live-broadcast-chat

[quick veldt]

Is audio support through crickit going to come to makecode?

[proper trench]

@quick veldt you can play tones now, wave playback is something we are thinking about but there's a lot that has to happen first

[waxen thistle]

The MakeDo screws -- are the the set listed in the store, or are they a subset of them?

[proper trench]

so for now we recommend circuitpython - we designed it specificaly with audio-playback capability

[quick veldt]

yeah I read that on the guide

[proper trench]

@waxen thistle this is a special mini pack!

[opal wing]

Tool already lost

[waxen thistle]

@proper trench Thanks -- I'll make sure not to take off the two sets on my wishlist then 😃

[quick veldt]

Yes. I've already lost the tool even though mine hasn't shipped yet!

[river peak]

Making hex drives must be difficult, what with having to find a witch/sorcerer and all...

[quick veldt]

Personally I can't wait to hook up the robotic arm I bought to the crickit

I have a project idea

[fallow fractal]

@river peak the option to choose program the Metro M4 in circuitpython or arduino language is just perfect to me

[analog acorn]

Oh goodness. The 3D printer is going to be busy churning out mounts and brackets and such...

[proper trench]

@quick veldt you can drive up to 4 servos with the crickit for sure, but dont forget to get a good 5V power supply, AA"s wont cut it!

[quick veldt]

Oh yeah. I want to order the 5V 4A supply

[opal wing]

Big Trac OP

[fallow fractal]

Those are my top two TT motor accessories - orange gummy wheel and the pulley.

[river peak]

The robotic arm I have (That has languished and sat gathering dust for far too long) is powered by 4 D-cells at 6v. They were really clever in getting the 3v for the control - Just a wire out of the middle of the batteries

@fallow fractal They seem wheely nice

[quick veldt]

@proper trench How many more Adaboxes do you guys have left to ship out?

[proper trench]

we've shipped the majority, hundreds going out every day!

[waxen thistle]

If you're up the creek, you at least have a robotic paddle!

[hard hollow]

@analog acorn ICYMI we have a 3D printable mount for the CRICKIT pcb with some add-ons 😃

[river peak]

@proper trench How many were signed up for? I know you were close to hitting the limit, but I don't remember what that limit was

[proper trench]

4000!

[quick veldt]

they did hit the limit

I almost didn't even get to subscribe. But someone cancelled their subcription.

[opal wing]

Twist Ties > Zip Ties

[untold ingot]

Wow. Congrats LadyADA!

[waxen thistle]

4k adaboxes. My goodness, you folks must be exhausted.

Bravo 😃

[quick veldt]

Phew

[river peak]

That's amazing

[proper trench]

enjoy em!

[quick veldt]

I will indeed

[bronze stratus]

We will enjoy them for sure. Thank you all for your hard work!

[proper trench]

thank you for supporting us!

[untold ingot]

This box is perfect for kiddos!

[proper trench]

we couldn't do it without ya

@untold ingot yay we hope so! many of the projects start easy, but can team up with adults for more complex parts

[analog acorn]

@hard hollow Thank you! I did in deed miss it, but I'll go grab the files....

[proper trench]

great for beginners and experts together

[quick veldt]

I saw a blog post about someone who cancelled their hackerbox and then restarted their adabox subcription because "Adafruit actually cares about people." I have to agree with him. What you've created with adafruit is a real inspiration to all of us. Thank you for making great electronics and a great community.

[waxen thistle]

@proper trench I've found those pop rivets, but a thicker version for 3-4 layers of cardboard: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079YGLZ3Z/

[hard hollow]

@faint dock sure thing, it's in the guide here https://learn.adafruit.com/mount-for-crickit also on thingiverse

[proper trench]

@waxen thistle oooooh nice find@

we'll get some samples!

[quick veldt]

4000 of these!

[proper trench]

yepppp

im kneedeep in adabox009

[quick veldt]

ooooooh

80 days

[proper trench]

and adabox010 is in design phase, adabox011 is a twinkle but we know what it'll be

[analog acorn]

@hard hollow Perfect! And I have both black and yellow PLA. 😃

[hard hollow]

my nephew loved the adabot puzzle 😃

[proper trench]

they'll all be really good

[waxen thistle]

Ok, the value side of me is going WOOOOO HOOOOO. Folks....that was all for $60. It's like buying a CPX + Crickit....and getting everything else for free. This is so awesome.

[quick veldt]

I'm sure

[river peak]

I'm curious about 009, 010, and 011

[proper trench]

stay curious! but its sekret

[bronze stratus]

Soon 5000 subscribers for sure!

[river peak]

I'd love to make something for a box at some point.

I've got a bunch of boards that need work. That'll come after BronyCon, though

[analog acorn]

Hmmmm. I'm designing a team building exercise at Microsoft. Was going to do CircuitPython (for engineers), but I should at least mention MakeCode....

[proper trench]

@river peak im sure your code and contributions will appear in an adabox guide!

[opal wing]

macarena

[proper trench]

@analog acorn it is microsoft makecode 😉

[analog acorn]

@proper trench Right! That's why I should at least mention it. LOL.

[river peak]

@proper trench My code is less likely. Coding is easily my least favorite part about this hobby. Although being able to use Python now is a significant bit of awesome

On the other hand, I love building things and boards and whatever. I've got a Hall Effect Array feather that I still need to solder up...

[analog acorn]

@river peak Coding is like playing volleyball. I love it, but you probably don't want me on your team. 😉

[proper trench]

cool!

[quick veldt]

@proper trench While you are here I just want to say that you are a big inspiration to me and I want you to know that Adafruit has single handedly kickstarted a great career for me and probably many others. So keep doing great things!

[waxen thistle]

I'd love to see a kit like this available in the AdaStore. A nice one-stop-shop I can recommend to friends + their kids.

[hard hollow]

If anyone likes to live on the edge, there's a beta of makecode that lets you upload code via web USB 😉

[proper trench]

yay thanks @quick veldt for being part of the community

@waxen thistle we'll hvae this box in the store like the others, and probably some other 'intro to robotics' kits

[quick veldt]

yes please. dragging the file is my least favorite part of makecode

[proper trench]

now we have something easy - until now it was just too hard

[river peak]

I'm going to echo @quick veldt - Without @proper trench and Adafruit, I would never have been able to learn board design and programming and Phoenixborn would simply not exist

[proper trench]

@quick veldt there is a webusb support for makecode - i think its working still. no clicking/dragging

[quick veldt]

yes thats what noe mentioned

[hard hollow]

@quick veldt https://makecode.adafruit.com/beta?webusb=1#editor

[bronze stratus]

Will there be a crickit for micro:bit?

[quick veldt]

yes

[proper trench]

woops sorry didnt see noe's message

lol

[quick veldt]

Code name: fat ram slot crickit

[river peak]

I'm sure that's Noe problem.

[proper trench]

nath, yep, we have to port some code over but Its Not Out Yet

[normal plover]

@bronze stratus its a secret, but...

[waxen thistle]

@proper trench you have no idea how much I was yelling "Yes! She gets it!" at the monitor during the last AAE regarding getting into robotics. I've been feeling that way for years, and I am a maker myself. Imagine how those new to the hobby feel....

[hard hollow]

@river peak Noe way!

[bronze stratus]

Yeah! You guys rock!

[quick veldt]

totally!

[proper trench]

@waxen thistle i really think that the inaccessability of robotics has been a unspoken shame of makers/engineers

nobody talks about it, but we all know 😦

im hoping that crickit helps. maybe its not perfect, but it could inspire something better 😄

[normal plover]

Sounds like an RA (robotics anonymous) meeting

[waxen thistle]

"Perfect" is highly subjective. Sometimes 80% is an excellent goal to reach.

OH NO can't hear you! @haughty quiver

[normal plover]

It would be perfect if it could fly

[river peak]

@haughty quiver You're very quiet right now

[hard hollow]

quick, hit the big RED button!

[bronze stratus]

Great job John as always 😃

[fallow fractal]

John no audio

there u go

[quick veldt]

I think microcontrollers in general have been inaccessible to many younger people. I never found the arduino IDE fun. Circuit python on the other hand, is great. What we have now is just leaps and bounds over what we had just a few years ago.

