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#circuitpythonparsec Create a pixel-art scoreboard for Wordle using Neotrellis in CircuitPython. code example: https://github.com/jedgarpark/parsec/blob/main/2026-02-19/code.py Learn about CircuitPython: https://circuitpython.org Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Subscribe to Adafruit on Yo...

Join Scott as he shows off CircuitPython running locally in the Zephyr native simulator and discusses how it provides a feedback loop for LLM agents. He'll also answer any questions folks have. Thanks to dcd for the timecodes: 0:00 Getting started 3:00 Hello everyone - welcome to deep dive 4:10 adafruit ESP32-S2 example microcomputer running circuitpython 5:32 using LLM agents to generate code 5:5...

John Park's Workshop Live 2/19/26 Projects JPPPoW recap CircuitPython Parsec Learn Guide tool tips gear report and more! Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Adafruit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/a...

SHOW and TELL 2/18/2026

The u-blox SAM-M8Q has been sitting on my bench for months. This little GPS module has a built-in antenna, coin cell backup, speaks both NMEA and UBX binary protocol over UART or I2C. So why isn't it in the shop already? Well, it's mostly cause of the 475-page interfacing datasheet documenting every command, struct, and config register. Hundreds of message types. I got partway through by hand with...

This week @adafruit released the stained glass lamp using the CircuitPlayground Bluefruit. Looking at some prototyping and work in progress. This week’s time lapse features a mechanical fidget with helical gears. Stained Glass YouTube https://youtu.be/pmcELECJo5E CP Bluefruit https://www.adafruit.com/product/4333 Circuit Playground Express https://www.adafruit.com/product/3333 IR Mini Remote: http...

Step right up and behold Professor Bubbleton’s Breathing Head, a curious apparatus to keep your audience on the edge of their seats. A submerged head rests under theatrical LED illumination sealed inside a clear apothecary jar — until a visitor dares to tap the vessel, at which point the head responds with a sudden stream of bubbles, as though its humours have not fully departed upon beheading. At...

Build a stained glass inspired lamp with tap and Bluetooth controls. Guide: https://learn.adafruit.com/stained-glass-lamp Use translucent filament to give the shades a stained glass effect. This project features light meter mode, audio reactivity and colors and animations. Tap detect is used to cycle through color modes, or use the Adafruit Bluefruit Connect app to adjust the brightness Visit the...

This is a spectrometer on a chip, and it’s getting the Adafruit breakout treatment. The AS7343 is the successor to our AS7341, bumped from 10 channels to 14, with 12 spanning visible light into near-infrared (380nm to 1000nm), plus clear and flicker detection. Same footprint and pinout as the ’41, so your existing wiring and enclosures carry over unchanged. Ladyada finished the library and testing...

Notes document is available here, with timecodes: https://github.com/adafruit/adafruit-circuitpython-weekly-meeting/blob/main/2026/2026-02-17.md Join here for the chat all week: http://adafru.it/discord The CircuitPython Weekly normally is held at 2pm US ET/11am us PT on Mondays. Check the #circuitpython-dev channel on Discord for notices of change in time and links to past meetings. Meeting times...

Cross-Axis Triple Helical Gear Fidget Spinner By AbyssalCactus https://makerworld.com/en/models/2293153-cross-axis-triple-helical-gear-fidget-spinner Bambu X1C PolyMaker PLA 02hr 18mins X:29 Y:29 Z:35mm .2mm layer / .4mm Nozzle 10% Infill / 1mm Retraction 200C / 60C 42g 230mm/s ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Adafruit on Instagram: https://www....

This week at the Desk of Ladyada, we're back to hardware... with a baby in a bouncer and an LLM on the clock. The VCNL4010 proximity sensor has been discontinued, so we need to move to the VCNL4030. That means a new EagleCAD library file, and we're testing whether Claude Code (Opus, high effort) can generate one straight from the datasheet. Historically we’ve had to create a footprint for each dev...

Join Scott as he discusses how LLMs are changing his CircuitPython workflow and answers any questions people have. Thanks to dcd for timecodes. 0:00 Getting Started 1:23 Hello everyone 1:40 Adafruit Clue board example microprocessor for CircuitPython 3:10 Goals for 2026 ( CircuitPython 2026 ) 4:40 Moved 'off' the Breadboard project and back to LLMs 5:15 Using Virtual Desktop, (og, yolo, and left-f...

