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Anne Barela

If you missed this week’s Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter, here is the ICYMI (in case you missed it) version.To never miss another issue, subscribe now! – You’ll get one terrific newsletter each Tuesday (which is out before this post). 10,865 subscribers worldwide.The next newsletter goes out in a week and subscribing is the best way to keep up ...

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Dan Halbert

MEMENTO Camera Board users:Upgrade the version of CircuitPython on your board if it is older than CircuitPython 9.0.0 beta.2.Older versions of CircuitPython create a CIRCUITPY drive whose size is internally inconsistent, which can cause crashes.To update: Copy any files on CIRCUITPY that you want to preserve to your computer. Install CircuitPython 9.0.0 beta.2 or later (download from here). Run this code in the REPL from a terminal, or put it in code.py and run it: import storage storage.erase_filesystem() This will erase and reformat CIRCUITPY, and restart the board.

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Takara

If you missed this week’s livestream of John Park’s Product Pick(s) of the Week, not to worry, here’s the video. This week’s pick is the NeoPixel FeatherWing – 4×8 RGB LED Add-on For All Feather Boards! Watch the video to find out about the NeoPixel FeatherWing – 4×8 RGB LED Add-on For All Feather Boards, how to use ’em, a live demo, and more.Want more JP’s Product Pick of the Week?! Tune in every Thursday at 4pm ET and 1pm PT on Youtube LIVE, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter), and Facebook. LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat!Catch previous ...

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Molly Nicholas has come up with a simple, entry-level version of the Adafruit Neopixel Crown that’s perfect for beginners. Here’s more from Molly Nicholas via hackster.io:Who doesn’t want a bit of extra sparkle in their everyday life? This simple wearable is easy to make (if you know how to solder) and very comfortable and light. ...

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The AUDIODiWHY blog looks at Logisim Evolution (L-E), a fork of the Logisim graphical tool for designing and simulating circuits. L-E: What Can (and Can’t) You Do? Good news–If your circuit can be realized with 1’s and 0’s you can probably simulate it in L-E. However, as far as I can tell there is no analog ...

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Takara

Researchers at the University of Washington developed a small but fashionable “Thermal Earring” to monitor body temperature during periods of rest. GeekWire shares.The Thermal Earring, which is about the size and weight of a small paperclip, attaches one sensor to the ear with a magnetic clip. Another sensor hangs about an inch below to estimate ...

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Kelly

This is video illustrates something my siblings and I tested out with a bouncy ball and our dining room table back in the day until the ball got lodged inside a radiator cover. It’s probably an experiment most kids have tested without knowing at some point or another! A commenter pointed out that playing racquetball for the first time is a nearly perfect real life example the section of the video that illustrates the ball’s movement from within a cube. The slow motion really does help illustrate the physics behind it. From Steve Mould on YouTube:If you try to pass ...

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SpiderCat shares: No springs, no rafts, no multiple files… It’s all just an elegant butterfly wing hair clip design that snaps shut with a rubber band tightly twisted around it. Each wingpiece has four prongs that slide perfectly past each other through the use of a hinge piece that has been designed to let the ...

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Jessie Mae posted From the mail bag…

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From the mail bag!Hi. I just received my first Adabox, and I have to say: Wow! You not only nailed a great product, but the presentation is beautiful. So glad you folks have managed to start the program up again. Can’t wait for the next one!

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pandel_595670 shares: Wind your yarn skeins to a cone for knitting. This winder comes in two main versions: manual and motorized, see description and STL folder structure for further details. download the files on: https://www.printables.com/de/model/690302-yarn-cone-winder-v2-manual-or-motorized Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects ...

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3D-mon shares: This is a digital 3D printable model of Demon horn. The download contains model ready to be 3D printed on a 200 mm print bed in STL and OBJ formats. All parts are placed on the print bed as we would print them to save you time.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6425594 Every Thursday ...

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heutemalnicht shares: This is Lens Holder for the Lens out of a Kodak Fun Saver Disposable Camera. It may also work with other disposable Cameras/Lenses. The hole has a diameter of 16,5mm. I remixed a Bodycap and made it longer to account for correct Focal Distance (1-3m / 3-9ft).download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6422674 Every Thursday ...

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themakersphere shares: These are insert bins for the Harbor Freight 20-bin Medium Portable Parts Storage Case. This is a remix in which I created a bunch of boxes using spuder’s parametric bin insert file. There are even a couple of odd sized bins! Please note, these insert bins will only work on the large and ...

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zoubenjia shares: You can customize the size of the usb hub case. So that to fit your device. split the back slot insert off from the case. resize the case merge the back slot back to the case.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6425376 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has ...

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coolblackcat shares: This design fits the size of the Apple Watch Ultra (1 and 2). It is made of 2 components, the Support and the Rubber base. The Rubber base also serve the purpose of holding the cable inside the support. I used Filaflex 70A for the Rubber base. The assembly and disassembly of the ...

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Barloggg shares: This is AA battery caps with springs. To hold you AA batteries in one place and no matter how intensive this place is shakes ;). Print with no support.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6425257 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects ...

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Stephanie

This year World Cafe is celebrating Black History Month by using music history to celebrate up-and-coming musiciansTo celebrate Black History Month this year, World Cafe is turning its ear toward the future by spotlighting up-and-coming musicians blazing their own exciting path in the industry by reshaping — or flat out defying — the traditional boundaries ...

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Every week we’ll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This Week: Stretch Fidget By TomoDesigns https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6445432 CR10S Pro V2 Rainbow PLA 2hr 21mins X:261 Y:180 Z:10mm .2mm layer / .4mm Nozzle 6% Infill / 1mm Retraction 200C / 60C 10g 60mm/s Every Thursday is #3dthursday ...

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Anne Barela

Chris Dzombak uses a number of Raspberry Pis around the home. How does one keep a Raspberry Pi online and working with zero intervention for weeks, months, or years?Several classes of things can go wrong, and you need to consider how your Pi will recover from each of them — and weigh the risks of each ...

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Chris Greening saw a resistor decade box on the EEVBlog channel and noticed a comment from one of the viewers suggesting that the PCB could be improved with a bit of DIY nickel plating.Chris investigates nickel electroplating such PCBs at home with nickel electrodes and vinegar to toughen up the contacts on the PCB.See the video below and ...

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Anne Barela

The Python on hardware news wrap-up!Episode 267 (February 21, 2024)This is the Adafruit weekly Python on Microcontrollers newsletter video highlights!The news comes from the Python community, Discord, Adafruit communities and more. It’s part of the weekly newsletter we do with has 10,865 readers!Ladyada and PT provide this week’s video (below) on Python on hardware news and more.

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Dave Van Wagner has created a new desktop calculator for Commodore, programmed in BASIC.First was the design of the user interface, by creating PRINT statements.  Used reverse text to make a rectangular box with the keys displayed. How to click on a key?  I’m so used to a mouse or touch interface.  Oops, Commodore doesn’t ...

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From the Adafruit factory vault!February 21, 2024 EditionAdafruit broadcasts the weekly ASK an ENGINEER video show and this is the segment (from the vault) on items or concept products that may/might/could be introduced into the Adafruit store in the future (or not)! It’s not out yet, so please don’t ask questions or ask when it’ll be available.You may keep ...

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Davide Gironi was looking to transfer some files from a modern Windows 10 computer to a vintage IBM PC/XT 5160. At the minuszerodegrees website, there’s a full page dedicated to the transferring methods, https://www.minuszerodegrees.net/transfer/transfer.htm. Luckily my IBM PC has a serial board, so I decided to use the FastLynx 3.3 software one. FastLynx 3.3 is a ...

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Erich Styger showcases a recent design using a laser cutter to engrave a cutting board.For the cutting boards I use 20 mm oak sheets, and cut them with my desktop CNC. The design is really easy and simple, and only takes about 5-6 minutes to cut. The result is a raw cutting board, I can ...

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This week @adafruit we’re prototyping new projects with the MEMENTO camera. Designing a new snap fit case for the ItsyBitsy ESP32. Showcasing makes from the community and the timelapse this week features a print in place fidget designed by Tomo Designs.Memento – https://www.adafruit.com/product/5420ItsyBitsy ESP32 https://www.adafruit.com/product/5889PIR Sensor https://www.adafruit.com/product/189MIcro Servo 3-pin JST https://www.adafruit.com/product/4326Small Weatherproof Case https://www.adafruit.com/product/903Timelapse TuesdayStretch ...

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Anne Barela

This week’s EYE ON NPI (video) is gonna give it to up high…then down low …ready to measure, never too slow! It’s STMicroelectronics’ TSC1641 Digital Power Monitor, a high-precision temperature, voltage, power, and temperature monitoring chip with I2C or I3C interfaces for integration with modern microcontrollers and microcomputers.This chip is great for tracking actual power ...

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Mehdi Alizadeh at Make Your Pet is using smartphones to not only control robots but also using them as the brains on the robot itself. The Hexapod GitHub has details on making ones own hexapod robot: Watch the step by step build videos on my YouTube channel. A wiring diagram that you may find useful. A fan-made parts list. ...

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NwAvGuy posts discusses how the impedance of ones headphones vs. the output impedance of ones amplifier makes a difference to how the headphones will work best.The output Impedance of headphone sources is one of the most common reasons the same headphones can sound different depending on what they’re plugged into. This important parameter is rarely ...

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Cassiusduke shares: Fully 3d printerable ergonomic keyboard based on the ZSA Moonlander designed to fit a Raspberry PI Pico or drop in replacement. Runs KMK on an RP2040 All files designed in Fusion 360.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6425207 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for ...

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W0J0 shared this project on Thingiverse! Simple cable management for projects with din rail 09JAN2024 – Updated file to correct some geometry. Download files: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6425244 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated ...

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MrPuple shares: Storage box for the 12 gauge shell crimper from nailcannondownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6425239 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each ...

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TechnikTim shares: A variant with a Separator for two diffrent Soapsdownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6425956 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday ...

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From pandabandit on Thingverse:I wanted a silly container other than the clear plastic one that my dice came in when I bought them. Thought it’d be neat to have a it be a big Die itself. This is the result.See design here! Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has ...

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JTIII shares: This is a remix of Andrusevich’s Felting needles holder 7. My goal was to increase the stability of the needle to prevent vertical or lateral movement. I achieved this by adding a few layers into the bays that house the right angle curve of the base of the needle, and by conically narrowing ...

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hyperrealitylab shares: Holder for mini screwdrivers of different diameters/height for Ikea Skadis. Supports needed. Skirt is recommended.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6428491 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, ...

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Anne Barela

The Python for Microcontrollers Newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware (microcontrollers AND single board computers like Raspberry Pi).This ad-free, spam-free weekly email is filled with CircuitPython, MicroPython, and Python information (and more) that you may have missed, all in one place! You get a summary of all the software, events, projects, and the latest hardware worldwide once a week, no ...

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Andrey Konovalov tells the story of figuring out a way to turn a ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th Gen laptop into a programmable USB device by enabling the internal xDCI controller.As a result, the laptop can now be used to emulate arbitrary USB devices such as keyboards or storage drives. Or to fuzz USB hosts with ...

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With the Raspberry Pi’s versatility, it’s not surprising that the board has become a common sight in a diverse range of projects out there. You can find a slew of unusual Raspberry Pi projects in the wild, from piano stairs that musicalize your steps to bird repellants that keep those pesky birds away. This single-board computer is ...

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Anne Barela

Surprise surprise, Python continues to be one of the most sought-after programming languages by employers according to Jobbio. TNW looks why demand, salary, and new opportunities are on the rise for developers with this coding language in their tool belt.The rapid increase in the pace of digitalisation brought on by the pandemic is one part of ...

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lilies Of Mars shared this wearable MIDI mask that allows the user to change generative visuals during their performance:The wearable MIDI mask embodies this concept, serving as a dynamic tool for visual manipulation in live performances. Utilizing the Adafruit Circuit Playground BLE as its microcontroller, which is programmed with a MIDI library, and integrating with ...

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Jessie Mae posted Rugged Case for Raspberry Pi

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feiticeir0 shared this 3D printed case on Thingiverse! I’ve designed this case put it outside with my Raspberry PI Zero 2 W running a Machine Learning model to discovery the cat that’s making my garden its toilet. It takes inspiration from the NatureBytes case – that I love – but it is not the same. It has support for a tripod so it can stand. On the back there’s space for a 10400 mAh battery. On the front, holes for a Adafruit 1000c power boost, and 2 types of Raspberry PI. The cover has a hole for a camera and ...

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The Decepticon Soundwave had some cool powers. He could read minds, jam radio signals, remember anything with his photographic memory, read the electromagnetic spectrum, and perform his microcasette operations. Actual soundwaves can’t do any of those things, but they can make some wild patterns, through a process called sonolithography. Here’s more from hackaday:Sonolithography is a ...

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Angelica

New Products 2/23/2024 Featuring Double-Sided Single Color 12V LED Strip – Natural White 4500K – 1 meter! (Video) Adafruit Animated Eyes Bonnet for Raspberry Pi Mini Kit – Without Displays (0:10) Adafruit 1.54″ Tri-Color eInk / ePaper Display with SRAM – 200×200 with SSD1681 and EYESPI (0:57) Adafruit Neon-like NeoPixel Strip – RGBW Cool White ...

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NEW PRODUCTS – Double-Sided Single Color 12V LED Strips – Natural White / Cool White / Warm WhiteDouble-Sided Single Color 12V LED Strip – Natural White 4500K – 1 meterThey’re bright, they’re white, and they light up the night – look at them too close, and you may get spots in your sight… This is ...

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Even when viewed with the naked eye, the surface of the moon presents with wonderfully strange features. Craters, mountains, and immense basaltic plains make the moon a strange and dreamlike place. It also has valleys. With names like Schröter’s Valley and Rimae Ariadaeus these valleys contribute to a truly unique environment. Here’s more on the ...

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In this rather mesmerizing video, Fraser reconstructs one of the ancient Greek engineer Hero’s programmable automata. He builds everything by hand, starting with turning trees into lumber. The whole process is fascinating to watch and the mechanisms are ingenious.After putting it all together, he finds issues with various systems and goes to work troubleshooting and ...

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Miniature painter and YouTuber Ninjon has a fantastic video looking at tools to use in hobby modeling and painting (and similar applications) that are not necessarily designed for that purpose.He covers everything from tattooist’s squirt bottles to manicurist’s vortex mixers to things like craft store wooden candle stick holders for holding minis for painting and ...

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Stephanie posted DOOM-audio

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DOOM is playable everywhere. So of course it’s playable over an audio connection, as shown by wojciech-graj over on GitHub:DOOM-audio outputs its video as audio for viewing as a spectrogram, and takes audio input. Read more on GitHub and Reddit

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If you’ve ever seen Fritz Lang’s Metropolis you know that silent, black and white movies can be every bit as vibrant, entertaining, intense, visionary, and rich as any other movie. In fact, in the period just before the advent of sound film reached visual heights and complexity unrivaled until decades later. Sound forced a reduction ...

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Here’s a warning would-be screenwriters are always given: don’t use voiceovers. Here’s a thing would-be directors of motion pictures are always given: make the images in your movie move. Chris Marker didn’t listen to either of these commands, and ended up making one of the greatest science fiction movies ever made: La Jettée. Marker’s 1962 ...

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Today we’re celebrating Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins! Hopkins was a prominent African-American novelist, journalist, playwright, historian, and editor. She is considered an early science fiction writer, and pioneer in her use of the romantic novel to explore social and racial themes.From the Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins Society:Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, who was born in Portland, Maine, in 1859, ...

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In the 1980s, TV producer Kenneth Johnson wanted to create a mini-series adapting the classic anti-fascist novel  It Can’t Happen Here. Network executives did not think this was a marketable idea. Johnson returned to those very same network executives to present an idea for a new series he called V.In V, friendly aliens arrive on ...

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Anne Barela

This week we spent a lot of time getting a bunch of Picowbell designs done – including a camera cowbell that lets us share some of great camera-interfacing CircuitPython libraries and examples from the MEMENTO ESP32-S3 to the RP2040.As we were working on that, we realized it would be handy to also have some ‘doubler‘ or ...

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This week we worked on some Picowbell designs, including a prototyping plate that includes a battery charger. We recycled charging and switch-over designs from our Feathers but then we realized we never showed off the charger chip itself!We tend to use the MCP73831, but there’s approximately 4902 different variants! Let’s take a look at how ...

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Stephanie

WQXR streamed this Musical Biography of Florence Beatrice Price, the first woman of African descent to be recognized as a symphonic composer, on February 15. We highly recommend setting aside an hour to listen to Florence Beatrice Price’s story without any interruptions:Florence Beatrice Price wrote more than 300 musical compositions. Some of her works have ...

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Anne Barela

Zephray Wenting bought a Justice Tech Solutions Securebook 5 prison laptop on eBay recently. What is a prison laptop? Much like their audiovisual brethren, these laptops lack basic features in the name of prison security, which in the case of this laptop means for example no USB ports. The laptop case is clear plastic so ...

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Michael Klements at The DIY Life takes a look at a new Seeed Studio water-cooling kit that has been designed for a Raspberry Pi 5. The custom water block and its performance are tested against a DIY solution built for a Pi 4 a few years ago as well as the official Raspberry Pi heatsink/fan ...

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Here at Adafruit, we’re all about making robot friend (not robot enemy). Lorna Wallace makes a pretty compelling argument to consider making A.I. friend (not A.I. enemy) with these A.I. characters from science fiction stories. Check out the full list on ReactorMag:Of course, there are plenty of depictions of evil AI in literature, from the disastrously malfunctioning HAL in Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) to the downright sadistic AM in Harlan Ellison’s “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” (1967). But for this list, I’m going to focus on benevolent (or at least not gleefully murderous) ...

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The KiCad project is proud to announce the release of version 8.0.0. Despite coming only a year after KiCad 7 was released, version 8 is packed with new features, improvements, and hundreds of bug fixes. In accordance with the KiCad stable release policy, KiCad 7.x will no longer be actively maintained, and they will release ...

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Cameron Kaiser provides best practices for working with vintage computer gear: Thou shalt check voltage and polarity on new-to-thee power supplies, or thy machines shall be smote and release smoke. Thou shalt remove batteries when placing items in storage, or thou will surely go to hell with them. Thou shalt support the lower half of ...

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Liz Clark

A new guide today in the Adafruit Learning System: BLE Cat Thermal Printer with MEMENTOPicture it: Toys “R” Us, 1998. Sonic has yet to run on a Nintendo system and there is only one PlayStation. Your eye catches the new Game Boy Printer behind a security cage and you think about how cool it would ...

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Here at Adafruit, we are lucky enough to hear the sounds of many machines. Our weekly #AdvancedManufacturing and #MadeInNewYork videos are filled with the rhythms of making. Back in the day hard drives and modems and scanners used to make noise that could, at times, sound like sweetly syncopated music. The Floppotron takes that notion ...

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Takara

Inception still holds a piece of everyone’s minds 14 years later. The spoofs, memes, and references are a testament to the importance of an interesting plot and good special effects. Even if the plot was not your cup of tea, the effects kept you tuned in. It didn’t feel like the effects used in some ...

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Stephanie

Dinocephalosaurus orientalis was first identified in 2003 but the more recent fully articulated find has allowed researchers to study the animal in full. Here’s more from National Museum Scotland via NPR:The reptile was clearly very well adapted to an oceanic lifestyle, as indicated by the flippered limbs and exquisitely preserved fishes in its stomach region. ...

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Kelly

Although each day there’s something new that catapults me into the realization that yes, I am indeed, old, I can honestly say I’m not old enough to have grown up using a typewriter. I did play with them in friends’ attics or at garage sales and found them super satisfying. Then, when I was 20 ...

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Stephanie

It’s going to be warm and rainy in NYC this week which means it’s perfect walking-under-an-umbrella-with-modern-classical-in-your-ears weather. If you’re not well versed in modern classical, I’m certainly not, today’s the day to try. See WQXR‘s short bios of Valerie Coleman, Carlos Simon, Michael Abels, Jessie Montgomery, Terence Blanchard, Bill Banfield, Trevor Weston, Hannah Kendall, Adolphus ...

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Anne Barela

If you missed this week’s Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter, here is the ICYMI (in case you missed it) version.To never miss another issue, subscribe now! – You’ll get one terrific newsletter each Tuesday (which is out before this post). 10,877 subscribers worldwide.The next newsletter goes out in a week and subscribing is the best way to keep up ...

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After building an iPod with Bluetooth, the Facelesstech blog thought they could probably do the same with the DS Lite gaming device. There was a catch though: there would need to be a way to make the DS Lite think its has headphones in the headphone socket so it would shut off the internal speakers.Check ...

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lcamtuf’s thing discuss digital-to-analog (DAC) and analog-to-digital converter (ADC) techniques:…microcontrollers are eating the world. Even for rudimentary tasks, such as blinking a LED, a microcontroller is now cheaper and simpler to use than an oscillator circuit built with discrete components — or implemented using the once-ubiquitous 555 timer chip. But in this increasingly software-defined world, ...

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The IoT Monthly newsletter is the best place to catch up on the latest news about the Internet of Things. We cover everything from projects to new protocols to industry news. 5,800+ readers and growing!This newsletter is only sent to your inbox once per month – don’t miss your chance to catch the March 2024 issue this Friday – you can cancel anytime – try our spam-free newsletter today!Sign up now >>>

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Many more people have easy access to macro photography, thanks to the bug-eyed reverse side of today’s smartphones. Access doesn’t equal sheer gumption, time, and dedication. Here’s Vadim Sherbakov with an amazing macro film that uses suprrising materials and macro photography to explore the cosmos. Here’s more from Sherbakov:Exploration of a macro cosmos is a ...

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brent

We Want Your Feedback for Adafruit IO to help us plan 2024 (and beyond) 🚀Inspired by Scott’s blog post, CircuitPython 2024, the developers and designers on the Adafruit IO team are requesting feedback (from you!) to help guide our development of Adafruit IO in 2024.If you’re a current Adafruit Free IO user, an Adafruit IO Plus (paid) user, or have previously used Adafruit IO in the last year, we want to hear from you!What’s on Your Mind?The feedback is free-form, it may cover any topic related to Adafruit IO including WipperSnapper.To start off, here are some topic ideas (note that ...