[waxen thistle]

@haughty quiver Loud and clear now, whew!

Stand down everyone, we're all good.

[shell mason]

very humid johnpark

[proper trench]

we were ready to hit that alert

this is how you know its really live 😄

[quick veldt]

Is that phone still broke?

[normal plover]

I thought John was an Animatronic escaped from disney

[waxen thistle]

@normal plover He....isn't?

[quick veldt]

*Robotics Flashbacks

[river peak]

Man, rover kits are... boring

[opal wing]

Lawn !!!!!

[fallow fractal]

I just accidentally found out that YouTube (in Chromium) has vi keybindings. ;)

[quick veldt]

hey don't insult poor adabox 002

[river peak]

It's not an insult

They're great

[proper trench]

adabox002 was great! but we can do better every box 😃

[normal plover]

I liked line followers, but then there was no line

[shell mason]

Crickit alert

[river peak]

But they're not easily customizable.

It's hard to make them your own

[shell mason]

Cickint alert your fellow robot alert

[waxen thistle]

Rovers are awesome, they absolutely have a place -- but they're not flexible and you easily get locked into a form-factor, accessories, etc.

[normal plover]

rovers are from mars

[quick veldt]

Thanks to adabox 002 now I have four DC motors and a chassis

[waxen thistle]

Random thought: I don't know why, but I'd love to see a bright yellow circuit board.

[proper trench]

@quick veldt crickit can fit on that rover 😃

[quick veldt]

can it be mounted with hardware?

[proper trench]

there's 8 holes, i think two can line up

[waxen thistle]

@spring heath Thanks for an awesome guide!

[proper trench]

we didnt have makecode back then ... but now we do!

[analog acorn]

AND you can laser cut cardboard. 😃

[river peak]

I wish I had a laser cutter

But they're expensive

[shell mason]

now you can make huge fun with it

[quick veldt]

Ah yes. The crickit inspire cardboard cart.

[opal wing]

Love that stroobe

[river peak]

Next on my tools to get is one of those paper cutters.

[analog acorn]

@river peak I don't have one, but there's on in the Microsoft Makerspace...

[waxen thistle]

@river peak I've been eyeing the Glowforge, but their "needs internet connection" part scares me. The Cri-Cut (man these names are so similar) is also next on my list.

[quick veldt]

FYI conductive tape is perfect to use on cardboard robotics

[waxen thistle]

Hoping I see one on sale (either just the machine or a package with additional attachments) this Amazon Prime Day.

[quick veldt]

very compact

[river peak]

@analog acorn The MS Makerspace is a little out of my way

[analog acorn]

@river peak Did you see Naiomi Wu's video on her new laser cutter? It's 60w and considerably less expensive than other options....

@river peak Well, yes, good point.

[waxen thistle]

@analog acorn Do you have a link to it?

[analog acorn]

Hang on, I'll dig it out.

[quick veldt]

Ah yes. In the twitter teaser the stumble bot was getting by just fine without the crickit. Thanks for the crickit!

[river peak]

@analog acorn I have not seen it. But what qualifies as "Less expensive"?

[waxen thistle]

RubbishRobot

[analog acorn]

@waxen thistle @river peak https://youtu.be/PcEmlSHe818

[waxen thistle]

MiscellanyMisfits

[quick veldt]

this little guy is on kickstarter

[waxen thistle]

@analog acorn Thanks man!

[analog acorn]

You're welcome!

@river peak I don't recall the pricing....

[quick veldt]

are those three crickits?

[proper trench]

yep jp has a lot

he had to build many projects 😄

[quick veldt]

No wonder they are out of stock. JP has them all!

[proper trench]

lol we'll have more in the shop next week!

[waxen thistle]

I have two Crickit Feathers -- because LORA 😃

[hard hollow]

Digikey had ~200 in stock last time I checked

[normal plover]

I am hoping my adabox arrives soon.....

[proper trench]

share stuff online, tweet / blog / facebook

[quick veldt]

me too

[proper trench]

use #MakeRobotFriend as your tag!

[quick veldt]

ladyada you should discord more

[proper trench]

this is a special time 😃

[river peak]

@analog acorn Looks like... $1000-2000ish

[proper trench]

@hard hollow oh yeah good point - check digikey

[waxen thistle]

@proper trench I'm so glad this has gone amazingly well for you and the team you've built at Adafruit

[analog acorn]

@river peak True, but I'm used to the 5000-8500 price range....

[halcyon linden]

I had my local group of automation people together for our box opening. All 4 of use have our Adabox 008. Thanks

[river peak]

Yeah

It's inexpensive... for a laser cutter

[halcyon linden]

That was yesterday evening

[proper trench]

https://www.digikey.com/products/en/development-boards-kits-programmers/evaluation-boards-embedded-mcu-dsp/786?k=crickit

[inner spade]

Thank you!

[quick veldt]

No. It's over already?

[analog acorn]

Kudos, @haughty quiver !!! Well done!

[quick veldt]

Back to Netflix I suppose

[waxen thistle]

Thank you @haughty quiver and @proper trench for an awesome Adabox & unboxing video!

[proper trench]

@quick veldt time to design robot friends!!!

less westworld, more robopals 😄

[quick veldt]

Gotta pack up for 🏖

maybe my adabox will be here when I get back

[proper trench]

thanks everyone and @haughty quiver

another adabox down!

[river peak]

Thanks @proper trench @haughty quiver

[proper trench]

don't forget to #MakeRobotFriend

[river peak]

I look forward to the next one.

[proper trench]

we'd love to see what you build!

[quick veldt]

I have a few crickit ideas

[waxen thistle]

#MakeRobotFriend

[quick veldt]

time for me to get back on show and tell....I was on once probably 2 years ago

[normal plover]

good night everyone

[haughty quiver]

thanks so miuch all!

[hard hollow]

cheers!

[proper trench]

good night folx!

[haughty quiver]

thanks @river peak

[quick veldt]

900D N19H7

[haughty quiver]

bye @proper trench

[waxen thistle]

[now to wait patiently for mine to ship - given there are 4k of them, it gives me more time to think of what to build!]

[bronze stratus]

Good night and thanks for this great adabox 😃

[quick veldt]

@waxen thistle you and me both

[river peak]

@waxen thistle At 4000 of them, even 500/day is 8 days worth of shipping!

[quick veldt]

80 more days and we can do this again

it was fun

[proper trench]

we've shipped out a bunch!

[quick veldt]

now lets #makerobotfriends

[fallow fractal]

This is what Asimov said:
https://history.nasa.gov/sp482.pdf
Scroll to Page 56 for his talk.

[waxen thistle]

The effort must be herculean. I hope everyone gets a nice rest after the last one is shipped out.

[quick veldt]

mine will probably be the last one if I'm being honest

[river peak]

I haven't got an adabox yet at this point. Don't have the room for all the extra parts, and most of them haven't been anything I'm super itching for. Maybe 009 will be something small-ish and something more to my interests.

[quick veldt]

Aw. No room for a robot friend? 😔 Everyone needs a robot friend...

[proper trench]

ok later folkx!

[river peak]

Half my room is taken up by boxes holding stuff that I don't have a place for.

[proper trench]

time to work on adabox 009 😃

[river peak]

Later, @proper trench! I look forward to the next time you have a chance to chat here. It's fun!

[quick veldt]

But first...sleep. You deserve it!

[river peak]

I'm going to go back to soldering on these TFTs. 21 more to go!

And soldering TFTs is annoying, just going to say

[haughty quiver]

yikes, have fun?

:)

[river peak]

I'll solder on!

[burnt wasp]

@river peak

[river peak]

Yes!

[shell mason]

adabox10 after adabox09

[fading meadow]

after adabox09, I expected adabox0A

[shell mason]

@fading meadow the hex?

[fading meadow]

@shell mason seems only natural 😉

[shell mason]

Native Adabox0A

[gray nest]

Adab0x0A

[river peak]

@ @gray nest I think that's the best one.

