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If there's one thing we believe in strongly here at Adafruit its that if you have an embedded interpreted language running on your microcontroller, it's super important that you can access floppy drives from it. Sure, sure, you could use a micro SD card, but microSD cards can get lost easily compared to a chonky 3.5". So we're starting to look at how to get a floppy drive up and running. The good...

Ooh its the end of the year, a very liminal time as it were! We are keeping warm and well-fed while wrapping up some projects. We got our Scorpio PCBs in, but we're still waiting on our 8-bit level shifter chips before putting em together. We also are working again on our Feather M4 Adalogger board. While doing so we started working on some Learn guide templates for Arduino, particularly since we'...

So... ladyada got pt a SMELLS LIKE LEE PACE custom-made candle from Etsy (Cool Girl Candles) and pt added a Foundation / AppleTV graphic with #empire (not a real Apple TV candle for sale, yet?!) https://www.etsy.com/shop/Coolgirlcandles Lee's portrayal of Empire (Brother Day) was AMAZING. @Apple TV #leepace #foundation #RespectAndEnjoyThePeace

The wonderful world of Python on hardware! Episode 162 (December 22, 2021). This is our weekly Python video-newsletter-podcast! Ladyada and PT review the Python on hardware news & highlights of the week. The news comes from the Python community, Discord, Adafruit communities and more. It’s part of the comprehensive newsletter we do each week. The video playlist of episodes is here: http://adafru.i...

Adafruit Gift Certificates (0:11) https://www.adafruit.com/product/3331?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=videodescrip&utm_campaign=newproducts Felt Sleeve Case for Keyboards or Raspberry Pi 400 (0:44) https://www.adafruit.com/product/5293?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=videodescrip&utm_campaign=newproducts 1.25mm Pitch 8-pin Cable Matching Pair - 10 cm long - Molex PicoBlade Compatible (1:23) https://...

Testing the new QT Py ESP32-S2 (0:04) https://www.adafruit.com/product/5325 First panel of the new QT Py ESP32-S2 (0:27) https://www.adafruit.com/product/5325 Testing the capacitance of a tiny new 16 picofarad resistor (0:30) Stacks of PCBs on staging cart, waiting to head into machine line (0:31) Time-lapse of boards going into reflow oven (0:33) Stacks of Pink RP2040 Feathers (0:55) https://www....

This week's EYE ON NPI is so flexible, it's thinking of joining the Rockettes (https://www.rockettes.com/christmas/)! It's TDK's BCS Series Low Illumination Film Solar Cells that are designed for direct integration of products, particularly wearables or credit card size and thickness electronic components. This amorphous panel comes with 6 cells, each about 0.4V open-circuit, for a total of about...

The news from Adafruit in New York. Broadcast December 22, 2021 https://www.adafruit.com/new These are items or concept products that may/might/could be introduced into the Adafruit store in the future (or not)! It's not out yet, so please don't ask questions or ask when it'll be available.... Check out the Adafruit store for all the great products that are available and for coming soon products y...

SHOW and TELL 12/22/2021

Ladyada's desk is jam packed with goodies :) first up, we're trying to always order the tester PCBs when we get our panels in, so we don't have to mill out a prototype on the bantam unless something goes amiss. this is a 'drop n beep' tester - where it repeatedly attempts to test and then beeps/blinks on success. the production team loves these kinds of testers. then, we got some 'pantone chips' m...

ASK AN ENGINEER 12/22/2021 LIVE! #adafruit #askanengineer #electronics 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: http://adafru.it/subscribe New tutorials on the Adafruit Learning System: http://learn.adafrui...

This week @adafruit we’re closing out the year with a NeoPixel visual art display featuring edge lit acrylic. Timelapse this week is of a wearable krampus mask designed by Tobias Franke, RAWR! So festive! Learn Guide https://learn.adafruit.com/acrylic-neopixel-lamp/ YouTube Video https://youtu.be/iM5GKDHb8hk QT Py RP2040 https://www.adafruit.com/product/4900 NeoPixel Strip https://www.adafruit.com...

Music by Bartlebeats, design by Ruiz Bros for Adafruit Industries Project info: Build a visual art display with NeoPixels, Acrylic and Circuit Python! 3D printed parts snap fit together and prints support free! Use edge lit acrylic and etch designs to make an animation that comes to life with NeoPixel LEDs. Learn Guide https://learn.adafruit.com/acrylic-neopixel-lamp/ Project Video https://youtu.b...

