MagPi Issue 148 @TheMagPi
NEW GUIDE: Adafruit 1.14″ 240×135 Color Newxie TFT Display #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit

Publications

The MagPi Magazine (+ HackSpace) Issue 148: Gear Guide 2025 @TheMagPi
FaSTer: an Atari ST digital magazine

photos

What Runs Doom? The iOS Photos app #Doommas #DailyDoom
Sitina 1: an open source 35mm full-frame CCD mirrorless camera #Photography #OpenSource

gift guides

Give them what they really want this holiday season, an Adafruit Gift Certificate!
Beginner Tutorial: Holiday Garland Lights with WLED

FLORA

Make Your Own Glowing WhoVille Hat #WearableWednesday
FLORAbrella – LED Umbrella with NeoPixels

Breakout Boards

Adafruit TMC2209 Stepper Motor Driver Breakout Board #Adafruit Products #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit
Festival of Lights – Tiny Round 0.7″ TFT Display

education

Static Electricity Day, 2025! #StaticElectricityDay
Karel The Robot In CircuitPython #LCDs & Displays #AdafruitLearningSystem #CircuitPython @Adafruit

circuit playground

Gizmo Ornaments with Circuit Playground
Snow Globe with Circuit Playground Bluefruit

Circuit Playground Express

A Ouija Robot – The MagPi Issue 148 @TheMagPi
NYE Circuit Playground Drop

cardboard

DIY Halloween Ghost that has Flapping Wings using Arduino
Make Your Own Animation Machine with Cardboard

Artificial intelligence

The OpenAI Realtime Embedded software development kit has been released for ESP32-S3
AI Still Struggles to Count the Number of R’s in Strawberry. Why?

bluetooth

Getting a Zephyr Shell over USB or BLE + Bluefruit Connect
A new mouse you wear as a ring #CircuitPython @nordictweets @hackaday

LEDs

NEW PRODUCT – Mini Sparkle Motion – WLED-friendly ESP32 NeoPixel LED Driver
The RotoZipper is a hand programmable object

solar

NEW GUIDE: Adafruit bq25185 USB / DC / Solar Lithium Ion/Polymer Charger #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit
A solar-powered, self-hosted website

DIY

Tutorial: DIY Icicle Crown Cosplay Project with WLED and Hot Glue
LED Dreidel Project with Induction-Powered Lights

LEGO

Holiday Tech and Popular Culture Sweaters: LEGO #Sweaters #LEGO
Vsauce Built An Emordnilap Machine

clocks

New Year Countdown Clock with Circuit Playground Express
VEEB Projects’ “How May More Sleeps?” Advent Calendar

comics

Tandy Computer Whiz Kids comics #ShackToberFest
Watch Drone Galactus Rise to Menace San Diego Comic-Con #drone #droneday

reverse engineering

Bringing SerenityOS to real hardware, one driver at a time, with RP2040 and CircuitPython
The Visible Zorker visualizes Zork data files #VintageComputing #Gaming #ReverseEngineering

clocks & watches

Slow Motion Microscope Inside a Watch
LifeTime Displays Months Lived in a 90 Year Lifetime

batteries & power

LED Dreidel Project with Induction-Powered Lights
QT Py of the Day: Adafruit LiIon or LiPoly Charger BFF Add-On for QT Py #QTPyOfTheDay

trinket

The Chilled Drinkibot Is A Host’s Best Friend
Magical Mistletoe

gemma

Holiday Tech and Popular Culture Sweaters: Hanukkah Menorah Sweater with Interactive Lights #Sweaters #Hanukkah
Make a Neon Cat Light with GEMMA

kits

The Rise and Fall of Heathkit: an interview series
NEW GUIDE: Space Shuttle Discovery Solder Kit by Phyx #AdafruitLearningSystem

beaglebone

EYE on NPI: BeagleBoard.org BeaglePlay® Single Board Computer Chips #digikey #BeaglePlay @beagleboardorg @digikey ​@adafruit
A new Beagle! BeaglePlay development board #BeaglePlay @beagleboardorg