[waxen thistle]

🎵
Solder on my wayward son.
For there'll be paste to put on.
Lay your weary iron down to rest.
Don't you wick no more.
🎵

[rocky reef]

#help-with-3dprinting Live https://www.youtube.com/adafruit/live

[eager sapphire]

Showtime!

[pearl shoal]

Howdy

Your overhead camera's a bit pink

[lavish patrol]

@pearl shoal I think it's the light.

[rocky reef]

the background is like a pink purple @pearl shoal

[pearl shoal]

Well then it's working perfectly 😃

Do you have the parts separately?

to show us?

[lavish patrol]

Highly detailed screws.

You could steer it just with the back wheels.

[solid wyvern]

adafruit is live at https://www.twitch.tv/adafruit

[pearl shoal]

I wonder if there's room to put the CP on the bottom - low-rider lights 😃

[lavish patrol]

@pearl shoal 👍

[rocky reef]

@pearl shoal yes totally !

[lavish patrol]

@pearl shoal It also needs some floodlights on the top. And a subwoofer for the sound.

[pearl shoal]

And the front should bounce 😃

[lavish patrol]

Spinners for the wheels.

And a fat exhaust pipe.

Sound's gone.

[pearl shoal]

Mic went out

[eager sapphire]

AUDIO!

[lavish patrol]

(Tap tap tap) Is this thing on?

[deep basin]

I hear music!

aaaaand it's gone

huzza audio = restored

[lavish patrol]

&&^$$£$ iPhone!

[deep basin]

Lazy Suzan?

[lavish patrol]

@deep basin Lol.

[deep basin]

Hmmmm idea for a project. Perhaps a guide on how to write a python script to connect to twitch chat (like a chat bot), and have the cricket run a command when a keyword in chat is said

[lavish patrol]

Sound's gone again.

[deep basin]

Audio is gone again 😦

I'm having fun doing my own voiceover

[lavish patrol]

🎤

[deep basin]

"as you can se here, there's a ton of cool stuff in the background"

see*

[lavish patrol]

The same things happens to John Park. He's got a fix for it.

[deep basin]

@lavish patrol the audio thing?

[lavish patrol]

Yep.

[deep basin]

That's just how things go

especially when it's live! 😛

First time plugged in

[pearl shoal]

Screen says ultimaker - which printer did that?

[rocky reef]

sorry, this is the inventor 2

[pearl shoal]

How does the speed/quality compare to the older FlashForge Creator Pro?

[lavish patrol]

Break it - break it! 😀

[pearl shoal]

The old FlashPrint did neat supports with branching

FlashPrint also lets you split a model well

Can you print with a SD card?

[deep basin]

mmmm don't you just love navigating all the 'more' labeled menus of a new device. ...must touch every button.....

[pearl shoal]

What size filament? Also, can you use any brand?

[rocky reef]

@deep basin yes always an adventure 😃

[pearl shoal]

I found that the Simplify3D "priming" G-Code did a better job at wiping the head before it started

[deep basin]

Cheers friends!

[lavish patrol]

Thanks Noe and Pedro!

[deep basin]

Hype!

[dry marten]

Thanks for the excellent show!

[rocky reef]

thanks for hanging out folks!

[deep basin]

yeeeah

I'm usually working at this time but I'll be at home (with a better job) from now on. So i'll be back again next week!

Sounds like the mic is still on 😛

oh no maybe that's just this transformer on screen

[empty bear]

Audio is dead...

[muted mesa]

oh man...i gotta go grab food real quick before the shows start... 🏃

[lavish patrol]

Well, here we are again for another ninety minutes of Adafruit goodness. 😃

[river peak]

Many minutes!

[lavish patrol]

So discussion!

[radiant ridge]

i am typing this on a vt220

[lavish patrol]

@radiant ridge Everyone needs a hobby. 😉

[radiant ridge]

yup im gonna show what silly things i have done wit it

[lavish patrol]

Cool.

Evening @waxen thistle

[waxen thistle]

Good evening all you wonderful people! 🎉 🎉

[inner spade]

Hello!

[heavy siren]

Hello World Chicago here. Waiting for S&T... 😃

[open girder]

SHOW AND TELL is LIVE NOW #show-and-tell - https://youtu.be/mkfOC2uFDfs

[lavish patrol]

And we're away!

[waxen thistle]

I spy an electronic microscope!

[river peak]

Hmm, not a lot of people so far.

[normal plover]

HI everyone

[lavish patrol]

Is that a tribble?

[river peak]

@lavish patrol No, it's trouble.

[waxen thistle]

Give it a moment, see if it multiplies.

[lavish patrol]

Lol.

[heavy siren]

Got my notice today that my AdaBox 008 will be delivered Friday. How awesome is that. Thanks @open girder

[waxen thistle]

A long as no one is a 5th wheel!

[normal plover]

Mine still has 'preparing for shipment', makes me sad

[fallow fractal]

working demo:
https://github.com/wa1tnr/saw-saw
feather m0 express ;)

[lavish patrol]

@normal plover Hang in there. 😉

[odd stream]

'evening!

[radiant ridge]

hi

[river peak]

Hmm, I can't see anything from Adam. I can hear though.

[fallow fractal]

no video - a hangouts icon in the middle of the screen

[slow flint]

i havent looked, because i still need to build my prusa, is there a group of templates for all of the adafruit boards

[lavish patrol]

I can see some burning steel wool.

[opal wing]

gogo old man eyes

[waxen thistle]

No video at all....that's ok, he's rather descriptive

[lavish patrol]

Houston - we have a problem...

[clear matrix]

@open girder There's no video for Adam.

[waxen thistle]

I'm imagining in my mind's eye a SEM that's being rather fussy.

[lavish patrol]

Adafruit can see him.

[opal wing]

Its in the small box

[fallow fractal]

Adafrut Radio

[clear matrix]

Ultimate charades. Of the tiniest kind.

[lavish patrol]

You can always catch up with Adam's progress on his Twitter feed.

[waxen thistle]

Ring of SEM Fire

[fallow fractal]

MODEL 100 woot

[odd stream]

old computers!

[fallow fractal]

I had the superROM with mine.

[waxen thistle]

They don't make'em like they used to

[odd stream]

Nice.

[eager sapphire]

...and what’s more, they never did (to quote my dad)

[odd stream]

Love this one.

[slow flint]

did he just toss the tandy on the floor 😛

[odd stream]

After the GS?

[slow flint]

i need to find a home for an old appleI computer i think its a pre A+

[fallow fractal]

There were Apple II based BBS's you could dial into -- they ran off a floppy diskette!

[radiant ridge]

discord works well in the terminal

[fallow fractal]

matt how did you do that?

[odd stream]

@low fractal You need some Sinclairs.

[radiant ridge]

terminal-discord

[fallow fractal]

matt: where can I find that?

[waxen thistle]

Give a man an aquarium, he'll have lots of fish.

Teach a man how to build an aquarium....

[river peak]

@radiant ridge I hope that doesn't make you sick.

[radiant ridge]

https://github.com/xynxynxyn/terminal-discord

[river peak]

@waxen thistle And he'll have LOTS of fish.

[fallow fractal]

wow. WOW. thank you!

[radiant ridge]

there is another one in the works that will be better

https://github.com/MitchWeaver/Discline

[fallow fractal]

I thought discord wasn't going to allow any text clients

[lavish patrol]

Durartion? 😉

Cool project.

[river peak]

Motorized lazy susan... A lazier susan?

Spin it right round, like a record

[lavish patrol]

Good for a spray booth.

[river peak]

Live demo gremlin

[normal plover]

Hmm, any excuse to buy an M4 is a good one

[river peak]

Not wrong

[odd stream]

Especially at only a few $ more than a comparible M0 board.

[river peak]

$2.51 more.

[slow flint]

asking for trouble

[strange mantle]

HELLO VT220!

[river peak]

"WRONG LEVER KRONK!"

[slow flint]

hardcore 70's tech

[waxen thistle]

🎵

[opal wing]

These were awesome remote debuggers

[eager sapphire]

Getting misty-eyed here

[fallow fractal]

Nice phosphor on that Vt220

[frozen parrot]

I still use one atwork

[fallow fractal]

a sweet pale blue

[odd stream]

I really need/want to get another VT100... been a while since I had one.

