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we never had a PC when we were younger so we sorta missed out on having a PC joystick - but this Gravis Advanced (https://www.mocagh.org/loadpage.php?getgame=gravis-front) design was rugged enough to survive 30 years - there's a datecode of 1991 on the PCB. PC joysticks are fairly simple: there's three mechanical buttons but actually you can only map them to 2 possible pins - the mapping is done w...

count em: one, two, three...four rotary encoders encrust this new Stemma QT board! with a lil attiny817 running the adafruit seesaw code, we can now read 4 encoders and 4 switches plus control 4 matching neopixels all over I2C. great for when you do not want to spend all your microcontroller cycles counting out all your interrupted pins plus also clocking out neopixels. we don't have a ton of room...

We'll be stocking this ANO rotary encoder breakout in the shop soon, it lets one quickly connect and read the buttons and encoder on an 'ipod classic' over I2C. we like to make a good visible demo that is shown on a product page that really gives folks a good idea of how the product works, so here we've got it hooked up to an I2C 7-segment backpack (https://www.adafruit.com/product/878) with a tou...

We picked up a Gravis Advanced (https://www.mocagh.org/loadpage.php?getgame=gravis-front) PC analog joystick to verify our design for an adapter board is all peachy-keen. after some confusion about the way buttons work - turns out you DON'T want the knobs on the side centered because that disconnects the switches from the DE-15 - we have some success! since the X and Y positions are changed by the...

Notes document is available here: https://github.com/adafruit/adafruit-circuitpython-weekly-meeting/blob/main/2023/2023-05-15.md The CircuitPython Weekly normally is held 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 in iCal format using the following link: https://raw.githubu...

happy mother's day from adafruit 2023, the first year ladyada is mom + engineer this is a gift her daughter made for her! "Easy Lemon (60 second)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ #adafruit #mothersday #art

The prop-maker feather has so much hardware built-in, its going to be great for making props and toys that have audio, motion and LEDs. we whipped up a quick demo that shows off LED animations (https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_LED_Animation) on neopixels, motion sensing with the LIS3DH (https://www.adafruit.com/product/2809), servo output control to a micro servo (https://www.ada...

We love to write little all-in-one self-testing sketches for our hardware, often we ship that as the factory test code which helps folks verify everything is working right 👌. It's particularly helpful for advanced boards with a lot of components like this prop-maker feather which has an accelerometer📏, I2S amplifier🔊, servo⚙️, and neopixel output💡. Here's a quick demo showing all the parts wor...

bee bap boo bap bap, we're testing out our I2S BFF that we designed a few months ago (https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/01/28/a-new-bff-with-i2s-audio-amplifier/) - makes adding high quality audio really easy for many microcontroller boards like the RP2040 or ESP32 QT Py's. Here I'm running an MP3 streaming demo (https://github.com/schreibfaul1/ESP32-audioI2S) on an ESP32 QT Py and it's working great...

We have done 300 revisions (https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/04/27/300/), including just-about-all of our OLED, E-Ink and TFT displays to add EYE SPI connectors (https://www.adafruit.com/search?q=eye+spi) to make it very fast and easy to wire up displays, touchscreens and microSD cards without a ton of breadboarding. yay! but now we have to make the controller side easy as well. First up, this EYE S...

#circuitpythonparsec How to use an LCD character display 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 tuto...

Parts Bundle for Introduction to Breadboarding by Jen Fox (0:11) https://www.adafruit.com/product/5696?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=videodescrip&utm_campaign=newproducts Tough Relay from Digital Loggers (0:46) https://www.adafruit.com/product/5718?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=videodescrip&utm_campaign=newproducts Adafruit PiCowbell DVI Output for Pico - Works with HDMI Display (2:10) https://www...

Retro Tech celebrates Adafruit's love for retro technology. This week is the Apple eMate 300 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMate_300 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 t...

The wonderful world of Python on hardware! Episode 230 (May 10, 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 drive it's way into your heart and into your motorized design BOMs: it's the Texas Instruments DRV8411 Dual H-Bridge Motor Driver (https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/t/texas-instruments/drv8411-dual-h-bridge-motor-driver), a nifty multi-purpose dual H-bridge driver for use with either two brushless DC motors or bi-polar stepper motor. This driver features a wi...

You’re now entering the Adafruit zone where the solder flows in fountains and all that glows is good. Adafruit LED Glasses https://www.adafruit.com/product/5210 Flexible Silicone Neon-Like LED Strip https://www.adafruit.com/product/3862 Adafruit Metro M4 Express AirLift https://www.adafruit.com/product/4000 Happy Made in NYC Week! https://www.madeinnyc.org/news-events/save-the-date-made-in-nyc-wee...

The hush-hush news from Adafruit in New York. Broadcast May 10 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 noti...

JP’s Product Pick of the Week 5/9/23 Matrix Portal https://www.adafruit.com/product/4745 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: ht...

Build a 3D printed LED headband inspired by Bo Katan from Star Wars. This design features engraved details that wrap around the headband and uses an adjustable elastic strap to fit comfortably over a person's head. Learn Guide https://learn.adafruit.com/led-headband/ Miniature Wired LEDs https://www.adafruit.com/product/5489 CR2032 Breakout with Switch https://www.adafruit.com/product/1871 CR2032...

Every week we'll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This Week: SD Card Hinged Box By Noe Ruiz https://www.printables.com/model/468639-print-in-place-box-for-sd-cards CR10S Pro V2 Teal PLA 60mm/s 7hr 04mins X:240 Y:180 Z:58mm .2mm layer / .4mm Nozzle 6% Infill / 1mm Retraction 200C / 60C 46g Visit the Adafruit shop online - http:/...

A super fun chip to have in your toolkit is an analog switch or multiplexer (mux) - which can act like an SPST but doesn't require a mechanical switch. There's a few things to watch out for, but these are very handy when you want to move analog signals around. The Bus Pyrate design we were working on uses a 4066 in TSSOP - let's find a chip that we can use in this design but also poke around at so...

Video from Illumination Light Art's first-ever Spring Showcase at Battery Park City over the weekend https://www.illumination.nyc/ #illuminationnyc #batteryparkcity #nyc

Notes document is available here: https://github.com/adafruit/adafruit-circuitpython-weekly-meeting/blob/main/2023/2023-05-08.md Join here for the chat all week: http://adafru.it/discord The CircuitPython Weekly normally is held 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 in...

Adafruit Feather M4 Express - Featuring ATSAMD51 - ATSAMD51 Cortex M4 (0:06) https://www.adafruit.com/product/3857?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=videodescrip&utm_campaign=newproducts Adafruit Wide-Range Triple-axis Magnetometer - MLX90393 - STEMMA QT (0:54) https://www.adafruit.com/product/4022?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=videodescrip&utm_campaign=newproducts Adafruit RP2040 CAN Bus Feather with...

Retro Tech celebrates Adafruit's love for retro technology. This week is the CLEARTV SecureView Clear Television and RCA Clear 13" J13805CL Color TV Television 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:...