Video

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Super Cassette Vision #Gaming #Vintage
DS Lite mod uses dual WiFi chips for TV out

materials

Quake ported to Arduino Nano Matter
Fixing a Faulty PSone #PlayStation

cyberpunk

Tutorial: Fog Machine with Motion-Reaction and IOT Internet Control with Adafruit IO
Illuminate Your Garden with DIY Crystal Path Lights: WiFi Control and Sunset Timer Using Feather Huzzah ESP32

Sensors

Portable thermometer – NFC/ QT PY/ SHT40
Holiday Tech and Popular Culture Sweaters: Hanukkah Menorah Sweater with Interactive Lights #Sweaters #Hanukkah

wireless

LED Dreidel Project with Induction-Powered Lights
FCC opens the entire US 6 GHz band to very low power device operations

time travel

Vintage Floppy Booklet: The Secrets of Perfect Memory
Tor.com Rates 15 of the Best Time Travel Movies Ever Made #SciFiSunday

machine learning

The OpenAI Realtime Embedded software development kit has been released for ESP32-S3
Neural networks on a “3-cent” microcontroller

Adafruit IO

WipperSnapper No-Code IoT Firmware now works with the Raspberry Pi Pico 2W!
Adafruit VCNL4200 Long Distance IR Proximity and Light Sensor Breakout Now Supported by WipperSnapper’s No-Code IoT Firmware!

Python on hardware

Python on Hardware weekly video for January 15, 2025 #Python @adafruit
Python on Hardware weekly video for January 8, 2025 #Python #CircuitPython @adafruit

math

The Science Episode of Craft in America on PBS
Raspberry Pi LED Project Visualising Dijkstra’s Shortest Path Algorithm #piday #raspberrypi

Adabox

ADABOX 021 UNBOXING LIVE on Ask an Engineer RIGHT NOW! 3/20/24
GUIDE ALERT: AdaBox 021 Main Guide

microcontrollers

Demystifying common microcontroller debug protocols
The OpenAI Realtime Embedded software development kit has been released for ESP32-S3

open source

Creating an open source WiFi software stack for the ESP32
Plan 9 from Bell Labs in Cyberspace @BellLabs

bluefruit

Getting a Zephyr Shell over USB or BLE + Bluefruit Connect
Visiting the Student Tech Showcase at Boston College 2024

adafruit.io

PyLeap ESP32-S3 TFT Boxing Glove Tracker w/ Adafruit IO
Designing a Star Trek inspired weather display #StarTrek #LCARS #Weather

power supply

The latest ESP32 Marauder firmware for the Cheap Yellow Display
QT Py of the Day: Adafruit LiIon or LiPoly Charger BFF Add-On for QT Py #QTPyOfTheDay

lasers

The weird history of the barcode
Colorize Lidar point clouds with camera images #Python

educational mini UAVs

The Rye Riptides Connects Schools in New Hampshire and Norway
Apple Expands Coding Partnership with HBCUs #Apple

women's history month

Flossie Wong-Staal #WHM24 #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM
Women Who Left Their Mark on NYC #WHM24 #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM

useful-stuff

The CD Revival Is Real #MusicMonday #Vintage #Retro
Easiest Way to Coil Ropes, Extension Cords, & Hoses

Adafruit Top Secret

Adafruit Top Secret for January 15, 2025 #adafruit
Adafruit Top Secret for January 8, 2025 #adafruit

stemma

Festival of Lights – Transparent OLED Stemma QT
QT Py of the Day: Adafruit CH552 QT Py – 8051 Dev Board with STEMMA QT #QTPyOfTheDay

linux

Using Python with virtual environments #Python @TheMagPi
Booting Linux on an Intel 4004 takes patience