[muted mesa]

thanks for sharing everyone! awesome stuff!

[slow flint]

miss my amiga 1024(or something) monitor

[clear matrix]

Great job everyone!

[odd stream]

Gotta embed a Pi in it.

[fallow fractal]

@odd stream I got my bare metal compiler goin' on feather m0 express

[odd stream]

@fallow fractal Your Forth?

[lavish patrol]

Great show again.

[fallow fractal]

No this is a simple gpio and neopixel demo by ripping code from crickit's seesaw code base

I don't know enough yet to set up the UART let alone the USB port. ;)

https://github.com/wa1tnr/saw-saw

[odd stream]

Ah. Cool.

[open girder]

10% off all items in stock code is planck expires 7/18/18 @ 11:59pm ET #askanengineer https://youtu.be/G7KH-e2cPkY & http://www.adafruit.com

[waxen thistle]

You know you're a Maker when you're doing physical therapy exercises (hold for X seconds, rest for XX seconds, repeat 30 times) without a clock nearby....

and you think: man, I could do a basic counter with neopixels + buttons on a CPX. Little lipo battery and BAM. Problem solved.

[slow flint]

doing a 30\30\30?

[odd stream]

@waxen thistle Sounds like a job for my Pomodoro Timer guide.

[waxen thistle]

5/10/30 for me

[river peak]

@odd stream Almost certainly

[heavy siren]

@waxen thistle I do reps as well when working ou t with my free weights.

[odd stream]

Have to tweak the time scales in the code. And add a way to set/count reps.

[waxen thistle]

measures the speed of light. Remains terribly distraught at how slow it actually is.

[river peak]

Electrifying top secret? You'll be shocked at what it is!

[odd stream]

Are we talking keyboards tonight?

[lavish patrol]

That's sparked my interest.

[waxen thistle]

@odd stream Have a link to the project?

[odd stream]

Current keyboard on the secondary computer in my desk.

[river peak]

https://learn.adafruit.com/a-neopixel-pomodoro-timer?view=all

[odd stream]

beat me to it.

[eager sapphire]

I’d think those row offsets would make it tricky to touch-type, @odd stream

[waxen thistle]

Thank you both @odd stream and @river peak

[odd stream]

It might if I touch typed.

[eager sapphire]

Ah

[odd stream]

But its just a matter of musclememory. It's still QWERTY

[eager sapphire]

Might as well go with a DVORAK layout, then

[clear matrix]

Colemak.

[muted mesa]

I have an old Asus EeePC. that'll fit in a shadow box. 😆

[waxen thistle]

Oh goodness, I remember those "netbooks"

[muted mesa]

not super useful. but the form factor has its definite pluses..

[frozen parrot]

ZX81 by sinclare ( I think that's how it was spelled). It was my first computer

[heavy siren]

@frozen parrot I still have my ZX81 by sinclair.

[waxen thistle]

Woah. JP. Easy on the coffee. ☕

[lavish patrol]

@waxen thistle Lol.

You're gonna need a bigger box.

[waxen thistle]

Totally cool with it being "delayed". I waited all quarter, I can wait a few more days 😃

Gives me more time to think about what I'm going to make with it!

[river peak]

@waxen thistle I'm guessing... A robot!

[heavy siren]

@waxen thistle I was thinking of a robot but the Lazy Susan seems like a good project to build. I've always wanted to make one.

[solid wyvern]

adafruit is live at https://www.twitch.tv/adafruit

[waxen thistle]

Just be careful @heavy siren, it may have you spinning in circles.

[heavy siren]

LOL, yeah I know. And the food might fly off if too fast.

[waxen thistle]

Robot-instigated food fight.

[lavish patrol]

A good way to distribute your meals fairly.

[muted mesa]

Every lazy susan needs a 13A induction motor. right?

[heavy siren]

Hey, now there's an idea...

[normal plover]

Lady Mu

[heavy siren]

@muted mesa At least.

[odd stream]

Nice

[river peak]

Oh, sweet

Those shirts are awesome.

[muted mesa]

nice! good form @eternal vapor on the "muly rodger" shirt!

[lavish patrol]

I'd love to have printed T-shirts but I can't wear them. 😦

[river peak]

@lavish patrol Why not?

Also, Twitter is just... the worst sometimes.

[fallow fractal]

think and do

[eager sapphire]

Youtube comments hit the lowest point even more quickly

[muted mesa]

Code + Community!!!!

[river peak]

I was happy to see how much of a pain it is to get to the YouTube comments in general now

[normal plover]

A lot of discord channels too.....I love that this one is friendly

[fallow fractal]

== tissue (For the cold) (code)

[clear matrix]

😄

[lavish patrol]

@river peak They irritate me around the neck. I find myself constantly pulling it down to get it away from my throat.

[river peak]

@lavish patrol Ooooh. That sounds annoying!

Get printed polos instead!

[lavish patrol]

Yep. Big T-shirts are better, but it looks like I'm wearing a tent.

[odd stream]

@clear matrix I think I was using Workman on my ergodox

[lavish patrol]

Printed polos are an option.

[heavy siren]

@lavish patrol Ever try V-Neck t shirts???

[clear matrix]

@odd stream Nice

[lavish patrol]

The problem is - the printed T-shirts are the ones I don't like.

[open girder]

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Planck/From_an_almost_perfect_Universe_to_the_best_of_both_worlds

[waxen thistle]

https://learn.adafruit.com/

[odd stream]

Actually, you can see a print of the Crickit mount in the pic in my Crickit/AIO guide.

[lavish patrol]

Python has some great data structures.

[gilded ember]

I agree

[dim knot]

https://learn.adafruit.com/

[quick veldt]

Circuitpython is great

[gilded ember]

hello dave

[odd stream]

Thanks folks.

[wooden beacon]

CircuitPython with Raspberry Pi is working great as well

[river peak]

@odd stream Do you have your computer set up to do "Good Morning, Dave." Every time you turn it on?

[lavish patrol]

@river peak lol.

[odd stream]

@river peak I don, but I like it.

[lavish patrol]

And when it flags an error it says, "I'm sorry Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."

[odd stream]

"Open pod/bay.door, HAL"

[river peak]

Just turn your computer into HAL. What could possibly go wrong?

[odd stream]

That's pretty much the goal for my smarthome system

[heavy siren]

Dave? ...... Dave's not here.... No, this is Dave ..... Dave? ... yeah ...... Daves not here.

[lavish patrol]

I could be worse. It could be Colossus. 😮

[heavy siren]

Cheech and Chong, 1972. 😃

[odd stream]

Well... I always root for the AIs.

[lavish patrol]

Or WOPR.

[odd stream]

Now you're talkin'

[waxen thistle]

Nice fluid rendering

[muted mesa]

that's some clean melty metal...

[gilded ember]

lol

[odd stream]

Google pretty much had an internal holiday on the something anniversary (25?) of War Games. Talk by the director iirc, everyone got special edition DVDs. etc.

[muted mesa]

Such a good flick. One of my earliest favs...

[quick veldt]

I don’t really like the standoffs on that LEGO one. I think it should be clip on.

[river peak]

@quick veldt I agree

[lavish patrol]

I watched most of those SF films back in the 70s. Logan's Run, Soylent Green, Planet of the Apes...

[heavy siren]

The Forbin Project is one of my old time favorites.

[dim knot]

New nEw NEWs From Adafruit https://www.adafruit.com/newsletter

[lavish patrol]

@heavy siren Yep.

[dim knot]

Carbon Filter for Solder Smoke Absorption https://www.adafruit.com/product/3836

[muted mesa]

in Adafruit Black! 😄

[river peak]

Technically, a square is a rectangle...

[lavish patrol]

A piece of sponge.

[waxen thistle]

From the same company that brought you the Crickit octogon ..... we present: The Square!

[lavish patrol]

I recently heard someone describing a satellite's orbit as being oblong...