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Come on by for JP’s Product Pick of The Week! Two new product picks will be revealed. The show airs at 4pm ET / 1pm PT, TODAY!Check out the livestream right here inside this product page and in this one too! Because today it’s a COMBO DISCOUNT EXTRAVAGANZA! you won’t want to miss it because there will be a HUGE DISCOUNT during the show! Tune in for: John Park’s latest product picks Learn how to use them Live Demos The live video will also be on YouTube LIVE, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter) and Facebook. LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the ...

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Liz Clark

What’s smaller than a Feather but larger than a Trinket? It’s an Adafruit ItsyBitsy ESP32, a powerful processor PCB with a plethora of pins! It features the ESP32 Pico module, an FCC-certified module that contains an ESP32 chip with dual-core 240MHz Tensilica processor, WiFi, and Bluetooth classic + BLE, configured with 8 MB of Flash ...

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Takara

The NYPL will be hosting a 16mm film screening related to the themes of Visible/Invisible; Seen/Unseen: Harlem Portraits by Cathleen Campbell, a current community showcase on view at the Hamilton Grange Library.Join us for a special film screening celebrating Hamilton Heights and our current community showcase Visible/Invisible; Seen/Unseen: Harlem Portraits by Cathleen Campbell. Hamilton Grange ...

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Today we celebrate video game pioneer Ed Smith! Here’s more from Fast Company: Thirty-seven years ago, New York-based APF Electronics, Inc. released The Imagination Machine, a hybrid video game console and personal computer designed to make a consumer’s first experience with computing as painless and inexpensive as possible. APF’s playful computer (and its game console, ...

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The first computery thing Alexis Ong did in the year 2024 was to nudge a 3.5-inch floppy disk into a USB floppy drive bought from an online merchant working out of Singapore’s onetime hotbed of ’90s computer piracy.Clicking on the disk’s sole file, an MP3 titled “Inability to Perform Social Activities Is Considered Inferior,” and ...

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Brian Dorey documents building a remote controller for three Elgato Key Lights using a low-cost ESP32 WiFi module with push switches and indicator LEDs.This project is an upgrade to the previous blog post where I created a simple remote-control switch to turn on and off a single WiFi-connected Elgato Key Light. The lights do not have any ...

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MIDI Guy is a sound module with SAM2695, a single chip General MIDI (GM) synthesizer. It can generate GM’s 127 sound programs such as “Acoustic Grand Piano”, “Trumpet”, etc.You can also use effects and EQs.See details on their project GitHub.

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BorisDigital used a Pi 4 to turn an old stereo into a streaming music player:For the streaming player software I decided to use the open-source moOde Audio project because it has an easy-to-use API and many customization features. The moOde API will be used to drive the alphanumeric LCD, and also to change functions based ...

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3D Hangouts – ItsyBitsy ESP32, Camera Bot, IoT Bird Feeder and Hammerhead Sharkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGyxA0Y0n8MThis week @adafruit we’re making a snap fit case for the ItsyBitsy ESP32. Prototyping a shoulder bot with face tracking and an IoT bird feeder using the MEMENTO. Showcasing makes from the community and the timelapse this week features a print in place ...

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In a recent blog post, Larry Bank described the ESP32-S3 SIMD instructions and how I figured out how to use them.A new post provides the simplest working SIMD example to serve as a starting point for your own projects. The code was designed for the Arduino IDE, but will work similarly on Espressif’s ESP-IDF.To add assembly language ...

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This guide introduces the integration of Blockly diagram-based actions into the Adafruit IO platform, enhancing the user interface for creating dynamically triggered IoT actions without the need for extensive coding. It provides a detailed walkthrough of using the Blockly workspace, including how to add and configure blocks, use the Category Toolbox, and understand the context menus and block types specific to Adafruit IO.While you can build just about any kind of IoT device or project with Adafruit IO’s feed dashboard functionality, you can add a little more logic and integration using Actions. In Adafruit IO, Actions are a way to do something when a ...

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Two products picks this week?! Combo pick extravaganza! Why you ask? Because these items go great together – Power BFF & NeoRGB STEMMA.Watch the video to find out about the Power BFF & NeoRGB STEMMA, learn how to use ’em, to catch live demo, and more.Want more JP’s Product Pick of the Week?! Tune in ...

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Many cost-sensitive ARM Cortex-M devices like the M0+ do not have a hardware floating point unit, and some like the M4 only has an optional single-precision floating point unit (FPU). As outlined in “Be aware: Floating Point Operations on ARM Cortex-M4F“, using floating point operations without a hardware unit can be costly.Erich Styger suggests looking at ...

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Peter Hill designs a companion board for the Xiao and QT Py providing both a microSD card breakout and a power switch: You should definitely purchase a pre-made Adafruit variant: https://www.adafruit.com/product/5683 — if you don’t need a power switch. Free to select the right p-channel FET that is logic-level compatible, has lower RDSon for the SDcard ...

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For a while, Kevin has wanted to get Synth_Dexed up and running on a Raspberry Pi Pico. It is the library written by Holger Wirtz for use with the Teensy microcontroller, and the core synth engine used for MiniDexed.This is how I got everything up and running although it is too early to know if ...

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小芊枫 XiaoQianFeng shared this project on Youtube. The attention to detail and incredible!In this video I have Made a Valkyrie Mech Suit for myself. The whole set is 2m high with Motor-driven movable shoulders. The material is EVO. This work has already been finished by the end of February, due to some unexpected issues, it ...

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Its never too early to start getting ready for Halloween – AvaGates shared this project on Thingiverse! I made this Halloween Wearable to support costume wings! It utilizes two telescoping poles and can be mounted to your back with sturdy thread. I have it mounted to a posture corrector because I found it provided the ...

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Like Frodo, you probably don’t want anything to do with a magic ring infused with a profound evil that will slowly works its dark will into your body and soul, driving you to ever worsening acts of selfishness and cruelty. Unlike Frodo, you may be able to have an open source version of a magic ...

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Researchers from Beijing Normal University, Sun Yat-sen University, and Guilin University of Electronic Technology have created an accessible device, utilizing a wearable sticker. The research, published in Biomedical Optics Express, details how the device translates gestures or facial expressions into words or commands. The device is also capable of detecting subtle body movements. TechXplore shares.The ...

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phillip torrone posted SHOW and TELL 2/28/2024

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The biggest and longest running worldwide online Show and Tell LIVE! 2/28/2024 – video.

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Haudrauf2 shares: I recently bought the Toolcraft Hot Air Solder Station (800W). It came with four nozzles however there is no solution for storing them (except the paper bag they give you). The holder I designed screws into the already excisting M3-threaded holes on either side of the casing. I used M3x5 flathead screws which ...

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Jessie Mae posted From the mail bag…

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From the mail bag!Just wanted to let you know how happy I am to use the products that you provide. I’ve got my own household environmental sensor setup that is powered by Circuit Python, STEMMA, and a little bit of Raspberry Pi, almost all from Adafruit. I’ve set up an internal web interface, and even ...

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yochiot shares: Developed for people who use crutches and find it difficult to carry a cup of coffee or a phone. The connection to the crutches is made by using the holes of the crutches themselves. A screw with a nut with a diameter of 5 mm and a length of 3.5 cm is neededdownload ...

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gevert shares: For Crochet blocking board for blocking out granny squares, Afghan squares and other small knits like hats, booties, etc. You print out the board and pins independently, both in upright position. The board size is 175 x 175 mm edge to edge, consisting of 64 holes for pins arranged in 8×8 equidistant, square ...

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KompV shares: Simple cable tag, just snap it on the cable and write the tag. (Useful to identify USB chargers: cell phone , smartwatch, raspberry, power bank, lantern, vacuum, lamp, etc). Also useful for router and modem power supplys, audio, mouse, keyboard and headphone cables, etc! Works with round and flat cables, from 2,5mm to ...

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SunnyTechSoarSolutions shares thise great design for a hook to hang a hanger on the door! download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6458157 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, ...

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MREBOT shares: Custom Gumball Machine that Dispenses D20 diedownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6433128 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate ...

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JuBe95 shares: As a teacher I use chalkboards on a daily basis. While they are very useful the biggest downside is having to use chalk. Most of the time, there is no chalk left in the classrooms, or it got wet. When you decide to bring your own, it crumbles easily and makes a huge ...

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balassy shares: This tool can be used to easily level your drill press table perpendicular to the drill bit.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6397276 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D ...

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Takara

Organized by the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the Detroit Institute of Arts is exhibiting Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898 – 1971 until June 23rd. The exhibit includes historical photographs, costumes, props, posters, and interactive elements juxtaposed with significant contemporary artworks.Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898 – 1971 honors the legacy of African American filmmakers and actors from ...

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Pedro

Every week we’ll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This Week: Hammerhead Shark Bones By LITTLETUP https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/art/hammerhead-shark-bones CR10S Pro V2 Rainbow PLA 12hr 08mins X:259 Y:216 Z:94mm .2mm layer / .4mm Nozzle 6% Infill / 1mm Retraction 200C / 60C 80g 60mm/s Every Thursday is ...

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Anne Barela

Happy birthday to Raspberry Pi. They’re a leap-year baby, so while today marks only the third time the official birth date of 29 February has rolled around, they’re actually twelve years old.Products have been very successful, chalking up 61 million units in sales.To celebrate, the Raspberry Pi Maker in Residence Toby made a birthday cake ...

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Watching video on computers used various methodologies in correlation with the power of computer microprocessors. Animated GIF led to MJPEG video, then came MPEG-1 video, best known for video CD (VCD) recording. When processors became more powerful, MPEG-2 was developed and used for DVDs etc. Later, MPEG-4 was possible with yet faster processors.The same progression ...

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Open Sauce, the San Francisco Bay Area event for makers and creators, is scheduled for June 15-16, 2024. It will be held in the San Francisco Cow Palace in Daly City. Explore interactive exhibits, get an up-close look at maker technology, attend talks, panels, and small workshops with top creators from YouTube. See more at ...

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Kevin from the Simple DIY Electronic Music Projects blog describes a PCB version of the Arduino EEPROM Reader/Writer as described here but with slight adjustments to support reading of 27Cxxx style ROMs often found in vintage equipment.This is essentially the circuit from Ben Eater’s github repository, but there are a couple of configuration options for some ...

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Before the Internet, if you wanted to read up-to-the-minute news or weather in Europe, there was Teletext. It is a low-bandwidth text standard that used to be sent via the hidden black border on TV signals.BBC Micro and Master computers had a Teletext character generator chip and mode, which they actually booted into by default. ...

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3D Print an enclosure to fit the ItsyBitsy ESP32 with a wFL antenna! Guide: https://learn.adafruit.com/itsybitsy-esp32-wfl-caseWith a WiFi connection, you can use CircuitPython Web Workflow to program and debug your dev board. This works great with any WiFi-enabled computer or mobile device!It’s also compatible with the WLED firmware so you can build advanced lighting projects with ...

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The Python on hardware news wrap-up!Episode 268 (February 28, 2024)This is the Adafruit weekly Python on Microcontrollers newsletter video highlights!The news comes from the Python community, Discord, Adafruit communities and more. It’s part of the weekly newsletter we do with has 10,877 readers!Ladyada and PT provide this week’s video (below) on Python on hardware news and more.

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From the Adafruit factory vault!February 28, 2024 EditionAdafruit broadcasts the weekly ASK an ENGINEER video show and this is the segment (from the vault) on items or concept products that may/might/could be introduced into the Adafruit store in the future (or not)! It’s not out yet, so please don’t ask questions or ask when it’ll be available.You may keep ...

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3D Hangouts – ItsyBitsy ESP32, Camera Bot, IoT Bird Feeder and Hammerhead Sharkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGyxA0Y0n8MThis week @adafruit we’re making a snap fit case for the ItsyBitsy ESP32. Prototyping a shoulder bot with face tracking and an IoT bird feeder using the MEMENTO. Showcasing makes from the community and the timelapse this week features a print in place ...

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This week’s EYE ON NPI (video) is virtually the best chip you could get for VR tracking – it’s the TS4631 Light-to-Digital Converter, a specialized mixed-signal ASIC that is designed especially for folks who want to design accessories for the SteamVR and specifically, HTC Vive hardware.Thankfully, this chip is available without restriction or NDA, which ...

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KeithChristo_1501691 shares: Easy to build from PLA, orient it on it’s side and set to tree support for floating areas. Use 3 wall layers for a little more strength in the springy section. download the files on: https://www.printables.com/model/696945-small-shelf-mounted-liquid-laundry-detergent-cup-h Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for ...

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godsci shares: You must REALLY hate all that extra filament laying around to be looking at these.. The chassis take about a kg to print, and the drawers, feet, and hats take another like 600g. On the bright side though it all fits in a 200×200 footprint so it should be printable to a lot ...

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User atc1441 on X (formerly Twitter) demonstrates running the game Doom on the tiny color display of an electric toothbrush.The Toothbrush contains an ESP32-C3 microcontroller with 4MB Flash.With the codebase from Spritetm and miniwad data file, atc1441 was able to get the complete size of DOOM and WAD file down to the 4MB of the ...

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Yabbo_1500293 shares: Stackable boxes for organization and large box will fit pencilsdownload the files on: https://www.printables.com/model/691517-stackable-boxes Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each ...

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NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit STEMMA Analog SPDT Switch – MAX4544 12V – JST PH 2mmAnalog switches are a solid state alternative to relays, when you want a smaller, lower-power technology that won’t wear out mechanically. As the name implies, you can use an analog switch chip to select between two analog signals, much like a ...

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COMING SOON – Adafruit High Voltage UPDI Friend – USB Serial UPDI ProgrammerUPDI stands for Unified Program and Debug Interface, but this board is so smol and cute that we will call it the Unusually Playful Device Interfacer and pat its head when it does a good job. It’s designed to make programming modern ATtiny chips very easy because it ...

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Jallim shares: Holder for utensils, no supports neededdownload the files on: https://www.printables.com/model/719988-utensil-holder Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and ...

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NEW PRODUCTS – Adafruit Neon-like NeoPixel Strip – RGBW Warm White & Cool White – 144 LED/m – 5V – 1mAdafruit Neon-like NeoPixel Strip – RGBW Warm White – 144 LED/m – 5V – 1mThis RGBW NeoPixel strip comes in a Neon-like Silicone Tubing, combining the best of “Addressable NeoPixels” and “Ruggedized LED Neon” for a great looking, high-density, easily ...

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Kickin_Prints shares: Introducing the ultimate solution for hassle-free seed starting – a self-watering seed starter with 16 cups! Designed with convenience and efficiency in mind, this 3D-printed model is a game-changer for anyone looking to grow their own plants with minimal effort.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6457865 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY ...

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From VegOilGuy via Thingverse:I fancied building a medieval building, a classic Tudor style town house for fun. This one is 28mm scale and suitable for both FDM and Resin printers. There are a lot of projections on these models, thanks to the rough surfaces of the stonework. Whilst I have strived to ensure that these ...

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DigitalJ8 shares: If you want to paint things, this is a very good tool to paint everything well. The round holes in my pyramid are intended for when you have painted rods, you can stick them in there to let them dry. And because they are round, the rods do not shift, allowing the paint ...

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Happy Women’s History Month! All through March we will be honoring women who have made an impact. We’ll cover a broad range of notable women as well as events, reading lists, and more. Follow along we share blog posts Monday through Friday all month long.You can also follow along on social media with #WHM24 #WomensHistoryMonth ...

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Anne Barela

The Python for Microcontrollers Newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware (microcontrollers AND single board computers like Raspberry Pi).This ad-free, spam-free weekly email is filled with CircuitPython, MicroPython, and Python information (and more) that you may have missed, all in one place! You get a summary of all the software, events, projects, and the latest hardware worldwide once a week, no ...

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Scott reverse-engineered the encrypted protocol GoodWe smart meters and solar inverters use to send metrics to the cloud.The result of my lucky dip was a GoodWe DNS G3 Inverter and a GoodWe HomeKit 1000 Smart Meter. These devices look quite slick, and so does the website. They are also popular here in Australia, so my hopes were high ...

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Stephanie posted GenAi Yule Lights

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gogsbread lit up their holidays this year with a bit of AI magic. This is the type of holiday decor that with a quick code update could be kept up all year! From GitHubAdd a festive twist to your Christmas tree with randomly generated GenAI images on a 32×32 LED Matrix. This cheerful display, powered ...

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ICYMI (In case you missed it) – the IoT Monthly Newsletter from AdafruitDaily.com went out this morning!If you missed it, subscribe now! – You’ll get one newsletter each month.The next newsletter goes out in a month and being subscribed is the best way to keep up with all the Internet of Things. No spam, no selling lists, leave any time. Over 5,800+ ...

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  1. Linux on a $0.15 CH32V003 RISC-V microcontroller #RISCV #Linux2. Apple just launched a new Open Source programming language #Programming #Apple @techradar3. Automate Everything: migrating to Home Assistant on Raspberry Pi #HomeAutomation #RaspberryPi4. 5 Useful Raspberry Projects For Your Bedroom #PiDay #RaspberryPi @slashgear @Raspberry_Pi5. fpx: easy USB-C power for all your devices @oxplot6. Making a ...
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#circuitpythonparsec Create touch screen buttons for displayio easily using adafruit_button library in CircuitPython. code example here: https://github.com/jedgarpark/parsec/blob/main/2024-02-29/code.py To learn about CircuitPython: https://circuitpython.org

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On the offhand chance you’d like a low-key gaming cabinet, here’s a great DIY project. Wikydtron has designed a wonderful gaming cabinet that would be the talk of any gaming party. Here’s more from instructables:In a tribute to classic gaming & computer science student, I created a custom arcade cabinet that blends nostalgic fun with ...

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HackSpace Magazine Issue 75 – DIY Gadgets The trouble with capitalism is that you can only buy what someone else wants to sell you: if you want something truly unique you need to build it yourself. Luckily for us – and the makers we’ve rounded up for this wonderful collection of gadgets – that’s the ...

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New Products 3/1/2024 Featuring Adafruit STEMMA Analog SPDT Switch – MAX4544 12V – JST PH 2mm! (Video) Adafruit High Voltage UPDI Friend – USB Serial UPDI Programmer (0:09) Adafruit Neon-like NeoPixel Strip – RGBW Warm White – 144 LED/m – 5V – 1m (1:00) Adafruit Neon-like NeoPixel Strip – RGBW Cool White – 144 LED/m ...

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via Tom’s HardwareBerlin-based James Mitchell has created Picamera2 Web UI Lite, a web interface for Picamera2 which provides us with a full suite of camera settings to tweak, along with an image gallery where we can view and download our images.Read more.Each Friday is PiDay here at Adafruit! Be sure to check out our posts, ...

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Anne Barela

HackSpace Magazine Issue 75 – DIY Gadgets features Erin St. Blaine’s Cosmic Turtle necklace. There’s a lot to like about this light-up pendant build which makes use of Adafruit NeoPixel Jewel, which has seven controllable LEDs, a Trinket, and your choice of either upcycled or 3D-printed and painted pendant shell. Maker Erin St Blaine chose ...

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Stephanie posted 2024 NBA All-Star LED Court

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NBA fans have already seen how sick the LED court was for the NBA All-Star events. Angelica Robinson from WTHR spoke to Christof Babinsky of ASB GlassFloors about the court, via YouTube:The design features color changes, live replays and other video content. The high-performance, immersive sports floor is designed to enhance the fan experience in-arena ...

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We’ve got the New nEw NEW for you right here:NEW PRODUCTS THIS WEEKAdafruit High Voltage UPDI Friend – USB Serial UPDI ProgrammerUPDI stands for Unified Program and Debug Interface, but this board is so smol and cute that we will call it the Unusually Playful Device Interfacer and pat its head when it does a good job. It’s designed to make programming modern ATtiny chips very easy because it has 3V or 5V power and logic select, power, and transmit indicator LEDs, and a quick cable for poking into a breadboard.Read moreAdafruit Neon-like NeoPixel Strip – RGBW Warm White – ...

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HackSpace Magazine Issue 75 – DIY Gadgets features editor Ben Everard building a modular synthesizer using CircuitPython. In part three of a series on building a budget modular synth, we’re  going to tidy up a few of the niggles in our nascent synthesizer system. We’ve skipped over a few bits in order to get some ...

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If you think the three body problem is a headache, just wait till you try to wrap your math around a collision between four galaxies that has produced three active galactic nuclei. Say hello to Arp–Madore 2339-661. Here’s more from Astronomy Now:All four galaxies, which are 500 million light years away, are interacting and will ...

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There are so many women to celebrate in the field of mathematics. The Science Museum shares five trailblazers.Even those women who managed to make a name for themselves through their talent, determination and hard work, despite the obstacles of gender discrimination, have not been widely celebrated. Let’s find out about the lives of five remarkable ...

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Kelly

Who doesn’t love a little obscure clock history? This video from Primal Space on YouTube details Paris’ pneumatic clock system, which engineer Victor Popp developed and put in place in the late 19th century.British engineer Douglas Self also has a nice overview of the system on his personal website:In 1877 Carl Albert Mayrhofer set up ...

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HackSpace Magazine Issue 75 – DIY Gadgets looks at the Zumo robot for Arduino available at Adafruit. The Zumo Robot is an Arduino-based tracked robot that is less than 10 cm × 10 cm, which qualifies it for mini sumo competitions. Power is provided by two micro metal gearbox motors, and it features a stainless ...

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HackSpace Magazine Issue 75 – DIY Gadgets features Alpakka, a 3D-print your own game controller. Making a games controller is easy – you just need a handful of buttons, a Raspberry Pi Pico, and about 20 lines of CircuitPython. The design files are open-source, so you can start completely from scratch if you like, but ...

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ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UPWe’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging from learn guides to blog articles, videos, and more.BLOGWomen’s History Month 2024Happy Women’s History Month! ...

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Book Riot lists 8 of their favorite science fiction novellas as part of their 2024 Read Harder Challenge. These quick reads are filled with relatable characters and plots that’ll make you think.This surge in popularity for genre novellas is why task #5 of the 2024 Read Harder Challenge is “Read a sci-fi novella.” This format ...

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Shortly after the first episode of DOOM appeared as shareware, it took over college campuses. By the time the full game was made available for sale, so many college students were clearing the sublimely designed levels that some universities attempted to ban the game. In the years following its release, DOOM‘s genre defining mechanics inspired ...

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Nola Hylton, PhD is a pioneer in the usage of magnetic resonance imaging for the detection, diagnosis, and staging of breast cancer. Dr. Hylton is a professor at UCSF Radiology and director of the Breast Imaging Research Group. She was also inducted into the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) as part of their 2022 class.Dr. ...