RP2040

Bringing SerenityOS to real hardware, one driver at a time, with RP2040 and CircuitPython
Making a 3D printed Menorah – The MagPi Issue 148 @TheMagPi

ESP32

Tutorial: DIY Icicle Crown Cosplay Project with WLED and Hot Glue
Creating an open source WiFi software stack for the ESP32

physics

ESA Euclid Telescope – Cosmic atlas
How to Make an Ornithopter

biomimicry

Drones with Legs Can Walk, Hop, and Jump into the Air #drone #droneday
A Twist of the Tail Inspires New Bird Drones #drone #droneday

LEGOs

Holiday Tech and Popular Culture Sweaters: LEGO #Sweaters #LEGO
Vsauce Built An Emordnilap Machine

micro:bit

MakeCode for micro:bit 2024 Update
“Libby” the Literary Micro:pet

gps

NextNav’s callous radio spectrum-grab to privatize 900 MHz
A mini GPS from uBlox with I2C and UART

black history month

Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898–1971 – Black History Month 2024 #BlackHistoryMonth
Ed Smith, Video Game Pioneer – Black History Month 2024 #BlackHistoryMonth

prototyping

NEW PRODUCT – Replacement Breadboard Strips – 10 Strips of 10 Rows
Newxie prototype testing success

kinect hacking

EYE on NPI – Intel RealSense LIDAR camera #EyeOnNPI #LIDAR #DigiKey @DigiKey @Intel @Adafruit
New Products 10/3/18 Featuring Adafruit #NeoPXL8 Friend! @adafruit #adafruit

Keyboards

Reverse engineering the Stream Deck Plus
Holiday Tech and Popular Culture Sweaters: Keyboards #Sweaters

CRICKIT

A Ouija Robot – The MagPi Issue 148 @TheMagPi
Crickit Powered Dancin’ Snowman!

vintage

Tutorial: DIY Icicle Crown Cosplay Project with WLED and Hot Glue
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Super Cassette Vision #Gaming #Vintage

The Great Search

The Great Search: I2C all-in-one BLDC Driver #TheGreatSearch #adafruit #DigiKey @Digikey @adafruit
The Great Search: Solenoid flyback diodes in SOD-323 #TheGreatSearch #adafruit #digikey @DigiKey @adafruit

apps

NEW GUIDE: ItsaSNAP for HomeKit PIR Motion Detection
NEW GUIDE: Memento Photo Capturing w/ itsaSNAP #CircuitPython #Apple #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit

anthropocene

3D-Printed Stars Functioning as Hybrid Coral Reefs To Be Installed in New Underwater Park in Miami #3DPrinting
New Year’s Eve Fireworks in the Parks Are Canceled #drone #droneday

radio

Public Radio Broadcasting Day 2025 #PublicRadioBroadcastingDay
FCC opens the entire US 6 GHz band to very low power device operations

virtual reality

Virtual Glassblowing Is Real At Pittsburgh Glass Center
Mixed Reality AR + VR Concert from Jean-Michel Jarre #MusicMonday

Makers

Making a T-Rex game auto jumper with CircuitPython – The MagPi Issue 148 @TheMagPi
The MagPi Magazine (+ HackSpace) Issue 148: Gear Guide 2025 @TheMagPi

wires-cables-etc

NEW PRODUCT – Round Panel Mount USB Cable – USB-B Socket to USB-C Plug
NEW PRODUCTS – Snap-In Panel Mount Cables – USB-A Socket to 2 Wires + USB-A Socket to 4 Wires

breaking news

New Pico 2 W just dropped – and CircuitPython is ready to go!
Circuit breaker: How Limor Fried wired Brooklyn’s woman-owned tech movement with biz Adafruit – Brooklyn Paper

cnc

CNC + Laser = Personalized Cutting Board #Laser #CNC @McuOnEclipse
There oughta be a wooden Game Boy #Nintendo #Gaming @diconx