[quick veldt]

Ooh

[river peak]

Happy to see they got that squared away

[muted mesa]

The Euclid Company? 😄

[dim knot]

4 x AA Battery Holder with 2.1mm Plug https://www.adafruit.com/product/3784

[quick veldt]

Perfect for NIMH Crickit

[normal plover]

The military uses something similar, a pentagon

[river peak]

@normal plover The Pentagon is a little odd, though

[lavish patrol]

Even Saturn's got one.

[river peak]

Isn't Saturn a Hex(agon)?

[dim knot]

SMT Straight Connector for micro:bit https://www.adafruit.com/product/3888

SMT Right-Angle Connector for micro:bit https://www.adafruit.com/product/3887

[quick veldt]

CircuitPlayground is better 😜

[muted mesa]

"Camera 1. Camera 2."

[river peak]

I think some ancient sorcerers decided that Saturn was no good. Put a hex on it.

[normal plover]

They liked it, so they put a ring on it

[alpine nova]

@heavy siren my lazy susan was such a challenge to me because it required to be motorized from the side rather than center. i'd love to see what you come up with if you decide to motorize one yourself

[lavish patrol]

Hexagon. I thought pentagon didn't sound right.

[river peak]

@alpine nova Put a go-kart motor on it

VROOM.

[waxen thistle]

Ah, Saturn...the bringer of old age.

[quick veldt]

Microbit crickit looks kind of silly and fragile but it’s not ladyada fault...it’s the design of the microbit.

[slow flint]

VJ what about having it rolled from the bottom.

[alpine nova]

oh yea, @river peak , great idea! i'll get 'round to it

[normal plover]

It shows you which way the screw goes in

[river peak]

Take it for a spin!

[slow flint]

you could have a roller that is spring pushed against the platter

[heavy siren]

@alpine nova I was thinking of putting a stepper in the center. Thinking lots of power and torque would be required.

[dim knot]

Motion Control Screwdriver https://www.adafruit.com/product/3856

[lavish patrol]

Want.

[normal plover]

You had me at motion control

[alpine nova]

i had a lot of ideas how to motorize mine - still a few i may try someday, but this design has been working pretty good for the most part

[muted mesa]

1/4" hex

[river peak]

It sounds cool. It sounds like it's worth $100 - Buuuut I have a hard time justifying it (personally) for that price

I can see it being a wonderful screwdriver for people needing AT though.

[alpine nova]

it looks sweet

[normal plover]

@river peak It's not quite that expensive

[river peak]

https://www.adafruit.com/product/3856

[dim knot]

Espruino MDBT42Q Breakout https://www.adafruit.com/product/3876

[waxen thistle]

I've used less elegant versions of that screwdriver (think walmart-branded cordless screwdrivers that behaved the same). They weren't nearly as good as this.

[dim knot]

Adafruit Mini Color TFT with Joystick FeatherWing https://www.adafruit.com/product/3321

[alpine nova]

so cute!

[waxen thistle]

....and it's out of stock -sadface-

[river peak]

I am all for more programming languages being supported for microcontrollers

[alpine nova]

of course it is

[odd stream]

It was out of stock this afternoon.

[slow flint]

can make digdug for it?

[odd stream]

Looks great for games with an M4.

[waxen thistle]

That looks really sharp

[river peak]

I definitely plan on using the Feather format for some of my Phoenixborn boards.

[alpine nova]

bless you

[lavish patrol]

Bless you!

[open girder]

10% off all items in stock code is planck expires 7/18/18 @ 11:59pm ET #askanengineer http://www.adafruit.com @open girder

[quick veldt]

They should give away one of those screwdrivers! 😁

[odd stream]

Great looking battery pack for Crickit use.

[quick veldt]

@odd stream that’s what I was thinking too!

[alpine nova]

i am always breaking the wires off my battery packs

[river peak]

@open girder EL stuff? Have you been watching me?

[fallen rivet]

Q: Can you stack SeeSaws by being able to set their I2C slave addresses differently?

[gilded ember]

@alpine nova I did also 😦

[waxen thistle]

EL as in EL wire, glowy fun stuff?

[alpine nova]

yes

[eager sapphire]

Welcome back, @fallen rivet

[fallen rivet]

yeah, yeah.. 😃

[quick veldt]

@waxen thistle yup

[odd stream]

@fallen rivet You should be able to. That's one of the joys of I2C

[alpine nova]

@gilded ember they're hard to resolder too

[normal plover]

'El Pluma'

[fallen rivet]

I'm assuming that the solder jumpers are on the back then, like in the case of the new display/joy board.

She did also mention that it requires SPI also, so you'd need to do something about SS line contention.

[gilded ember]

@alpine nova The only thing worse in my opinion is breaking off the tabs on a mini dc motor

[slow flint]

anyone know where i can get the headers for the pi0w that prusa3d printer asks for (18 mm )?i may have to just make a glued together adapter for it, but id like to do it right

[fallen rivet]

unless that is jumperable also.

[quick veldt]

Q: Giveaway a screw driver? 😅

[fallen rivet]

oh, you WISH, Zenith 😃

[gilded ember]

@quick veldt I wish

[alpine nova]

today i broke the wires off my little 3.7 battery - can i re-solder them without blowing up?

[eager sapphire]

Def. upside to signing in to Discord... :^)

[quick veldt]

Ah well....gotta save up

[odd stream]

@slow flint I had some extra long header strip in stock. I think I got it off Amazon at one point.

[alpine nova]

thx. bummer. i'm not the best at soldering

[blissful magnet]

Thank you for doing the Live. Do you stock/have advice for any high torque (40+ kg-cm), low R.P.M ( 5-10 R.P.M.) ultra quiet (10-20 dB) D.C. Motors? #askanengineer

[river peak]

@alpine nova I've done it. It really depends on the size of the battery. Smaller batteries? Wouldn't recommend it. Larger ones are easier.

[lavish patrol]

@alpine nova Send it to Big Clive. 😉

[fallen rivet]

Yeah, but I can't see the show with Discord sucking up the whole screen. One of my beefs with it.

[eager sapphire]

Ah. I put discord up on an iPad, really really handy this way

[river peak]

@fallen rivet Multi-monitors!

[lavish patrol]

@fallen rivet You need a second screen. 😉

[alpine nova]

it's tiny - just like the one they demoed the little display with

[river peak]

Or third, or fourth....

[eager sapphire]

(Or a second puter)

You need ten puters.

[slow flint]

ewww i sold those

[alpine nova]

like an inch square maybe

[fallen rivet]

OK, multi-screen laptop. Probably not.

[slow flint]

did you switch the ringer on?

[lavish patrol]

What about a Bat Phone? 😃

[normal plover]

what are they giving away? The joystick?

[odd stream]

@river peak @alpine nova I've removed, shortened, and reattached the leads form a bunch of 500 mAh LiPos.

[fallow fractal]

I'm in terminal discord now mu hee hee ha ha

[slow flint]

i cant tell you how many people came in and said it didint work, and that was the reason

[river peak]

@fallen rivet most laptops can have a second monitor. Also, there's nice USB 3.0 monitor things you can get.

[lavish patrol]

Neon!

[river peak]

My #6 is running off of one, and it's great.

[alpine nova]

@odd stream is that smaller than this one

[noble grove]

The pay-phone broke? I thought they were indestructible.

[odd stream]

They're about an inch square

[slow flint]

the ring is not as jaring, im all for it

[fallen rivet]

Yeah, but I don't carry a second monitor around with my laptop. The port existing isn't the problem.

[river peak]

@noble grove It's probably the interface.

[alpine nova]

yea, that's what it think this is

[waxen thistle]

There are even USB 2.0 monitors that aren't too shabby -- I wouldn't run video off of them, but they're great for email or reference.

[river peak]

@fallen rivet I remember, years ago, using my android tablet as a second monitor for a laptop

[alpine nova]

it is the 500mAh

[fallen rivet]

Yeah, seems like you could Cast to one now.

[lavish patrol]

@fallen rivet You need a second laptop. 😉

[odd stream]

Mac plus duet plus iPad... awesome

[muted mesa]

Grats Dave from Cleveland!

[waxen thistle]

If you have an iPad, you can use the DUET DISPLAY app for a wired second monitor (depending on the model of the ipad, more recent ones give better results).