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Anne Barela

For the Trinkey board we’re working on, we want to include on a temperature/humidity sensor. We’ve got tons of options in the Adafruit shop, but it’s always good to see what is available on the market and compare the different accuracies with their price points.Let’s see what’s available on DigiKey for an SMT, high accuracy, ...

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OK, we got a whole bunch of the prototypes we’ve been working on last few weeks put together. Let’s check them out!First up the TCRT1000 STEMMA board, which works great but needs a slight tweak to the emitter LED choke resistor.Next we got 3 different Pico protoplates: a terminal block carrier, and two ‘underplates’. We ...

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Women’s History Month: Electronics Designed by WomenHere at Adafruit, celebrating women makers is our favorite pastime. We’ve got some fantastic female representation right here in the Adafruit store. Want to do a solid for female makers this month? Shop their products! See below for some of the very best products designed by women Adafruit is currently stocking in the shop. As a bonus, we’ve included some recently published learn guides by makers in the Adafruit community.Check out the full guide here.

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In this video from The Wall Street Journal Collective[I] co-founder Stephen Messer shares tips on how to spot videos generated by current AI video generators, like OPenAI’s Sora:WSJ dives into how to spot an AI video, and the ways this text-to-video tool could shape the future of content creation. See more

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Maritime Morse code was formally phased out in 1999, but in California, a group of enthusiasts who call themselves the “radio squirrels” keeps the tradition alive. The Atlantic looks into the situation:Calling all. This is our last cry before our eternal silence.” With that, in January 1997, the French coast guard transmitted its final message ...

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Anne Barela posted [Mastodon for Apple II (]+, //c, IIe, and IIgs) #VintageComputing #Apple

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Colin Leroy-Mira has made a binary release of a Mastodon client for the Apple 2. It has been mostly tested on an Apple //c and IIgs, and works on ][+, IIe, //c+, IIe enhanced, IIe Platinum according to emulator testing.A number of floppy disk images are available on GitHub. Colin has also written for Apple ...

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The Open Beam Interface board provides 2 high speed DACs, 1 high speed ADC. Just what is needed to control the beam of a scanning electron microscope and get an image. Software Glasgow handles getting the bytes in and out of your computer. Our software takes those bytes and forms an image, while simultaneously streaming ...

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The Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem is useful, but often misused when engineers establish sampling rates or design anti-aliasing filters. An article by Tim Wescott explains how sampling affects a signal, and how to use this information to design a sampling system with known performance.The assertion made by the Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem is simple: if you have ...

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A new guide today in the Adafruit Learning System: OpenAI Image Descriptors with MEMENTOIn this project, you’ll upload the pictures you take with your MEMENTO camera to OpenAI to request a description of the image with various prompts. The MEMENTO is running CircuitPython code that lets you connect to WiFi, take a photo, send the photo to ...

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Stephanie

That’s right folks! MakeInspires STEAM CON 2024 is right around the corner. Register now for presentations, workshops and so much more.It’s our Mini-Maker Faire for adults and kids! Perfect for students, makers, teachers and parents interested in science, technology, engineering and the arts. Educators are free! Read more and register here. Did we mention educators ...

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The National Museum of Women In The Arts will be hosting their International Women’s Day Festival on March 8th.Join NMWA in our celebration of International Women’s Day! We will host both virtual and in-person programs that engage with, highlight, and celebrate women in the visual and performing arts.Check out their full schedule of events.

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UK citizen scientist astronomers – it’s your time to shine! C/2021 S3 Pannstars should be visible in the UK night sky until the end of March. Here’s more from the University of Reading:Photographers should look out for a fuzzy object to identify the head of the comet and a bright dash behind it to identify ...

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Beautiful clock project from maker shiura!A simple digital wall clock with Geneva drive mechanism. Easy time adjustment by sliding mechanism to release the engagement of Geneva drives. Easy to make with only 9 printed parts. Check out Instructables for more project details.

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If you missed this week’s Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter, here is the ICYMI (in case you missed it) version.To never miss another issue, subscribe now! – You’ll get one terrific newsletter each Tuesday (which is out before this post). 10,892 subscribers worldwide.The next newsletter goes out in a week and subscribing is the best way to keep up ...

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Shelby from Tech Tangents has created a detailed dive into how to preserve the bits off old floppies.I want you to forget everything you know about about how floppy disks hold data. That’s what I’ve had to do over the last few months as various projects I’ve been working on have challenged my understanding of ...

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Maureen Rakotondraibe posts on hackster.io an Indoor Air Quality monitoring system via soothing digital art to control air quality aesthetically without over-stressing about it.Indoor Air quality (IAQ) depends on numerous factors which includes temperature, humidity, particulates, and volatile organic compounds. Those factors and their consequences can be pretty scary, but my idea is to enable ...

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Evan’s Techie Blog discusses making a small video circuit for taking sync and video signals and generating a composite video signal out, in this case for a vintage Northstar Advantage computer.How to do this is mined from old original schematics.This is my generic polarity selectable TTL logic to composite video generator. I based the circuit ...

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Anne Barela

Who needs a debug probe, if you have printf()? If doing serious development, you most likely want a hardware debug probe. Erich Styger dives into the subject:We at the HSLU IET use different hardware, boards and kits, and for many of the classroom equipment it is very useful to have the debug probe embedded on the target ...

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Stephanie

We love NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory‘s monthly skywatching tips. They’re jam packed with info and full of great photos, graphics and maps:Jupiter plows through the Pleiades on March 14, a chance to spot Mercury at month’s end along with a subtle lunar eclipse, and a comet worth keeping an eye on!See more

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PWILLARD.COM dives into programming 6809 assembly language with tools available for modern computers.If you’ve never tried to write 6×09 assembly language programming for the Radio Shack Color Computer before, now it’s easier than ever before. While you can use a native editor assembler, like Robert Gault’s 6×09 updates to Tandy’s DISK EDTASM (which is excellent), ...

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In a recent introductory article on electronics, lcamtuf’s blog talked about impedance: the tendency for components and circuits to resist the flow of current. The phenomenon can be divided into three categories: resistance (R), capacitive reactance (C), and inductive reactance (L, um, yeah). All of these can be thought of as the contributors to apparent resistance — ...

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LEDLabs is an electronic workbench for students and hobbyists, a teaching resource for teachers and a very useful aid for the seasoned electronics engineer.It has on board facilities to aid in prototyping and designing circuits, either electronic or micro-controlled with the Arduino, PIC,  or other development boards/microcontroller. It can be facilitated as a motherboard to ...

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LEDLabs is an electronic workbench for students and hobbyists, a teaching resource for teachers and a very useful aid for the seasoned electronics engineer.It has on board facilities to aid in prototyping and designing circuits, either electronic or micro-controlled with the Arduino, PIC,  or other development boards/microcontroller. It can be facilitated as a motherboard to ...

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Jessie Mae

Laurie Anderson describes her experience using an artificial intelligence text generator to emulate the words of her late husband Lou Reed. “I mean, I really do not think I’m talking to my dead husband and writing songs with him – I really don’t. But people have styles, and they can be replicated.” Via The GuardianThere’s ...

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Richard “Shred” Körber documents refurbishing a Commodore A1060 “Sidecar”.But what is a Sidecar? When Commodore released the Amiga 1000, its graphics and sound capabilities were unmatched in that price range. However, because the machine was based on the Motorola 68000 processor, users were unable to run existing MS-DOS software on the machine.The German Commodore factory ...

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Dr. Jaroslav Sýkora last year created the X65, a retro/modern 8-bit computer inspired by the architecture of the Commodore Commander X16 (CX16). It is based on the legendary 6502 processor, which, incredibly, is still in production in 2023 (W65C02). It is open-source – you can find all schematic and sources on GitHub.This year Jarda has ...

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If you like Star Wars, you probably like The Empire Strikes Back, the Star Wars that folks generally consider to be the best of the Star Wars. Two people wrote the screenplay for that excellent film. One is Lawrence Kasdan, Hollywood long-timer, who also wrote The Big Chill and Raiders of the Lost Ark. The ...

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Have you ever had the experience of seeing graffiti as beautiful in cities when traveling? But then in our home town, graffiti can be seen as an eyesore? When we look into the past, we’re looking into a foreign country, as the saying goes. For us, the subways of 70’s New York may well be ...

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The Adafruit STEMMA Analog SPDT Switch lets anyone use the MAX4544 SPDT analog switch for signals up to 12V, without fiddly soldering. When the selection signal is low, the Common pin is connected to the Normally Closed (NC) pin and disconnected from the Normally Open (NO) pin. When the selection signal is high, the Common ...

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Come on by for JP’s Product Picks of The Week! A new product pick will be revealed. The show airs at 4pm ET / 1pm PT, TODAY! With special guest demo artist Liz Clark!Check out the livestream right here inside this product page you won’t want to miss it because there will be a HUGE DISCOUNT during the show! Tune in for: John Park’s latest product pick Learn how to use it Live Demo The live video will also be on YouTube LIVE, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter) and Facebook. LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat! Come on ...

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What an impossibly cute project and video. It’s also super impressive from a technical standpoint! See more project details from Brick Technology on YouTube:Lego isn’t designed for building a large train that can carry cats because it lacks large wheels and rails for smooth movement. To solve this, 3D printing was used to create these ...

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Born in 1799, Marry Anning taught herself geology, anatomy and scientific illustration. She was an English fossil collector, dealer, and palaeontologist who became known around the world for the discoveries she made. Via BBC Ideas

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Evan’s Techie Blog looks to recreate the circuit board and schematics of the Exidy Sorcerer 2716 EPROM programmer by Howard Arrington. Basically only the pictures above were available.I was inspired to take this on by another post from Michael Borthwick. There was an EPROM programmer available as third party content for the Exidy Sorcerer. I didn’t ...

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Andrew Hutchings looks to restore the data recorder for a vintage BBC computer.For BBC Micro owners in the 1980s, a disk drive and DFS upgrade was often financially out of reach, sometimes costing nearly as much as the computer itself. This is the ANF03 I recently acquired. It is quite dusty and dirty, and I’m ...

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Ploopy is a Canadian company that makes open source products, including mice, trackballs. Their Ploopy Headphones can be had for CAN $250-255 or you can go to GitHub to get the design files to make your own.The frame is 3D printed. Their repo contains the firmware of the original headphones, they are now recommending George ...

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Jast January, Brian Dorey did a partial teardown of a Fujinon Pro 2010 night vision monocular and whilst taking the scope apart noticed an infrared LED was fitted into the battery cover but the leads had been cut off and there wasn’t any way to connect it to the switched battery supply. There are also ...

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Anne Barela posted TinyVG - tiny vector graphics

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SVG is a horribly complex graphics file format and an overkill for most projects. The specification includes way too many edge cases so implementing a new SVG renderer will always have drawbacks or missing pieces.TinyVG tries to be simpler. Fewer features, but powerful enough to cover 90% of use cases.Features Compact binary encoding (39% size ...

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What was Chaosnet? Two-Bit History digs into this question in searching the configuration of DNS.Why might a DNS record have a class other than “internet”? What would that even mean? How do you search for a host that isn’t on the internet? In addition to IN, DNS records can have the HS class or the CH class. The CH class is ...

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Stephanie posted Making LED Matrix Earrings

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mitxela made a pair of earrings… with LED matrices! The concept and final results are so so cool. Fantastic work!I originally imagined the LED Industrial Piercing as a project specifically to make use of 0201 LEDs. In the end, they weren’t even necessary. 0201 LEDs are just too small! Evidently, we needed to go deeper, ...

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This week @adafruit we’re making a face tracking companion bot with MEMENTO. Taking a look at our Iot camera bird feeder prototype. Showcasing makes from the community and the timelapse this week features a print in place Easter egg box designed by 3DTECHDESIGNS.Learn Guide https://learn.adafruit.com/face-tracking-robot-with-memento/Project Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz6YTwYlKccMementohttps://www.adafruit.com/product/5420PIR Sensor https://www.adafruit.com/product/189MIcro Servo 3-pin JST https://www.adafruit.com/product/4326Timelapse ...

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Anne Barela

Ed Nisley designed a box with partitions sized to hold sewing bobbins. They’re cut from 1.5 mm TroCraft Eco.Using boxes.py online, the design can be tweaked. (note: link takes a bit of time to open given calculations).Read more in the post here.

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Evan’s Techie Blog looked to diagnose issues with the low battery circuit on an Atari Lynx:This voltage detect IC seems important to be always powered, and with the soft-power circuit of the lynx and the strange low side buck converter topology I have some question as to what it’s doing. Maybe it has something to do ...

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John Graham-Cumming has a couple of fancy Dyson fans that do cooling (or at least blowing air around) and heating. They use a little IR remote control that attaches to the top with magnets. One of the remotes decided to stop working; its failure mode was: consume an entire CR2032 battery in a few days. ...

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Scali’s OpenBlog compares the Amiga, the Atari ST and PC version of the game Lemmings. More specifically, concentrate on the VGA version of Lemmings for PC. There are three machines that have roughly similar video capabilities. All three machines have a video mode of 320×200, and support a palette that can be user-defined by RGB ...

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Junkbond916 shared this project on Thingiverse! This is a Jack Skellington head I designed for my Halloween costume, and decided to share it. It should be a pretty simple print, but I definitely recommended doing some post processing. I sanded everything and cut out a part on the side of the head to get the ...

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On the Adafruit Forums, user seasidemotors looks to make an oil pressure gauge with an Adafruit QT Py processor and a character display.So I have a simple 16×2 LCD displaying an oil pressure reading from a pressure transducer. I had the LCD laying around for a couple years now and wanted to put it to ...

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Hacked smartwatches are everywhere nowadays. He’s a fun one. Simon Brem has transformed the PineTime smartwatch into a MIDI controller via Bluetooth. Here’s more from hackaday:The project is based around the capable PineTime smartwatch, which [Simon] has been using with the InfiniTime firmware. On this platform, he created an app that sends out Bluetooth MIDI ...

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If you missed this week’s livestream of John Park’s Product Pick of the Week, not to worry, here’s the video. This week’s pick is the Adafruit TFT FeatherWing – 3.5″ 480×320 Capacitive Touchscreen – STEMMA QT / Qwiic! Watch the video to find out about the Adafruit TFT FeatherWing – 3.5″ 480×320 Capacitive Touchscreen – STEMMA QT / Qwiic, how to use it, a live demo, and more.Want more JP’s Product Pick of the Week?! Tune in every Thursday at 4pm ET and 1pm PT on Youtube LIVE, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter) and Facebook. LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the ...

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Jessie Mae posted From the mail bag…

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From the mail bag!Hey Team. I wanted to drop a line to say how cool it is that the company has been doing so well without taking any money in return for control. Keeping it local and keeping people taken care of is incredible and rare. I’ve been a novice enthusiast for a long time, ...

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Jessie Mae posted From the mail bag…

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From the mail bag!Hey Team. I wanted to drop a line to say how cool it is that the company has been doing so well without taking any money in return for control. Keeping it local and keeping people taken care of is incredible and rare. I’ve been a novice enthusiast for a long time, ...

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Celebrate Women’s History Month at NYPL this year with events, resources, programs recommended reading at more! I’m always looking for book recommendations so of course I’m navigating to the booklists first (for adults, for teens, for kids).See all that NYPL has to offer this month here

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Every week we’ll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This Week: Easter Egg Box By 3DTECHDESIGNS https://cults3d.com/:1823252 CR10S Pro V2 Rainbow PLA 09hr 41mins X:235 Y:188 Z:52mm .2mm layer / .4mm Nozzle 6% Infill / 1mm Retraction 200C / 60C 81g 60mm/s Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!Have you ...

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Becky Stern presents a wonderful miniature television project for Raspberry Pi:Today we’re building a mini television for cats. My cat Benchley loves watching TV. It’s really a mini computer, since I’m using a Raspberry Pi to play YouTube on a little HDMI screen. I’m using a display gifted to me by Elecrow. It’s a five-inch ...

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Mitxela has created the lovely Simsim Pendant concept.It may come as no surprise that one of the projects I’m working on lately is attempting to create a real-time fluid simulation on embedded hardware. There are many applications, from volumetric virtual candles to interesting jewellery and trinkets. Running a mixed liquid/air simulation is somewhat more complex than ...

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Andrew Hutchings recently obtained not one but two Acorn Electron computers. The Electron is a smaller, lower cost version of the BBC Micro, aimed at home users of the time. One worked out of the box. The other had known issues and was a black screen. Andrew looks to diagnose the issue:A majority of the ...

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Build an interactive robot that tracks your face using Memento Adafruit’s DIY camera dev board! Guide: https://learn.adafruit.com/face-tracking-robot-with-mementoA servo moves the robot’s head and actually follows your face. When the robot detects your face, a NeoPixel ring lights up making this feel like an interactive companion robot. Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY ...

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CHAI is an interface to control a CAME gate controller from Home Assistant using ESPHome.I have a parking gate with a Came BXV controller and wanted to fully integrate it with a home automation system. Using a good old ESP8266 and ESPHome, I can now exactly control the movements from Home Assistant, get feedback of ...

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Kevin presents a wrapup of using Arduino direct digital (additive) synthesis. A single sketch can be configured for either PWM, an R2R ladder or the MCP4725 I2C DAC. Parts list Arduino Uno or Nano. Cheap or disposable amplification and speaker. Several 10K potentiometers. One of: Arduino PWM Output Filter Circuit. Arduino Audio Experimenter Shield PCB. Nano Audio ...

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Modern microcontrollers and microprocessors have built-in facilities for external debuggers to read/write registers, set breakpoints and generally fully control the CPU. This is one of the main use cases of the standard JTAG interface. The 6502 and 65816 CPUs were created more than a decade before the first version of JTAG was even defined. They contain no support ...

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Bartosz Ciechanowski investigates what makes airplanes fly by looking at the forces generated by the flow of air around the aircraft’s wings. More specifically, a focus on the cross section of those wings to reveal the shape of an airfoil (Wikipedia).We’ll find out how the shape and the orientation of the airfoil helps airplanes remain ...

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3D Hangouts – Camera Robot, IoT Bird Feeder and Easter Egg BoxThis week @adafruit we’re making a face tracking companion bot with MEMENTO. Taking a look at our Iot camera bird feeder prototype. Showcasing makes from the community and the timelapse this week features a print in place Easter egg box designed by 3DTECHDESIGNS.Learn Guide ...

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JeeCeetje shares:Storage box for hair ties and bobby pins. Bobby pins go in the front, the box has large rounded corners so that the bobby pins can easily be taken out. Hair ties go in the back, that section is divided in two for further separation of hair ties.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6409361 Every Thursday ...

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3D_FlexSeeds shares:This is Flexi Leaf Dragon. The scales are designed in the shape of leaves, and the wrists are flexible and movable. Print in Place with no supports. No assembly required.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6446798 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects ...

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danielle-sopalski shares:These are hydroponic[^1] grow towers! The concept isn’t new, and it’s pretty straightforward: Instead of planting in soil, you plant in a loose medium like perlite or coco peat. Rather than the plants deriving nutrients from the growing medium, nutrients are dissolved in water, and that water is circulated through the system to deliver ...

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Az_777 shares:This is the holder for the NEWACALOX USB Charging Variable Speed Mini Grinder Machine Rotary Tools Kit Grinder Set with 126pcs Engraving Accessories Kitdownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6470732 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have ...

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LuSa2011 shares:Needed a french cleat holder for grease, grease press and air pump.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6490682 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so ...

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prinsfrank shared this project on Thingiverse, with full build instructions on their personal blog!Ever since I’m back from Svalbard, I’ve been thinking about building an all sky camera. During dark season, there are a lot of tourists on the island for Northern lights (Aurora Borealis), even though it is actually too far north up there to see them consistently. Sometimes they aren’t seen for weeks due to snow storms or lack of solar activity, and other times they are just not noticed due to the fact that is very cold outside and few people are spending hours outside due to ...

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asiersan shares:Mostly taken from user CPower. Buttons borrowed from user tomasz_chicken and modified by me. They have two projections with a guide so that they do not rotate. Depending on how they are placed, only one of them is necessary, the other must be cut. This model is 25% larger than Luq1308’s design.download the files ...

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nirzon shares:This adapter allows using the Celestron Nexstar SLT tripod as a regular 3/8 tripod. Thus, will allow to use it for any 3/8 mount (like the SVBONY SV225) or device (like the ZWO Seestar S50). There are two versions to the bottom part. With brass heat insert and with printed threads. Use whatever you ...

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nirzon shares:This adapter allows using the Celestron Nexstar SLT tripod as a regular 3/8 tripod. Thus, will allow to use it for any 3/8 mount (like the SVBONY SV225) or device (like the ZWO Seestar S50). There are two versions to the bottom part. With brass heat insert and with printed threads. Use whatever you ...

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StarLabs3D shares this great design for a Oversized Rocker Switch Plate1download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6485921 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday ...

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There will not be a John Park’s Workshop today due to filming schedules and travel plans and some vague threats by Lars. Who knew March could get this busy? We’ll be back next Thursday for more antics, projects, CircuitPython Parsecs, and more.

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From andreixyz via Thingverse:a simple small box with lid freecad project included if you want to easily customize it use brim to prevent warping high clearance See design! Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed ...

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From ElApe via Thingverse:This increases the height of the original design to allow the installation of the Waveshare POE hat… Modifications are an increase of 5mm to the body, a slight mod to the button hole. The lid has a cut out to expose the GPIO and an increase in the height of the seperators ...

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6okov shares: Holder / Mount for tripod These are designed to securely attach tripods to skadis Ikea system.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6470738 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed ...

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Happy International Women’s Day 2024!This year’s theme is Inspire Inclusion. Read more about the theme and how to celebrate or get involved on the holiday’s official site here:The campaign theme for International Women’s Day 2024 is Inspire Inclusion. When we inspire others to understand and value women’s inclusion, we forge a better world. And when ...

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mintonette shares:Holder for a CR2032 coin cell batteries. Battery is securely held in place Single (3V), double (6V) and triple (9V) versions Designed for use with breadboard jumper wires or bare wire Total holder thickness is 7.3mm for the single cell holder, 10.5mm for the double and 13.7mm for the triple Support free printdownload the ...

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SJ-Prints shares:A custom box with a sliding lid to house a Node-MCU 30Pin ESP32 board as well as a Meanwell LRS-50watt-5amp. Have included the finished box as well as seperate bases for the individual components. The box should be adjustable via user parameters if uploaded correctly.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6484313 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here ...