EL Wire

Lightscape at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Twisted Torch: an EL wire art lamp #Art

sound

NEW GUIDE: Feather RP2350 Audio Reactive Video Synth #Feather #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit
Creating an electromagnet and sound wave learning environment #Education

floppy

Make a Giant Floppy Disk Save Button
A physical save button which looks like a floppy disk #Floppy @hackadayio

USB

Getting a Zephyr Shell over USB or BLE + Bluefruit Connect
Why Do Some Cables Have a Bump? #FerriteCore

hackers

HardBreak: the hardware hacking wiki
The Raspberry Pi RP2350 Hacking Challenge results are in @Raspberry_Pi

EYE on NPI

EYE on NPI – Texas Instruments DRV10974 BLDC Motor Driver #EYEonNPI #digikey @TXInstruments @digikey @adafruit
EYE on NPI – Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 #EYEonNPI #DigiKey #adafruit @DigiKey @raspberrypiorg

iPhone

NEW GUIDE: ItsaSNAP for HomeKit PIR Motion Detection
Can You Build a Working iPhone From AliExpress…?

Electronics

Lightscape at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
The Rise and Fall of Heathkit: an interview series

digikey

EYE on NPI: Wurth Elektronik SMD Spacers #EYEonNPI #digikey @DigiKey @adafruit
The Great Search: SOIC SMT Clip #TheGreatSearch @DigiKey @adafruit

enclosures/cases

NEW PRODUCT – Snap-on Enclosure for Adafruit USB / DC / Solar Lithium Charger
NEW PRODUCT – Protective Silicone Bumper for Raspberry Pi 5

Learning

Creating an electromagnet and sound wave learning environment #Education
Learning 6809 assembly language #VintageComputing #Programming #ShackToberFest

graphics

The ‘Graphic 1’ computer system at Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1968
NEW GUIDE: Feather RP2350 Audio Reactive Video Synth #Feather #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit

makeymakey

A Spotify Jukebox for Your Wall (No-Code)
El Living Room #MusicMonday @TheGreeneSpace

audio

QT Py of the Day: Adafruit I2S Amplifier BFF Add-On for QT Py and Xiao #QTPyOfTheDay
QT Py of the Day: Adafruit Audio BFF Add-on for QT Py and Xiao #QTPyOfTheDay

QT Py

Making a 3D printed Menorah – The MagPi Issue 148 @TheMagPi
Merry GIF-mas a Christmas Ornament

Stemma QT

NEW GUIDE: Adafruit VCNL4200 Long Distance IR Proximity and Light Sensor #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit
NEW GUIDE: Adafruit INA3221 Breakout #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit

CircuitPython Newsletter

ICYMI Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: Python on the new Raspberry Pi Pico board and RP2040 chip! #Python #Adafruit #CircuitPython #ICYMI @micropython @ThePSF
Subscribe to the weekly Python on Microcontrollers newsletter #CircuitPython #Python @CircuitPython @micropython @ThePSF

rfid / nfc

Testing the world’s smartest crow (uses Adafruit tech) @MarkRober
Where Did RFID Come From?

android

From Circuit Playgrounds to IoT: A Guide to Adafruit’s Apps #adafruit @adafruit
NEW GUIDE: PyLeap ESP32-S2 TFT Boxing Glove Tracker w/ Adafruit IO #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit @Trevs_Dev

hackerspaces

High schooler? Make projects, earn prizes: High Seas! @hackclub
First Annual Adapted Toy Hack-A-Thon December 12th in BK @MakerMakeChange @MakerspaceNYC @SecondChanceToy

editorial

Adafruit Weekly Editorial Round-Up: Trinamical stepper breakout with TMC2209, NFC Raspberry Pi Media Player, & more!
Adafruit Weekly Editorial Round-Up: TFT Spirit Board, Crawling Pumpkins, 500 CircuitPython Libraries & more!