[eager sapphire]

IPad is probably the handiest/smallest 2nd portable

[alpine nova]

i should be able to do it then maybe?

[fallen rivet]

What we need are cheap, bright pocket DLP projectors!

[eager sapphire]

Yes

[alpine nova]

i would love a pocket projector!

[lavish patrol]

Get one of those banana phones.

[fallen rivet]

That'd be the sh!t, wouldn't it.

[eager sapphire]

How about an old hand-crank phone, @open girder

[normal plover]

They need an old fashioned phone

[odd stream]

@alpine nova If you're comfortable with it.

[slow flint]

use a headset from those cheezy box stores that made every emp look "important"

[river peak]

@open girder Phone Of The Week?

[noble grove]

I used to have a princess phone.

[waxen thistle]

https://us.123rf.com/450wm/lopolo/lopolo1504/lopolo150400016/39293705-old-phone-sets.jpg?ver=6

[eager sapphire]

That one, yes

[alpine nova]

or better yet, ditch the projector and replace with a giant led screen

[fallow fractal]

terminal discord

[odd stream]

@alpine nova It never occured to me to worry about it... solder, meet iron.

[fallen rivet]

I'll take a look for that terminal Discord, thanks for the lead.

[lavish patrol]

@waxen thistle With a grandfather clock beside it.

[alpine nova]

@odd stream you're probably more experienced than me

[muted mesa]

Thanks @open girder, @dim knot, and Company! Have a great Wednesday/Week everyone!

[normal plover]

I ordered a feather crickit, that should tide me over until I get my adabox

[heavy siren]

Great show @open girder ! MAKE a nice day/evening everyone. Chicago signing off. Dinner time.

[alpine nova]

i will go for it tho

[odd stream]

@alpine nova Just make sure the wires don't wander around.

They're really close together.

[fallen rivet]

Can you give your emps paid time off to be president?

[alpine nova]

yes, understand

[river peak]

I want to work for Adafruit.... It sounds so nice.

[odd stream]

@alpine nova Might be a good idea to discharge it first.

[alpine nova]

how?

[fallow fractal]

terminal discord needs nodejs.org and npm (think it's included) and discord.js

[river peak]

@fallen rivet As an aside, we do tend to avoid political conversations here. They tend to lead to not the most polite conversation.

[fallen rivet]

you can't discharge to a low enough level to make sense w/o ruining it.

[odd stream]

@alpine nova hook a feather or soemthing to it and turn the neopixel on full 😃

@fallen rivet Oh.. ok.. my bad.

[alpine nova]

but the wires broken off

[fallow fractal]

copy this, too

[river peak]

@odd stream But the wire's broke?

[odd stream]

@river peak doah

[fallen rivet]

That's good for a capacitor, but not a lithium battery.

[waxen thistle]

@open girder Thanks again for another wonderful evening of shows!

[lavish patrol]

Bye @open girder 😃

[alpine nova]

haha

[fallow fractal]

the front fell off! 9front.org

[fallen rivet]

That's part of what the regular chip on the battery is designed to guard against.

[slow flint]

what about heat sinking aything past the soldier point

[river peak]

@fallow fractal Hah! It's been a while since I've seen that one

[eager sapphire]

Can you post a picture of the battery, @alpine nova ?

[alpine nova]

maybe i could use mini alligator clips

[lavish patrol]

Bye everyone. 😃

[fallow fractal]

@Andon seen which?

[fallen rivet]

The wires shouldn't be so think that you'd need to dwell on the joint. Not like a TO-220 package, or anything.

(thick, not think)

[river peak]

Ooof, both wires.

[fallen rivet]

Yeah, some ninja skillz should fix it :-).

[alpine nova]

it was just one, but then the other broke off while i was moving it out of my robot

[river peak]

It's super simple to do those - Pull the kapton tape back, strip the wire, heat the existing solder and put the wire in.

But... you need to make sure the wires are in the right spots

[eager sapphire]

I’d think tack soldering would get you there

With some added solder; dab with flux first

[alpine nova]

i'm really terrible with tiny wires - keeping them attached

[fallen rivet]

Yeah, maybe pre-tin either the wire or the pad to make it easier with only two hands.

[eager sapphire]

2.5 -3.5 seconds of heat

[river peak]

@fallen rivet The pads are already pre-tinned from previous attachments

[fallen rivet]

then maybe just fresh flux

[alpine nova]

@river peak - i think i know which wire goes where

but i might have forgot already

[fallen rivet]

ah, there is that problem...

[slow flint]

think?, stands back few feet...

[eager sapphire]

Check with the meter first

[fallen rivet]

you can probably test it with the multimeter

it's got residual charge

[alpine nova]

ah good idea

[fallen rivet]

but have a saucepan lid around, just in case... 😃

[waxen thistle]

Two mods I found for the screwdriver:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2805221

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2979161

[alpine nova]

i think it is drained - no reading

[fallen rivet]

or a terracotta pot to chuck it into

[eager sapphire]

Should have at least some residual power in it

That is odd

Enough to twitch the meter

[alpine nova]

the pads are marked

i was too scared of crossing wires to hold there too long

[eager sapphire]

Did you get under the kapton tape covering the contacts?

[fallen rivet]

Not sure if the batt protection chip helps with shorts or not.

[alpine nova]

i just went in thru hole in tape where wires came out

[fallen rivet]

I'd probably peel back the tape and give yourself clear access to the whole pad. You may need it.

[alpine nova]

i will for soldering

[fallen rivet]

Gotta run. I got a dinner beer waiting for me.

[alpine nova]

thanks everybody. i'll let you know how it goes

[eager sapphire]

Best of luck, vj

[alpine nova]

thx @eager sapphire

[young adder]

Good evening !

My version of a non-robotized Minerva 😃

[heavy siren]

Hello everyone. Is John Park's Workshop on today???

[young adder]

hello. I have no idea but I sure hope so ^^

[heavy siren]

He should be on now but the live Youtube link is showing last nights Ask an Engineer.

@rapid hornet Hello Scott. I can't seem to get John Park's Workshop showing in Adafruits Live youtube link.

[clear matrix]

JP is out this week.

[young adder]

Ha ! A well deserved vacation 😃

[heavy siren]

@clear matrix Ah, that explains it. I did not know that. Thanks for the info.

[eternal vapor]

Mu 1.0.0 is out: https://madewith.mu/mu/releases/2018/07/20/mu-1.html

[shell mason]

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/pythonengineering/2018/07/18/python-in-visual-studio-code-june-july-2018-release/

[rocky reef]

@here 3D Printing in 5 mins Live https://www.youtube.com/adafruit/live

[heavy siren]

Hello World! Chicago here.

[rocky reef]

good morning folks!

[eager sapphire]

Getting signal

[granite siren]

Bull City here!

[sick ginkgo]

Morning all.

[solid wyvern]

adafruit is live at https://www.twitch.tv/adafruit

[rocky reef]

This week’s project on Adafruit Learning System https://learn.adafruit.com/lego-crickit-rover

crickits in stock at digikey https://www.digikey.com/products/en/development-boards-kits-programmers/33?k=crickit&newproducts=1

[prime storm]

Hello

[rocky reef]

hello!

[waxen thistle]

Good morning all you wonderful people!

That rover doesn't look too aerodynamic. In fact, it's kinda blocky. ◽

[heavy siren]

Hello @waxen thistle How you doin today?

[waxen thistle]

@heavy siren Oh, the usual. Dealing with the typical. How about you man?

[heavy siren]

I'm fine. Getting ready to go to school. Thought I'd check in to the webcast for a while.

[waxen thistle]

I normally am not at home during this time, so it's a nice treat to have in the background while working

[rocky reef]

@waxen thistle thanks for having us 😃

[waxen thistle]

How's it go...."It's hip to be square" 🎵

Good ol' chromakey

🐮 Someone said moo?

[granite siren]

v2.0 : lego strandbeest ??

[heavy siren]

Well guy's, I have to go to school now. Will see everyone tonight. MAKE a nice day!

[waxen thistle]

soldering is awesome....unless you're in a place that prohibits it (college dorms, Arby's, etc)

@heavy siren Enjoy the rest of your day 😃

Rover woo!

