you hand soldered all 1728?!
#live-broadcast-chat
alpine nova
narrow ice
hell no
alpine nova
oh ok
narrow ice
panels are 768, 3x 32x8 panels x 2
narrow ice
then 4 strips for 48 pixels, all pre-soldered too
still plenty of solder in between though
spring heath
alpine nova
so, still a lot of joints
narrow ice
yeah, it was maybe a week of work for the hardware and 4weeks+ for the software
open girder
10% off all items in stock code is americaday expires 7/4/18 @ 11:59pm ET #askanengineer http://www.adafruit.com @open girder
alpine nova
and who ever has their playa projects done before they get to the playa
narrow ice
that's just jinxing it, I know it'll break before I get there
alpine nova
yea, you gotta expect it all to fall apart when you get out there
lavish patrol
Standardization - that's what I like to see. 😃
narrow ice
I have spares because I know it will
the neopixel strips on the arms and legs is what breaks the most
alpine nova
i was on s&t a few years ago with my bike all el-wired out. that stuff started breaking as soon as i hit the bumpy playa
narrow ice
repeated flexing breaks the joins between pixels
alpine nova
it's hard to find people to help with that stuff out there too
spring heath
CircuitPython + SBCs + sensors = way cool
river peak
Yay Discord!
normal plover
Yay US
spring heath
7000 
fallow fractal
yay!
waxen thistle
Oh that video is nice
river peak
Someone was screwing around
halcyon linden
7000! 👏
dim knot
waxen thistle
Congrats @spring heath
normal plover
good job
spring heath
Lots of work by everyone
past nova
Great work @spring heath and all contributors
waxen thistle
A "notebook"-powered robot!
waxen thistle
Good work by everyone, some pretty awesome guides this week
You're all wonderful folks 😃
lavish patrol
Ooh! Look at all the motors!
spring heath
Ladyada and Mr. Ladyada also contributed tons to this guide
eager sapphire
Are there arduino libs for the Crickit?
spring heath
All their research goes into their guides and products
odd stream
@spring heath Skimming through it now.. looks excellent!
lavish patrol
@past nova Hello Globe? 😉
normal plover
I want to change it to "Hello Universe", want the aliens to feel welcome
river peak
@past nova Is it more like "Hello!" - World?
waxen thistle
I've intentionally avoided robotics for these very reasons up to this point. Between the cost, the learning curve, the lack of a good "hello world" experience....
open girder
@waxen thistle yep
alpine nova
solder coins
river peak
Oooh, it's like an arcade machine for solder!
waxen thistle
Solder coins! For the selective solder arcade machine!
river peak
Or, more accurately, a vending machine
odd stream
@open girder Congrats on hitting 1500 guides!
spring heath
Put solder in, get nice boards out
river peak
@odd stream You've certainly helped
waxen thistle
@spring heath If it was only that easy
lavish patrol
That solder fountain is the coolest thing I've seen for a long time.
waxen thistle
JJ Abrams lens flare 😃
river peak
Hmm... I should do a guide on PCBWeb, since it's the PCB design tool I use and hey, letting people know how it's used could be neat
past nova
alpine nova
these films are so hypnotic
waxen thistle
Hook that into Adafruit I/O, add it to a twitch stream.....audience controlled fireworks 😃
odd stream
@river peak It's what I do now 😃
river peak
@odd stream Means you can't slack off now!
trail zephyr
this project is the rare occasion where you want your project to spark lol
river peak
@trail zephyr And ALSO catch on fire
waxen thistle
OfficeMax ruler? Comon, we need a DigiKey ruler for that scoring!
river peak
@waxen thistle They couldn't score one in time
odd stream
@river peak So glad to be done with Slack... Last job I was watching all the teams' channels.
river peak
@odd stream Now it's time to channel that frustration
river peak
It really is
waxen thistle
No joke, i have this discord open all the time on my laptop
odd stream
Speaking of scoring rulers, I need to get to staples and get some drafting tools for cardboard crafting.
river peak
Oh, so we SHOULDN'T lick the heated wire?
@waxen thistle I'm part of a... number of discord servers. There are two I actually keep tabs on
waxen thistle
@odd stream If you have a hobby lobby nearby, check them out. They're doing a red-tag clearance sale on random gear -- like 1/4th the cost of their retail.
river peak
This one
lavish patrol
@river peak Well, you can...
split gazelle
the construction of that button is so cool
alpine nova
that is awesome
river peak
And the horse convention vendor one. That's easy to keep track of, though, since it's not super active
lavish patrol
Hi @split gazelle - have you been lurking? 😉
odd stream
@waxen thistle It's actually open on both my desktops, that sit next to each other on my desk. So one usually has it not covered by other windows 😃
agile cave
OMG, my world is shattered, I thought all smoke was blue!
waxen thistle
👋 Heya @split gazelle
river peak
Hoy @split gazelle !
@odd stream @waxen thistle I have one of my monitors as "Discord"
spring heath
Raptortastic
odd stream
@waxen thistle No Hobby Lobbys around here. I think that's just a US chain.
split gazelle
hey @lavish patrol @waxen thistle @river peak && everybody 😄 and nope, no lurking- just late haha
lavish patrol
I need more monitors...
river peak
@lavish patrol Just monitor their prices
dim knot
New nEw NEWs From Adafruit https://www.adafruit.com/newsletter
lavish patrol
@river peak GROAN!
odd stream
And Staples is next to Michael's and I need some googly eyes for my current project.
spring heath
🇺🇸
dim knot
Boomy the BoomBox - Limited Edition Enamel Pin https://www.adafruit.com/product/3513
waxen thistle
These pins look like they're from past adaboxes!
dim knot
Feather - Limited Edition Enamel Pin https://www.adafruit.com/product/3336
odd stream
Feather pin is sweet
river peak
@odd stream Have I told you about the 6" Googly Eyes I put on the dishwasher at work a bit over a 15-ish months ago?
dim knot
AdaBot - Limited Edition Enamel Pin https://www.adafruit.com/product/3371
odd stream
@river peak Haha
dim knot
Lock-sport Earrings https://www.adafruit.com/product/3849
odd stream
This is for a self balancing 'bot so they'll be jiggling
lavish patrol
LOL.
dim knot
Maker Paste - Low Temperature Lead-Free Prototyping Solder Paste https://www.adafruit.com/product/3217
lavish patrol
Maker paste is people!
inner spade
Great! Maker Paste works perfectly for beginners (like me)!
spring heath
When Makers pass away, they are not made into crackers, they are made into paste
odd stream
I really need to build a reflow oven.