PyPortal

John Park’s CircuitPython Parsec: Touchscreen Distance #adafruit #circuitpython
Conway’s Game of Life on a PyPortal

emulation

Armulet allows Raspberry Pi to run Arm code on RISC-V
Using a Raspberry Pi Pico as RAM & RAM for a Z80

recycling

Canada has fixed copyright law for repair
The new iFixit Circular Electronics Design Guide

Nintendo

Holiday Tech and Popular Culture Sweaters: Super Nintendo #Sweaters
Looking into the Nintendo Alarmo (and running Doom)

avr development

Making an electronic secret maze game
Building gates with the AVR Event System #AVR @MicrochipMakes @technoblogy

covid-19

Former CEO of RadioShack was an ER doctor on frontlines of COVID-19 fight #ShackToberFest
Making a classroom carbon dioxide air quality indicator #ESP8266

arm development

QT Py of the Day: Adafruit QT Py – SAMD21 Dev Board with STEMMA QT #QTPyOfTheDay @MicrochipMakes
Armulet allows Raspberry Pi to run Arm code on RISC-V

biometric

PiEEG-16 measures 16 channels of biodata on a Raspberry Pi #PiDay @Raspberry_Pi
How Bionic Wings Are Reinventing Drones

Metro

Desk of Ladyada – Lots of Motor Drivers this week + RP2350B Metro #DeskOfLadyada @adafruit
Metro RP2350 – now with Bigger Better RP2350B!

idevices

Qualia S3 iOS Photo Display with itsaSNAP #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit
Building the world’s LARGEST functional iPhone

iOS

NEW GUIDE: ItsaSNAP for HomeKit PIR Motion Detection
New Video! itsaSNAP #IoT

assistive technology

Visiting the Student Tech Showcase at Boston College 2024
A 160 phrase Augmentative Alternative Communication device for a nonverbal client, powered by CircuitPython

Engineering

Static Electricity Day, 2025! #StaticElectricityDay
Can I Make QR Code Damascus?

Circuit Playground Bluefruit

Visiting the Student Tech Showcase at Boston College 2024
The University of Reading Looks to Amateur Astronomers for Comet Photography

TensorFlow

UPDATED GUIDE: Running TensorFlow Lite Object Recognition on the Raspberry Pi 4 or Pi 5 @Raspberry_Pi @TensorFlow #MachineLearning #BrainCraft @circuitpython #circuitpython #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit @MakerMelissa
UPDATED GUIDE: Running TensorFlow Lite Object Recognition on the Raspberry Pi 4 @Raspberry_Pi @TensorFlow #MachineLearning #BrainCraft @circuitpython #circuitpython #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit @MakerMelissa

CitizenScience

The Worlds Most Average Espresso
Help Map LA River in Stereo

cameras

What Runs Doom? An EOS200D Camera #DailyDoom #Doommas
Henry Kidman’s Quest to Make the World’s Second Fastest Camera Slider

ham radio

The most hackable handheld ham radio yet #HamSunday @IEEESpectrum
Building GM3OXX’s little OXO transmitter #HamSunday

Women's History Month

Women’s History Month: Celebrating Women Astronauts 2024 #WHM24 #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM
Annie Jump Cannon #WHM24 #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM

e-paper

Using a Waveshare e-ink display with Raspberry Pi Pico and MicroPython
Calvin and Hobbes comic E-ink display #piday #raspberrypi

EE bookshelf

The Ultimate Electronics Book is online for free #Electronics #Books
The Unsung Beauty of Analog Devices Datasheets @ADI_News @neilpanchal

development board

What Runs Doom? Day 3 – an STM32F429 dev board #DailyDoom #Doommas
Adafruit features prominently in the MAKE 2025 Annual Boards Guide