#circuitpythonparsec Fill a line of NeoPixels between two end points. code example: https://github.com/jedgarpark/parsec/blob/main/2026-02-12/code.py Learn about CircuitPython: https://circuitpython.org Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Subscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/sub...

John Park's Workshop Live 2/12/26 Projects JPPPoW recap CircuitPython Parsec Learn Guide tool tips gear report and more! Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Adafruit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/a...

#newproducts JP’s Product Pick of the Week 2/10/26 Monochrome 0.96" 128x64 OLED Graphic Display https://www.adafruit.com/product/326 Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Subscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/subscribe New tutorials on the Adafruit Learning System: http://learn.ada...

To show and share a project at 7:30pm Eastern today, view the chat or in discord https://adafru.it/discord and look for the JOIN link to join. For best results, be on a wired network connection and use a headset and microphone. Scott Tannewt @00:22 - jumperless breadboard demonstration Erin St Blaine @04:55 - circuit playground head in a jar prototype John Park @06:47 - trellis driver board with m...

This week @adafruit we’re making multi-color lamps featuring stained glass effects and diffused panels with geometric shapes inspired by impossible objects. For the shop talk segment, we’re taking a look at the Make My Lithophane from MakerWorld to generate CMYK multi-color panels. This week’s time lapse features a mechanical fidget in the shape of a heart. Circuit Playground Express https://www.a...

#newproducts JP’s Product Pick of the Week 2/10/26 Monochrome 0.96" 128x64 OLED Graphic Display https://www.adafruit.com/product/326 Deep discount during livestream Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Adafruit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adafruit Subscribe to Adafruit on YouTube:...

Every week we'll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This Week: Valentines Fidget By StitchKing_4339675 https://www.printables.com/model/1584195-valentines-3-in-1-multi-fidget Bambu X1C PolyMaker PLA 0hr 58mins X:67 Y:60 Z:12mm .2mm layer / .4mm Nozzle 10% Infill / 1mm Retraction 200C / 60C 20g 230mm/s ----------------------------...

0:00 Housekeeping 03:56 Community News 09:08 State of CircuitPython, Libraries & Blinka 17:03 Hug Reports 20:31 Status Updates 32:24 In the Weeds 49:01 Wrap-up Notes document is available here, with timecodes: https://github.com/adafruit/adafruit-circuitpython-weekly-meeting/blob/main/2026/2026-02-09.md Join here for the chat all week: http://adafru.it/discord The CircuitPython Weekly normally...

This week at the Desk of Ladyada, we’re comin’ back from maternity leave and getting spun up with a bunch of projects. First, a fun mailbag item: the XTEInk ‘pocket’ reader running crosspoint open firmware on an ESP32-C3. Since it’s running an Espressif chip, we could also install CircuitPython or WipperSnapper on it…a great side-effect of more off-the-shelf goods coming with ESP32 chips! See also...

Join Scott as he recaps his LLM agentful week and how it's changing how he works. He'll also try to answer any questions folks have. Thanks to dcd for time codes! 0:00 Getting started 2:06 Hello Everyone - intro to Deep Dive and microprocessor 4:54 NXP Freedom RW 612 5:16 Dialog chip with bluetooth 6:10 LLMs and Claude code - agent / harness orchestration 7:30 Pi Agent 8:45 LLMs making it cheap to...

Ladyada: "I've only had OpenClaw installed on this Raspberry Pi 5 for a couple of days, but boy, have we burned through a lot of tokens and learned a lot. Including what I think is a really fun improvement in my development process: “Agentic test-driven firmware development.” I've used LLMs for writing code as a sort of pair-programming setup, where I dictate exactly what I want done. But this is...

#circuitpythonparsec Create starburst animations on the NeoTrellis M4 using CircuitPython. code example: https://github.com/jedgarpark/parsec/blob/main/2026-01-29/code.py Learn about CircuitPython: https://circuitpython.org Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Subscribe to Adafruit on YouTube:...