dim knot
Code.org Circuit Playground Express Educators' Pack https://www.adafruit.com/product/3399
split gazelle
@spring heath new end of life goal
dim knot
Code.org Circuit Playground Individual Kit Pack https://www.adafruit.com/product/3795
river peak
dim knot
Make Robot Friend Jigsaw Puzzle https://www.adafruit.com/product/3817
split gazelle
if it's anything like the digikey puzzle, it will mix great with mod podge and a frame
spring heath
Soilent Green is Reflow Paste
river peak
@split gazelle Just watch out for cats
split gazelle
@river peak i had to wait for mine to both be napping to mod podge the digi key puzzle. otherwise paw city
river peak
Yeah, I saw that on Instagram the other day
waxen thistle
Question @open girder: What is the biggest difference between the FTDI cable vs. the FTDI Friend? It seems as if the Friend is more capable, but the cable is costlier. Am I missing something as to why that is?
eager sapphire
Whoa, IRC was pretty....dark
spring heath
BBSes
quick veldt
I’m working on making my own discord community atm
odd stream
I started on C64 based BBSes
waxen thistle
Awesome, thank you @open girder 😃
simple goblet
is there a CPX update firmware to flash yet?
river peak
Chandel-earrings?
odd stream
Question: What's the youngest anyone's started teach a child making?
past nova
Ya C64 bbses @odd stream I remember those days 300 baud days
odd stream
I recently found out I'll soon have a victim... um... grandchild.
waxen thistle
@odd stream Congrats!
river peak
@odd stream Start in the womb
odd stream
I'll have to get the mom to watch Ask an engineer 😃
split gazelle
yay @odd stream !
eager sapphire
Mrs Matambale says 2.5 years....for crafts work
inner spade
StringCars for 4-5 yr olds.
river peak
Also, if you consider biological deposits, kids are expert makers.
analog elm
When is the release of circuitpython 3.0 coming? approximately..
iron hazel
@open girder is the Bluefruit LE Sniffer not supported anymore? there are some questions on the forum that haven't been answered in a long-long time.
waxen thistle
Ohhh @river peak , all the jokes I can't make.
simple goblet
Thank you for doing cardboard projects - i thought i was the only one without a 3d printer for enclosures etc. 😉
odd stream
@eager sapphire Such a long wait...
spring heath
3.0 final will come as the final issues are worked out - look at the pull request and issue list to see. All features are basically locked in to ensure it gets out
river peak
@waxen thistle 💩
quick veldt
I also like the cardboard projects
eager sapphire
@odd stream - prep time is always good!
quick veldt
Nintendo Labo 😃
spring heath
The Adafruit Learning System is getting lots of cardboard projects
river peak
PAPER CUTTERS ARE AWESOME
odd stream
I've started using cardboard.
spring heath
Cardboard is GREAT - low cost
quick veldt
Cardboard looks nice
river peak
I have a 3D printer and I still want a paper cutter
odd stream
Generally a mix of 3D printing and cardboard.
fallen rivet
Did I hear a mention a few minutes ago about a Cortex-M7 product in the works?
quick veldt
I dunno...it’s just crafty and nice
waxen thistle
Your independent Dollar Stores are a great place for cheap parts (like wooden dowels, etc)
spring heath
Cardboard for low cost robotics
quick veldt
@fallen rivet I believe so
waxen thistle
@open girder Planning on getting a Cri-cut in the store? 😃
fallen rivet
Was this talked about earlier in the show? I tuned-in :25.
quick veldt
I saw one at hobby lobby recently
spring heath
Lots of Cri-cuts available from the hobby shops & craft shops
open girder
OHM-BIT-STAB
quick veldt
Aw puzzles aren’t my thing. Going to save that once per lifetime pass for another time. 😉
spring heath
Noe & Pedro publish their cutting info in their guides and on their show
fallen rivet
Well played, @quick veldt .
quick veldt
Spooky
spring heath
I won a long time ago
quick veldt
It made me jump
river peak
📞
spring heath
🇺🇸
fallen rivet
I miss when everyone would hang up when they'd get through. Those were the days.
spring heath
Congrats Jeff
quick veldt
Yay
fallen rivet
'mericaday
waxen thistle
Thanks again for another wonderful evening of shows @open girder ! Enjoy the rest of the holiday!
quick veldt
Can’t wait for my Adabox to ship
spring heath
Keep your fingers & toes
split gazelle
thanks for a great stream!
spring heath
Adabox ships very soon
lavish patrol
Thanks @open girder!
fallen rivet
tyty froots. happy ID.
inner spade
Thanks!
odd stream
Good shows!
clear matrix
Goodnight, everyone!
spring heath
👋
quick veldt
I love this community
spring heath
fallen rivet
black cats FTW
quick veldt
This is my jam 🎶
odd stream
Good music!
waxen thistle
These tunes are always rockin'
simple goblet
i would like a moment of zener poster 😃
quick veldt
When this stream stops I’m going straight to the SoundCloud
odd stream
OK... back to balancing robots
simple goblet
back to picking locks! so fun!!!!!
spring heath
Have a good holiday
waxen thistle
back to....burning USB drives for a data erasure.
lavish patrol
@waxen thistle Enjoy.
quick veldt
Nobody goes to general for chatting?
waxen thistle
@lavish patrol I....sigh...will try.
lavish patrol
@quick veldt For some of us it's 2am. Time for bed.
young adder
\o/
haughty quiver
hi!!!
young adder
hey!
inner spade
Hi!
alpine bane
Hello !
inner spade
music!
young adder
Hey can you postpone the show for about 30 minutes ? I'm in a middle of hot gluing stuff... no ? ok then 😃 I'll glue later !
haughty quiver
haha, sorry man
young adder
Groovy music, I likez dat !
haughty quiver
I named this track "Street Chicken"
young adder
A very fitting title !
gaunt plume
HEY all
inner spade
Reminds me of Mussorgsky: Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells by Tomita
alpine bane
for some reason I had to up the video quality on youtube again
eager sapphire
Yeah, it keeps coming up 144p here, lately
inner spade
and Thrift Store Find of the Week?
alpine bane
I just wanna know what @haughty quiver got in that box he tweeted out about the other day
solid wyvernBOT
adafruit is live at https://www.twitch.tv/adafruit
normal plover
That was actually kinda mean
alpine bane
lol
young adder
OMG this wing looks awesome !
young adder
I really should stop watching this show before I go broke spending all my money on Adafruit products !
alpine bane
i'm with you, I didn't know they had this until now...
gaunt plume
fun adafruit fact: the default demo code is used to test the featherwings at adafruit HQ when they come off the assembly line
young adder
it looks freaking fast
gaunt plume
m4 is faster!
alpine bane
he had to mention there is a bigger one.... bye bye wallet
young adder
yeah, you evil @haughty quiver ! 😃
normal plover
No, it's because you showed us a Adabox 008
alpine bane
lol!!