Looks like a boat! 🚤

Ninja seals.

Next week? Oh buoy, I can't wait!

[rocky reef]

@waxen thistle maybe! lets see if i can get to go with the camera on it

[waxen thistle]

Hopefully you can ship it on time 😉

Thanks for another awesome show @hard hollow and @rocky reef !

[eager sapphire]

Yes, great show again, thanks dudes

[rocky reef]

thanks for hanging out folks!

[eager sapphire]

Question: what’s the usual cause of a print fail like we just saw in the trailer?

One of the great mysteries of life?

[waxen thistle]

I usually attribute it to something going really well in my life so far, so universal maker karma needs to balance things out.

I've found a nozzle getting blocked -- probably too humid in my case.

[eager sapphire]

Roger that, Mr. C. 50% karma, 50% nozzle crud.

[lean grail]

Oh hey! for once im NOT exhausted and/or away from my house on a wednesday evening! Guess I'll watch show and tell. I dont think I could get my Lightsaber ready enough to show it off tonight

[pearl shoal]

Hope to get on tonight 😃

[river peak]

I won't be on tonight, but I'll be watching

[fallow fractal]

oh you're always a bit 'on' ;)

[waxen thistle]

Good evening all you wonderful people!

[fallow fractal]

where's the link to the show?

have they not figured this out after one billion shows?

[river peak]

https://www.youtube.com/adafruit/live

[fallow fractal]

no that's not the link

[waxen thistle]

looks like a zelda to me

[river peak]

@fallow fractal They've got it streaming to that /live link in recent weeks.

[fallow fractal]

okay they fixed it. that is the link.

my bad.

my bad. x2 haha

speaker-test

[lavish patrol]

Hi, all.

[fallow fractal]

I'm gonna get a 2 hour MP3 that just says 'Front, Left .. Front Right' for two hours. ;)

[open girder]

SHOW AND TELL is LIVE NOW #show-and-tell - https://youtu.be/qEiQfACJDaw

[lavish patrol]

And we're off!

[river peak]

To see the wizard?

[waxen thistle]

Pay no attention to the Phil behind the curtain.

[fallow fractal]

I've been off my entire life. ;)

[river peak]

@waxen thistle He's just Phil-ing in

[fallow fractal]

the audio is kind of pinched

[waxen thistle]

Welcome back @haughty quiver !

[fallow fractal]

john's audio sounds fine (as always)

This project with the solenoids is really great.

[lavish patrol]

Didn't Bitluni just do something like that?

[waxen thistle]

There. Are. Four. Solenoids. !

[river peak]

@waxen thistle Hah!

[lavish patrol]

LOL.

[strange mantle]

🙀

[muted mesa]

😱

[eager sapphire]

JP 90% creative, 10% crazy, plus another 100% brilliant.

[fallow fractal]

I always hear that as a silent scream

[odd stream]

@haughty quiver That's great.. I'll try to catch the stream

[lavish patrol]

Like the ears.

[river peak]

@odd stream Why not catch... the scream?

[haughty quiver]

thanks @odd stream

[river peak]

Ooooooh

[muted mesa]

mmm...walnut.

[normal plover]

I like the ears...

[waxen thistle]

CPX table 😃

[rapid osprey]

@haughty quiver SoCal is melting 😉 Great job on the Adafruit ADABOX 008 unboxing video.

[waxen thistle]

CircuitPython powered coffee table.

[fallow fractal]

JMK is great

[lavish patrol]

@vernal mulch We can hear you.

[haughty quiver]

right @rapid osprey sooo hot!

and thank you!

[rapid osprey]

JMK running Python is cool!

[opal wing]

My computer OCD is triggering on the random wires and NICs in the background

[lavish patrol]

It's hot here in the UK as well.

[fallow fractal]

I can't wait for him to become fully autonomous .. hope I live to see it.

[river peak]

The only reason it's not hot in Maryland is because it's been constantly raining.

[lavish patrol]

Mmmm. Icecream.

[waxen thistle]

@river peak It's a bit drizzly here too in NJ/NYC.

[eager sapphire]

Same here in Colorado - got a break in the heat courtesy sudden t-storms every afternoon

[river peak]

@waxen thistle I think it's pretty much the entire east coast.

[fallow fractal]

air in connecticut has been soup-world air

dew pt around 71F

[lavish patrol]

They tell us we're getting thunderstorms on Friday. So the eclipse gets obscured.

[river peak]

The eclipse is... eclipsed?

[lean grail]

@vernal mulch If you dont mind me asking: How old are you? Because you are so young and its a lot of fun seeing how much you are capable of and seeing the excitement in you when talking about your projects

[waxen thistle]

Luna Obscura

[rapid hornet]

@rapid osprey I enjoyed talk python with me with you and brett

https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/87/guido-van-rossum-steps-down

[rapid osprey]

Thanks @rapid hornet. I actually recorded in a loading dock at Cal Poly. Love seeing 4.0 tags too.

[lavish patrol]

How does circuit python differ from conventional python? I ask because the Pi already runs python.

[rapid osprey]

For Circuitpython development

[rapid hornet]

@lavish patrol its the hardware APIs

not actually the circuitpython code

[strange mantle]

@lavish patrol https://learn.adafruit.com/circuitpython-on-raspberrypi-linux/overview

[lavish patrol]

So what does it give you that you don't already have?

[rapid hornet]

drivers 😃

[rapid osprey]

@hard ventureCallaway A more user friendly API for hardware control

[lavish patrol]

Aha. I'll check it out.

Thanks, @rapid osprey @rapid hornet @strange mantle

[opal wing]

This is scaning tunneling ?

[haughty quiver]

I sense a Feather M4 joining my Eurorack in the future... @void widget

[muted mesa]

Thanks everyone!! Rockin stuff tonight!

[lavish patrol]

LOL.

[rapid osprey]

@haughty quiver Have you seen Magenta for Deep Learning and Art?

[haughty quiver]

No, sounds rad though!

Oh! is this related to that learning synthesizer project?

[rapid osprey]

https://deepdreamgenerator.com

Yes! https://experiments.withgoogle.com/collection/ai

Just taught a bunch of High School student this week with this

and p5js

[void widget]

@haughty quiver I keep forgetting to send you this board

[rapid osprey]

Another music favorite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY1FSsUV-8c

Super nice person too.

[lapis idol]

His code is really advanced

[odd stream]

Yes, Andrew's stuff is amazing.

I saw him live at LambdaJam one year

[lapis idol]

I have a Raspberry Pi 3 and I am just trying to learn more of the basics of coding

[rapid osprey]

He was using Extempore as the music library

[open girder]

10% off all items in stock code is rosalind expires 7/25/18 @ 11:59pm ET #askanengineer https://youtu.be/n81IRPWdQNQ & http://www.adafruit.com

[haughty quiver]

@rapid osprey we need a "mind blown" emoji

[rapid osprey]

To keep middle school students and high schoolers engaged, go interactive 😉

@lapis idol Edublocks has some cool coding cards and the project is run by a 14 year old

https://edublocks.org/

[normal plover]

UPS been messing up lately

[lavish patrol]

@haughty quiver

[haughty quiver]

No rush @void widget -- I'll have space reserved for it :)

[dim knot]

https://www.adafruit.com/free

[lavish patrol]

(Might be copyright though...)

[haughty quiver]

@lavish patrol goes big!

[shell mason]

so many shipping options

[normal plover]

Robot delivery in NY

[shell mason]

people have making with cricut lately

[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

[fallen rivet]

It cost me almost $80 to DHL a shield with headers soldered on it to Mexico last month. What's wrong with this picture?

[lavish patrol]

Everything goes better with neopixels. 😃

[shell mason]

you need to order more to justify that shipping cost

[fallen rivet]

Unlike drugs, the first one is expensive and the rest are free.

[lavish patrol]

Need moar stuff. @fallen rivet

[waxen thistle]

🐮 Someone said moo?

[shell mason]

[slow flint]

followed someones advice a while ago. playin with a prusa.