Build a visual art display with NeoPixels, Acrylic and Circuit Python! 3D printed parts snap fit together and prints support free! Use edge lit acrylic and etch designs to make an animation that comes to life with NeoPixel LEDs. Learn Guide https://learn.adafruit.com/acrylic-neopixel-lamp/ Music VIdeo https://youtu.be/jjbFXEkZC2g Livestream https://youtu.be/T8m-N4X34xc QT Py RP2040 https://www.ada...

For the SCORPIO Feather, we need to buffer 8 outputs for NeoPixels from a 3V signal to a 5V signal. The '245 is the transceiver we have traditionally used - but we need a very smol chip, that can also handle if the logic level is 3V and the power supply maybe gets towards 5.5V, thus getting dangerously close to 1/2 VCC. We'll show why the T is important! See on Digi-Key at https://www.digikey.com/...

Lots of people don't like to admit when they make a mistake - but we love to share our 'happy little accidents' so folks can learn from us! We had ordered PCBs for the ESP32-S2 TFT Feather and realized right before going into production that while we were depowering the I2C power (to turn off external sensors while going into deep sleep, for example) we still have the I2C pullups enabled...this ca...

Every week we'll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! Krampus Mask Tobias Franke https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5031014 CR10S Pro Purple PLA 116hr 35mins X:65 Y:70 Z:55mm .2mm layer / .4mm nozzle 6% Infill / 6mm retract 210C / 60C 275g 60mm/s ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord A...

We're back from visiting family, but we do have some goodies on our desk to show off. One is our ESP32-S2 TFT Feather did get wrapped, we wanted to make sure our low power mode is right - we made a mistake with the pullups on the earlier version. We also have a new Feather we finished designing with the code name SCORPIO! The Great Search - 74AHCT245 Small 3V to 5V logic level shifter https://www....

Notes document is available here: (https://github.com/adafruit/adafruit-circuitpython-weekly-meeting/blob/main/2021/2021-12-20.md) Join here for the chat all week: http://adafru.it/discord The CircuitPython Weekly happens normally at 2pm ET/11am PT on Mondays. Check the #circuitpython-dev channel on Discord for notices of change in time and links to past meetings. Meeting times are also available...

OK so to get the QT Py manufactured we need a tester. In this case we're not going with a teensy or arduino because the fastest way to program an esp32-s2 (we've found) is with the compressing stub loader that esptool.py uses. also, we're going to be doing a wifi signal test where we scan on the Raspi for the ESP's access point - this is a simple but effective way to make sure the antenna is on ri...

Speed up your color grading workflow with the DIY Neocontroller, CircuitPython, and MIDI2LR for Lightroom Classic. John Park Learn Guide coming soon. Parts used: Feather RP2040: https://www.adafruit.com/product/4884 NeoKey 1x4: https://www.adafruit.com/product/4980 four NeoSliders: https://www.adafruit.com/product/5295 Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------...

#circuitpythonparsec Use any GPIO pin as ground to tidy up your component layout. To learn about CircuitPython: https://circuitpython.org 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: http://adafru.it/subscribe...

The wonderful world of Python on hardware! Episode 161 (December 15, 2021). This is our weekly Python video-newsletter-podcast! Ladyada and PT review the Python on hardware news & highlights of the week. The news comes from the Python community, Discord, Adafruit communities and more. It’s part of the comprehensive newsletter we do each week. The video playlist of episodes is here: http://adafru.i...

Da Share Zone NFT Women's M Tee + Accessories Bundle (0:06) https://www.adafruit.com/product/5340?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=videodescrip&utm_campaign=newproducts Adafruit LED Arcade Button 1x4 - STEMMA QT I2C Breakout - STEMMA QT / Qwiic (2:43) https://www.adafruit.com/product/5296?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=videodescrip&utm_campaign=newproducts Pink Adafruit Feather RP2040 - Free for order...

Cleaning the stencil (0:03) Stenciling the Stereo FM Transmitter (0:15) https://www.adafruit.com/product/1958 Pick 'n place scanning fiducials (1:03) Tinning a nozzle using molten tin and flux for the selective solder machine (1:10) Selective solder machine working on some MacroPads (1:53) https://www.adafruit.com/product/5100 Time-lapse of assembling a tester (2:08) Testing a 5x6 Ortho Snap-Apart...