I went to order a couple of M4's last night, but I just missed it, for the second time...
young adder
Funny how this "forever" bloc is placed right on top of the AdaBox in the background... "ForEver: AdaBox" ^^
inner spade
That's why the compass is also called a divider.
odd stream
I thought a divider was the one with 2 points, while a compass has a pencil.
Touch of grey there, John.
young adder
Yeah I hate Noe & Pedro ! They shown a very fancy cardboard button this week, made me want to buy a Cricut !!
gaunt plume
no signal @haughty quiver
inner spade
audio okay
inner spade
118 days to Halloween. Plenty of time for the life-sized version.
fallow fractal
Like a Mickey Mantle baseball bat
inner spade
For some reason I'm thinking about fast food.
fallow fractal
If the frames of animation are too big of a jump it'll cost ya a ping-pong ball (but the waste is reusable).
The 'latitude' of the eyes are pretty consistent, John. Nice job by eye. (..ahem)
young adder
😃
And now, let's hope the ping pong balls are well attached 😃 otherwise... bye bye balls 😃
fallow fractal
You can look through an electric fan, John. That'll strobe it.
(aim the fan blades so it exhausts the air away from the pong platter, to avoid disturbing it)
Sodium street lamps at night and knobby tires on a bicycle -- at a specific rolling rate it gives the stop-motion effect.
very close
the camera scan lines are showing choppy vid compared with what you see in the studio with your own eyes
Tune for the six balls to be distinct from each other, turning very slowly.
The zero-beat point will move from ccw to cw rotation, and occasionally stand still.
Impressive: no pong balls flew off the platter.
young adder
given that the camera captures 30 images per seconds, shouldn't the LED flash at 30 Hz so we can see it working ?
inner spade
Or dotstars or regular white LEDs
fallow fractal
Use discrete white LED's rather than 'protocol' LED's.
(an IR xmitr LED can be modulated to 38 KHz!)
young adder
like 10 common cathod LEDs ?
inner spade
... or fewer. The Disneyvision used six.
eager sapphire
That was only awesome, @haughty quiver , thanks. Scared me a lil bit.
inner spade
Great show! Lots of ideas...
haughty quiver
haha, sorry about that @eager sapphire
eager sapphire
Just a little jumpy now
young adder
thanks @haughty quiver ! Great show and cool project !
haughty quiver
thank you so much, this was fun!
odd stream
That was cool.
fallow fractal
Should be able to reverse it and make a display that gives textual messages 'somehow' as an output device.
inner spade
Painted faces on ping-pong balls and John-in-a-box.
odd stream
'I was expecting balls to go flying off
haughty quiver
lol
odd stream
Crickit controlled pingpong server bot
eager sapphire
Best part is, a flying ping pong ball doesn’t hurt that much - no matter how hard your sister hits it
haughty quiver
@young adder i think you're onto something with the framerate needing to accomodate camera capture
then adjust motor speed to get the strobe effect right
eager sapphire
So camera frame rate drives the system (since it’s pretty much static)
inner spade
You now have an excuse to pick up a slow-mo camera. (high frame rate)
fallow fractal
Electric fan blades (regular room-sized cooling fan for people to sit near) were very good to see the scan lines on the Macintosh (which had a 50 Hz refresh!)
young adder
Yeah, but in real life, we don't need cameras - or maybe to show off to friends and familly 😃
fallow fractal
When you unplug the fan and it slows, at some point it synchronizes perfectly with the CRT refresh.
Should be a way to PWM the motor windings to help synchronize as well.
haughty quiver
haha @inner spade slomo cam yes please
eager sapphire
Or perhaps use optical encoder to detect position of the shaft, use that to trigger lights (+ some adjustable delay)
fallow fractal
yeah meta that way you can be asynch all around ;)
eager sapphire
Then dial in shaft speed to match video rate
peak bloom
Or magnets under the balls with a hall effect sensor
eager sapphire
Yeah
young adder
alright guys, time to go to bed around here ! Cheers, tty next week !
fallow fractal
However you'd need a video capture to send to youtube that was async (movable timebase).
haughty quiver
night, thanks for hanging out
fallow fractal
There must be an acetate film to video (or the other direction) method used so that frame rates aren't visible to the audience to the final medium.
rocky reef
@here #help-with-3dprinting Live in 10 mins! https://www.youtube.com/adafruit/live
this week: 3d printed crickit mount, paper craft Hans and hopefully an unboxing of the ultimaker s5!
robust hull
Hi Pedro!
rocky reef
hello!
solid wyvernBOT
adafruit is live at https://www.twitch.tv/adafruit
robust hull
How long are the streams normally?
rocky reef
about an hour long
normal plover
digikey search is horrible, I have tried criket, cricket, and adafruit and still haven't found their listing
alpine bane
normal plover
they only have the cpx one, I was hoping to get the feather wing crickit
On a 'non' related topic, have they shipped adabox 008 yet? My order still says preparing for shipment
alpine bane
oops, I just noticed that
normal plover
ahh, cricket is a phone or a wanna-be baseball game
opal wolf
Yeah, it's cric-kit as in "kit".
strange mantle
contribute via a "pull request"
normal plover
Of course if want Hans to be astable, you will need Cappy and Mho
granite siren
@rocky reef id love to see a resource for how to design 3d printed and laser cut acrylic snap-fit joints if you got one
normal plover
they did a video on snap fit
granite siren
@normal plover found it derp! 😃
normal plover
granite siren
PERFECT
rocky reef
thanks for watching folks!
eager sapphire
Another fine show in the books, thanks brothers Ruiz
haughty quiver
Hello friend of Joe.
normal plover
hello everyone
waxen thistle
Good evening all you wonderful people!
eager sapphire
Me? Whaaat?
lavish patrol
Hello @normal plover
open girder
SHOW AND TELL is LIVE NOW #show-and-tell - https://youtu.be/0Wu17H2pTzU
waxen thistle
Oooo, I spy a workshop with a wild colin in it!
eager sapphire
<- Joe. Coincidence I’m sure
odd stream
'evening, all
river peak
Don't say no to a new friend, @eager sapphire
fallow fractal
Hi dave
normal plover
@waxen thistle shhh, you might spook him
viral sail
Hi everyone.
eager sapphire
Roger that.
lavish patrol
Collin Cunningham is in da house. 😀
normal plover
Hi @viral sail
odd stream
This print is amazing. I printed 3 of them already.
halcyon linden
Good job with the mount! I've printed 3 of them already.
eager sapphire
Mr Cunningham! Awesome.
odd stream
@halcyon linden Haha
rapid hornet
hi all
river peak
@halcyon linden Well, we definitely can't say you're slacking
fallow fractal
doppelganger
river peak
Hoy @rapid hornet !
waxen thistle
Howdy @rapid hornet !