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Alpha_Salsa shares:This is my first 3d printed case design, the Epsilon 570! It consists of a frame, two sidepanels and a set of feet for a total of 5 pieces. It can be printed with a small printer and only uses nuts and bolts to attach the different components, no threaded inserts or threads in ...

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JuBe95 shares:Rotary encoders can be found in a wide range of applications in modern electronics. This is a simple yet fully working model of a rotary encoder. Print and use at own risk.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6484000 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making ...

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The Python for Microcontrollers Newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware (microcontrollers AND single board computers like Raspberry Pi).This ad-free, spam-free weekly email is filled with CircuitPython, MicroPython, and Python information (and more) that you may have missed, all in one place! You get a summary of all the software, events, projects, and the latest hardware worldwide once a week, no ...

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Kerry D. Wong performs a teardown of a UNI-T UPO1204 200 MHz 4 channel digital oscilloscope. There are some minimal circuitry on the reverse side of the PCB but I could not fully remove the main PCB from the casing. Each channel has a COSMO Y214S solid state relay, a LMH6574 high speed video multiplexer and a LM6552 1.5 GHz ...

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Nicole Express looks at the 8-bit Sega arcade game Flashgal:There’s the System 1. The System E. Even the Future Spy. But Sega released games on so many different platforms around Zilog’s Z80 processor! Though today, it’s really only Sega by virtue of their role as a publisher. Let’s take a look at Flashgal. It’s definitely not System 1. Sure, ...

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Hackster.io user Diego Avellaneda used a NeoPixel Ring to create a bright visual reminder for upcoming meetings:Green means you’re good to go 😃, yellow signals a meeting soon, and red warns that your meeting is wrapping up 🛑. It’s intuitive, unobtrusive, and designed for the modern remote worker. Never Miss a Meeting transforms your work-from-home ...

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David Friedman, realizing that sundials suck, came up with a solution he called “The Bulbdial Clock”:The Bulbdial Clock has no hands — just one pole in the center of the clock, and three light sources of varying heights which revolve around the pole casting shadows. In the model illustrated above, the light sources are each ...

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Becky Stern shared this video on Youtube. You can find the full tutorial with step by step instructions on her website!Today we’re building a mini television for cats. My cat Benchley loves watching TV. It’s really a mini computer, since I’m using a Raspberry Pi to play YouTube on a little HDMI screen. Let’s get ...

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If your cat likes to watch TV, Becky Stern has a project just for you. Whether your feline buddy prefers nature videos, Blue’s Clues, or is one of the few cats who enjoy spending time untangling Westworld season 4, this can help. Just don’t tell the tabby there is no Westworld season 5. Here’s more ...

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Becky Stern shares this cool project on DigiKey.Today we’re building a mini television for cats. My cat Benchley loves watching TV. It’s really a mini computer ‎since I’m using a Raspberry Pi to play YouTube on a little HDMI screen. Let’s get started.‎Check it out!Each Friday is PiDay here at Adafruit! Be sure to check ...

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element14 presents shared this video about testing the power of your electronics projects! For whatever electronics projects you’re doing, one thing is for sure, you need to power it somehow. It can be anything from being directly connected to the outlet, a battery, a buck converter, a linear regulator and so on. When you think about testing a power supply, the first thing you think about is measuring its output voltage. Another important thing that should be tested is how that power supply performs under a load, whether that’s a battery or a buck converter. In this video, Milos will ...

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We’re getting closer and closer to this year’s solar eclipse so if you’re planning on taking photos but aren’t sure where to start but know you’ve got to start planning now, don’t miss Alan Dyers tips on DIY Photography:Originally published in June 2023, I revised the ebook following the October 14, 2023, annular eclipse of ...

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An atomic clock is a type of clock that uses the vibrations of atoms to measure time. The Royal Institution shared this short video on Youtube!Why do we need to coordinate the way we measure time? And how do atomic clocks work? Find out with Leon Lobo, Head of the National Timing Centre (NTC) programme ...

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Here are some things we know to be true: Gravity bends spacetime. Light must curve along those bends. Curved light can create lensing. Lensing leads to magnification. What does all that mean? Gravitational lensing can be used to create telescopes more powerful than anything that has ever been deployed before. A gravitational lens telescope using ...

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Pittsburgh based radio station, 90.5 WESA, speaks with Edda L. Fields-Black. The author, historian, and professor at Carnegie Mellon University shares details about her new book “Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War”.“Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War” (Oxford University ...

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Pittsburgh based radio station, 90.5 WESA, speaks with Edda L. Fields-Black. The author, historian, and professor at Carnegie Mellon University shares details about her new book “Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War”.“Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War” (Oxford University ...

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Great piece from Kali Wallace that looks back at the 1956 film Forbidden Planet and makes a very convincing argument that it was a turning point in Sci-Fi cinema.It’s difficult to imagine what science fiction cinema would look like today without Forbidden Planet. It was released in 1956, in the middle of a decade overflowing ...

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Sunday Slays Cosplay is working on building an animatronic Clank backpack and is documenting the process on YouTube. Keep on making robot friends!My 3d print files not currently available. Although he may look finished on TikTok and instagram, I am still improving his files. Please be patient as I truck through this process.See more

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NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) website provides just what the title says, a new, incredible space photo each day. You can see the archive of daily photos at APOD.NASA.GOV more about todays picture: A Total Eclipse at the End of the World Image Credit & Copyright: Fred Bruenjes (moonglow.net) Explanation: Would you go to the end of the world to see a total eclipse of the Sun? If you did, would you be surprised to find someone else there already? In 2003, the Sun, the Moon, Antarctica, and two photographers all lined up in Antarctica during an unusual ...

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Sure, the Millennium Falcon had a great name, and the U.S.S. Enterprise has an generation-defying and defining design, and even the Battlestar Galactica has its fans. Iconic elegance and midcentury modermn twists on UFOs are great and all, but what about the strange ships? What about the hard to define, bizarre ships that won’t make ...

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ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UPWe’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging from learn guides to blog articles, videos, and more.BLOGHere at Adafruit, celebrating women makers is ...

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Douglas Adams made science fiction fun. He also made philosophy, ethics, bureaucracy, and probability fun. He made Tom Baker’s Doctor Who even more fun, and Tom Baker’s Doctor Who was already pretty fun. He much made everything fun. How did he do that? Here’s more from Kirkus Reviews: In 1977, Adams had fallen into a ...

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Anne Barela

The MIT Morningside Academy for Design invited Nervous System co-founders, MIT alumna Jessica Rosenkrantz ’05 and Jesse Louis-Rosenberg, to offer a week-long workshop at MIT exploring design and computation. “Building Complex Curvature from Flat Sheets” involved 15 MIT students in making a large aluminum sculpture now displayed on campus.Participants constructed surfaces with complex curvature from ...

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Gaurav Singh on the Embedded Engineering blog looks to repair an HP Agilent Infiniium 54815A 500Mhz which fails to boot it’s PC motherboard. The unit was also upgraded with an 8GB CompactFlash card.This post is going to be about Repair of old HP Infiniium 54815A 500Mhz oscilloscope.  Scope has normal PC motherboard with Windows 98. ...

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If doing embedded development, then the debugging solution is probably the most important single tool in the development chain. Because every debugging probe has its pros and cons, it’s best to have several debug probes to get the job done in all aspects. Erich Styger Writes:What is true for the hardware debugging probes, is true ...

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In this visual story from Financial Times readers are shown just how small some transistors are and how scale is affecting costs and manufacturing:Shrinking the computer chip is one of humanity’s greatest scientific feats. It has enabled the processing power that has digitalised almost every aspect of our lives. To understand how the latest chips ...

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John Graham-Cumming looks to restore and repair a classic 1970s calculator: the Commodore P50.I’d lost the battery cover but its shape was much more complex (than the Rockwell’s). Also, the actual battery connector was broken and the keyboard a bit flaky. …the missing battery cover. For this I recreated it (or something like it) in ...

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Michael Steil on pagetable.com writes about dissecting a dummy promo Sony MiniDisc.Many pre-recorded MiniDiscs are rare and expensive. An extra rare special case is the dummy promo copy of Michael Jackson’s “Dangerous.” Just looking at the case, the dummy promo copy looks like the regular retail MiniDisc, but instead of the track listing, the back ...

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For his 2013 DBX Conference talk, Bret Victor took attendees back to the year 1973, donning the uniform of an IBM systems engineer of the times, delivering his presentation on an overhead projector.The ’60s and early ’70s were a fertile time for CS ideas, reminds Victor, but even more importantly, it was a time of ...

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Christoph Döberl tweaked a motor fader from a mixpanel to use it as an internet-connected light dimmer with lots of IoT magic.To demonstrate the possibilities and make a cool project, we decided to build a light dimmer with the motor fader. The idea is to read the sensor in the fader and dim a smart ...

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Agustín Gimenez Bernad leads development of LogicAnalyzer, an inexpensive 24 channel logic analyzer with 100Msps, 32k samples deep, edge triggers and pattern triggers.LogicAnalyzer is a very cheap analyzer based on a Raspberry Pico (or Pico W). The analyzer offers up to 24 digital channels, pre and post trigger sampling, edge trigger and pattern trigger up ...

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ggwave-arduino is an Arduino library for transferring data over sound for microcontrollers.There is an iPhone & Android app for transmitting digital data via sound to an ESP32 development board with an Adafruit Electret microphone. The second breadboard (on the right) can also send data to the breadboard on the left.The GitHub repo has an examples folder ...

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Anne Barela

Adafruit Forums user IanLukeFinley creates a light up Zagreus from Hades cosplay.There are actually four different animations: the fire on the crown and feet, the pulse in the skulls’ eyes, and then a chase and a pulse in the sword. Which also has a steady red/green option via a switch. I hooked up a set ...

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If you listen to contemporary pop music, you’re listening to music that has been deeply influenced by techno, to the point where, on a certain level contemporary pop music is techno. If you’re listening to techno, you’re listening to black music. The Criterion channel is celebratin techno in film with Dweller and Black Techno Matters. ...

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IO Rodeo makes open source hardware science instruments for research & education. In 2022, they made the Open Colorimeter (left) with CircuitPython firmware. And this month (March 2024) they have the new UV Open Colorimeter (right) available for purchase in their online store. The UV Colorimeter has the same type of measurement capabilities as the ...

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Above is a DIY keyswitch force-curve measuring machine by romly, as reported by the Keyboard Builders’ Digest.The rig features a stepper motor, a load cell, OLED display and 7 buttons to operate the device and SD card to store the data. Here is the full article in Japanese. It has a load cell in the moving ...

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After several solid months of development the Linux 6.8 kernel has been officially released.This kernel is of particular note to Ubuntu users as it’s the version chosen to ship in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS – i.e., as the GA kernel and thereby supported for the duration of the release.Announcing the release of Linux kernel 6.8 on the official Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) Linux founder Linus Torvalds says:“This is not the historically big release that 6.7 was – we seem to be back to a fairly average release size for the last few year.” Adding: “You can see it in the overall diffstats too – ...

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After their newest class graduated, NASA announced open applications for the next round of astronauts. If you have what it takes and want to take the leap, now is your chance!NASA welcomed its newest class of next generation Artemis astronauts in a Tuesday ceremony at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The 10 astronaut graduates now are eligible for flight assignments. The agency also announced the opening for the next round of NASA astronaut applications.Read more.

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Today we celebrate engineer 2023 Helen Grenga Outstanding Woman Engineer Award recipient Lillian Tso!Here’s more from Georgia Tech: Lillian Tso, an undergraduate student in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, has been awarded the 2023 Helen Grenga Outstanding Woman Engineer Award. Named after the first full-tenured female engineering professor at Georgia Tech, this ...

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Anne Barela

If you missed this week’s Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter, here is the ICYMI (in case you missed it) version.To never miss another issue, subscribe now! – You’ll get one terrific newsletter each Tuesday (which is out before this post). 10,891 subscribers worldwide.The next newsletter goes out in a week and subscribing is the best way to keep up ...

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PikaPython is an ultra-lightweight Python interpreter that runs with only 4KB of RAM, zero dependencies. It is ready to use out of the box without any configuration required and easy to extend with C.PikaPython also known as PikaScript and PikaPy.It’s very easy to bind C function to Python module with the help of Pika Pre-compiler. ...

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Matt Mastracci looks at the math and programming in deriving a bit-twiddling hack – signed integer overflow.As a thin layer on top of assembly language, C’s integer arithmetic APIs have always been minimal, effectively just mapping the underlying assembly opcodes to the C arithmetic operators. In addition, while unsigned arithmetic can safely overflow in C, ...

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Jed Margolin worked at Atari/Atari Games including on several XY games. He’s written an article representing what he knows about XY Monitors.XY was Atari’s name for what the Computer Graphics industry calls ‘”Random Scan” and the Video Game Community calls “Vector Games.” The major parts of the XY Monitor are the Cathode Ray Tube (CRT), ...

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Tim’s blog is somewhat drawn to clever and minimalistic implementations of consumer electronics.The festive season is a boon to that, as we are bestowed with the latest innovation in animated RGB Christmas lights. I was obviously intrigued, when I learned from a comment on GitHub about a new type of RGB light chain that was controlled using ...

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The Lucky Resistor blog posts version 2.6 of their Circle Pattern Generator. While the original could do complex patterns of circles, later versions have varied shapes to riff on.The new version has a shape browser window for picking the initial shapeand new algorithms for different shape arrangements.It runs on macOS and Windows 64 bit.Read more ...

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Matt’s Tech Pages took a look at the Philips PM5631 and PM5644 video pattern generators. Such were used to broadcast a pattern when a broadcast TV station was “off the air”, re. not broadcasting regular programming (even though the test pattern was showing them broadcasting “on air”).These particular units were introduced to the broadcaster market ...

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In this video from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory you’ll learn about each element of Europa Clipper’s “Message in a Bottle” design:There’s a legacy of NASA spacecraft carrying inspirational messages into the cosmos, and Europa Clipper will continue this tradition when it launches in October 2024 to Europa, a moon of Jupiter that shows strong evidence of an ocean under its icy crust. A triangular plate seals an opening in the spacecraft’s vault, which protects Europa Clipper’s electronics from Jupiter’s radiation. The plate will carry a special message into the cosmos.See more

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Kelvin Brammer on Hackaday.io details the build of a 555 timer IC with discrete components. The twist is the parts are mounted on a printed circuit board shaped like the numbers 555.I had been thinking about making another 555 timer PCB, but one such that the PCB itself said 555. One Hackaday article, “Smallest Discrete ...

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Double rainbow? All the way? Triple rainbow even? There’s even more prismatic excellent to be found in the workd of Atelier Sisu’s installation in London. Here’s more from COLOSSAL:“Elysian Arcs” is part of RECHARGE 2024, an initiative responding to concerning trends in the mental health of London’s young professionals. Following the duo’s installation titled “Evanescent” ...

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Takara

When you think of hubs for Black art and artists, Buffalo may not be on your list. It should be! Buffalo has a long, rich, and diverse history. Hyperallergic shares how Black artists created space and community in Buffalo.As a curator, writer, and artist, my work is grounded in storytelling. Contextualizing the work of artists ...

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Kelly posted Buzz Wire Game

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Fun project by labsmastak up on Instructables:The Buzz Wire Game is a timeless amusement that challenges players to navigate a twisted wire maze without letting the wire touch the sides. It’s not just a game; it’s a test of dexterity and focus. With this step-by-step guide, you’ll learn how to construct the game board, wire ...

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Folks who remember the Windows 3 and early OS/2 operating systems for PCs may not know that OS/2 started as a Microsoft operating system. If history would have been different, after Windows 3, OS/2 may have ushered in the era of 32-bit computing.OS/2 version 1 ran on a 80286 and wasn’t well received. With the ...

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With his newly acquired Raspberry Pi, Nicolas Frankel explored executing GitHub Actions not on Google itself but on a dedicated machine (the Pi). GitHub Actions comprise two components: The GitHub Actions infrastructure itself. It hosts the scheduler of jobs. Runners, which do run the jobs By default, jobs run on GitHub’s runners. However, it’s possible ...

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Stephanie posted Manhattan Healing Forest

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A Pocket Forest is coming to Roosevelt Island this spring! It will hold 1000 trees of 40 native species in 2,700 square feet. Folks can volunteer to help plant the forest April 6 here. With its diverse array of flora and fauna, Manhattan Healing Forest serves as a miniature lung for Manhattan, providing habitat for ...

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HDMI and DisplayPort connectors are rather different and non-swappable in most cases. But YouTuber Jon Bringus shows an Xi3 X7A/Piston computer with one port marked for both. And yes it had a D-shape like a DisplayPort but the interior tab is straight like an HDMI port. Testing, the port indeed fits both connectors.The BIOS of ...

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John Park posted LEGO Parts Storage Labels

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These downloadable LEGO Brick Labels for P-touch label printers look great for serious organization of your LEGO elements. One of these days I’ve gotta get my LEGO elements organized, and this looks like a great approach.With more than 1800 unique labels, LEGO Brick Labels is the perfect way to organize your LEGO collection. In addition to labels for common LEGO bricks/plates/tiles, I’ve created labels for hundreds of Technic and specialty parts—perfect for a large (or growing) LEGO collection!Designed by Tom Alphin,  available as Brother P-touch .zip and preview .pdf.

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A new guide in the Adafruit Learning System: Set up Web Workflow on the Adafruit MEMENTO. Web Workflow is an excellent way to update your MEMENTO camera board remotely. If your project involves keeping the MEMENTO in a specific position or perhaps it is mounted in a difficult to reach place, then editing your code with ...

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The National Institutes of Health funded this interesting project conducted by scientists at the University of Rhode Island and The University of Texas at Austin. Using AI-enabled wearable technology, the study will focus on eating habits and nutrition.The researchers will study participants over the course of four progressive phases. After being fitted with the unobtrusive ...

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phillip torrone posted SHOW and TELL 3/13/2024

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The biggest and longest running worldwide online Show and Tell LIVE! 3/13/2024 – video.

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biho1 shares: Ghostbusters Trap Inlay Meshdownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6470793 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these ...

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Jessie Mae posted From the mail bag…

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From the mail bag!Hello! I saw that my order shipped, and I just wanted to extend an enthusiastic thank you to whoever just sent me this package of joy in the form of tiny electronic parts. You are making my day in the very near future. I hope you have a great day too

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HotTabascoSauce shares: 30°V Bit – Engrave 1/4″ Flat End Up Cut – Everything Else Engrave first then run the other .NCdownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6467580 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated ...

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Ermelbear shares: Here is a little wardrobe for a door i desinged. All you need is two M4x12mm, two M4x20mm screws and a M4 tap. download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5848172 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we ...

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Namtam shares: The wife wanted a new toothbrish stand for the kid’s bathroom. Thi is what I came up with. It will hold an electric toothbrush (Sonicare) in the center slot, and regular toothbrushes or dental instruments in the side slots. download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6463461 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY ...

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Raikaffe shares: Holder for a MagSafe charger with a circumference of approx. 56 mmdownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6463248 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, ...

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canner shares: Pegboard 1/4″ holes, 1″ spaced / Lochabstand 2,54 cm, Lochdurchmesser 6 mmdownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6463260 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, ...

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feletoch shares: Require the universal hook from the original collection derived from https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2853261 Fits set of 6, size from left to right, 6.8mm, 5.8mm, 5.2mm, 5.8mm, 6.8mmdownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6463063 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, ...

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ki_korneev shares: Really usefull sandpaper holder with work area 120mm x 50mm (2 sides).download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6463070 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, ...

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Every week we’ll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This Week: Airless Ping Pong Ball By E.T. https://www.printables.com/model/795518-airless-ping-pong-ball CR10S Pro V2 Rainbow PLA 01hr 45mins X:169 Y:180 Z:40mm .2mm layer / .4mm Nozzle 6% Infill / 1mm Retraction 200C / 60C 6g 60mm/s Every Thursday ...

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Anne Barela

Alex Badics of Void Computing has been reverse engineering the USB protocols used by augmented reality (AR) glasses. While some of the glasses on the market implement protocols wisely, some have made questionable, even poor choices.They, as a group, use USB-C for communication but that doesn’t mean they follow specifications. And documentation for their application ...

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MEMENTO Programmable CameraIn this video we’ll highlight some features of the MEMENTO camera board. We’ll also showcase using the fancy camera software in CircuitPython and take a look at our new 3D printed enclosure design.This is MEMENTO, Adafruit’s DIY programmable camera dev board. With MEMENTO, you can take photos using the Fancy camera software with ...

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A quick hello from the Adafruit IO Team to announce an important milestone, and to say “We’re Listening!”The team has been hard at work, setting some good foundations for the year… however, we’re still accepting more suggestions, feature requests, and wish-list items that you’d like to see on Adafruit IO in 2024. See the blog post or forum thread for more info, submit your ideas before the end of March via email, forum, social media, or other reliable transport methods (carrier pigeon)… When you post, please add #AdafruitIO2024 and email iotnews@adafruit.com to let us know about your post, so we ...

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The Python on hardware news wrap-up!Episode 269 (March 13, 2024)This is the Adafruit weekly Python on Microcontrollers newsletter video highlights!The news comes from the Python community, Discord, Adafruit communities and more. It’s part of the weekly newsletter we do with has 10,891 readers!Ladyada and PT provide this week’s video (below) on Python on hardware news and more.

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From the Adafruit factory vault!March 13, 2024 EditionAdafruit broadcasts the weekly ASK an ENGINEER video show and this is the segment (from the vault) on items or concept products that may/might/could be introduced into the Adafruit store in the future (or not)! It’s not out yet, so please don’t ask questions or ask when it’ll be available.You may keep ...

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3D Hangouts – Camera Bot, IoT Bird Feeder and Easter Egg Box3D hangouts is off this week for Spring Break. We will return next Wednesday, on March 20th, 2024 at 11 am ET. Until then, remember to Make A Great Day!If you missed last week’s livestream, it’s linked at the top of the blog post. ...

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This week’s EYE ON NPI (video) will galvanize your next design, with robust galvanic isolation specifically for I2C devices: we’re highlighting the Analog Devices ADuM1252/3 Bidirectional I²C Isolators.They are available in two flavors: as the unidirectional ADuM1253 and bi-directional ADuM1252.These little SOIC chips provide trustworthy isolation up to a shocking ±10 kV surge, with pending ...

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feletoch shares: Require the universal hook from the original collection derived from https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2853261download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6463072 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so ...

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Nolson8 shared this project on Thingiverse! Download files here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6461172  Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these ...

