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This week's EYE ON NPI has frickin' ceramics with frickin' lasers on its head - it's a Wurth Elektronik Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) infrared laser emitter (https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/w/wurth-electronics/wl-vcsl-vertical-cavity-surface-laser) . These pick-and-placeable components look a little like large LEDs, and they sort-of are. Except unlike LEDs, the light...

ASK AN ENGINEER 4/14/2021 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.adafruit...

Adafruit Top Secret! April 14, 2021 #Adafruit #AdafruitTopSecret @Adafruit The news from Adafruit in New York. Broadcast March 31, 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.... Visit the Adafruit shop online -...

This week we're checking out RGB matrix pixel displays with Feather RP2040. Chatting about a VHS themed case for Raspberry Pi 4. Two lovely print in place projects to catch up on Timelapse Tuesday. A couple of projects for Community Makes to end the show, excellent! 32x32 Pixel Display YouTube Video https://youtu.be/FJH_oCnTxec 32x32 Square Pixel Guide - Coming soon https://learn.adafruit.com/32x3...

Timelapse of Slider Trinkey prototype build! #adafruit #timelapse #trinkey 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.ada...

This is a square pixel display that uses an 32x32 RGB matrix display. It's powered by the Feather RP2040 and RGB Matrix FeatherWing. This runs CircuitPython and the Matrix Portal Library to play animated sprite sheets on the display. 32x32 Square Pixel Guide - Coming Soon https://learn.adafruit.com/32x32-square-pixel-display/ Pixel Art Matrix Display Guide https://learn.adafruit.com/pixel-art-matr...

Find your switch at Adafruit: https://www.adafruit.com/?q=mechanical+key+switches&sort=BestMatch Which mechanical key switch do you choose? The rounded bump of tactile or the definitive snap of clicky? #adafruit #collinslabnotes #mechanicalkeyboard Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Adafruit...

#adafruit #newproductpick JP’s Product Pick of the Week Recap AMG8833 Thermal Camera in STEMMA QT format. https://www.adafruit.com/product/3538 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/subs...

#adafruit #newproductpicks JP’s Product Pick of the Week -- AMG8833 Thermal Camera https://www.adafruit.com/product/3538 50% off 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: http://a...

Ooh we're fabbing QT Py RP2040 https://www.adafruit.com/product/4900 as fast as possible, folks love these adorable boards. With an RP2040 chip plus 8MB flash plus QT connector plus NeoPixel and two buttons...what is not to love? We want to get these tested as fast as possible, so we're using the Teensy 3.6 as a mass storage host, it 'drag's the UF2 over to the drive which then performs the self t...

Pick up mech switches at Adafruit: https://www.adafruit.com/product/4952 Linear key switches - a simple & fast mech key staple #adafruit #collinslabnotes #mechanicalkeyboards 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...

Every week we'll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! Flexi Turtle kendofuji https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/gadget/flexi-turtle CR10S Pro Rainbow PLA 05hr 30mins X:203 Y:184 Z:42mm .2mm layer / .4mm nozzle 10% Infill / 6mm retract 210C / 60C 5g 90mm/s Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com -----------------------...

We're drunk on Trinkey's here - we tested our four pending designs: slide trinkey, neokey trinkey, rotary trinkey and prox/light trinkey. All working well, we made Arduino and CircuitPython definitions for all four, and wrote a little example code. We also got a funky rotary encoder sample, a Kano Motion Sensor unboxing/teardown and a preview of BUNDLE FLY - the new CircuitPython library manager b...

Notes document is available here: https://github.com/adafruit/adafruit-circuitpython-weekly-meeting/blob/master/2021/2021-04-12.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 channel on Discord for notices of change in time and links to past meetings. Meeting times are also available in i...

Find it on Digi-Key: https://www.digikey.com/short/3vwj40b0 For our new QT Trinkey design we want to have QT sensors snap on with little plastic standoffs that have nubbins in them. What are these called? What sort of types are available and how do you buy them on Digi-Key? We'll go on a quest to get the perfect standoffs for our modular system! ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT...

NeoKey Trinkey prototype build timelapse (uses the mini hot plate) https://www.adafruit.com/product/4948 Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com #adafruit #neokey #trinkey ----------------------------------------- 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 tu...

What's better than one rotary encoder? FOUR of them! but who wants to deal with that much code...when you can use seesaw instead? this samd09 firmware will read 4 encoders plus switches, and keep track of all the grey code transitions. it can even light up 4 neopixels - all over I2C for easy use with any microcontroller or microcomputer. #adafruit #rotary #neopixel Visit the Adafruit shop online -...

Natalie Zee Drieu and Diana Eng share fun things you can do to send STEM in the mail for April's National Letter Writing Month. From butterfly cards to checking out Diana's vintage STEM stamp collection, there are so many fun and simple ways to bring STEM into kids' activities. #stemkids​​ #stem​​ #steam​​ #education​​ #makerkids​​ #tinkering​​ Episode 5 - Follow STEM Chat on Instagram: https://ww...

Get your Mini Hot Plates while they’re hot: https://www.adafruit.com/product/4948 Hanging out with Mini Hot Plate, enjoying the solder reflow show #adafruit #collinslabnotes #minihotplate #mhp30 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 Subs...

New Learn Guide feature! Bundle Fly is the Project Bundler that collects all of the libraries and assets to run project code into one convenient zip file! 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://ada...

Today we celebrate one year of deep dives, answer questions, discuss the BLE file transfer code and ladyada drops by to show her latest designs. Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com I’m sponsored by Adafruit to work on CircuitPython. Support them, and by extension me, by purchasing hardware from https://adafruit.com Chat with me and lot of others on the Adafruit Discord at http...

Rotary encoders are fun but a real pain to implement, especially if you don't have a real time OS. This seesaw-powered board give you a rotary encoder with I2C interface, the lil Cortex M0 is cheap and powerful enough to handle the gray code toggle counting, and then pass back the value to the I2C controller whenever requested. You can chain a bunch together on one bus for lotsa twisting fun. We'r...

Find all your LEDs @ adafruit: https://www.adafruit.com/category/37 A moment of reflection on RGB LEDs and what to do about them #adafruit #collinslabnotes 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://ad...

Single CR2032 Battery Holder with Three Flashing Modes (0:08) https://www.adafruit.com/product/4891?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=videodescrip&utm_campaign=newproducts Kailh Mechanical Key Switches - Linear Black - 10 pack - Cherry MX Black Compatible (1:49) https://www.adafruit.com/product/4953?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=videodescrip&utm_campaign=newproducts Kailh Mechanical Key Switches - Lin...

Rotary seesaw assembly time lapse (0:08) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNTTdHUHohR/ QT Py RP2040 (1:07) https://www.adafruit.com/product/4900 Soldering CyberDecks (1:27) https://www.adafruit.com/product/4863 Soldering a new tester (1:48) https://www.adafruit.com/product/4888 BlueFruit Friend tester (2:15) https://www.adafruit.com/product/2479 Word calendar (& cables) (2:24) Taking pocket CO2 sensor...