fallow fractal
hi scott
clear matrix
Hello everyone!
lavish patrol
A random @lethal lagoon appears.
fallow fractal
hi kattni
lavish patrol
A random @clear matrix appears.
halcyon linden
Nice addition for the battery pack adapter
waxen thistle
I think we need to look at this random person generator, seems to be a high number of makers appearing in one spot at the same time...
lavish patrol
LOL.
river peak
I spy @lethal lagoon in the Show & Tell
lethal lagoon
hi yall! been a while 😃
strange mantle
hey @lethal lagoon
clear matrix
Hi @lethal lagoon!
waxen thistle
Don't. Move. Adabots sense motion.
heavy siren
Hello World! Chicago here....
muted mesa
evening everyone! Hey! its Colin!
strange mantle
meow!
river peak
Cat!
lavish patrol
A random cat appears.
waxen thistle
Woooo, Crickit tshirt?
river peak
CircuitPython 3!
clear matrix
!!
waxen thistle
And a CP tshirt too!
muted mesa
3⃣ 🎉
lavish patrol
Dan the Man.
fallow fractal
3.0.0.0.0.0.0..
river peak
@haughty quiver must really have had a ball making this
waxen thistle
I think he was just going in circles, @river peak
lavish patrol
That's the sort of thing nightmares are made of. 😉
river peak
@waxen thistle He took the idea for a spin
normal plover
The ping pong balls look terrified
lavish patrol
@normal plover Yep. 😀
waxen thistle
@normal plover I'd be terrified if someone hot glued me to a circle and spun me really fast.
muted mesa
That is hilarious.
river peak
That is really awesome.
fallow fractal
Seems to be doing an A, B position freeze-frame, @haughty quiver
normal plover
they are saying "HELP ME"
lavish patrol
Is that 9am or 9pm?
waxen thistle
So when is John Park going to build a Wall-E with a CPX + Crickit?
clear matrix
9pm. Friday night 😃
lavish patrol
Right. PM
river peak
Low-poly Dinos!?
fallow fractal
Could cut potatos into those shapes with a paring knife
waxen thistle
Jurassic World....in 3D!
lavish patrol
@azure valley Hi.
river peak
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/3dpprofessor/low-poly-dinos-dinosaur-3d-models-by-3d-printing-p is the kickstarter
waxen thistle
....are you sure Phil that these dinos won't eat folks? I mean, are you sure?
Nature um....finds a way.
normal plover
I wonder what he will dig up next
lavish patrol
Will we see another random cat?
lavish patrol
Angel wings?
shell mason
motorized cosplat
quick veldt
This is so awesome!
haughty quiver
way cool @lethal lagoon
clear matrix
@lethal lagoon It looks amazing!
heavy siren
Discord is beeping at me but I see no direct referencing.
shell mason
soon @lethal lagoon have fem thor motor wings helmet
rapid hornet
its on the stream
lavish patrol
Nice project @lethal lagoon
river peak
@heavy siren You're probably hearing the stream
muted mesa
@heavy siren that got me too when JP was on. 😄
waxen thistle
Very cool!
shell mason
Iron @lethal lagoon
river peak
@lethal lagoon You can do an Iron (Wo)Man idea with the crickit
heavy siren
ah, ok, just wondering.
lethal lagoon
oh yeah great idea! more wings on things!
shell mason
that looked like arc reactor that crickt
quick veldt
Just make up your own sci fi superhero name to go along with the costume
muted mesa
Those are nice!
quick veldt
Very nice
normal plover
That's how they built the pyramids too
muted mesa
Its like D&D meets Heroica.
waxen thistle
We need an Engineering skill roll 😃
steep island
Is that the guy who made OpenForge or is he just using them?
river peak
@steep island Using
lethal lagoon
those are awesome! totes want to dnd at his house!
steep island
@river peak Using well, I would say.
shell mason
omg think VR game where someone can the game via board blocks
muted mesa
"You have entered S&T. Show us something you've made"
odd stream
Classic
lavish patrol
Woa. Old school.
fallow fractal
C64 rox
waxen thistle
HAPPY BIRTHDAY @rapid hornet 🍰 🕯
viral sail
C=64 was my first computer.
shell mason
C64 with aka @rapid hornet
normal plover
8bit guy will be proud
shell mason
Circuitpython64
viral sail
Cool stuff, thanks everyone.
lavish patrol
Happy birthday Scott.
muted mesa
Thanks everyone! great stuff!
halcyon linden
Great projects all!
quick veldt
Yay
clear matrix
Great show, everyone!
steep island
I enjoyed that.
lethal lagoon
fun times!
fallow fractal
Different URL for the 8:00 pm show
waxen thistle
Always a good S&T
quick veldt
I need to get on there some day. First I need a decent project....
steep island
I hope you all forgive the studdering presentation. Difficult to do coherent in a room of 14 year olds.
rapid hornet
thanks all!
normal plover
@steep island you look very mature for a 14 year old
heavy siren
@rapid hornet OK, let's have it. How old are you going to be? 😃
steep island
I eat my veggies.
lethal lagoon
my mic worked! time to celebrate
normal plover
@steep island I think we all agree, your presentation was dino mite
quick veldt
Very punny
clear matrix
@lethal lagoon Pet MIDI the computer muter to celebrate!
river peak
@lethal lagoon You weren't interrupted by MIDI
steep island
OH! That's making me stego-sore.
rapid hornet
@heavy siren 2 ** 5
shell mason
@lethal lagoon also those wings moved
lethal lagoon
@clear matrix @river peak shhh she's sleeping
lethal lagoon
@shell mason yes! and they didn't fall
eager sapphire
The block feature also works quite well
waxen thistle
@lethal lagoon The live demo gremlin was sleeping tonight!
lethal lagoon
whats the best way to keep a servo horn on a servo?
i know that sounded like a joke but i'm actually asking 😃
quick veldt
With glue or a screw
clear matrix
@lethal lagoon Screw?
normal plover
@fallow fractal actually, a pirates first love has always been the C
fallow fractal
haha
odd stream
@lethal lagoon There's generally a screw holw in the middle
shell mason
@lethal lagoon i was thinking if those wings made of cardboard was made from foam could it still work
odd stream
@lethal lagoon servo might even have come with the right screw.
muted mesa
@lethal lagoon yeah, most have a hole for a screw in the middle...cause that obviously hasn't been typed yet. 😄
lethal lagoon
ohhh a screw! it seems so obvious now
heavy siren
@rapid hornet Sorry, I don't beleive your going to be 64, maybe 32 but Happy Birthday anyways.
