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This week's EYE ON NPI is Big In Japan, it's the Renesas RA Microcontroller Series (https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/r/renesas/ra-mcus) available at DigiKey in a wide range of sizes and configurations. With the chip shortage easing up, it's a great time to look at what chips to use for your next design. And while we have covered a ton of Arm Cortex microcontrollers on EYE ON NPI (https...

We’re zooming this week at the factory! #adafruit #manufacturing #nyc ----------------------------------------- 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 Adafr...

The hush-hush news from Adafruit in New York. Broadcast May 24, 2023 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 you can sign up to be not...

Build a magic neverending story book with a Raspberry Pi and touchscreen, and ChatGPT. We've added a voice recognition module using Open AI, so all you need to do is speak to the storybook and ask for the story you want, and your book will give you endless stories. Full build tutorial: https://learn.adafruit.com/magic-storybook-with-chatgpt/overview We live in an age of wonder. Every day, new inno...

JP’s Product Pick of the Week 5/23/23 NeoKey Choc Socketed Keyswitch Breakout RECAP https://www.adafruit.com/product/5756 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...

Build an IoT night light that changes colors based on the time of day or Wifi status! Guide: https://learn.adafruit.com/canary-nightlight Powered by a QT Py ESP32 S3, this has a 5x5 neopixel grid BFF soldered to the back for a low-profile build. Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Adafruit on...

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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! This Week: 3D Benchy Storage By TOMA3D https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/tool/3dbenchy-v2 CR10S Pro V2 Rainbow PLA 60mm/s 10hr 10mins X:252 Y:180 Z:122mm .2mm layer / .4mm Nozzle 6% Infill / 1mm Retraction 200C / 60C 61g ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE!...

Zener diodes (https://blog.adafruit.com/2013/07/17/your-moment-of-zener/) really are amazing little devices, useful for a dozen different circuits. (https://www.evilmadscientist.com/2012/basics-introduction-to-zener-diodes/) We like to use a Zener clamp (https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/chapter%208.pdf) as a basic method of protecting analog inputs on some of our dev boards so you...

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now that we can get chips we're churning out seesaw boards to help with all sorts of common needs - like this I2C to NeoPixel driver converter that uses an attiny816 https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/microchip-technology/ATTINY816-MFR/6555812 . it's a 'no solder' way to add NeoPixel support since you can use the pre-attached terminal blocks. we've got our UPDI in-situ programmer https://g...

#circuitpythonparsec How to use the enumerate command in CircuitPython 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 New tutoria...

Crayola's EZ Type Keyboard - large, colorful keys, QWERTY. USB, manufactured by Sakar International Inc. #Crayola #USB #keyboard @CrayolaLLC 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...

Quick NK-850 Hot Air Rework Conversion Nozzle (0:10) https://www.adafruit.com/product/5725?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=videodescrip&utm_campaign=newproducts NeoKey Socket Breakout for CHOC Key Switches with NeoPixel - For CHOC Compatible Switches (0:51) https://www.adafruit.com/product/5756?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=videodescrip&utm_campaign=newproducts Adafruit ANO Rotary Navigation Encoder...

Retro Tech celebrates Adafruit's love for retro technology. This week is the game Computer Perfection 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 Learni...

The wonderful world of Python on hardware! Episode 231 (May 17, 2023). This is our weekly Python video highlights! Ladyada and PT review the Python on hardware news 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.it/pohepisodes ************...

This week's EYE ON NPI will get you designing IMUs #LikeABosch (https://www.bosch.com/stories/like-a-bosch/) with the Bosch Sensortec BMI323 Inertial Measurement Unit (https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/b/bosch-sensortec/bmi323-inertial-measurement-unit). A low cost, but high precision 6-axis inertial measurement unit (IMU) that has 16-bit accelerometer and 16-bit gyroscope for quality o...

Here’s a look at how we manufacture your favorite Adafruit boards #adafruit #manufacturing #nyc ----------------------------------------- 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 hush-hush news from Adafruit in New York. Broadcast May 17, 2023 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 you can sign up to be not...

JP’s Product Pick of the Week 5/16/23 Feather RP2040 w DVI Video Output to HDMI RECAP https://www.adafruit.com/product/5710 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...

Build your own IoT NeoPixel lamp inspired by EPCOT Spaceship Earth! Use a QT Py ESP32 PICO, NeoPixel BFF Driver and WLED to make amazing lighting effects! Designed by Noe Ruiz for Adafruit Industries Learn Guide https://learn.adafruit.com/epcot-spaceship-earth-with-wled/ QT Py ESP32 Pico https://www.adafruit.com/product/5395 NeoPixel Driver BFF https://www.adafruit.com/product/5645 Soft NeoPixel S...

Every week we'll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This Week: YOSHI FLEXI By JECT https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/art/yoshi-flexi CR10S Pro V2 Green Red PLA 60mm/s 7hr 34mins X:258 Y:180 Z:60mm .2mm layer / .4mm Nozzle 6% Infill / 1mm Retraction 200C / 60C 46g ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://a...

Released by Lakeside in 1979, was a ground-breaking electronic game of its time that was touted as "the ultimate playmate". The game, housed in a transparent blue dome, was activated by lifting the dome, revealing four games and three skill levels to choose from. The four games offered unique challenges to players: 1️⃣ Countdown: This one-player scenario tasked players with lighting all 10 lights...

We've often made little robots or games and we need a quick and small gamepad-like interface to control motors or robots or whatever. this gamepad will do nicely: it has an analog thumb-stick, and six buttons: A B X Y and select start. the two analog readings and six digital readings are managed by an onboard seesaw peripheral https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_seesawPeripheral attiny816 - so on...

The chip shortage may be winding down, but there are still a few parts that didn't make it to the other side. To wit: the TCS34725 color sensor, a mainstay in so many Adafruit projects (https://learn.adafruit.com/products/1334/guides) has been discontinued (https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/ams-osram-usa-inc/TCS34725FN/3737685). We loved this sensor as it had a few nice things going for i...