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Adafruit made a new kit with DigiKey! The Hack Box.Are you ready to explore your creative side? Look no further than the DigiKey exclusive Hack Box Kit from Adafruit, featured in this episode of “Potentially Genius.” Together with John Park, the team from Tomorrow Lab has designed a unique creature that can recognize food-shaped stickers and room lighting. It will even display various facial expressions and tail animations based on what it senses. To create your own creature design, all you need are a few paper patterns and the DigiKey Hack Box Kit. Simply download the project files provided below to ...

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Unholyorders shares: Container for anything that fits insidedownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6461186 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and ...

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🕷️ New Board added to WipperSnapper…What’s the second smallest board available for use with WipperSnapper, sporting all the features and pins you could ask for yet still oh so tiny? Why it’s the ItsyBitsy ESP32 of course!Newly added this week, with accompanying docs pages in the board Learn Guide showing off the WipperSnapper Essentials to ...

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blahab shared this project on Thingiverse! There isnot space between the Pi and the DIN rail for an external USB3 M2 case slot.Download files: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6459149 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated ...

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3d-printy shares: This design includes a TPU gasket which is entirely contained within a rigid (PLA/PETG/ABS) frame. Printing requires either a multi-material printer or pausing the print to insert the pre-printed TPU gasket.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6461199 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making ...

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It’s JOHN PARK’S WORKSHOP — LIVE! — Coming up at 4pm ET / 1pm PT Today!  LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat!Today’s project: Happy Pi Day!Also: CircuitPython Parsec Gear Report Learn Guide Updates Fresh Discount Code The live video will be on Youtube LIVE, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter) and Facebook.Join maker John Park in his workshop each week as he builds, demos, hacks, and mods projects live on air! “John Park’s Workshop — LIVE” is the place to see creative projects come to life, as John uses a wide variety of tools and techniques to make everything ...

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From PLA_Pete_Jr via thingverse:These are designed to work with 0.25 in, 1/4-24 UNS (ANSI Unified Screw Threads). These fit an older Harbor Freight drill press, but may work for newer versions or brands. The original knobs became brittle and cracked and these were designed as a replacement. These balls are 40mm in diameter.See design! Every ...

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theborcaptain shares: A 12 x 5 Ortho-linear keyboard for hand wiring with a pro micro or similar micro controller. Uses 11 M2 x 16mm socket head screws to hold things together.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6457775 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects ...

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From DareCdn via Thingverse!I had read and noticed that the Xbox S series produces a lot of heat, so rather than waiting for the consol to overheat I decided to design a fan mount for my son’s new the Xbox S. The mount is made to fit over the heat exhaust while the unit is ...

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CruiseChef shares: Mini spring keychain carabiner. Use 1″ spring from any ball point pen. If the spring is too long or tight use wire cutters to remove a couple rotations. Print Pin and Ring Clip 100% Infilldownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6450383 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion ...

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Nearly a week later and my group chats are still lingering on the subject of Daylight Savings. It’s always so much more of a thing than I think it will be, even when it’s followed by a week of wondrous weather and sunlight like it has this year (in the New York area at least). ...

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In honor of Women’s History Month, NASA asked three of its engineers to speak about their own experiences being a woman in engineering and to highlight both their challenges and achievements. Here’s an excerpt, from engineer Savvy Verma:Savvy Verma: One of the biggest challenges when I started working was that I was sometimes the only ...

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Real Python presents a practical guide on using a Raspberry Pi and connecting hardware through the various connections the Pi provides.The Raspberry Pi is one of the leading physical computing boards on the market. From hobbyists building DIY projects to students learning to program for the first time, people use the Raspberry Pi every day to interact ...

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AudioWanderer presents on YouTube their take on Winamp running on a Raspberry Pi with an LCD display.First released in 1997 by Nullsoft, Winamp became the go-to Windows software for playing back digital audio.Winamp’s customizable interface drove major success, though the release of the ill-received Winamp 3 spelled its downfall — thankfully for its original creators ...

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Stephanie

Hackster.io user JP Funk shared their IoT Deep Dive Boot Camp Mid Term Project 2 Biosphere that uses Adafruit IO and a Monochrome 1.3″ 128×64 OLED graphic display:JP’s IoT Deep Dive Boot Camp Mid Term 2 “Space Biosphere” Automatic Plant Watering Project with Adafruit.IO Dashboard. The Plant watering project is designed to employ the Particle ...

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Anne Barela

This week’s EYE ON NPI (video) is super phat not unlike a pair of ultra wide JNCOs, it’s the Laird Sera NX040 Ultra-Wide Band and Bluetooth Combo Module, a compact solution that combines the best of NXP UWB and Nordic BTLE into a single easy-to-use module that is ready for instant integration into your location-based ...

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Since its debut in 2012, Raspberry Pi OS (earlier referred to as Raspbian) has been the staple operating system for RPi boards. But that doesn’t mean you’re limited to the official OS provided by the Raspberry Pi Foundation.You can install Windows 11 on the palm-sized system, though the process can get rather complex and not ...

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Anne Barela

The Python for Microcontrollers Newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware (microcontrollers AND single board computers like Raspberry Pi).This ad-free, spam-free weekly email is filled with CircuitPython, MicroPython, and Python information (and more) that you may have missed, all in one place! You get a summary of all the software, events, projects, and the latest hardware worldwide once a week, no ...

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#circuitpythonparsec View jpeg images on your display in CircuitPython by decoding them using jpegio. code example here: https://github.com/jedgarpark/parsec/blob/main/2024-03-14/code.py To learn about CircuitPython: https://circuitpython.org

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As it turns out, the Raspberry Pi Zero has a “USB gadget mode” that allows you to radically enhance the songs available to you on your car infotainment system — if you have the right plan. Here’s more from vanheusden:My car (Opel Astra tourer) has a radio (the “infotainment system”) with a USB connector. You ...

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Yesterday was Pi Day! Why not take a look back at this cool 2020 post from Element14 noting some Raspberry Pi appearances across television and film.You might be surprised to find that the Raspberry Pi, in one form or another, had been featured in popular TV shows and movies since the development boards’ release back ...

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Stephanie

If you’ve ever wondered about the animals that make and live inside some of the most fascinating shells this video from Odd Animal Specimens was made for you. Tune in to learn about conches and sea snails to a very chill piano soundtrack

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Oh You Pretty Things has made Objectified free to stream for a limited time in celebration of the film’s 15th birthday.Objectified (2009, 75 minutes) is a documentary film about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. What can we learn about who we are, and who we want to be, from the objects with which we surround ourselves? With Paola Antonelli, Chris Bangle, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Tim Brown, Dunne & Raby, IDEO, Naoto Fukasawa, Jonathan Ive, Hella Jongerius, Marc Newson, Dieter Rams, Karim Rashid, Alice Rawsthorn, Smart Design, Jane Fulton Suri, Rob ...

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It’s not quite a rocket, but this home made model can lift off and land! Here’s the project, from Bribro12 via hackster.io:In the beginning of this year I was really amazed by the fast and succesive achievements SpaceX made. So I decided I wanted to do a SpaceX related project. Being a SpaceX fan for ...

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Stephanie

Browse through all that’s new here!NEW PRODUCTS THIS WEEKM5StickC Plus IoT Development Kit + Watch Accessories: The ESP-32-based M5Stick-C is a wee, super portable, open-source IoT development board, like a fun-sized version of the M5Stack. Jam-packed with a Wi-Fi & Bluetooth powered ESP32, USB interface, Li-Poly battery and charge circuitry, 0.96″ color TFT display, various ...

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Hear Joe Makes’s talk on his architecture thesis project:I gave a talk on my Masters Thesis Project in Architecture focusing on Altering Soundscapes in Exterior Environments using Helmholtz Resonators in Ceramic Bricks to absorb Low Frequency Traffic Noise. See more

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The HamMessenger (right) is designed to allow sending short texts via a VHF radio without any additional equipment.APRS supports sending text messages, and if you’re in range of an Internet-connected gateway node you can even exchange SMS texts with cellphones and send one-line emails. Sending texts traditionally meant using a PC hooked up to a so-called terminal node ...

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Stephanie

ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UPWe’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging from learn guides to blog articles, videos, and more.BLOGNew WipperSnapper DocumentationA quick hello from the ...

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Stephanie

ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UPWe’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging from learn guides to blog articles, videos, and more.BLOGNew WipperSnapper DocumentationA quick hello from the ...

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On the question of the existence of alien life, science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke made this philosophically trenchant quip: “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” One might substitute the word “astonishing” or “overwhelming” for “terrifying,” but I suppose that depends on whether ...

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Zay

The way Americans think of Eastern Europe changes from decade to decade. If we want to understand a region, or a people, it helps to experience how they imagine the future. What does the science fiction of Eastern Europe look like? Here are 20 films that give a snapshot of a region that has imagined ...

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Zay

Smart watches are showing up on wrists all over the world. These tiny wearable computers may seem like they’re arcane and too tiny for mere makers to make. But it is very much not true. Here’s a DIY smart watch from akashv44  on InstructablesUsing an ESP8266 chip, the ESP-12E, I will demonstrate how to build ...

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Anne Barela

A year ago we designed a high-current-output Infrared Transmitter STEMMA and had to find a high brightness right angle LED.Today we sat down to design the other side, a receiver. We did find a 38KHz receiver that will work, but it got us thinking about ‘code learning’ IR projects, where we don’t want to demodulate ...

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Anne Barela

This week we’ve been doing pre-taxes review and also working on a lot of testers. Specifically we’ve got the tester for the SHT45 Trinkey ready, plus we ‘pico-ified’ our Feather ESP32 v2 from Raspberry Pi.Ditto we also de-Teensyified the ItsyBitsy 32u4. We wrapped our huge revision party in January but we are still working on ...

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Stephanie

All late 80s art lovers must be rejoicing at Luna Luna’s revival in LA as Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy. The revival features work from Keith Haring, David Hockney, Rebecca Horn, Roy Lichtenstein, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Sonia Delaunay, Monika GilSing and more! NPR wrote about Luna Luna and the revival Forgotten Fantasy:If you visited Hamburg, Germany, in the summer of 1987, you might have been one of the lucky 250,000 people to attend Luna Luna. It was a carnival designed by some of the most famous artists of the 20th century. Visitors got to ride a small Ferris wheel adorned with drawings ...

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Kelly posted The Angler

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Great build from Gammawave up on Instructables that features our Adafruit USB Type C Breakout Board – Downstream Connection.The model in this case is the “The Angler” with a fish on the end of the line over the water, utilising wood, acrylic, brass and 3d printed elements with simple electronically controlled magnetics. The fish containing a permanent magnet is animated whilst the angler is static holding the rod to which the line and fish are attached. Beneath the pond is housed the electromagnet and hall sensor with the electronics that in conjunction with the magnet in the fish influences movement ...

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The SondeHub Tracker provides live and historical view of the data contained within the SondeHub Radiosonde telemetry database.The radiosonde is a small instrument package that is suspended below balloon filled with either hydrogen or helium. As the radiosonde is carried aloft, it measures pressure, temperature, and relative humidity. These sensors are linked to a battery-powered radio ...

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Anne Barela posted A pyramid controller for Max

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Sebastian Tomczak on the Little Scale blog discusses making a pyramid-shaped 9DOF controller for adjusting parameters in electronic music.My pyramid controller is almost identical to my sphere controller. The difference in shape means that each side feels a little like a preset, and it’s easier to have an intuition about rotation and orientation compared to a ...

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Anne Barela posted Proximity Sensing using IR

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The GG-Circuits blog looks into proximity sensing using infrared (IR) light:There are many ways to detect the presence of an object by using, capacitive proximity sensing, inductive, ultrasonic, magnetic, time-of-flight and optical. In this post we will go over using an infrared LED with a detector and how we can use them to detect the ...

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The electromagnetic spectrum is like an invisible world that always surrounds us, and allows us to do many amazing things: It’s how radio and TV are transmitted, it’s how we communicate using WiFi or our phones. And there are many more things to discover there, from all over the world.blinry demonstrates fifty ways to use a software defined radio (SDR) to tune in signals – locally or from around the world.A Software Defined Radio is essentially a radio that relies on a computer to do most of its data processing. It doesn’t rely on analog hardware too much – instead, ...

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New Products 3/15/2024 Featuring Adafruit Proto Doubler PiCowbell for Pico and Pico W! (Video) M5StickC Plus IoT Development Kit + Watch Accessories (0:10) Adafruit MEMENTO Camera Enclosure & Hardware Kit (0:52) Mini Leaded Solder Spool – 0.8mm Diameter – 50 grams (1:24) Adafruit ESP32 Feather V2 with Headers – 8MB Flash + 2 MB PSRAM ...

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Make memories, or just a cool camera-based project, with Adafruit’s MEMENTO Camera Board. It’s a development board with everything you need to create programmable camera and vision projects: with a camera module, TFT preview screen, buttons, SD card slot and driven by a powerful ESP32-S3 processor with 2 MB of PSRAM for buffering 5 MegaPixel camera images.Guide ...

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It’s #MusicMonday at Adafruit. This neat projec tkevinjwalters shared on Instructables, shows how to make a guitar tuner and audio spectrum analyser using the Pimoroni Galactic Unicorn and a Pi Pico W.The program used on the Unicorn is an evolution of Phil Howard’s Blunicorn code which has additions by Mike Bell and contains V. Hunter ...

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Stephanie posted Making a Wax Seal

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Follow along as Uri Tuchman makes a wax seal on YouTube. If you’re not closing your envelopes with your own wax seal, are your messages even worth reading?Probably, but we can guarantee the reader would be way more impressed with a wax sealed envelope.

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Great guide on How to Build a Small Solar Power System from Low-tech Magazine.Low-tech Magazine was launched back in 2007 and runs on a solar-powered server. We like how they include the server stats on the bottom left of the homepage.This guide explains everything you need to know to build stand-alone photovoltaic systems that can ...

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If you missed this week’s Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter, here is the ICYMI (in case you missed it) version.To never miss another issue, subscribe now! – You’ll get one terrific newsletter each Tuesday (which is out before this post). 10,892 subscribers worldwide.The next newsletter goes out in a week and subscribing is the best way to keep up ...

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Looking for a use for the Raspberry Pi 4 you replaced with a Raspberry Pi 5 elsewhere? Why not make a media server for your house? Put your Raspberry Pi to a good use by setting up local media streaming with Jellyfin.Got a large digital media library thanks to your old DVD and BluRay collection? ...

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V. Hunter Adams discusses the RP2040 microcontroller at the heart of the Raspberry Pi Pico (and Pico W). Specifically, what happens between applying power to an RP2040, and a loaded program starting execution.I’ve attempted to walk through everything that happens between applying power to an RP2040 and the first line of main() being executed. Some of these ...

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Kevin Noki decided to build a Macintosh 128K computer with modern parts inside but he didn’t want to gut a perfectly good classic mac. The decision was made to 3D print a case made to the exact dimensions of an original.After months of hard work, I finally managed to 3D print my own homemade full-size ...

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Stephanie posted Make a Book Light

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Instructables user lonesoulsurfer took a request for a new book light literally and created this fantastic glowing book. We’d love to see a remix with NeoPixels that changes color based on time of day, the vibe of the book you’re reading, or just for fun!:This build is relatively simple and only needs a couple of ...

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Marton Juhasz on GitHub documents a fabulous project providing SD card emulation of a hard disk for vintage MS-DOS computers using the parallel (printer) port.“A long forgotten solution that gets updated every decade or so. [ 1994 – 2014 – 2024 ]” It’s either the update rate is doubling – and the next update will ...

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In Euclidean plane geometry, Apollonius’s problem is to construct circles that are tangent to three given circles in a plane. In honor of Pi Day The Coding Train shared this coding challenge on Youtube! Happy Pi Day 2024! In this video, I attempt to create an Apollonian Gasket using the Descartes Circle Theorem and complex numbers. So many circles!code: https://thecodingtrain.com/challenges/182-apollonian-gasket

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If you’ve seen eXistenZ, or Dead Ringers, or Crimes of the Future, you’re familiar with the organic design aesthetic of Canada’s most well-known creator of surreal cinema, David Cronenberg. The echoes of Cronenberg’s fictional tools for surgery and rubbery organ-esque technologies show up in the work of Matthew Ronay. Here’s more from the Blaffer Art ...

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Come on by for JP’s Product Pick of The Week! A new product pick will be revealed. The show airs at 4pm ET / 1pm PT, TODAY!Check out the livestream right here inside this product page you won’t want to miss it because there will be a HUGE DISCOUNT during the show! Tune in for: John Park’s latest product pick Learn how to use it Live Demo The live video will also be on YouTube LIVE, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter) and Facebook. LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat! Come on into the chat to participate in the ...

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László Kupi, a Budapest-based ore geologist and photographer, has an eye for capturing the diverse universe of minerals. The portraits display how beautiful and diverse nature is. Colossal shares.The subjects of Kupi’s images form in a range of environments and conditions. Some emerge through a hydrothermal process in which hot water melts the minerals, seeping ...

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Awesome build from Dimitris Platis up on Hackster.ioAs you may have noticed, I often make videos about programming and the various projects I’m working on. While recording, I always have a script that I am reading from. The thing is, I often have to either stop recording to scroll the script or move my hand ...

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One of my favorite things about living in NYC is knowing that there is always something to do, learn or experience. The Women of Central Park tour is happening Saturday March 23 New York Historical Society is showing Women’s Work through August 2024 The Children’s Museum of Manhattan is offering women in the arts and ...

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Anne Barela posted Unconventional uses of FPGAs

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At the end of the day, the digital circuitry in an FPGA chip are analog circuits. When they are operating within their bounds, they properly behave like ideal digital circuits. Usually you want your digital parts to operate digitally but some of the analog characteristics might be useful, according to Alex Lao on the Voltage|Divide ...

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Spring is exciting – plants are starting to sprout and more and more flowers pop up every day. Spring also means rain. Make a FLORAbrella and you can bring that colorful spring energy with you next time you’re out and about in the rain!For this project, you’ll need to create the circuit, mount it in ...

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Since the last publication of WipperSnapper Updates Wednesday, the Adafruit IO team has been hard at work bringing you new features, sensors, hardware, and more.Let’s take a look at what’s going on:📖 How to use Blockly for Actions on Adafruit IOWhile you can build just about any kind of IoT device or project with Adafruit ...

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Anne Barela

The Commodore CHESSmate chess computer might not be terribly well known, but that doesn’t make it any less worthy of being reproduced. If anything it is more important, as it gives more people an opportunity to use one of these devices, yet beyond a purely emulated experience the real user interface is harder to experience.The ...

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3D Hangouts – IoT Bird Feeder, Memento Case, PiCow Plates and Easter Egg GiftThis week @adafruit we’re checking out our IoT bird feeder camera. Looking at last week’s project, a new snap fit case for the MEMENTO with LED ring. Showcasing MAKES from the community and the timelapse this week features a print in place ...

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Programmable LED signs retail anywhere from the $200 range to more than $2,700, depending on size and capability. Considering the cost, it’s understandable why many people might opt to make their own signage using a Raspberry Pi.The essential parts required for your Raspberry Pi LED sign include an LED matrix, an RGB bonnet or Pi ...

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If you missed this week’s livestream of John Park’s Product Pick of the Week, not to worry, here’s the video. This week’s pick is the CAN Bus Feather RP2040 w MCP2515! Watch the video to find out about the CAN Bus Feather RP2040 w MCP2515, how to use it, a live demo, and more.Want more ...

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The Adafruit Terminal PiCowbell is ideal for when you want quick access to connect solid or stranded core wires to any of the GPIO pads on the Pico. We use four 10-pin 2.54″ pitch screw terminal blocks that can fit 18 to 26 AWG solid or stranded core wires. Note that we really connect every ...

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John Park

Get ready to watch an AdaBox 021 Unboxing take-over on Ask an Engineer! Join John Park at 8pm ET / 5pm PT TONIGHT! Wednesday, 3/20/2024 for the live Unboxing of AdaBox 021 — Ladyada and Mr. Ladyada will be in the chat to answer your questions!Live text chat in discord in the #livebroadcast channel, and we’ll ...

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Zay

If you’ve ever watched kids jump on a bed, you know that there’s nothing like a kid to show us what true abandon really is. That feeling of jumping as high as you possibly can is an amazing feeling, whether you’re on a bed or in a bouncy house or on a trampoline or standing ...

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John Park

GUIDE ALERT! AdaBox 021 is in peoples hands now! Have a look at the AdaBox 021 Learn Guide!Learn more about AdaBox here: https://www.adafruit.com/adabox/ #adaboxGet ready to tune in for a special AdaBox 021 Unboxing take-over on Ask an Engineer! Join John Park  TONIGHT (8pm ET / 5pm PT Wednesday, 3/20/2024) for the live unboxing of ...

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John Park

JOIN US RIGHT NOW!! ( 8pm Eastern Time TONIGHT, 3/20/2024) for the live Unboxing of AdaBox 021 — We’ll have a Q&A, live demos, and more! Hurry! Don’t miss it!!Get ready to tune in for a special AdaBox 021 Unboxing take-over on Ask an Engineer! Join John Park  RIGHT NOW! (8pm ET / 5pm PT ...

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phillip torrone posted SHOW and TELL 3/20/2024

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The biggest and longest running worldwide online Show and Tell LIVE! 3/20/2024 – video.

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Jappish shares: I printed this with transparent PLA and used on my pinball topper to cover and diffuse the light from the RGB led strip. Every piece is about 170mm longdownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6450385 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects ...

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Jessie Mae posted From the mail bag…

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From the mail bag!Hello: I’m doing some background research on FFT for a data science project at work, and I finally came across your “Fun with FFT” page. I want to thank you for directly answering the fundamental question of “What is FFT?” without presenting a dissertation of the math (and the many variations) behind ...

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simolux shares: this is my attempt at creating some vibration dampening feet for my ender 3 pro, but this will work with any printer frame that uses 4040 or 4020 extrusions as frames. This design uses small 31mm (diameter) bouncy balls that we all loved to play with as children, and takes advantage of their ...

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Kotzwinkle shares: This is a remix of the GoPro Lens Hood 7 for Hero 9. Now it fits really snug and works well.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6427211 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics ...

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Andi999 shares: I had problems printing the available models. So I designed these adapters. Printing time and material is reduced to a minimum. No support needed.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6447722 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we ...

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madh0us3 shares this great design for a Rubik’s cube standdownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6444583 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we ...

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jayson_3DP_studio shares: This is a spring gripperdownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6045390 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight ...

