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This week @adafruit we launched our motorized camera slider video. Prototyping new projects. Time lapse video features a 3D printed mini tic tac toe game. Our rapid render segment this week highlights using Claude AI with Blender 3D. YouTube Video https://youtu.be/5qv4TInZV0k Learn Guide: https://learn.adafruit.com/motorized-camera-slider-2-axis TMC2209 Driver: https://www.adafruit.com/product/612...

Full tutorial: https://learn.adafruit.com/glowing-birthday-number-crown/overview Make a necklace or tiara for your favorite birthday girl that proudly displays her age in shining lights. This beginner-friendly guide walks you through building a magical LED tiara or necklace that displays the birthday child's age using Adafruit's flexible LED number filaments. These filaments run at 3V and are powe...

Build a 2-axis motorized camera slider using smooth silent stepper motors and Adafruit KB2040 running Circuit Python. Learn Guide: https://learn.adafruit.com/motorized-camera-slider-2-axis TMC2209 Driver: https://www.adafruit.com/product/6121 KBRP2040 Board: https://www.adafruit.com/product/5302 1.3in TFT Display: https://www.adafruit.com/product/4313 Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.ad...

Every week we'll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This Week: Tic-Tac-Toe Keychain By Nova. E makerworld.com/en/models/1425094-a-portable-tic-tac-toe-keychain-that-doesn-t-requi Bambu X1C Blue White Yellow Red PLA 3hr 47mins X:60 Y:60 Z:12mm .2mm layer / .4mm Nozzle 6% Infill / 1mm Retraction 200C / 60C 30g 230mm/s -------------...

0:00 Housekeeping 2:30 Community News 5:32 State of CircuitPython, Libraries & Blinka 11:37 Hug Reports 14:20 Status Updates 20:38 In the Weeds 20:50 Wrap-up Notes document is available here, with timecodes: https://github.com/adafruit/adafruit-circuitpython-weekly-meeting/blob/main/2025/2025-05-19.md Join here for the chat all week: http://adafru.it/discord The CircuitPython Weekly normally i...

For the ACS37800 breakout, we need chunky terminal blocks for high-current circuits. Since the chip can handle 30 Amps, we’re going with compact barrier blocks so users can safely connect spade/lug terminals without shorts. Here's our pick at digikey.com: https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/amphenol-anytek/YK4410303000G/4961614 Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ------...

This week at the Desk of Ladyada, we're getting back into the swing of releasing one or two new products a week after dealing with some tariff-related chaos. Last week we launched the Sparkle Motion Stick and the SEN6x Adapter. Next week, look out for the OPT4048. For the OPT4048, we wanted to easily plot the CIE x & y to a color graph—which used to mean writing a lot of JavaScript (something...

Larsio Paint Music is an homage to Mario Paint music composition mode running on Metro RP2350 and the upcoming Fruit Jam board. Written in CircuitPython, John Park's Learn Guide coming soon. 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 t...

John Park's Workshop Live 5/15/25 Sparkle Toes 2: Electric Shoegaloo CircuitPython Parsec JPPPoW recap Projects and more! 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...

This week's EYE ON NPI is a follow up to one we did a few years ago on the similarly-named BQ25792 (https://blog.adafruit.com/2021/05/06/eye-on-npi-ti-bq25792-i2c-controlled-1-4-cell-5a-buck-boost-battery-charger-eyeonnpi-adafruit-digikey-adafruit-digikey-txinstruments/). The BQ25798 (https://www.digikey.com/short/vnr279pz) builds on the '92 by adding selectable dual inputs and true MPPT solar sup...

Join Ladyada as she breaks down how recent tariff shifts impact electronic component availability and pricing, reshoring trends, and what may happen to engineering/BOM and DIY project costs. Get the inside scoop on navigating supply chain challenges while keeping your builds affordable and excellent! Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com -----------------------------------------...