quick veldt
As Homer Simpson has once said.....DOH
lethal lagoon
threw me off because the screws that came with it dont fit into that hole
fallow fractal
music
lethal lagoon
silly servo
open girder
10% off all items in stock code is rubylaser expires 7/11/18 @ 11:59pm ET #askanengineer https://youtu.be/OT0vMQcX67Y & http://www.adafruit.com
waxen thistle
very mellow intro, I dig it
viral sail
Hi everyone. It's Ada'clock, time for Ask an Engineer!
lethal lagoon
FYI: MIDI is now present, and ready for Ask An Engineer
quick veldt
Thanks adafruit for making my Wednesday’s and Friday’s inspiring and fun!
clear matrix
@lethal lagoon All the pets!
river peak
@viral sail I like "Ada'Clock"
lavish patrol
@haughty quiver 's zoetrope looks like a Tim Burton creation.
waxen thistle
"Laser".
shell mason
Gems in lazer aka "rubylazer
fallow fractal
Early lasers used rubies. /maybe
lethal lagoon
wednesday is shopping day!
shell mason
@fallow fractal or have lazers behind the ruby eyes
quick veldt
I wish I had a large amount of cash to spend on Wednesdays. Adafruit boxes are even more exciting than Amazon boxes!
shell mason
seemed like common theme in classic doctor who
fallow fractal
Maiman's functional laser used a solid-state flashlamp-pumped synthetic ruby crystal to produce red laser light, at 694 nanometers wavelength; /wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser
lavish patrol
@quick veldt I think we all wished we had more cash to spend. 😀
quick veldt
Unless the Amazon box has an adafruit product in it....
The $14 shipping gets me every time :(
Not Adafruits fault...it’s amazons fault for spoiling me
shell mason
I already see walking stick what have head with rubylazers on the eyes
dim knot
Show and Tell every Wed @ 7:30pm ET! To join, leave a comment on the Show and Tell announcement on Adafruit's G+ page, you’ll be invited to
share your project! http://plus.google.com/+adafruit
lavish patrol
Tip for buying on eBay - look for NOS (New Old Stock)
heavy siren
Will I get a notification when my AdaBox 008 gets shipped??? Just wondering. Waiting anxiously.
quick veldt
Yes email
open girder
@heavy siren yup! next 3 to 5 biz days
quick veldt
I’m also waiting anxiously....
heavy siren
@open girder Great Thank you.
lavish patrol
@worldly halo Shouldn't that read, waiting excitedly? 😉
eager sapphire
Reminds me of “oh, the Wells Fargo wagon is a comin’”
...and it could be something special just for mEeeeeeEEEe
solid wyvernBOT
adafruit is live at https://www.twitch.tv/adafruit
quick veldt
JP always has strange music 😋
lethal lagoon
@shell mason yes, the wings would totally work out of foam!
lavish patrol
@quick veldt I think he gets it from Collin...
lethal lagoon
im prototyping in cardboard because it's cheap/free and not too precious
eager sapphire
JP is the master of industrialtechnofunk
heavy siren
@lethal lagoon Yeah, but he has very cool projects. Never miss his webcast on Thursdays.
normal plover
Apparently he likes to torture ping pong balls though
lavish patrol
@normal plover The ping pong balls were volunteers.
fallow fractal
My favorite of all time was Mister Wizard getting a hardboiled egg into a milk bottle by creating negative pressure inside the bottle. /they_still_had_milk_bottles
clear matrix
CircuitPython 3.0.0! https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/releases/tag/3.0.0
shell mason
leeka
eager sapphire
Huge thumbs up to the CP team, wow
heavy siren
@pearl portal Will the Ruby and Billie enameled pins ever come back for purchase???
fallow fractal
three trois 3 thuree
quick veldt
Alas if only I had a crickit and circuit playground. Too bad they’re both out of stock.
eager sapphire
Get yourself on the waiting list
quick veldt
Nah I think I’m good
jagged aspen
I love the Metro M0/M4 boards 😃
quick veldt
Personally I dislike microbit
fallow fractal
I have a saved wishlist called Out Of Stock -- I check it when I login to keep aware of anything that went back into stock that I was after.
quick veldt
Circuit playground is much better
waxen thistle
Past versions of Adabot and LadyAda? I suspect a TARDIS was involved here....
jagged aspen
I just realized the video is about Circuit Playground, not CPX!
lethal lagoon
aww that was so cute!
shell mason
clear matrix
@jagged aspen It's been updated on some level, because the original Circuit Playground doesn't work with CircuitPython.
fallow fractal
Somebody said that lasers aren't possible without quantum theory
waxen thistle
And if you go all dark side, you build moon-sized battlestations powered by a giant kyber crystal just to blow up planets.
lavish patrol
Is that bender?
fallow fractal
c64!
shell mason
@rapid hornet the C64 keyboard i think i have 2 of them
clear matrix
@rapid hornet Nice!
shell mason
one have one ball resistor off
waxen thistle
What was the link for the Robotics meetup?
....apologies? I posted the link and I got slapped.
fallow fractal
woah that's low 57 KHz.
EDIT: 87 KHz.
clear matrix
@waxen thistle It has subwords in it that Dyno doesn't like.
lavish patrol
Low frequencies penetrate better in that sort of situation.
waxen thistle
@clear matrix after reading the URL, I thought the same thing 😛
It's on the Adafruit blog, publish date of July 9th 😃
buoyant basin
Submarines use extremely low frequency radio too
dim knot
shell mason
and miniSubs
lavish patrol
👍 for open source.
quick veldt
Adabox 008 is green
heavy siren
@buoyant basin Yes, they do, but the Silent Service will never admit it. Shshshsh...
quick veldt
Apparently
normal plover
@quick veldt Only if it's fresh
quick veldt
Crickit truly is a robotics platform we’ve needed for a long time. I think it will bring a lot of people into robotics.
shell mason
that mount crickit is like satellite
jagged aspen
The new adabox is awesome!
quick veldt
No spoilers :)
jagged aspen
I think saying it's awesome isn't a spoiler, given it's from adafruit 😃
opal wolf
Many years ago I took RHCE training with a guy who was a submariner in the Navy.
shell mason
so there is a car inside Adabot08
quick veldt
Well I’ve read the whole guide already 😅
shell mason
Adabox08 have Car in parts
opal wolf
They use sea water running through tubes to cool their computer racks.
quick veldt
Um what did I do?
shell mason
Zenith the formula E car spoiler
heavy siren
@jagged aspen Haven't received my 008 yet. But don't worry about spoiling anything. I'm going to watch the unboxing on Friday night anyway.
muted mesa
huh. i just finished my sammich... (well, bagel, but close enough)
lavish patrol
@opal wolf You wouldn't want a leak. Salt water and electronics are not a good mix.
shell mason
Seasaw and swimmer robot
heavy siren
I passed my 3 tests at the Secretary of States office for my CLP, Commercial Learners Permit. I'm going to school to get my Class A CDL to be a truck driver.