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Pedro

jethawk shares: Basic square holder for pegboard. Pegs are 6mm in diameter and are a “loose” fit so you don’t have to jam them into the board (depending on the size of your board’s holes). Right and left side can be spaced out to whatever length you need. I rotated 90° such that I only ...

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Every week we’ll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This Week: Easter Gift Egg By 3DTECHDESIGNS https://cults3d.com/:1854998 CR10S Pro V2 Rainbow PLA 04hr 25mins X:258 Y:180 Z:41mm .2mm layer / .4mm Nozzle 6% Infill / 1mm Retraction 200C / 60C 33g 60mm/s Every Thursday is ...

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Anne Barela

The Python for Microcontrollers Newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware (microcontrollers AND single board computers like Raspberry Pi).This ad-free, spam-free weekly email is filled with CircuitPython, MicroPython, and Python information (and more) that you may have missed, all in one place! You get a summary of all the software, events, projects, and the latest hardware worldwide once a week, no ads! You can cancel anytime.10,892 subscribers – Try our spam-free newsletter today! It arrives about 11 am Monday (US Eastern time) with all the week’s happenings.And please tell your friends, colleagues, students, etc.Please sign up > > >

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Back in November, Steam announced the Steam Deck OLED. It’s available now, and though it’s got a bunch of great improvements, the star is its ultra-bright HDR OLED screen. When the launch was on the horizon, they started to plan the announcement trailer:As we began to the see the new screens around the office, we were ...

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Noe Ruiz

You can build an internet connected bird feeder camera with Adafruit IO and CircuitPython.This project captures images of birds that you can view on an Adafruit IO feed or dashboard.We designed and 3D printed a bird feeder to house the Adafruit MEMENTO, a large battery, and a PIR sensor. It’s got a tray for holding ...

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The Adafruit Proto Under Plate PiCowBell is intended to be treated like a mini solderless proto plate to simplify programming and sensor connectivity for your Raspberry Pi Pico board. Reset button? Yes! STEMMA QT / Qwiic connector for fast I2C? Indeed. Plug-and-play so no soldering necessary when used with a Pico H or Pico WH? ...

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3D Hangouts – IoT Bird Feeder, Memento Case, PiCow Plates and Easter Egg GiftThis week @adafruit we’re checking out our IoT bird feeder camera. Looking at last week’s project, a new snap fit case for the MEMENTO with LED ring. Showcasing MAKES from the community and the timelapse this week features a print in place ...

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derikwhittaker shares: PSU Mount is designed to fit the standard hole dimensions for Raspberry Pi 2B-4B but to be mounted on an HP PSU via our HP PSU Straps (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5608721) The design has an in-cut on the bottom to allow for nuts/bolts to rest above the PSU. Design only uses top screw holes on the ...

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thepartydj shares: Introducing my latest creation – a custom-designed spice rack ready for 3D printing! Crafted with precision using Tinkercad, this spice rack offers a smart and stylish solution for your spice organization needs. Printed with durable PLA material and utilizing tree supports for optimal printing quality, this spice rack is built to last and ...

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PerpetualUselessness shares: I wanted a better way to carry my board to and from my local skatepark so I developed this clip-in mount. It is fitted to the side rails on my bike rack which is a Topeak brand. This design could be modified for other bike rack systems.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6438701 Every Thursday ...

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John Park

It’s JOHN PARK’S WORKSHOP — LIVE! — Coming up at 4pm ET / 1pm PT Today!  LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat!Today’s project: WinderAlso: CircuitPython Parsec Gear Report Learn Guide Updates Fresh Discount Code The live video will be on Youtube LIVE, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter) and Facebook.Join maker John Park in his workshop each week as he builds, demos, hacks, and mods projects live on air! “John Park’s Workshop — LIVE” is the place to see creative projects come to life, as John uses a wide variety of tools and techniques to make everything from mystery ...

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AlexT_3D shared this project on Thingiverse! A versatile modular organizer designed for 3D printing tools, office supplies and a variety of other items and needs. Customizable Object Holder: Designed to streamline the organization 3d printing tools, office supplies and others diverse needs. Each module is customizable, offering the flexibility to adapt storage space to your ...

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From SLiR via Thingverse:I printed the lid with it’s “back” touching the build plate. This provided better adhesion and required less supports. However, printing in this orientation caused the “studs” on the lid to print malformed (not perfectly round). It’s up to you how you decide to print the lid but it will need supports ...

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schroppi shares: A case for game cartridges of the Nindendo 3ds. Top and bottom can be printed in any desired material, but i would recommend printing it with transparent filament to make it easier to see wich game is in the case. I used the settings explained in this video by CNC Kitchen( https://youtu.be/9qb25Gi4Jv0 ). ...

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From derikwhittaker via Thingverse:This PSU Raspberry Mount is designed to fit the standard hole dimensions for Raspberry Pi 2B, 3B and 4B. The design has an in-cut on the bottom to allow for nuts/bolts to rest above the PSU. Design only uses top screw holes on the PSU to allow the bottom to be used ...

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Kharn shares: My original puller just brok, so here is a new one. Print with TPU, no support, no raftdownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6434088 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with ...

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James contemplated what many folks do: I really should make a list of all of my vinyl records.I decided to build a vinyl cataloguing tool powered by computer vision. The tool allows you to set up a webcam and saves every frame where a unique vinyl record is found. Those frames are then sent to ...

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Stephanie

Olivier Simard-Hanley created DailyPi, an e-paper dashboard showing your daily tasks and the weather.All of the data preparation is conducted server-side, through a web app hosted on Google Cloud Run, which collects information from multiple APIs and outputs a PNG image at a fixed URL. The local device is composed of a Raspberry Pi zero ...

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Pets can wander. We like it when they wander. We’re charmed by their wandering even as we, sometimes, wish that we could wander as much as our furry friends. That said, sometimes we want to be informed where our pets wander. To that end, Hao on hackster has come up with a project that uses ...

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The Adafruit Proto Doubler PiCowBell is intended to be treated like a mini solder-less proto plate to simplify programming and sensor connectivity for your Raspberry Pi Pico board. Reset button? Yes! STEMMA QT / Qwiic connector for fast I2C? Indeed. Battery with recharging and on/off switch? Affirmative. Plug-and-play so no soldering necessary when used with ...

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It’s spring time! If you were looking to convert your garage to a game room or simply want to change the ambiance for this summer’s evening hangouts, Slash Gear shares 5 Raspberry Pi projects that can spice up your space. Picking up a Raspberry Pi opens the door to all sorts of possibilities. If you’re ...

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The moon is an object marred by impacts. Without a true atmosphere, the moon has very little protection from objects drawn in by its gravity. The story of the Moon’s vulnerability is written the scars along its skin. The largest impact on the Moon’s near side is called the Imbrium Basin. At a 1,160 kilometers, ...

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The moon is an object marred by impacts. Without a true atmosphere, the moon has very little protection from objects drawn in by its gravity. The story of the Moon’s vulnerability is written the scars along its skin. The largest impact on the Moon’s near side is called the Imbrium Basin. At a 1,160 kilometers, ...

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As part of the D&D 50th anniversary celebration, LEGO Ideas 21348 Dungeons & Dragons Red Dragon’s Tale set will be released later this spring. ComicBook shares.In relation to bringing Lucas’ design to life, LEGO Design Manager, Jordan Scott, said “Lucas’ design perfectly captured the storytelling excitement of any DUNGEONS & DRAGONS game. Working with the ...

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There are so many shows on this list from Reactor Mag that I’ve been meaning to watch (Severance, Silo/Beacon 23). Unfortunately for my bank account, I just might have to resubscribe to Apple TV…In a time when television shows are renewed and then suddenly canceled just a few short months later, it’s vital to get ...

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Dune, in all its volumes and adaptations, is a work of science fiction. Here are some things that happen in Dune: prophecy, folding space using the mind, telepathic control of others, and telepathically determining the truth. Does that sound like science fiction? The reason Frank Herbert landed on wild mind powers was his reasoning that ...

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Dennis Henry is the PACE project photographer at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. His images are pretty neat and give you a first-hand look at the happenings ash Goddard.I’ve been at NASA for about four years, but before that I was a freelance photographer, and a long time before that I wanted to be an ...

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113 years ago, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire forever changed history. 146 workers, most of whom were Italian and Jewish immigrant young women and girls, perished. The tragedy sparked change in New York politics and influenced the views on labor rights.Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition and Workers United/SEIU (ILGWU) will be hosting a an official ...

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This week we chanced upon this post from toybuilder about pre-crimped ribbon cables and it gave us major deja-vu because we used almost the exact same cables when designing the X0XB0X kit to ‘jumper’ between the mainboard and I/O board.Let’s take a look if these are still stocked at DigiKey and we’ll also go over the ...

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This week was still a lot of tax prep and reporting so not a ton of hardware – but we thought we’d use this time to check out some samples we got a couple weeks ago.We have a few panel mount switches that turn, click or even use keys! A few have LEDs built in, ...

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Andrew ‘bunnie’ Huang is working on IRIS (Infra-Red, in-situ) is a multidisciplinary project to give people a tangible reason to trust their hardware.In applying himself, bunnie provides some tips on how iterate to come up with solutions.This short “sidebar” post will wax philosophical and discuss my general methods for learning and exploration; The Rule of Three ...

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The facelesstech blog looks to 3D print in atomic purple.After having a look around I couldn’t find the right colour. Fast forward to last week and my brain decided it was time to try and make atomic purple. I found this awesome blog post on dyeing PLA, My first thought about dyeing PLA was that ...

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A Virtual Boy emulator for the Nintendo 3DS continuing mrdanielps’s work on r3Ddragon, which is itself based on Reality Boy / Red Dragon. It uses a dynamic recompiler with busywait detection and a hardware-accelerated renderer to achieve high performance on the 3DS’s limited hardware. Features All officially licensed games are playable at full speed, even on ...

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Angelica

NEW PRODUCTS – Adafruit SHT41 + SHT45 Trinkeys – USB Temperature and Humidity SensorAdafruit SHT45 Trinkey – USB Temperature and Humidity SensorIt’s half USB Key, half temperature-humidity sensor… it’s the Adafruit SHT45 Trinkey. We wanted to make it super-easy to add one of our most popular combination environmental sensors to any computer with a USB A port.The PCB is ...

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Content Summary: – The guide provides an overview of using GitHub Codespaces for CircuitPython development, highlighting the ease of setting up a virtual Linux system for development without the need for local environment configuration. – It details the workflow for using Codespaces with CircuitPython, including forking the repository, creating a new branch, and building CircuitPython, as well as the automatic setup configurations available in the repository.Adafruit Products Summary: – The guide does not directly mention specific Adafruit products, but it is relevant for developers who contribute to CircuitPython, which is used in many Adafruit products. – Developers interested in CircuitPython ...

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Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, and very real music. Renowned Jean-Michel Jarre composer has put together a concert that brings together music and technology in spectacular fashion. Here’s more from Jean Michel Jarre: Lynx Mixed Reality is redefining the boundaries of mixed reality (AR+VR) with the LYNX-R1 headset. Engineered in France, the LYNX-R1 headset ...

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In early March the New England Aquarium announced their team had documented a gray whale in the Atlantic, south of Nantucket, where gray whales have been extinct for more than 200 years:Gray whales are regularly found in the North Pacific Ocean and are easily distinguished from other whale species by their lack of a dorsal ...

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LEGO has launched a Minifigure Factory, which sounds absolutely delightful. LEGO has limited customers to one minifigure per order, while they get everything up and running. This sounds like a smart, customer-friendly policy that will prevent a clog in the minifig pipeline. There’s an FAQ and more right this way.Minifigure Factory lets you build and order your own LEGO minifigure! There are loads of minifigure heads, hats, torsos, legs and accessories to choose from! The “Design your torso” button lets you get really creative – you can add patterns, designs and even text!Thanks to the ever-excellent boing boing for the ...

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Kelly posted Lap/Run Counter RFID

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Cool build from maker WesleydeGraaf! This would definitely come in handy for a charity walk-a-thon or school track and field day.A simple lap/run counter using RFID for users. Uses a database for storing the lap count of users. Code can be easily changed to a checkpoint system or other system. See the full project details ...

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Anne Barela

HackSpace Magazine Issue 76 – Ultimate Workshop There are two kinds of workshops: the organic, bottom-up mess of tools, dust, and scrap bits and bobs; and the luxury state of hardware that you could have if you put a bit of time and effort into organising your workspace. We’ll help you set up the ultimate ...

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Two new biology themed puzzles from Nervous System feature the artwork of scientist/artist David S. Goodsell, whose intricate, vibrant watercolor paintings explore the dense landscape of machinery that powers the cell.The Neuron Puzzle (423 pieces, $120) dives into the structure of an axon. That’s the part of a brain cell that carries electrical impulses to communicate with ...

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Tab is a tiny command-line software utility to render tablatures for numerous music instruments.Tab work well with ABC notation but you may use a simplified text notation, too. Tab operate over a range of 4 octaves from C3 to B6. This seems to be sufficient for most instruments that use tablature music notation. Notes are ...

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If you missed this week’s Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter, here is the ICYMI (in case you missed it) version.To never miss another issue, subscribe now! – You’ll get one terrific newsletter each Tuesday (which is out before this post). 10,912 subscribers worldwide.The next newsletter goes out in a week and subscribing is the best way to keep up ...

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R. X. Seger writes on Medium decades old all-in-one electronic project kits. Shown above is the Science Fair 160-in-1 Electronic Project Kit, #28–258 (image source: eBay), © 1982.With a modest number of components, 160 projects could easily be built by inserting wires into the spring terminals connected to each component. An included manual guided you ...

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Erin St Blaine posted Meet the Maker: Blue Moon Designs

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Katherine Bevcar, the creative mind behind Blue Moon Designs, is bringing light up jewelry and fashion to the cosplay world using Adafruit technology. Her work is a gorgeous blend of historic designs and modern tech, as she infuses her costume pieces and accessories with lovely and tasteful animated lights.See an interview of Katherine on YouTube and get a glimpse of her work in action.Katherine’s passion for creating captivating costumes led her to pursue a degree in Costume and Textile Design from the University of California, Davis. However, it was Adafruit’s tutorials that sparked a new direction for her craft.Inspired by ...

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Adam Fuhrer posts:After creating pen plotted art for just over a year now, I decided to explore a new format for my work by altering the scale of the artworks. The pieces (above) are created in Inkscape, utilizing a variety of its built in tools, most notably path effects and various modes for object displacement. ...

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Rodrigo Copetti has published Sega Saturn Architecture: A practical analysis online under a CC4 license.The online book covers the architecture, the CPU(s), graphics, 2D and 3D, audio, operating system, games, anti-piracy and more.You can read for free here.

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Head to The Morgan Library Museum before June 9 to catch Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature which includes art, books, manuscripts, letters and artifacts from institutions in the UK.Creator of unforgettable animal characters like Peter Rabbit, Mr. Jeremy Fisher, and Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, the beloved children’s book author and illustrator Beatrix Potter (1866–1943) rooted her fiction ...

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Michael Nutt documents a rotary telephone project allowing a 4 year old to call select numbers, the subway schedule and songs.Recently we went to the MoMA with my 4 year old son. Some modern art is hard to appreciate as a kid, but the exhibit he loved was one where they had a bunch of rotary phones ...

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PhilWIP describes repairing the circuit board for the arcade game Speed Buggy/Buggy Boy. The game asset sprites were not displaying.Buggy Boy is a game close to my heart as it was one of the first I added to MAME back in 2006. It is a very large, incredibly complex boardset.The post details of debugging faults ...

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HackSpace Magazine Issue 76 – Ultimate Workshop features editor Ben Everard building a modular synthesizer using CircuitPython. In this article, we really hit the first big problem of the series. So far, we’ve looked at generating tones and control voltages. These are fairly straightforward problems on a microcontroller. In this issue, however, we are going to read ...

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HackSpace Magazine Issue 76 features the Adafruit BrainCraft HAT for Raspberry Pi:According to Adafruit, the BrainCraft HAT “allows you to “craft brains” for machine learning on the edge, with microcontrollers and microcomputers”, and we really like that description. The board features a 240 × 240 TFT IPS display for inference output, a camera connection slot, ...

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3D Printing World shared this video on Youtube! More from Randomizy:This box was born as a special collaboration between me and 3D Printing World, where I sculpted the Magnolia flower on top and he designed the mechanical box. This box is a outcome of a special request for a marriage proposal of a great member ...

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A new guide today in the Adafruit Learning System: CircuitPython Elgato WiFi Light ControllerYou can use CircuitPython to control your wireless Elgato lights. The Elgato API is fairly simple and uses HTTP requests to send and receive JSON data. This makes for an excellent CircuitPython project with the Feather ESP32-S3 Reverse TFT. The board connects ...

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HackSpace Magazine Issue 76 features the Adafruit OpenMV Cam H7 R1:The OpenMV Cam, available at Adafruit, is a powerful microcontroller board coupled to a camera that is programmable via MicroPython. It allows for object recognition, face detection, and more, and all those features are embedded, meaning you don’t need to fiddle with them – you ...

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Why are the buildings and ships so ridiculously enormous in both Denis Villeneuve’s and David Lynch’s film adaptations of Dune? Likewise the covers of most early editions of Dune feature either monumental sandworms or archiecture or environments? Scale separates Dune from many other science fiction stories. Star Wars collapses down to a family drama, Battlestar ...

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NEW PRODUCTS – Adafruit Terminal PiCowbell for Pico – Reset Button & STEMMA QTDing dong! Hear that? It’s the PiCowbell ringing, letting you know that the new Adafruit Terminal PiCowbell is finally in stock and ready to assist your Raspberry Pi Pico and Pico W project with handy hardware and practical prototyping with screw terminal blocks for each and every pin.This ...

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Andrew ‘bunnie’ Huang is working on IRIS (Infra-Red, in-situ), a multidisciplinary project to give people a tangible reason to trust their hardware.In applying himself, bunnie provides some tips on how iterate to come up with solutions. In this case, design and techniques for iterating, to zero in on workable hardware.Previously, I introduced the context of IRIS, and touched ...

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NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit Proto Doubler PiCowbell for Pico and PicoWThe Adafruit Proto Doubler PiCowBell is intended to be treated like a mini solder-less proto plate to simplify programming and sensor connectivity for your Raspberry Pi Pico board. Reset button? Yes! STEMMA QT / Qwiic connector for fast I2C? Indeed. Battery with recharging and on/off switch? Affirmative. Plug-and-play so no ...

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NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit ESP32 Feather V2 with Headers – 8MB Flash + 2 MB PSRAM – STEMMA QTOne of our star Feathers is the Adafruit HUZZAH32 ESP32 Feather. With the fabulous ESP32 WROOM module on there, it makes quick work of WiFi and Bluetooth projects that take advantage of Espressifs’ most popular chipset. Recently, we ...

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NEW PRODUCT – Mini Leaded Solder Spool – 0.8mm Diameter – 50 gramsHigh-quality rosin core welding wire is easy to solder and has a smooth flow, fast soldering speed, and strong soldering point. It has great soldering ability and is especially suitable for circuit board maintenance, DIY, home improvement, cable/TV/radio/stereo/toys, and other electronic device maintenance.If ...

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Angelica

NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit 3.5″ TFT 320×480 with Capacitive Touch Breakout Board – EYESPIAdd some jazz & pizazz to your project with a color touchscreen LCD. This TFT display is big (3.5″ diagonal) bright (6 white-LED backlight) and colorful! 480×320 pixels with individual RGB pixel control, this has way more resolution than a black and ...

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Come on by for JP’s Product Pick of The Week! A new product pick will be revealed. The show airs at 4pm ET / 1pm PT, TODAY!Check out the livestream right here inside this product page you won’t want to miss it because there will be a HUGE DISCOUNT during the show! Tune in for: John Park’s latest product pick Learn how to use it Live Demo The live video will also be on YouTube LIVE, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter) and Facebook. LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat! Come on into the chat to participate in the ...

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Jillian Anthony shared Nina Stoller-Lindsey’s Women who left their mark on NYC map on TimeOut. While it may be a bit too much to try to visit every spot in one day, there’s no reason to not save this map or these points to your own map to visit while you’re out running errands or ...

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Today we celebrate Flossie Wong-Staal, “a pioneering former NIH scientist, a major figure in the discovery of HIV, and the first to clone that virus.”Here’s more from the National Institute for Health:Flossie also discovered molecular evidence of micro-variation in HIV, which led to the use of ‘drug cocktails’ to manage AIDS. And she provided the ...

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ecoEDA is a Python-based tool that integrates with KiCad. It is designed to provide suggestions of recycled components whenever you add a new symbol to your schematic.ecoEDA library generator Users can create an ecoEDA library (library of electronic components recycled from e-waste) by using a spreadsheet (.csv) to inventory their parts and using our custom scripts ...

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3D Hangouts – PiCow Plates, Battery Monitor and Sensory Fidget CubeThis week @adafruit we’re making LEGO compatible plates for the PiCowBell proto plates. Prototyping an internet connected battery monitor using Feather ESP32-S2 TFT. Showcasing the timelapse this week featuring a print in place sensory infinity fidget cube designed by Davis County Library.PiCow Bell Brick Plates ...

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The Nintendo 3DS is a foldable handheld game console produced by Nintendo. It was introduced to North American on this day in 2011, priced at US$249.99. The system was originally launched in all regions in both Aqua Blue and Cosmo Black color variations. On July 28, 2011, Nintendo announced the Nintendo 3DS would be getting ...

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The last Delta IV rocket set to launch at 1:40 pm EDT March 28th from Cape Canaveral Space Force Base. The Delta IV Heavy, on the NROL-70 mission, closes out a 63-yr program as a space launch booster.Delta IV was a group of five expendable launch systems in the Delta rocket family introduced in the ...

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It wasn’t until very recently that I understood how much LED wristbands add to experiencing a show. Learn about the how PixMob uses these wearables allowing crowd members to become a part of a major production from The Wall Street Journal on YouTubeMake your own glowing bracelet with one of these guides in the Adafruit ...

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Kelly

This video from Business Insider takes a look at the tourbillon mechanism and its curious role in the horological realm. It details the painstaking and sophisticated process of making tourbillon watches, demonstrating why these pieces are so expensive and rare. A tourbillon (French for “whirlwind”) is a centuries-old mechanism built inside some of the world’s most expensive watches. It was originally designed to improve the accuracy of pocket watches by rotating the escapement and balance wheel to help counter the effects of gravity.

