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Every week we'll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! Skeleton Candle Holder magiczztab https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1342681 CR10S Pro Glow PLA 5hr 24mins X:187 Y:180 Z:97mm .2mm layer / .4mm nozzle 10% Infill / 1mm retract 210C / 60C 31g 50mm/s ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/disc...

Build a 3D printed prop with a realistic looking flame! Use NeoPixels and GEMMA M0 to create a faux yet realistic looking torch. Hidden inside the torch is a mini fan and silk fabric. Use CircuitPython to easily program GEMMA M0 and NeoPixels. Learn Guide https://learn.adafruit.com/neopixel-flame-torch/ Adafruit GEMMA M0 https://www.adafruit.com/product/3501 Adafruit 5V MiniBoost https://www.adafr...

The BAD APPLE demo looks great on these sharp memory displays - the contrast really shows well! We used a 128x64 video and scaled it up 3x to the 400x240 sharp display, that's why its a little blocky. Looks fab with a nice fast refresh - its the same display in the Playdate handheld game. Available now at https://www.adafruit.com/product/4694 #adafruit #sharp #display Visit the Adafruit shop onlin...

MakeCode Arcade Game of the Week: Quidditch Seeker Harry Potter Quidditch Seeker by omnisImperium is a really fun snitch seeking, bludger dodging game! @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit @MSMakeCode. https://forum.makecode.com/t/harry-potter-quidditch-seeker/3080 To learn about MakeCode: makecode.adafruit.com @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit @MSMakeCode #makecode Music by John Park -- https://jo...

JP's Product Pick of the Week: PyPortal Titano https://www.adafruit.com/product/4444 Each week, John Park highlights a favorite product -- This week it's the PyPortal Titano, our biggest easy-to-use IoT device with touch screen, WiFi, STEMMA ports, and much more. Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/d...

Grayscale OLED STEMMA QT display breakout Workin' on a prototype - this one is for a 128x128 Grayscale OLED display. You do need a bunch of ram cause its 4bpp * 128 * 128 = 8K of RAM to buffer the whole thing - but one of our Feathers or Itsy's are happy to do that for ya. You can use I2C with STEMMA QT or SPI. This prototype has a common mistake ... it happens! Another revision and this should be...

Notes are available here: https://github.com/adafruit/adafruit-circuitpython-weekly-meeting/blob/master/2020/2020-08-24.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 iCal form...

Our pixel dust library for Arduino was an easy port to these RGB matrices - this is a 32 x 64 matrix with a Feather M4 + RGB Matrix Featherwing for easy wiring. An accelerometer is used to determine the tilt and then some particle physics math draws the pixels as if they were reacting to gravity. Also looks nice with some black LED acrylic on top! https://www.adafruit.com/product/3036 https://www....

We love AAA batteries for powering our electronics - they come in rechargeable types, are thin, inexpensive, and available anywhere in the world. For our new design we need a 2 x AAA holder that can solder into a PCB. Let's learn how to search for battery holders on Digi-Key! https://www.digikey.com/short/zrn3r4 #deskofladyada #TheGreatSearch ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS...

Today we're trying out some pneumatics! These are air-pumps and valves that allow folks to make inflatable project. We start with a pump that pushes air into a balloon thru an open valve. Then we close the valve to verify the ballon stays inflated. Then we release the valve and the air empties out! Works great - usually its hard to find low cost parts for these kinds of projects so we're excited t...

This BNO080 chip is a lot like the popular BNO055 - it has built in sensor fusion and pops out quaternions for you ready made like a toaster strudel. We've found its super stable, and pretty easy to use! There's I2C and SPI support, our upcoming breakout has level shifting and everything to use it quickly. Bryan wrote a CircuitPython library so you'll be able to use it on any board. But how to tes...

Adafruit SPI Non-Volatile FRAM Breakout - 4 Mbit / 512 KBytes - MB85RS4MT (0:25) https://www.adafruit.com/product/4719?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=videodescrip&utm_campaign=newproducts Adafruit SPI Non-Volatile FRAM Breakout - 2 Mbit / 256 KBytes - MB85RS2MTA (0:25) https://www.adafruit.com/product/4718?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=videodescrip&utm_campaign=newproducts AP3429A 3.3V Buck Convert...

In this week's MakeCode Minute: Door Knock Sensor Use MakeCode on Circuit Playground Express to build a door knock sensor to help you determine if you actually heard a knock at the door or if it was all in your imagination. Or ghosts. To learn about MakeCode: makecode.adafruit.com This clip is from the full John Park's Workshop livestream: https://youtu.be/uwGWY52h_UY?t=645 MakeCode @adafruit @joh...

Watch Scott debug and add PSRAM support to the ESP32S2 port of CircuitPython. 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....

The wonderful world of Python on hardware! Episode 96 (August 19, 2020). This is our weekly Python video-newsletter-podcast! 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.it/pohepisodes Sign up for the Python on Microcontrollers weekly e-mail newslett...

The Great Search is a new series of videos focused on searching the Digi-Key catalog to narrow down to the parts you want to buy. This week: What's Brown Black Orange and Gold and is an essential part of your parts box? The common 10K 5% thru-hole resistor! Beginners will want a box of these low cost, but ultra-useful parts - we'll show you how to quickly locate all sorts of common resistors as we...

PyPortal Titano can loop GIFs to add a retro cyberpunk screen to your prop data deck! This makes it @johnedgarpark John Park’s Adafruit product pick of the week. #naritaboy https://www.adafruit.com/product/4444 Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Adafruit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.c...

Local graffiti #SaveTheUSPS (0:03) #tbt Adafruit's original PnP machine (c.2012) (0:34) Filling laser cut trays with radio modules (0:54) Adding solder paste to a stencil (1:03) New solder pump installed next to 4 year old one (1:10) Tinning a solder nozzle for the Selective Solder machine (1:21) Manufacturing the PyPortal Pynt (1:55) https://www.adafruit.com/product/4465 Construction site (2:25)...

Project of the Week: Matrix Bitcoin Price Index Tracker 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.com/ --------...

This week's EYE on NPI takes a hint from the advice we're all getting to keep physically isolated - the ACS37002 current sensor (https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/a/allegro-microsystems/acs37002-current-sensor) is a physically isolated sensor that takes advantage of the Hall effect to accurately measure power draw with full electrical isolation. Let's take a look! The ACS37002 is a 400k...

4" DPI Display HAT progress This project is somewhat slow going (you can see it on my desk in this old video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKv75lVAMsA) but we've gotten all the hand-wiring from this Raspberry Pi + DPI TFT display and turned it into a HAT. we have the display initializing and displaying - next up we have to tweak the sync signals, something seems to be a little bit off with them....

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Track the current price of Bitcoin with the Adafruit Bitcoin Matrix Tracker. Updates are made via WiFi access point from the Metro M4 Airlift running CircuitPython. RGB Matrix shield and 64 x 32 RGB LED matrix with diffusion acrylic make it beautiful! Watch the next John Park's Workshop for more info. Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------------------------...

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Build a square pixel display with Adafruit's 8x8 NeoMatrix and Feather M4. Use Black LED acrylic and 3D printed grid to create an evenly diffused LED effect. Electronics are housed in an elegant looking snap fit case with built-in on/off switch. LED animations are easily customizable with CircuitPython. Learn Guide https://learn.adafruit.com/sqaure-neopixel-display-with-black-led-acrylic/ Adafruit...