plush inlet
any more pictures of the of the circuit python handheld game console?
opal wolf
@lavish patrol Yeah, they have a rigorous replacement schedule for the tubes, etc.
heavy siren
60 years old and giving up my Software Developers career to drive trucks. How cool is that?
shell mason
when you make a robot car with oopic and sensors its hard work
shell mason
what i have to use in oopic R was needing to use printer port in pc to connect it to oopic R board to program a robot
heavy siren
@quick veldt Choices, gotta love 'em...
quick veldt
I didn’t mention Arduino IDE because I dislike it
shell mason
then later the school used lego mindstorms to teach robotics for students
quick veldt
Fun fact: LEGO mindstorms supports makecode now. It works just like a CPX where it shows up as a drive and you drop the makecode file onto the brick.
lethal lagoon
i am so excited to be tinkering with motors now! i never thought i could do it before
heavy siren
@quick veldt The arduino IDE is ok, but you might want to check out "mu" for coding in python. It's very nice.
quick veldt
@heavy siren way ahead of you. I love python and mu
lethal lagoon
i figured i wouldnt have the attention span to get through the basics to do anything cool
lavish patrol
You don't want to overwhelm people.
heavy siren
@quick veldt Great, glad to hear it.... 😃
quick veldt
@lethal lagoon with crickit you just need 5 mins and some motors
shell mason
one group was able to make robotic rc car to not hit things was really hard and not easy
halcyon linden
@proper trench I know what you meaning by the hassles and delays as I worked on industrial automation in the heavy industry for over 30 years
waxen thistle
It boils down to one thing: momentum.
When introducing new topics, we have to work to make them simple yet rewarding with results. And we have to make it easy to continue.
Otherwise we will lose that hard-to-get momentum.
quick veldt
When I get momentum I just keep going. Sometimes I hop from thing to thing so fast I create hazards
lethal lagoon
i think often people think that making things simple means nerfing it or making it less useful, but i see soooo many possibilities with just basic servos and motors, i will build the complexity later
fallow fractal
Those plastic spheres with the joiners are good
Had them last week or the week before on this show.
shell mason
for people who dont have electric engineer to help them its harder
eager sapphire
Always good to test theories with something quick
shell mason
well back in the day
lavish patrol
@fallow fractal Capsella?
quick veldt
I think Makecode is great. I love it with my mindstorms kit and I will love it with my CPX
fallow fractal
Yes Capsella
eager sapphire
Especially during an ‘architecture’ phase, to see if something is even practical
waxen thistle
@lethal lagoon You're absolutely right -- simple has such a negative connotation, and it's hard to disassociate from that.
rigid wren
The jacks and connectors really make the Crickit a great platform for reusable components and easy swapping of parts.
shell mason
when IT engineer students back in a day tried to make a robot it was so harder as normally they can make something move but with hardware its different
opal wolf
That looks like electronic frosting.
quick veldt
@rigid wren agreed. And it’s all beautifully labeled and well organized. It makes it that much easier to get going.
Great things are going to come from crickit when thousands of people get their hands on it at once
gray nest
That 3D printer was making a loofah
normal plover
I wish there was s'more
heavy siren
new new new new???
waxen thistle
I've taught leadership courses for Boy Scout summer camp - and the lessons behind the Crickit aren't very different. Ok, we didn't use a pick & place on the kids -- but it was hard to build that momentum to get them really "into" things.
But man, once we got them going -- having a group of dedicated, enthusiastic young folks constructively attack a challenge -- that was really something to behold.
fallow fractal
fear.of.missing.out
shell mason
new new new new new
heavy siren
yessssssssssssssssss...................
quick veldt
New new new
lavish patrol
We don't have s'mores in the UK. Why don't we have s'mores in the UK?
dim knot
Nimbus the Friendly Cloud Entity - Limited Edition Enamel Pin https://www.adafruit.com/product/3389
shell mason
pew pew pew pew pew as its rubylazer code
heavy siren
I ordered a Nimbus today.
quick veldt
Make a Facebook enamel pin to go along with nimbus. I imagine it’ll look like an evil dragon that breathes leaked data!
lethal lagoon
uroboro-something?
dim knot
Pimoroni pin:bit for micro:bit https://www.adafruit.com/product/3833
quick veldt
Personally I dislike the ram slot like aspect of the micro bit
dim knot
Blinka Ouroboros - Limited Edition Enamel Pin https://www.adafruit.com/product/3637
Pimoroni LED SHIM for Raspberry Pi https://www.adafruit.com/product/3831
opal wolf
There once was a serpent who only traveled in one direction. Always forward, never backward.
fallow fractal
Hi sdw
dim knot
Pimoroni pin:bit for micro:bit https://www.adafruit.com/product/3833
opal wolf
👋
dim knot
DC Motor Plastic Mount - 130 Size / 20mm Diameter https://www.adafruit.com/product/3843
lavish patrol
Approved by George Washington.
heavy siren
That looks very similair to the one I 3D printed for my motors.
fallow fractal
(on Mount Washington, no less)
lavish patrol
@fallow fractal I just got that. 😉
fallow fractal
;)
dim knot
AdaBot Head Sticker https://www.adafruit.com/product/3841
quick veldt
That color....
dim knot
Adafruit 1.54" Tri-Color eInk / ePaper Display with SRAM - Red Black White https://www.adafruit.com/product/3625
shell mason
or blinka color?
opal wolf
Blinka on e-ink-a
odd stream
This display is perfect. I am planning a project that was going to use something like this I randomly found on Amazon. Now there's an Adafruit product for it!
fallow fractal
Yeah that's a rich saturation on that display.
shell mason
Bl-e-ink-a
lavish patrol
It's a high-tech magnadoodle.
odd stream
And a nice GFX based library 😃
quick veldt
Does the e ink display work with circuit python?
shell mason
barcode your design
iron talon
msn
shell mason
QR code not so much barcode well it could fit
fallow fractal
See its still on even though disconnected.
eager sapphire
Still looks pretty good after two days
shell mason
I use VS Code as my code editor and notepad
muted mesa
that'll be interesting how the Cali E-Ink license plate experiment will go, with the burn-in.
fallow fractal
Looks like a tattoo
fallow fractal
top secret
quick veldt
Ram slot Crickit
odd stream
This should be awesome in schools.
waxen thistle
Yup.
fallow fractal
Yeah that is for sure. skoolz.
odd stream
Microbit is huge in schools here in Canada.
shell mason
or any edgeconnector board
jagged aspen
@odd stream what province?
shell mason
I have Azure IOT Devkit board what use edge connector
odd stream
Ontario I have first hand knowledge of.
eager sapphire
Regarding that e-ink board, holding an image for two days - totally unpowered right now?
opal wolf
They're quite limited, though...