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YouTube: SHOW and TELL 3/27/2024 #ShowandTell #adafruit #diyHey folks, I’ll be hosting tonights Show & Tell livestream. Looking forward to catch up with everyone, see you soon!To show and share a project at 7:30pm Eastern today, view the chat or in discord https://adafru.it/discord and look for the JOIN link to join. For best results, be ...

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Takara

If you missed this week’s livestream of John Park’s Product Pick(s) of the Week, not to worry, here’s the video. This week’s pick is the Adafruit STEMMA Analog SPDT Switch – MAX4544 12V – JST PH 2mm! Watch the video to find out about the Adafruit STEMMA Analog SPDT Switch – MAX4544 12V – JST PH 2mm, how to use ’em, a live demo, and more.Want more JP’s Product Pick of the Week?! Tune in every Thursday at 4pm ET and 1pm PT on Youtube LIVE, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter), and Facebook. LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord ...

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NEW PRODUCT – iFixit FixMat – Premium Magnetic Mat For Teardowns and Repairs with ESD Project TrayBe the architect of your perfect project! iFixit took the writability and magnetic security of their Magnetic Project Mat, mixed it with the sortability of the Anti-Static Project Tray, kept the ESD-safe properties of both, and added stackability—resulting in our ...

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Zay

If you have a spare lanyard and you don’t live in a Mediterranean climate, you probably want to know what the temperature is right now. To that end, you might want to have a look at this project that will help you create a wearable temperature card. Here’s more from Arnov Sharma via hackster.io:Here’s something ...

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We’ve updated the WipperSnapper Essentials pages on the Adafruit ESP32-S3 TFT Feather guide to update screenshots of Adafruit IO and explain the new component picker.Check out the new pages on the learn system!

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Another milestone today: together, the Adafruit Community on Discord has reached over 39,000 humans. Thank you!We share projects, coordinate events, make new friends, and we build open-source together like CircuitPython. We’ve worked really hard to make this a special place for everyone to share their projects, code, and things they make.Join today! https://adafru.it/discordThank you everyone!Previous milestones: ...

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While you may already have your beer of choice sitting in the fridge (no shame, I keep a case ready for Knicks and Yankees games), artificial intelligence might have you rethinking your brew of choice. The Guardian shares how researchers in Belgium analysed the chemical makeup of 250 commercial Belgian beers.A tasting panel of 16 ...

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Silku shares this great design for a Organizer printed in Vase mode download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6433765 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so ...

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Jessie Mae posted From the mail bag…

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From the mail bag!Lady Ada and team, thank you for all the support that you provide the young maker community and STEM education! You’re also benefiting the other end of the age spectrum…after almost 50 years of being away, I’m back into coding microelectronics with “new” tool sets rather than assembly instructions: C, C++, Python ...

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AronBee shares: For Dewalt Tough Case System – Large and Small. Medium ones are not as high. I believe that Mini ones are also lower but I don’t have one to check. But if you need something for a double height to increase your storage – this divider becomes handy 🙂 Please note that on ...

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Mappo shares: I felt like designing a deckbox with sides that can be swapped out for customization purposes. You can put in side panels with different decorations and colors to show what’s in the box at a glance, or print panels with you name on them for public events. The back and side panels are ...

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lightkillr shares: Designed this for a friend so he could hang his trash bags above the can without it looking crummy. Added the phrase for extra fundownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6434008 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, ...

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HoleInOne2 shares: I was looking for a way to store my pliers. I have 6 of themdownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6500250 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, ...

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biteworks shares: I designed a clip for IKEA Tornviken based on a clothespin. This is really helpful for pinning recipes or things that still need to drip off. The only thing you need beside the 3D printed parts is a old clothespin for the metal partdownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6499495 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here ...

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MagnumTiG4 shares: I took the Legend of Zelda Goddess Box that kyle_robots uploaded for SD cards and remixed it to a larger format box that held Nintendo Switch games instead of SD cards. I used Blender and sized it up to 5”w x 4.5” h x 3.75” deep, removed the SD slots and places 12 ...

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3DeeForm shares: On the one hand, the lid does not have a screw cap for the drinking bottle, but is only attached to the lid of the bottle.After to the printout, it was far too big and didn’t hold up. On the other hand, the cross-shaped pin on which you were supposed to attach or ...

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Every week we’ll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This Week: Textured Infinity Cube By Davis County Library https://cults3d.com/:1854998 CR10S Pro V2 Rainbow PLA 08hr 17mins X:190 Y:180 Z:20mm .2mm layer / .4mm Nozzle 6% Infill / 1mm Retraction 200C / 60C 44g 60mm/s Every ...

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Anne Barela

Jacques Mattheij has been working on a Braille display that is affordable. It is documented online and it’s fascinating to see all the variations and ideas the project has gone through to the current inception.I came into contact with Mahmoud Al-Qudsi (mqudsi@neosmart.net), who mentioned that he’d been working off-and-on on a braille reader that is ...

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Anne Barela

The Python for Microcontrollers Newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware (microcontrollers AND single board computers like Raspberry Pi).This ad-free, spam-free weekly email is filled with CircuitPython, MicroPython, and Python information (and more) that you may have missed, all in one place! You get a summary of all the software, events, projects, and the latest hardware worldwide once a week, no ...

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In a remarkable story of product innovation, Stanley became, in the words of its Global President Terence Reilly, a “110-year-old overnight success.” The company’s journey from inventing the first vacuum-sealed water bottle in 1913 to becoming a TikTok sensation began with the launch of the Quencher tumbler in 2016.More recently, the same social media enthusiasm that ...

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James Merrill, given the opportunity to participate in SIGGRAPH 2023 in Los Angeles, decided to showcase how art, code, and pen plotters all mesh together. In order to do this, he created an interactive art installation which brought together all three.Building an interactive art installation requires careful planning and application architecture. In this post, I ...

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The Python on hardware news wrap-up!Episode 270 (March 27, 2024)This is the Adafruit weekly Python on Microcontrollers newsletter video highlights!The news comes from the Python community, Discord, Adafruit communities and more. It’s part of the weekly newsletter we do with has 10,912 readers!Ladyada and PT provide this week’s video (below) on Python on hardware news and more.

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From the Adafruit factory vault!March 27, 2024 EditionAdafruit broadcasts the weekly ASK an ENGINEER video show and this is the segment (from the vault) on items or concept products that may/might/could be introduced into the Adafruit store in the future (or not)! It’s not out yet, so please don’t ask questions or ask when it’ll be available.You may keep ...

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Noe Ruiz

3D Hangouts – PiCow Plates, Battery Monitor and Sensory Fidget CubeThis week @adafruit we’re making LEGO compatible plates for the PiCowBell proto plates. Prototyping an internet connected battery monitor using Feather ESP32-S2 TFT. Showcasing the timelapse this week featuring a print in place sensory infinity fidget cube designed by Davis County Library.PiCow Bell Brick Plates ...

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This week’s EYE ON NPI (video) is going double-or-nothing, not only is this segment brought to you by DigiKey, the product this week is also from DigiKey: it’s the DIGIKEY STANDARD Tool Kit DKS-TK1 an all-in-one pack that contains tools and accessories to make electronics assembly and repair a breeze.Part of DigiKey’s new branding is ...

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Pedro

SalamanderLime shares: This is a print in place minecraft bracelet of a creeper. There are two versions, one for 3mm magnets and another with a plastic clasp already in the design. Both are to fit a wrist that is roughly 16/17cm in circumference or smaller. When printed, the bracelet should be gently flexed to help ...

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RichHomieTee shared this project on Thingiverse! I wanted to create a travel case for my Teensy since it will declutter my current project and allow me to store it cleanly. I modified the original base file to hold a small bread board, half the size of the longer one. I also modified the wire box ...

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Pedro

zeddiArts shares: It is a replica reconstructed from the video game “Lethal Company”. Weight: ~260g Dimensions: 21cm x 14cmdownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6532484 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D ...

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A new guide today in the Adafruit Learning System: Vintage computer to HDMI with Feather DVI & CircuitPython There are a zillion vintage computers out there, and most of them are designed to connect to CRTs. In this project, you’ll learn about the video of one specific 1980s computer (the Xerox 820) and see how ...

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Pedro

Genom2Geri shares: Case with latch for solder tipdownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6531870 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and ...

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It’s JOHN PARK’S WORKSHOP — LIVE! — Coming up at 4pm ET / 1pm PT Today!  LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat!Today’s project: Watch Winder refinementAlso: CircuitPython Parsec Gear Report Learn Guide Updates Fresh Discount Code The live video will be on Youtube LIVE, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter) and Facebook.Join maker John Park in his workshop each week as he builds, demos, hacks, and mods projects live on air! “John Park’s Workshop — LIVE” is the place to see creative projects come to life, as John uses a wide variety of tools and techniques to make everything ...

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MuskokaResearch shared this project on Thingiverse!Fuse Puller – Blade Fuse Removal Tool Reduce print speed on first layers.Download files: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6519631 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, ...

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Angelica

NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit STEMMA Reflective Photo Interrupt Sensor – TCRT1000An optical reflective sensor is a composite electronic device with two elements – an IR LED and an IR photo-transistor. The IR LED blasts light, and when something bounces the light back to the photo-transistor, the transistor turns on and the amount of current flowing through it ...

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Angelica

NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit LTC4316 I2C Address Translator – Stemma QT / QwiicAdafruit has hundreds of designs that use I2C – a two-wire protocol that can let you quickly connect sensors, OLEDs, GPIO expanders, and more. Folks love I2C because you can simply connect 4 wires for power and data, and even better, share those wires ...

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v3dz shares: Knot practice tool for the boat license I use a 0.6mm nozzle and a layer height of 0.25mmdownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6530425 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with ...

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Zay

From NaisuanShop via Thingverse:This image showcases an array of circular, wall-mounted planters, each cradling a selection of verdant ferns and vibrant flora. The planters are set against a textured, neutral wall, highlighting Naisuanshop’s aesthetic that blends organic elements with modern design. The sleek black finish of the planters contrasts beautifully with the greenery, making each ...

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Check out this wonderful post from NASA that honors female astronauts throughout history. We appreciate the level of detail NASA shares about the astronauts and their missions!As of Feb. 29, 2024, 75 women have flown in space. Of these, 47 have worked on the International Space Station as long-duration expedition crewmembers, as visitors on space ...

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Stephanie

Follow along with Robert Dale Smith’s Fisher-Price USB Controller guide in the Adafruit Learning System to turn a very cute toy into a functional USB controller. Toy manufacturers are releasing children’s toys which mimic items a child may see in later life. Often in bright colors with smiley faces, they are so cute! But they’re ...

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Jessie Mae posted The Experience AI Challenge

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Visit the Experience AI Challenge homepage to download resources that will help young people train and test machine learning models. Young people from around the world are welcome to use the challenge resources (official submissions are only accepted from UK based participants) Via raspberrypi.orgWith the support of mentors and our free resources, young people are ...

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#circuitpythonparsec Create code that can run differently on different chips that it detects with ‘os.uname().sysname’.To learn about CircuitPython: https://circuitpython.org

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The days of VHS tapes are long gone. But retro tech enthusiasts and DIY makers keep the dream alive with fun projects like this one, that transforms an old VHS tape into a composite player/recorder. Here’s more from BorisDigital:When I needed to build a video player/recorder recently, I decided to house it inside a VHS ...

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Angelica

New Products 3/29/2024 Featuring Adafruit LTC4316 I2C Address Translator – Stemma QT / Qwiic! (Video) Adafruit Motor/Stepper/Servo Shield for Arduino v2 Kit – v2.3 (0:07) Adafruit SHT41 Trinkey – USB Temperature and Humidity Sensor (0:39) Adafruit SHT45 Trinkey – USB Temperature and Humidity Sensor (0:39) iFixit FixMat – Premium Magnetic Mat For Teardowns and Repairs ...

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Angelica

NEW PRODUCT – iFixit Anti-Static Wrist Strap – Universal SizeThis anti-static wrist strap is great for electronic work and repair, especially delicate or ESD-sensitive work. Ground yourself while working on sensitive electronics to prevent static charge build-up!The Anti-Static Wrist Strap features an elastic band with an adjustable buckle, ensuring a snug fit for all sizes of ...

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Who needs a [I won’t name it but you know what I’m walking about] when you can just use a Pi? via Tom’s HardwareMany of the Raspberry Pi boards are well known for having a notably small form factor. The Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W is a tiny, yet powerful board o it’s not surprising ...

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There’s something eternally magical about a music box, nostalgic and fantastical as well as mechanically fascinating. Process X published a neat manufacturing video of Nidec Instruments, Japan’s only music box factory. There’s some really beautiful craftsmanship on display.

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Stephanie

World Unseen is an immersive photography exhibition at Somerset House brought by Canon in partnership with the Royal National Institute of Blind People:You’ll experience the imagery and the stories they tell in a whole new way. You’ll be able to hear vivid descriptions from the photographers themselves in immersive, soundscaped audio; and read them with ...

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We’ve got the New nEw NEW for you right here:NEW PRODUCTS THIS WEEKAdafruit Motor/Stepper/Servo Shield for Arduino v2 Kit – v2.3The original Adafruit Motorshield kit is one of our most beloved kits, which is why we decided to make something even better. We have upgraded the shield kit to make the bestest, easiest way to ...

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gareth branwyn posted Making a Tape Measure Strap

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Laura Kampf was perennially unhappy with the belt clips on her tape measures (with good reason — they stink!). She decided to think through what she didn’t like about the clip and design something that better fit her needs. The result is a clip-on strap that hangs below your shirt line that allows you to ...

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Today is World Backup Day! Celebrate by backing up your data. Here’s how:SO HOW DO I PROTECT MY DATA? We’re already well on our way, but now it’s time to actually take action. Get started today with one of the solutions below to better protect your data! CREATE AT LEAST ONE BACKUP ON #WORLDBACKUPDAY!

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This candle blower from demirkolalisinan on Instructables reminds me of my aunt’s bank collection that, looking back now as an adult, must have been a . She always had change around which entertained us kids for hours, putting, bowling, punting etc our coins into heavy, hard to manipulate machinery. I remember a bank where fishing ...

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Some science fiction stories, like Dune, take place tens of thousands of years in the future. Some science fiction stories takes place a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away. And some take place in a nebulous and inevitable place called the “near future.” But how close to the present can science fiction ...

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ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UPWe’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging from learn guides to blog articles, videos, and more.BLOGIt’s the last day of Women’s History ...

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Dune 2 is 165 minutes long. The Creator is 133 minutes long. Godzilla Minus One is 125 minutes. But what if you just don’t have that kind of time? Try One-Minute Time Machine, free to watch and only 5:40 minutes long. Here are some more short, free science fiction movies from Space.com:There are plenty of ...

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Happy Citizen Science Month! Everyone can be a citizen scientist, so if you’ve been waiting for the perfect moment to get in involved, now’s the time. Get started hereDuring Citizen Science Month (April 2024), with your help, we aim to make a collective impact of One Million Acts of Science where our goal is to ...

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It’s half USB key, half temperature-humidity sensor… it’s the Adafruit SHT4x Trinkey. There’s an ATSAMD21 microcontroller on board with just enough circuitry to keep it happy. One pin of the microcontroller connects to a NeoPixel LED. Another pin is used as a capacitive touch input on the end. A reset button lets you enter bootloader ...

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Kdesigns101 shares:A brush holder that rotates for ease of accessdownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6530501 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we ...

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Stephanie posted How Lava Lamps are Made

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How It’s Made gets psychedelic in this episode, showing users how lava lamps are made!Make your own eye-catching lamp with one of our guides in the Adafruit Learning System: NeoPixel Ring Lamp BLE Feather Lamp Hacking Ikea Lamps with Circuit Playground Express 3D Printed Dragon Lamp Star Fragment IoT Lamp CircuitPython Connected Weather Cloud Lamp ...

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This week on the Great Search, we saw a post on social media asking for good quality through-hole 1% resistor kits.We’ve bumped into the same issue as Jeff, where getting inexpensive kits are poorly packaged and are ‘1/8W’ style with skinny leads that do not grip into breadboards.Thankfully, DigiKey has such in stock – let’s ...

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This week at my desk, we spent a li’l time finishing up testing and demos for the Camera PiCowbell we designed a few months ago. This board lets folks quickly connect a “DVP” camera like the OV2640 or OV5640 to an RP2040 Pico or PicoW.We took advantage of some RP2040 camera CircuitPython code that Jepler ...

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So creative! Cristian Jeffries shared this video on Youtube!messing with a micro-controller manufactured by adafruit! this one is called a circuitboard playground express. i use arduino, max MSP, and VCV rack to design the controller to get it to look/sound like this.Inspired? Make a Adafruit Circuit Playground Express dandelion with this guided tutorial!

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How to animals react to solar eclipses? According to MinuteEarth – the 2 minutes of totality during the 2017 eclipse generated over 26 scientific papers on the topic! Learn more on Youtube! This Product is supported by the NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT), part of NASA’s Science Activation portfolio. The material contained in ...

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The LoLRa project for firmware-only LoRa radio data transmission, for a variety of processors. It can send LoRa packets, without any radio, chips, external hardware or built-in radios at all on a variety of common, inexpensive processors.While not truly bit banging, the code shows how using either a shift register (i.e. I2S or SPI port) ...

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ICYMI (In case you missed it) – the IoT Monthly Newsletter from AdafruitDaily.com went out this morning!If you missed it, subscribe now! – You’ll get one newsletter each month.The next newsletter goes out in a month and being subscribed is the best way to keep up with all the Internet of Things. No spam, no selling lists, leave any time. Over 5,800+ ...

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Zay

Axis of Awesome famously pointed out that only four chords are used to make a slew of the biggest pop songs ever. And it’s true. Many many, pop songs use the “the four-legged stool of the I, IV, V and vi chords. In C, those are C, F, G, and Am.” Axis of Awesome’s take ...

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Adafruit friend Caleb Kraft is doing some work with OpenSauce and looking to get the word out, so we said we’d help… take it away Caleb!Back in 2019, William Osman approached me with the idea of a new event that took the parts he liked of other science/tech/engineering events and mashed them together. He named it OpenSauce. Last year we had our inaugural event and it was bonkers. It was so much fun and felt so new and vibrant. This year, we’re hoping we can make it even bigger and more amazing. We’ve gotten the Cow Palace in San Francisco ...

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Takara

Palmer Noe, a high school student from Connecticut has invented a concussion detection device for football players. His work also led to a national award from the U.S. Office of Naval Research. Although a similar advice exists, the module is a game changer as it’s removable and can be attached anywhere in the helmet. via ...

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nataliezheng097 shared the most perfect Howl’s Moving Castle project on Instructables – a Castle Humidifier!This project was made with the help of 3411 Heaven Media’s DIY Humidifier video which explained how humidifiers work and how to make one, I just downsized the components to make it smaller for this project. I also used Howl’s Castle ...

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Anne Barela

If you missed this week’s Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter, here is the ICYMI (in case you missed it) version.To never miss another issue, subscribe now! – You’ll get one terrific newsletter each Tuesday (which is out before this post). 10,912 subscribers worldwide.The next newsletter goes out in a week and subscribing is the best way to keep up ...

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Every computer has at least one heart which dictates the tempo to all the other chips. The CloCK output pin is connected to a copper line which spreads to most components, into their CLK input pin. Fabien Sanglard’s website looks at the clocks used on the Super Nintendo game console:In the X2 slot, the blue thingy is a 24.576 MHz ...

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Stephanie posted Guess My RGB

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Guess My RGB is an in browser color guessing game where players move RGB sliders to determine the page’s RGB color by susam on GitHub, via neatorama

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Anne Barela posted Not so fast, Mr. Fourier!

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The discrete Fourier transform (DFT) is one of the most important algorithms in modern computing: it plays a key role in communications, image and audio processing, machine learning, data compression, and much more. Curiously, it’s also among the worst explained topics in computer science. For example, the Wikipedia article on the matter assaults the reader ...

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Anne Barela posted Error Handling in Baby Toys

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Electrical baby toys are interesting to disassemble and look at how it’s made. Not up to the point of screwing out the PCB, decapping the chips and trying to reverse-engineer the ROM, but just on a basic mechanical level. Companies like VTech and Clementoni apply simple but clever techniques for their systems to provide just ...

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The Old Vintage Computing Research blog reverse engineers a vintage Data General/One MS-DOS machine.Designed cooperatively by DG and its Japanese subsidiary Nippon Data General, the DG-1 hit most of its marks. Not least of its innovations was its size and weight (less than 14″ by 12″ or about 35cm by 30cm, three inches thick and ...

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Lily Clark’s sculpture “Dew Point” creates beads of water seemingly from nowhere. Surface tension holds the beads together as they roll to the center of the sculpture. Here’s more from COLOSSAL:Although Los Angeles-based artist Lily Clark incorporates stone, wood, and metal into her sculptures, she considers water her primary medium. One of her more recent ...

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  1. Fifty things you can do with a Software Defined Radio2. Unconventional uses of FPGAs3. Hacking Ham Radio for texting4. ggwave-arduino: a tiny data-over-sound library for microcontrollers5. Pi Up Your Pad6. The RP2040 boot sequence7. Women’s History Month: Celebrating Women Astronauts 20248. Women’s History Month 20249. The LEDLabs electronics kit10. PikaPython – a cross platform ultra lightweight embedded Python engine
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Come on by for JP’s Product Pick of The Week! A new product pick will be revealed. The show airs at 4pm ET / 1pm PT, TODAY!Check out the livestream right here inside this product page you won’t want to miss it because there will be a HUGE DISCOUNT during the show! Tune in for: John Park’s latest product pick Learn how to use it Live Demo The live video will also be on YouTube LIVE, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter) and Facebook. LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat! Come on into the chat to participate in the ...

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Researchers explain how artificial intelligence provides unique insights into seismic patterns and what this means for the future of earthquake prediction. via Phys.orgThe study of earthquakes remains a main interest worldwide as it is one of the least predictable natural disasters. In a new review published in Artificial Intelligence in Geosciences, a team of researchers ...

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Kelly

Brian McManus of Real Engineering takes a close look at the brilliant level of engineering that went into developing the Gameboy. The video focuses a lot on the specific technological constraints and limitations the engineers were working with at the time. The restrictions forced the engineers to get highly creative. One great example is how the engineers used pulsating pixels to create the screen’s four shades of green.Watch the video in full here on YouTube.