ASK AN ENGINEER 5/14/2025 LIVE! Tariff Talk! @05:44 From the Desk of Ladyada @13:54 JP's Product Pick of the Week @15:04 Open Source Hardware @16:44 3D Printing @22:34 Eye on NPI @24:30 New Products @36:43 Top Secret @41:42 Questions @47:12 Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Subscribe to Ada...

This week @adafruit we’re launching our motorized camera slider project. Time lapse video features a 3D printed tools for cardboard crafting. Our rapid render segment this week highlights Zoo Dev AI. Also, catching up on community makes. Learn Guide https://learn.adafruit.com/motorized-camera-slider-2-axis TMC2209 Driver: https://www.adafruit.com/product/6121 KBRP2040 Board: https://www.adafruit.c...

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We're wrapping up the design for the OPT4048 breakout: mostly putting the finishing touches on the Arduino library (https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_OPT4048). Since the whole point of this sensor is that it gives you CIE X & Y coordinates, we thought it would be cool to plot that onto a CIE diagram (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIE_1931_color_space). Historically, we’d have to use Process...

Full tutorial: https://learn.adafruit.com/butterfly-bench-with-edge-lit-acrylic/overview Build a bench for your backyard or your festival theme camp that shows your logo or camp mascot in glowing rainbow colors. Playa Tech is a system of furniture plans designed by Sunshine Zwern. Create benches, tables and chairs from a single sheet of plywood using common wood shop tools. The furniture packs fla...

#newproducts JP’s Product Pick of the Week 5/13/25 RECAP PiCowbell Adalogger https://www.adafruit.com/product/5703 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.adafruit.com/ -------...

#newproducts JP’s Product Pick of the Week 5/13/25 PiCowbell Adalogger https://www.adafruit.com/product/5703 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: http://adafru.it/subscri...

Every week we'll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This Week: Cardboard Crafting Tools By ValeriaMomo https://cults3d.com/:2944214 Bambu X1C Blue Grey Yellow PLA 4hr 36mins X:108 Y:123 Z:74mm .2mm layer / .4mm Nozzle 6% Infill / 1mm Retraction 200C / 60C 77g 230mm/s ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! ht...

Notes document is available here, with timecodes: https://github.com/adafruit/adafruit-circuitpython-weekly-meeting/blob/main/2025/2025-05-12.md 0:00 Housekeeping 04:03 Community News 08:47 State of CircuitPython, Libraries & Blinka 20:49 Hug Reports 23:22 Status Updates 26:51 In the Weeds 27:09 Wrap-up Join here for the chat all week: http://adafru.it/discord The CircuitPython Weekly normally...

We found an old Advanced Circuits panel and we started chatting—DIGG is back! (https://reboot.digg.com/) What if we remade the DIGG button kit with a WiFi chip to show your live vote count? Let’s revive this classic, starting with the 3-digit 7-segment display. Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/dis...

We're phasing out the Cirrus WM8960 codec (https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/cirrus-logic-inc/WM8960CGEFL-V/5036712) used in some Raspberry Pi boards to add two microphones, line-out, and stereo speaker. The codec is great—see our Voice Bonnet—but very obsolete now. Let's hunt for a modern alternative! See the chosen part on DigiKey https://www.digikey.com/short/3jnw089v Visit the Adafrui...

We're back to designing more prototypes to get the product pump primed! Having lots of boards to work with means we can reliably get one or two shipping each week. To that end, here are some upcoming chips we've made breakouts for: SLB9670VQ20FW785 (TPM chip): https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/infineon-technologies/SLB9670VQ20FW785XTMA1/11697680 INA237 (Power monitoring): https://www.digi...

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#circuitpythonparsec How to read button bitmasks from seesaw boards such as the Gamepad QT. https://github.com/jedgarpark/parsec/blob/main/2025-05-01/code.py https://www.adafruit.com/product/5743 Learn about CircuitPython: https://circuitpython.org Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Subscrib...