quick veldt
Q: Are round and octagon PCB shapes more challenging to do than rectangle designs, and what happens to all the waste?
fallow fractal
yes e-ink stays at the last state it saw
viral sail
Are there any plans to carry the PiJuice HAT in the Adafruit shop?
heavy siren
Where can I get a Circuit Python Tee shirt like the one your wearing???
eager sapphire
Sweeeeet thanks
halcyon linden
@odd stream I teach some automation robotics at Mohawk in Southern Ontario
fallow fractal
hexagonal would tile
eager sapphire
We are makers! Make yer own!
viral sail
Thanks 😃
runic acorn
Not a question, just hugs for creating an accessible robotics to ecosystem with Crikt! 💜
shell mason
Hexacon Crickit?
tame tiger
Is there a time table for circuitpython working with Bluefruit L E
heavy siren
@open girder Got it, your right, I will make my own. I have a Cricut so it will be easy. Just a thought
fallow fractal
m4 CAN bus feather
fallen rivet
Plus Maxim has at least one Feather.
quick veldt
Q: Can the GPIO from a crickit drive something like a display?
eager sapphire
Making servos and sensors so accessible—that’s a wonderful big step forward (just like these Atmel boards were so long ago)
It’s a beautiful thing.
quick veldt
Final Question: With how much savings are in Adaboxes how do they stay profitable, or are they profitable at all? Free shipping is so great.
shell mason
seesaw with crickit and using edge connector so who make board with edgeconnector would be nice if it can be used as Crickit
heavy siren
CPX and CricCut are like Plug-n-Play except it's Plug-n-Code.
fallen rivet
All this winning!
quick veldt
Aw man :( I really wanted to win this week.
fallow fractal
He sounds great on 87 KHz. ;)
strange mantle
🇨🇦
fallow fractal
🍁
muted mesa
Congrats Gordon from 🇨🇦
jagged aspen
We pay so much for phone service, it better work well!
viral sail
Thanks and good night.
heavy siren
Awesome, Hello World really is the world. How cool is that???
halcyon linden
🇨🇦
fallen rivet
Nationalized phone.
normal plover
sounded a little like adabot
eager sapphire
Well we pay too much too!
plush inlet
thank you!
odd stream
Haha... that's why I've hung onto my US cell phone/plan.
eager sapphire
And it sounds like [ahem]
waxen thistle
@open girder Thanks again for another wonderful evening of shows!
halcyon linden
Great show @open girder
fallen rivet
tyty froots
muted mesa
Thanks @open girder and everyone! go break CircuitPython 3 so it can get better!
lavish patrol
Bye all. 😃
odd stream
I'll be doing Humidty/Temoperature monitor jar 2.0 with a Feather M? and that eink display.
inner spade
Thanks!
odd stream
Good shows!
quick veldt
@open girder I’m obsessively looking around the internet for crickit stuff...so upload more crickit stuff 😝
eager sapphire
Planning something like that for the fish tanks here, @odd stream
shell mason
there is likely that E-ink after 2days have pinkish backgound could be turned closer to ladyada hair color?
eager sapphire
Something lowwww power
normal plover
Looking forward to getting my adabox
odd stream
@quick veldt I have a few Crickit guides in the works.
quick veldt
Awesome
shell mason
crickit is nice for fishtank or terrarium if you hacve
lethal lagoon
Thanks all!!!
quick veldt
@lethal lagoon good luck with your project
lethal lagoon
thanks @quick veldt !
eager sapphire
Great show, always is
odd stream
@quick veldt I've been working on one while watching tonight 😃
fallow fractal
I'm going to use the level-shifter on the Crickit's NeoPixel line for something else, but I've forgotten what that something else was. ;)
quick veldt
Want to share some photos? :)
heavy siren
Well, that was another great webcast by @open girder . Make a great day everyone. Chicago signing off.
quick veldt
Eventually I will win the giveaway
fallow fractal
for making a robot is better to try micropython compatible board or a ATSAMD21-like board is do just fine? considering it has to read, ultrassonic sensors, IMU unit and control 4 motors?
odd stream
@fallow fractal You might be happpier with a SAMD51 board: Feather/ItsyBitsy M4
fallen rivet
@fallow fractal If you're planning on using Micro/Circuit-Python on it, then I also agree you'd be better off with a SAMD51, ESP32, or PyBoard.
tawdry orchid
What was the discount promo code this evening?
fallen rivet
rubylaser, I believe
tawdry orchid
Okay, I tried it with a "z" and not an "s" as someone wrote it above - thanks!!
fallen rivet
yeah, "rubylaser" works.
tawdry orchid
Thanks!! - Yes it does!!
fallow fractal
light amplification [by] stimulated emission [of] radiation
The world's very first laser - teardown. ;)
young adder
Good evening people !
haughty quiver
hello!
eager sapphire
Hello John!
inner spade
Hello!
eager sapphire
Had to hit refresh, was locked on to the DIgiikey stream
young adder
same here, every week ^^
alpine bane
Discord was down for me until a couple mins ago, perfect timing, hey everyone!
inner spade
Sound level is excellent: peak -1db, ave -6db
young adder
talking about sound : what's the cheapest - and possibly the easiest ^^ - way to make sound with a Feather M4 Express or an Arduino ?
inner spade
Voice audio peak -5db, ave -9db
eager sapphire
Sweet - keepin’ it cool
young adder
Hey @haughty quiver you've got a bunch of fans here in the channel ^^
inner spade
Crown
alpine bane
but i'm only an 80mm fan 😮
solid wyvernBOT
adafruit is live at https://www.twitch.tv/adafruit
young adder
Yep, that was good french 😃
I wish I could use those coupons on DigiKey Switzerland ^^
inner spade
"shouting" level is still -4db. 'sokay.
young adder
hum.. could this mini solenoid be used like a door or treasure chest lock ?
heavy siren
I used this same solenoid to release a magnetic bomb from my drone. Worked great.
fallow fractal
.oO( ... Fitting for a cryogenic suspension comes to mind ...)
gaunt plume
jp: do you make iced coffee normally or?
young adder
bummer. .. not mini push-pull solenoid on DigiKey.ch 😦
you could have used https://www.adafruit.com/product/261 (JST PH 2-Pin Cable - Female Connector 100mm)
well, the male version actually
gaunt plume
oh- there's a TJ that opened right next to the Adafruit HQ, within 30secs walking 😄
inner spade
Fan noise isn't a distraction.
inner spade
(Fan noise came up to -42db from -48db with the PZM. Not bad!)
normal plover
$16.95 for a set of 10 octagon lego pieces
inner spade
Need to strike the glass above the water level.
gaunt plume
ha, risky flute usage
eager sapphire
That was particularly brave
young adder
it sounds better than a lot of stuff on the radio 😃
inner spade
Very cool!