Clue

What Runs Doom? An Adafruit CLUE #DailyDoom #Doommas
BACK IN STOCK – Adafruit CLUE – nRF52840 Express with Bluetooth LE

discover electronics

Holiday Tech and Popular Culture Sweaters: Hanukkah Menorah Sweater with Interactive Lights #Sweaters #Hanukkah
Beginner Tutorial: Holiday Garland Lights with WLED

skill badges

New Guide: How to Solder Headers – A Beginner’s Guide
NEW PRODUCT – ATMakers – Skill Badge, iron-on patch

Upcycling

LED Dreidel Project with Induction-Powered Lights
The CD Revival Is Real #MusicMonday #Vintage #Retro

Nintendo Switch

Nintendo Sound Clock Alarmo
Legend of Zelda BOTW/TOTK Royal Claymore #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Security

The Raspberry Pi RP2350 Hacking Challenge results are in @Raspberry_Pi
Shop Safe This Holiday Season #Phishing #Smishing

test equipment

The basics of Pogo Pin connectors @digikey
Pulling apart a LaserTec C140 confocal microscope

TensorFlow Lite

UPDATED GUIDE: Running TensorFlow Lite Object Recognition on the Raspberry Pi 4 or Pi 5 @Raspberry_Pi @TensorFlow #MachineLearning #BrainCraft @circuitpython #circuitpython #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit @MakerMelissa
UPDATED GUIDE: Running TensorFlow Lite Object Recognition on the Raspberry Pi 4 @Raspberry_Pi @TensorFlow #MachineLearning #BrainCraft @circuitpython #circuitpython #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit @MakerMelissa

mintyboost

The Adafruit MintyBoost Kit V3.0 – HackSpace Magazine Issue 78 @HackSpaceMag
Adafruit Holiday Gift Guide 2016: Getting Started with Electronics (Kits!)

motors

EYE on NPI – Texas Instruments DRV10974 BLDC Motor Driver #EYEonNPI #digikey @TXInstruments @digikey @adafruit
Adafruit TMC2209 Stepper Motor Driver Breakout Board #Adafruit Products #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit

Jobs Board

Career tips for beginner developers #Developers @GitHub
AISES Career Hub Connects Talent with Opportunity

AR

Raspberry Pi Based AR Glasses
We’re updating Adafruit AR

MakeCode Newsletter

The MakeCode monthly newsletter is spectacular – sign up now! #MakeCode #Adafruit @MSMakeCode @Adafruit
The MakeCode monthly newsletter is out Friday – sign up now! #MakeCode #Adafruit @MSMakeCode @Adafruit

Adafruit Chronicles

SATA Hard disk case #3DThursday #3DPrinting
Building a better The Star Wars AT-AT toy

microprocessors

486SocketBlaster: a simple voltage adapter for 486 processors
Booting Linux on an Intel 4004 takes patience

wippersnapper

WipperSnapper No-Code IoT Firmware now works with the Raspberry Pi Pico 2W!
Adafruit VCNL4200 Long Distance IR Proximity and Light Sensor Breakout Now Supported by WipperSnapper’s No-Code IoT Firmware!

gift ideas

Holiday Tech and Popular Culture Sweaters: Hanukkah Menorah Sweater with Interactive Lights #Sweaters #Hanukkah
Give them what they really want this holiday season, an Adafruit Gift Certificate!

culture

DOOM: The Gallery Experience
Holiday Tech and Popular Culture Sweaters: Star Trek #Sweaters

site updates

Under attack please stand by – Forums
“New Sign-in” Email Notifications feature added to Adafruit accounts

Adafruit IO Newsletter

ICYMI – Adafruit IoT Monthly: The 2024 Recap Issue!
The Adafruit IoT Monthly Newsletter for January 2025 is out THIS WEEK, Subscribe Now!