[rapid osprey]

Its

[solid wyvern]

adafruit is live at https://www.twitch.tv/adafruit

[rapid osprey]

Mu's a great editor even if you have programmed for years. Minimalist and clean.

[lean grail]

Better late than never Twitch

[normal plover]

I customized the Mode icon

[shell mason]

can you minimize those buttons?

[rapid osprey]

I don't think so.

[dim knot]

Welcome to CircuitPython! https://learn.adafruit.com/welcome-to-circuitpython/what-is-circuitpython

[waxen thistle]

I will build upon that @shell mason -- the icon row is a bit visually hard on the eyes.

It is a nice program though.

[rapid osprey]

PT is such an advocate for the Women of Open Hardware

[waxen thistle]

I wish more folks were as thorough and passionate as PT when it comes to advocacy.

[eager sapphire]

Someone has to blaze the trail

[normal plover]

that is what his initials really mean....Passionate Thorough

[shell mason]

my dad initials are PT

[void widget]

can't fuse iron 😉

[rapid osprey]

Pretty cool book pt: https://www.amazon.com/Woman-Who-Smashed-Codes-Outwitted/dp/0062430483

[severe inlet]

Make sure every one gets registered to vote too.

[fallen rivet]

You know you've made it if you can throw an election.

[lavish patrol]

I grew up in a country where voting is compulsory.

[waxen thistle]

Nature of my work is 24/7 -- so forget about holidays like President's Day, MLK Jr. Day, etc. They happily guilt-trip and twist your arm to do holidays like 4th of July, Labor Day, Memorial Day, Christmas, etc

[fallen rivet]

Here's it's repulsory! 😃

[haughty quiver]

@rapid osprey that Andrew Sorensen jam is fantastic!

[shell mason]

when giving mail that your voting places are these and you are able to vote

[rapid osprey]

There's a longer version on Safari from the same conference where he dissects how he does it.

[inner spade]

open source employee benefits approach

[river peak]

I know my day job would never go for it. We close precisely one day: Christmas.

[shell mason]

would you want to make tamper free voting machines

[fallen rivet]

Needing the day off is the first sign that someone has made it too hard for you. Those states need to go away.

[waxen thistle]

Oh, my sweet summer child PT -- if I sent in "What would it take...", I think it'd either be laughed at or I'd paint a target on my back 😉

"We give you vacation days, use one of those." is probably the response. Unfortunately.

[river peak]

@waxen thistle Yep, similar

[shell mason]

when voting can be fast process the day off need sounds off

[river peak]

Oooh, a Circuit Playground!

[quick veldt]

Circuit Playgrounds make me feel happy

[waxen thistle]

@river peak Such is the fate of customer service jobs. Regardless of who your "customer" actually is.

[quick veldt]

They’re very well designed. Software and Hardware. Not to mention it’s a great value for the price.

[dim knot]

https://learn.adafruit.com/

[waxen thistle]

@quick veldt the CPX is my hands-down favorite board. it's my go-to for a quick prototype -- so much is built-in, reduces the need for early debugging.

[quick veldt]

Yeah. Things like the Uno just seem so outdated now.

Great for some things, but not most quick prototyping anymore

[odd stream]

@waxen thistle Need an M4 version 😃

[rapid osprey]

@rapid hornet I remember the person from PyCon that made the morse code on the Gemma

[rapid hornet]

yup!

[waxen thistle]

Don't get me wrong, full dev boards like the Uno/Metro/etc certainly have their place -- but I won't lie, they're never the ones I reach for first. It's the CPX --- and yes @odd stream, I'd love an M4 version. That would be amazing.

[pearl shoal]

FYI, one of the devices Jim wants to switch his sip&puff between is a Morse code to as II converter 😃

[waxen thistle]

Adabot is "I dub thee, Feather! Protectorate of the realm of circuits!"

[fallen rivet]

If it had sound it would sound like someone being Rolf'ed on a massage table.

[void widget]

pneumatic stencil printer is quite useful

[quick veldt]

I think they should find a way to produce those LEGO adapters

They unlock so much

[open girder]

@quick veldt yep, new product coming soon

we're on it

[quick veldt]

:)

[lean grail]

Heck yeah!!!

[void widget]

it is the new lego mindstorms

[quick veldt]

LEGO mindstorms supports Makecode now

Kind of similar

[lean grail]

oh really?

Thats cool!

[quick veldt]

Yeah it appears like a flash drive

Just drag the files over

[lean grail]

nice

[quick veldt]

LEGO technic is not very intuitive though.

And not as open as CPX and Crickit

[muted mesa]

the "always on" wheelie is the bee's knees on that rover...

[winged pawn]

are your machines running on adafruit products? that would be seriously cool if so.

[eager sapphire]

Next up: a 3D printed RC Lawnmower. PLEASE.

[waxen thistle]

NEW TIME!

[winged pawn]

new ne newnenew

[dim knot]

Machined Aluminum Servo Arm https://www.adafruit.com/product/3837

[shell mason]

new new new new new new

[waxen thistle]

A handy servo arm!

[muted mesa]

anodized arm...nice!

[quick veldt]

Adafruit is diving into robotics. I believe they’re making a splash in the robotics space with crickit.

[waxen thistle]

@quick veldt Noe and Pedro are building a CPX + Crickit boat

[lean grail]

@hard hollow @rocky reef For that little boat you printed you could mount a brushless miniquad motor to it and use silicone conformal coating to waterproof an ESC and a receiver to make an RC boat. then just get a battery pack that wont have an issue with the water or make a waterproof housing for it!!!

[open girder]

circuitpython / makecode + robotics and adafruit hardware is here'

[quick veldt]

I feel like crickit could become a whole line. Maybe a Pro Crickit or something along those lines.

[shell mason]

StarTrek cycle metal to servo

[waxen thistle]

Robotics that'll never give us up, never gonna let us down?

[quick veldt]

It’s not April first

[muted mesa]

Always gonna be around...

[dim knot]

micro:bit Club 10-Pack https://www.adafruit.com/product/3485

[quick veldt]

Psst: CircuitPlayground is better

😉

[dim knot]

Pixy2 CMUcam5 Sensor https://www.adafruit.com/product/1906

[quick veldt]

I have the Pixy1. I wonder if it will ever be able to work with Crickit. I don’t have enough experience to know if it’s compatible or not

[muted mesa]

@quick veldt i believe there are plans for a library/guide....

[dim knot]

3 x AA Battery Holder with 2.1mm Plug https://www.adafruit.com/product/3842

[quick veldt]

That’d be great

Computer vision is a very exciting thing to add to robotics

[waxen thistle]

Those "neon" strips are a really bright idea

[shell mason]

FPGA feather would be cool

[rapid osprey]

EL wire or LED diffused

[quick veldt]

Looks like a glow stick

[shell mason]

yeah looks like glowstick

[quick veldt]

“Neon” Signs 🎶✨

[lean grail]

@open girder are the neopixel versions gonna be rather expensive??? These would be amazing for my lightsaber project

[shell mason]

adding computer vision to robotics it helps when you can add small FPGA board to your project

[lean grail]

ohhhh is it lit only from one side?

[lavish patrol]

I think it's designed as a neon replacement.

[dim knot]

Flexible Silicone Neon-Like LED Strip in Various Colors - 1 Meter https://www.adafruit.com/product/3902

[waxen thistle]

Good questions @lavish patrol -- I have the same question too

[dim knot]

Flexible Silicone Neon-Like LED Strip - 1 Meter - Green https://www.adafruit.com/product/3868

Flexible Silicone Neon-Like LED Strip - 1 Meter - Blue https://www.adafruit.com/product/3867

Flexible Silicone Neon-Like LED Strip - 1 Meter - Warm White https://www.adafruit.com/product/3866

Flexible Silicone Neon-Like LED Strip - 1 Meter - Cold White https://www.adafruit.com/product/3865

Flexible Silicone Neon-Like LED Strip - 1 Meter - Pink https://www.adafruit.com/product/3862

Flexible Silicone Neon-Like LED Strip - 1 Meter - Ice Blue https://www.adafruit.com/product/3861

[quick veldt]

Silicone is such a nice material