gaunt plume
listening to that while the Adafruit IO Library built with travis was really something
inspiring, even
inner spade
... and the VibraSlap.
young adder
How would you drive the solenoid without a Crickit ?
heavy siren
Use a 2n2222
normal plover
You could probably use any motor driver
heavy siren
or a MOSFET would work fine.
young adder
thanks !
normal plover
or maybe a relay
haughty quiver
inner spade
Great workshop today! Thanks!
young adder
Thank you @haughty quiver for another great show !
normal plover
What time is that Eastern?
young adder
Thanks @inner spade for the link
inner spade
normal plover
Thanks John
inner spade
eager sapphire
Yet ANOTHER great show thanks John! Very clever & straightforward
fallow fractal
Sounds like CHU Canada
haughty quiver
thanks @eager sapphire !
i'm having a ton of fun with these, plus I'm super happy my main camera never overheated!
eager sapphire
There’s a remastered version on YT that’s quite fine
haughty quiver
the two timings together in that song always make my head explode
eager sapphire
It’s a beautiful thing
young adder
Right, so now I have to bug DigiKey.ch until they carry the mini solenoid 😃
haughty quiver
do it!
eager sapphire
“Spent my money, took my car, started telling her friends she gonna be a star”. <- ok that’s some serious blues lyric there
haughty quiver
it's a great song to perform on helium.
young adder
some international restriction might prevent them to sell that outside the U.S. though...
ok, time to go to sleep ! Thanks again guys, see you all next week !
haughty quiver
see you @young adder
For anyone interested, this is the project I mentioned that inspired the solenoid LEGO connection: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1481744082/dadamachines-music-machines-for-everyone
@young adder the Feather M4 Express can play .wav files in CircuitPython if you want to do sampled stuff.
somber prairie
nice
open girder
And we’re LIVE! join us in #digi-key-discord https://youtu.be/aHiq3dKE50U
rancid raptor
everyone is commenting in youtube chat I think 😃
open girder
we are in #digi-key-discord
fallow fractal
thank you guys @fallen rivet @odd stream I did not know about the adafruit M4 ATSAM51 boards, I have checked it out and they're really awesome
river peak
@fallow fractal The M4 boards are all quite new
odd stream
@fallow fractal Cool. Yes, as @river peak says, they're all quite new.
They've been in the works since... late last year? ... and have been trickling out: Mtero, ItsyBitsy, and most recently the Feather.
normal plover
Anybody know when the Adabox 8 unboxing is scheduled?
clear matrix
9pm EST tonight!
normal plover
Great thanks
bronze stratus
Yeah!
analog acorn
Hey, @haughty quiver , are you streaming on YouTube tonight?
inner spade
Woo hoo!
fallow fractal
Just click on the link at the top of this Discord chan.
analog acorn
Ahhh, cool, thanks
halcyon linden
Hello all
analog acorn
(My situation awareness is unparalleled, since I didn't even see that, @fallow fractal ) 😃
fallow fractal
The only one that isn't like that is Show and Tell as far as I .. can tell.
waxen thistle
Octobox!
proper trench
yas
waxen thistle
I can't imagine how many years of work and late nights of effort led up to this release.
👏
proper trench
our whole lives have led to this moment
haughty quiver
let's do it!!!
river peak
@waxen thistle How old is Adafruit?
waxen thistle
It's only as old as it feels!
solid wyvernBOT
adafruit is live at https://www.twitch.tv/adafruit
proper trench
whee!
river peak
oooh, Facebook just told me Adafruit is live.... I think I'm aware of that.
waxen thistle
Boxes within boxes!
river peak
SO MUCH
waxen thistle
Cats love yarn.
normal plover
hmmm, what's that on the shelf above his shoulder
river peak
@normal plover Which shoulder?
normal plover
Right
waxen thistle
@normal plover It's the Adabox that's he's opening. Yes, there's two in the same timeline. Ponders a few questions, doesn't it?
YES! I wanted one of those coloring books! Thank you!
river peak
@waxen thistle Shall we color you impressed?
fallow fractal
@prime sail @river peak I'm quite surprised because this is the first arduino compatible board they made that uses a microcontroller never used by any official arduino board before
proper trench
YOU get a coloring book! YOU get a coloring book!
waxen thistle
@river peak Tickle me pink!
river peak
@fallow fractal It's Arduino-Compatible because they made it Arduino-compatible
It's really cool, though, I agree
bronze stratus
Yeah, Crickit stickers!
quick veldt
ooooh
river peak
Sticker Crickit? Stickit?
proper trench
they're great stickers - vinyl and die cut
waxen thistle
Slinky?
river peak
"Spring"
normal plover
Its a slinky, a fun and wonderful toy
clear matrix
"Stair compatible spring toy."
fallow fractal
@river peak exactly, this is the coolest part to me
quick veldt
@proper trench Is it supposed to be spelled like that? 😅
bronze stratus
Finally, I get my hand on a crickit! Thank you 😃
waxen thistle
Sharp eye @quick veldt
quick veldt
river peak
@fallow fractal I presume (But @proper trench can confirm/deny) that much of the code to get the SAMD51 working was similar to the SAMD21, which certainly helps.
waxen thistle
Another CPX! Yes.
quick veldt
yay CPX
I'm going to make so many projects with this Adabox
technically it's my first one! exciting
river peak
@proper trench That's probably the easiest way to get into an engineering hole. "Oh, this is the same series, that means things are the same!" narrator voice "They were not the same"
fallow fractal
I am not Herbert. --Spok
quick veldt
I have to say this biscuit design is really great.
waxen thistle
@river peak Can we get Morgan Freeman?
hard hollow
howdy fellow discordians
quick veldt
Hi
fallow fractal
Crickit CPX is very steampunk
waxen thistle
I really get a kick out of how JP puts the feet on.
quick veldt
Hey @hard hollow while you're here...check this out. http://a.co/70ObAZB Better than flashforge creator pro
opal wing
Format /Codeofconduction
river peak
That servo is armed!
hard hollow
@quick veldt oh cool, digging that large touch screen
fallow fractal
@proper trench @river peak it brings a new level of processing power to arduino compatible boards without force us to code in a higher level language, that is what I was looking for
proper trench
fern, yes! the M4 is so roomy, circuitpython runs very well on it. and arduino is super fast. its like a supercomputer
quick veldt
puts thing into perspective since phones are much faster than an M4
opal wing
Liquid Salt battries only
waxen thistle
I've been very happy with the M4 metro so far, what a fully featured arduino dev board
river peak
@fallow fractal It brings a colossal amount of processing power. I'm planning on moving my DigiBadges to an M0 or M4 eventually. Currently they're on 328p chips. The numeric difference is staggering to consider