PyGamer

ESP32 Gaming Console – Homemade Emulator for Cheap
JP’s Product Pick of the Week — 4pm Eastern TODAY! 11/7/23 @adafruit #adafruit #newproductpick

fpga

FPGA design tutorial
Making an FPGA-based disk controller for an Apple II

ESP32-S3

Designing a Star Trek inspired weather display #StarTrek #LCARS #Weather
The OpenAI Realtime Embedded software development kit has been released for ESP32-S3

Arkit

Raspberry Pi Based AR Glasses
We’re updating Adafruit AR

tinyML

Google TensorFlow Lite for Micro Experiments on Adafruit CLUE
Edge Impulse closes $15m series A investment round

iPad

NEW GUIDE: ItsaSNAP for HomeKit PIR Motion Detection
NEW GUIDE: Use Apple HomeKit Devices with itsaSNAP and Adafruit IO #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit

ItsyBitsy

Light up Your Room With an LED DNA Lamp
A DNA Lamp That Uses the Full Genetic Code of Humanity

FeatherWing of the Day

FeatherWing of the Day: Adafruit 0.54″ Quad Alphanumeric FeatherWing Display – Yellow #WingOfTheDay
FeatherWing of the Day: Adafruit 0.54″ Quad Alphanumeric FeatherWing Display – Yellow/Green #WingOfTheDay

xbee

This Is What Happens When You Trigger Sound With Movement #WearableWednesday #wearabletech #Arduino #art #dance
360º Circular Smartphone Camera Rig

PyBadge

Creating a video game wedding invite with Adafruit badge boards – MAKE Issue 91
Play Checkout Challenge on your PyBadge

waveshield

THE GREAT SEARCH – Latching Power Relay for FeatherWing #TheGreatSearch @adafruit @digikey #deskofladyada
A Pink Floyd clock with TIME alarm sound #FromTheForums #Adafruit

fona

Desk of Ladyada – Floppsy bring-up & a FONA revival #DeskOfLadyada @Adafruit @DigiKey
Made in NYC 1/13/2021 Featuring the #Adafruit Reflow Oven in Action

NeoTrellis

Holiday Soundboard with NeoTrellis M4
Advanced Manufacturing 8/3/2022 Featuring Charlieplexed Matrices

Adacast

5 Questions with Limor Fried on ASME E-Fests @EFestsASME
Are you subscribed to the Adafruit Youtube channel? #Youtube

Fritzing

Now you can simulate circuits with Fritzing! #Fritzing @FritzingOrg
AutoFritz: Autocomplete for Prototyping Virtual Breadboard Circuits in #Fritzing

Accelerometer

LED Snowboard with Motion-Reactive Animation
Skyrim Player Uses Real World Step Tracking Tech to Actually Walk the 7,000 Steps #WearableWednesday

RISC-V

EYE on NPI: Nordic nRF54L15 Wireless SoC and Development Kit #EYEonNPI #DigiKey @DigiKey @NordicTweets @Adafruit
A physically flexible RISC-V processor

Hacks

Bringing SerenityOS to real hardware, one driver at a time, with RP2040 and CircuitPython
HardBreak: the hardware hacking wiki

tvbgone

DuroSport: Fake Mp3, Real Website #Mp3 #TheOffice #EasterEggs #Comedy #DunderMifflin
Adafruit Holiday Gift Guide: Kits #adafruitgiftguides

Legos

What Runs Doom? The LEGO Mindstorms EV3 #DailyDoom #Doommas
Lego Neon NeoPixel Sign with CircuitPython

MIDI

MIDI Synth, an analog synthesizer simulation built on the Web Audio API
FeatherWing of the Day: Adafruit MIDI FeatherWing Kit #WingOfTheDay

adabot

MagSafe Tripod Mount #3DThursday #3DPrinting
Adabot Helping Out on the Machine Line @adafruit #manufacturing #manufacturingmonday #adafruit #electronics #adabot #robot #madeinamerica #madeinnyc #makerobotfriend

documentation

Creating file bundles for Adafruit Playground Notes #CircuitPython
Documenting electrical plugs and sockets around the world

PCB

The Great Search: SMT pick-and-placeable nuts #TheGreatSearch #adafruit #DigiKey @Digikey @adafruit