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ps2x2pico is a USB keyboard/mouse to PS/2 interface converter using a Raspberry Pi Pico. The Pico is connected to a USB keyboard and/or mouse using a USB OTG-adapter and optional USB hub. It also works with wireless keyboards and mice with a dedicated USB receiver.There are also sister projects: ps2pico – a USB keyboard to ...

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Jaroslav Sýkora working on a port of the 32-bit FORTH interpreter OF816 for the X65-SBC computer with the 65C816 CPU.The OF816 was created by mgcaret and is available on GitHub. I made a fork of the OF816 project and added a new branch for my work: x65-sbc. The OF816 already supports a couple of 65C816-based systems: GoSXB, Apple IIgs, Neon816 and the W65C816SXB.See more in the update post here.

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Retro video games and aesthetics are having a moment, but it’s not just gen X and older millennials reliving their heyday: younger millennials and gen Z are getting in on the nostalgia too, writes The Guardian.On TikTok, #retrogaming videos have amassed over 6bn views. On YouTube, uploads have increased 1,000-fold. Spotify users are creating 50% more retro-gaming-themed playlists ...

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Dance Your Ph.D. is a brand new concept for me and now I only want this type of video on my YouTube homepage. We can only imagine how much extra work is required to turn a dissertation into an interpretive dance, but wow are these results worth the creator’s hard work! Here’s more from Science:Menário ...

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Stephanie

Regular body, tiny head? What does it mean! Only JP can tell us.If you missed this week’s livestream of John Park’s Product Pick of the Week, not to worry, here’s the video. This week’s pick is the Adafruit ItsyBitsy ESP32 – PCB Antenna – 8 MB Flash / 2 MB PSRAM! Watch the video to ...

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Anne Barela

An update to the Adafruit Learning System guide Gravatars: What they are and how to add or change one.Gravatars may be used on many websites for a common profile picture. Adafruit optionally uses a Gravatar if you wish them to do so.See the updated guide here.

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Check out John Park’s new guide and build a MakeCode-powered robot to keep your mechanical watch wound. Self-winding mechanical watches use a weighted rotor to keep your watch wound from your arm’s movement, but when you aren’t wearing it, the mainspring will eventually wind down. This robot will keep it wound for you! Made with MakeCode, Circuit Playground Express, Crickit, and LEGO-compatible elements.Read more at Automatic Mechanical Watch Winder

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Here’s the thing abou the sun: it won’t go out for a very, very long time. Fog burns off. Clouds blow away. The earth will turn, night will fade away, and dawn will arrive. Every day. So a solar powered wristwatch just might work! Here’s more from Serhii Trush, via hackaday:The wristwatch’s operation is demonstrated ...

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Recently, the Adafruit Learning System surpassed 3,000 guides! Thank you to the entire team at Adafruit who builds and makes learn.adafruit.com, one of the best resources online for learning.Thank you to all our authors, and contributors for putting your smarts out there for so many to build their dreams with. Thank you to our teams ...

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Make a jellyfish umbrella with animated lights, with no coding required. It looks beautiful in the evening! Make your jellyfish dance and flow with lights, tentacles, and iridescence.This is an intermediate project that gives you advanced results. The software is simple to load and use. Hundreds of animations and color combinations are available right through ...

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Pedro

Every week we’ll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This Week: Chopper Pot By CalebTimoteo https://www.printables.com/model/821661-c1-10p-chopper-star-wars-rebels-pot-plant CR10S Pro V2 Orange PLA 27hr 23mins X:235 Y:181 Z:160mm .2mm layer / .4mm Nozzle 6% Infill / 1mm Retraction 200C / 60C 166g 60mm/s Every Thursday is #3dthursday ...

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JP_1931517 shares: Print consists of a lamp shade and a lamp base. The shade consists of 20 prints of individual equilateral triangles, each with a different number from 1-20, that will need to be glued together at the edges. The edges are angled inward perfectly so that they assemble exactly as required to make the ...

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Jessie Mae posted From the mail bag…

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From the mail bag!Love your products and the whole eco system you have built around it.. Great job and thanks.

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JeremyCook shares: Snap-in mount for Adafruit Circuit Playground Express board with space for lipstick power supply. Includes holes that can in theory be used to sew it to clothing, straps, etc.download the files on: https://www.printables.com/model/813045-circuit-playground-express-sewable-mount-with-usb Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects ...

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Pedro

Paragaz shares: This custom-designed 3D-printed model offers a practical solution for storing Allen keys or hex keys, specifically designed for the Wiha Ergostar MagicRing Hex Key Set (41979), perfectly fitting into the Ikea Skadis system. Printed with PLA with standard settings, this holder provides a sturdy yet lightweight structure capable of withstanding daily demands. The ...

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Pedro

3DTwinkie shares: This is my Piranha Creeper inspired model from Mario 3D world. Just like the game, this creeper can extend/curve around any obstacle of your choosing; as long as you print the vines. The vines are screw-based, so its very easy to screw in additional pieces or remove. No glue required. The yellow spikes ...

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Pedro

Gkoster85 shares: I remixed this case to hold 15 Hakko 900M style soldering iron tips. Supports are only needed in two places, as documented here for the original that I remixed from https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6059631. I found that in Cura, setting tree supports to 80% supported these areas and nothing else which is perfect. I recommend setting ...

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yoyothechicken shares: My take on the classic design, with a print-in-place hinge and magnet lock. Interior diameter is 2.5″ (63.5mm). This model was originally uploaded to my profile on printables.com. For additional pokeball types and project updates, check out: https://www.printables.com/model/687259-pokeballdownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6504084 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing ...

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Pedro

Altossw shares: Ring you need to print twice. Supports in handle are required.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6504108 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so ...

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Pedro

mussy shares: Quick and easy printable Waterproof Match Container… NO Supports, NO Brim or Raft required, Quick and easy print 😉download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6491511 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated ...

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The Python on hardware news wrap-up!Episode 271 (April 3, 2024)This is the Adafruit weekly Python on Microcontrollers newsletter video highlights!The news comes from the Python community, Discord, Adafruit communities and more. It’s part of the weekly newsletter we do with has 10,912 readers! Subscribe to receive free every week.Ladyada and PT provide this week’s video (below) on Python on hardware ...

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From the Adafruit factory vault!April 3, 2024 EditionAdafruit broadcasts the weekly ASK an ENGINEER video show and this is the segment (from the vault) on items or concept products that may/might/could be introduced into the Adafruit store in the future (or not)! It’s not out yet, so please don’t ask questions or ask when it’ll be available.You may keep ...

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Learn Guide: IoT Battery Charger MonitorBuild an internet connected battery charger and monitor with Feather ESP32-S2 Reverse TFT, CircuitPython, and Adafruit IO. The on-board MAX17048 LiPoly battery monitor chip reads the batteries voltage and is displayed on the Feather ESP32’s built-in color TFT display. Use the on-board button to cycle between icons and text. The ...

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Have you ever wondered how well a given component (voltage regulator, operational amplifier, ferrite…) could filter the noise coming out of your power supply? Limpkin’s blog provides an analysis.In theory all of these components’ datasheets should provide you with a figure of merit, typically the Power Supply Rejection Ratio (PSRR). But what tool should you ...

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There are so many Adafruit microcontrollers that are compatible with CircuitPython, choosing a board can be overwhelming. Perhaps you have a feature in mind that you’re looking for. This helps narrow it down, but there may be multiple boards with that feature. So what can you do? Check out this guide! This guide breaks down ...

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Pedro

wiring shares: Bought an new Dyson V11, cause my old DC19 got defective. I own many accessories for the old Dyson, which i couldnt use on the V11. There already many adapters at thingiverse, but nothing that fits my thoughts. So if anybody need, i uploaded the whole thing. The knob is assembled with an ...

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Hackgnar shared this project on Thingiverse! This is a simple design to protect the control knobs on Teenage Engineering pocket operators. The design is intended to be used with the Teenage Engineering silicone pocket operator cases. Over time, these knobs get loose and can cause drift on your pocket operator settings. The protector fits snugly ...

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Neat video from Practical Engineering on YouTube that explores why we use fish ladders (in short, to balance out the effects of our human-made aquatic infrastructure, especially with regard to migratory fish) and how exactly engineers design the fish ladders. This video also introduced me to the concept of a Fish Doorbell, which the NYTimes recently reported on.

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suzuha shares: This is a highly vented lid for the Raspberry Pi 5 official case. When using the Raspberry Pi 5 official active cooler together with the official case, the Raspberry Pi 5 will get very hot when the lid is closed. However, without the lid, there is a risk of unintentionally touching the cooling ...

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Osgiliath shares: Good for freeing up your hands while wade or surf fishing. Now you can change your lures or tie on new baits without laying your rod in the sand or mud. Works for both spinning & casting reels. My nylon belt was 38mm in width. The belt gap opening is 43mm. The octagonal ...

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COMING SOON – Adafruit ESP32-C6 Feather – STEMMA QTComing soon!The ESP32-C6 is Espressif’s first Wi-Fi 6 SoC integrating 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5 (LE) and the 802.15.4 protocol. It brings the goodness you know from the low-cost C3 series and improves it with Zigbee/802.15.4 at 2.4Ghz. That means it could make for great Matter development hardware!We took our Feather ESP32-S2 and swapped out ...

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COMING SOON – Adafruit ESP32-C6 Feather – STEMMA QTComing soon!The ESP32-C6 is Espressif’s first Wi-Fi 6 SoC integrating 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5 (LE) and the 802.15.4 protocol. It brings the goodness you know from the low-cost C3 series and improves it with Zigbee/802.15.4 at 2.4Ghz. That means it could make for great Matter development hardware!We took our Feather ESP32-S2 and swapped out ...

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NEW PRODUCT – ELECFREAKS Retro Programming Arcade for micro:bit V2The Retro Programming Arcade for micro:bit is a color-screen joystick expansion board for micro:bit V2. It contains a 160×128 color TFT screen, four directional buttons, two A/B buttons, and a reset button. It can be used with micro:bit V2 to program games online and play offline on the Microsoft Arcade programming ...

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From via Thingverse:Due to the work on our expedition vehicle, electronic projects always require high electrical currents. I have built a new power supply unit for this and used the Riden RD6024 laboratory power supply unit in combination with a 48 V, 31 A switching power supply unit as the basis. This gives the RD6024 ...

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starryair shares: A toilet paper holder that can be printed with no or very little support (just under the two bigger fillets of the side wall). Uses about 120g of materials and prints in about 7h using slow(ish) printing speeds, 0.6mm layer width, 0.28mm layer height and fuzzy skin. It can hold a big roll ...

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From cselixabi12 via Thingverse:This is a simple 3 pieces pencil topper. It helped me survive all the math lessons in the past few weeks. If you like it, post a make, and if you have any problems with it, post a comment. I hope you like it! :>See design! Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at ...

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Junaling_595082 shares: Mini tripod, comes in two leg heights. Rotate ring to adjust height/leg spread Requires: 3 – M3 16mm socket head screw 1 – ¼ ½ inch bolt Optional: Foam sheet to improve grip when handheld or reduce slipping, use cutting guide Printed with PETG at 0.15/4 walls/30% infill, clear holes before assemblydownload the ...

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Tomorrow marks the start of National Robotics Week 2024, which will run through April 14! Did you know this year marks 15 years of robotics week? Wow 🤩 We’ve very into making robot friends so this week is one of our favorites. How are you going to celebrate? If you’re looking for events click here. ...

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Henrik Forstén discusses the design and construction of a 6 GHz pulse compression radar.There are many kinds of pulse radars, and the one I want to make is a pulse compression radar that supports arbitrary waveforms. Generating only linear frequency sweeps could be simpler and sufficient for many practical applications, but it wouldn’t be as ...

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blogmywiki discusses the 50th anniversary of the 1974 book Computer Lib / Dream Machines by Ted Nelson.Who is Ted Nelson, and why does a fifty-year-old book on computing matter today? Ted Nelson is probably best-known as the man behind Xanadu, a wildly ambitious hypertext system he first described in the 1960s and has been tinkering ...

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The Apple II’s CPU clock has jitter or a glitch. This issue is not new—it has been present since its original design in 1977!Bald Engineer uses an oscilloscope to show how often the glitch occurs and how to correlate that jitter to its source—which is useful when you are not testing 40-year-old devices. The device ...

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Bare Naked Embedded is back with an update on their DIY e-Kayak over on Hackster.io. Part two is all about making an oar controller that includes a NeoPixel ring and a Feather M0 basic proto:This oar controller records the oar position, sets the kayak speed and has a sweet LED ring display!Read more

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Mike Rankin shows the design and construction of a thermal sensor based on an ESP32-S3 microcontroller and an MLX90640 thermal camera.This project evolved from a customer project who needed a large 2.4″ lcd. I was pretty sure that going with an ESP32-S3 bare chip would allow everything to fit on the backside of a 1.69″ ...

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New Products 4/3/24 Featuring Adafruit ADG729 Dual 1-to-4 Analog Matrix Switch! (Video) Adafruit ESP32-C6 Feather – STEMMA QT (0:10) ELECFREAKS Retro Programming Arcade for micro:bit V2 – micro:bit V2 Not Included (0:34) Vivid Unit: Versatile Single-Board Computer with Touchscreen (1:45) Mini Brass Hot Plate Preheater with USB-C PD or DC – MHP50-B5 (4:36) RJ-12 or ...

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Zay

How to navigate files on your Raspberry Pi? With the easy to use File Browser. Here’s how from PiMyLifeUp:File Browser is an incredibly simple-to-use file manager that you can utilize entirely from your web browser. This web interface allows you to upload, download, and delete files and folders from your file system. This software can ...

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Anne Barela

The Python for Microcontrollers Newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware (microcontrollers AND single board computers like Raspberry Pi).This ad-free, spam-free weekly email is filled with CircuitPython, MicroPython, and Python information (and more) that you may have missed, all in one place! You get a summary of all the software, events, projects, and the latest hardware worldwide once a week, no ...

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New nEw NEWs is Adafruit’s weekly newsletter that features new products, special offers and more. Sign up at Adafruit.com/Newsletter to receive New nEw NEWs! Not sure you want to add another message to your inbox? We get it. Catch up on past issues here, check out the highlights below and then make your decision! We ...

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Are you subscribed to the Adafruit Youtube channel? If you’re not already subscribed, click here! http://adafru.it/subscribe . It’s a free and easy way to keep up with our newest episodes. Here’s some of what we’re up to. Electronics Show and Tell Wednesdays 7:30pm Electronics show and tell every Wednesday at 7:30pm ET. Adafruit Ask an ...

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If you appreciate the fun-loving BMO, why not watch TV on them all day long with this cool Raspberry Pi project from Golbscholar. Tom’s Hardware shares.After airing more than a decade ago, you can still find dedicated fans for Adventure Time like maker and developer Golbscholar. Using our favorite single board computer, the Raspberry Pi, ...

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Ever wanted to be an astronaut? Now’s the time…if you can meet the baseline requirements! See more from NASA:NASA astronauts have been traveling to space for more than six decades and living there continuously since 2000. Now, NASA’s Artemis program is preparing to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon. The ...

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We’ve got the New nEw NEW for you right here:NEW PRODUCTS THIS WEEKAdafruit ESP32-C6 Feather – STEMMA QTComing soon!The ESP32-C6 is Espressif’s first Wi-Fi 6 SoC integrating 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5 (LE) and the 802.15.4 protocol. It brings the goodness you know from the low-cost C3 series and improves it with Zigbee/802.15.4 at ...

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Takara

The New York Public Library is celebrating National Poetry Month throughout the month of April with free events, poetry recommendations, and even digital poetry postcards. Check out everything they’ll be doing this month!

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Another fun post from Reactor Mag!This one takes a look at Odd Couple examples of interspecies friendships within SFF realms. I was delighted to see Lucille and Francœur from A Monster in Paris make the list!But some interspecies pairings seem far more unlikely, be that because of how physically and mentally different the characters are ...

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Dave Richards decided to build GM3OXX’s little OXO transmitter. The OXO transmitter was first featured in the Autumn 1981 issue of SPRAT, the journal of the G-QRP club.I mocked it up on a breadboard and it worked well. I noticed that the VXO, although not oscillating on key-up, was emitting some very low level spurii. ...

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The Quansheng’s UV-K5 radio can be modded with the click of a mouse. IEEE Spectrum looks at the handheld:The UV-K5, released last year, might be the most hackable handheld ever, with a small army of dedicated hams adding a raft of software-based improvements and new features. I had to have one, and $30 later, I did. Like ...

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ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UPWe’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging from learn guides to blog articles, videos, and more.BLOGCelebrating over 39,000 members in the Adafruit ...

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Takara

Adafruit is a woman-owned business and you better believe we know what we’re capable of accomplishing.The New-York Historical Society takes a look at the the definition of “women’s work” and how the scope has changed.What is “women’s work?” How have broad trends in American economic, legal, and political history encouraged women to take certain jobs ...

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The TARDIS is the best ship in the world of science fiction. That’s an established legal fact, or so we’ve been told by some guy in our building. Speed doesn’t really factor into the movements of a dematerializing time machine. For more conventional-ish ships, what’s the fastest? Here’s an investigation from Fastest Ships: We present ...

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Anne Barela

This week on the Great Search, we’re going to be looking for the Type C version of the USB A plugs we have on some of our boards, like our Bluefruit Friend. This will let us make our Trinkey’s modern-friendly and will let them be plugged in directly into USB C.The only problem is we ...

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This week at my desk, I’m designing testers for some of the infrared receiver boards and the BNO055+BMP280 BFF from a few weeks. Also, I’m cranking out a lot of tiny designs! including an Accessibility Trinkey that connects a TRRS jack to analog input pins on a SAMD and a Pixel Trinkey that adds a ...

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Stephanie

We’re all looking for fun things to do outside in between rain showers. Personally, seeing and smelling blooming flowers is always at the top of my list in spring so I was delighted to see that the Brooklyn Botanic Garden has a plants in bloom page to get folks hyped for a visit! Can’t wait ...

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Stephanie

Turn your kitchen into a mystical lab where you practice alchemy using ingredients stored in this beautiful vertical carousel rack created and shared by RoughWood81 on Instructables:Using Oak, Alder, and Walnut, I created a smaller version of the Vertical Carousel I’ve long envisioned. Along the way, I delved into the intricacies of wooden mechanisms, mastering ...

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Anne Barela

Cliff Stoll (who is probably most famous for writing the wonderful Cuckoo’s Egg about tracking a hacker when doing so was almost recreational) runs a business making Klein bottles: Acme Klein Bottle. A Klein bottle is a weird shape (that doesn’t actually exist in three dimensions) with only one side. A bottle with no inside and outside. A bit ...

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Anne Barela

Evan Grove revisits a surplus store and buys a “clap switch” circuit board for fifty cents. In the US, a clap switch was marketed commercially as a Clapper. What’s a Clapper? A little history for those who either aren’t from the US, or who are too young to have heard of these: The Clapper is a goofy ...

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The EngineerDog blog discusses ways to design custom circuit board art.Printed circuit boards are widely recognized for their essential role in electronics tech, but I think they have underappreciated potential as an artistic medium too. The PCB badge projects you see at hacker conferences always catch my eye for their unique look and creativity. Somewhere ...

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In celebration of National Robotics Week, we’re highlighting some of our favorite robotics guides by John Park, all available on the Adafruit Learn System. Check em’ out below!Automatic Mechanical Watch WinderBuild a MakeCode-powered robot to keep your mechanical watch wound!Flying FadersHow To Use a Motorized Slide Potentiometer in Your ProjectWalkmellotron: Cassette Player ModsDIY MIDI/Voltage Controlled Controlled Tape PlayersPathfinder Robot CompanionBuild your own Apex Legends Pathfinder robot friend with PyPortal and Circuit Python

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Over at Polygon, Susana Polo makes a solid argument that we all should be watching Danny Boyle’s 2007 film Sunshine to celebrate today’s eclipse.Sunshine might leave you with more questions than answers, but that’s a part of the eclipse experience, too. This week, the moon and the sun will bring the cosmos down to Earth for us in one of the most visceral ways it can — just as Boyle and Garland showed that sometimes emotional accuracy reaches further than the technical kind. Read the full piece here.(Sidenote: it was surprisingly difficult for me to restrain myself from the use ...

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While we were busy looking up, six researchers from NASA‘s Langley Research Center were in Fort Drum, New York collecting data. NASA teamed up with the World Meteorological Organization, National Center for Atmospheric Research, and the University of Albany to find out how today’s eclipse impacted the troposphere.Weather sensors similar to what is used on ...

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Stephanie

Marine conservationist Ledama Masidza explains the tengefu system put in place to future proof the Lagoon of Life and how climate change threatens this form of future proofing in this video from BBC Earth on YouTube

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The Adafruit LTC4316 I2C Address Translator does on the fly I2C address translation. There’s an ‘input I2C’ half, and an ‘output I2C’ half. And any devices on the ‘output’ half will automatically have their addresses translated from the input half. Specifically, each device will have bit A6 flipped (most-significant-bit of the address) and then bits ...

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Anne Barela

Evan’s Techie-Blog has been looking to recreate the boards used in the animatronics control unit f(left, above) or Chuck-E-Cheese restaurants.The first board I’m going to talk about is the CPU board for the Chuck-E-Cheese Cyberamic Control Computer (right, above). The first generation of this card was designed some time around 1979 according to the schematics ...

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An optical reflective sensor is a composite electronic device with two elements – an IR LED and an IR photo-transistor. The IR LED blasts light, and when something bounces the light back to the photo-transistor, the transistor turns on and the amount of current flowing through it increases. This makes the sensor great at detecting ...

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Anne Barela

If you missed this week’s Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter, here is the ICYMI (in case you missed it) version.To never miss another issue, subscribe now! – You’ll get one terrific newsletter each Tuesday (which is out before this post). 10,940 subscribers worldwide.The next newsletter goes out in a week and subscribing is the best way to keep up ...

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Anne Barela

ESP32_VirtualPrinter is an ESP32 emulator for LPT/parallel port printers. It may be used to capture data from historic/vintage machines without using actual printers.The ESP32 will act as a LPT/IEEE1284/Centronics printer and send all received data over a raw TCP socket. This socket can be terminated in DIY software, in Linux CUPS (to generate .pdf files) ...

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Last week’s Scope of Work newsletter featured a bunch of cool information on power line marker balls. Marker balls are the exact type of object that you always notice but rarely take the time to consider. Turns out, if you do, they are surprisingly fascinating! The Scope of Work newsletter linked to a blog post by bookofjoe (self-proclaimed ‘World’s most popular blogging anesthesiologist’) that provides some of then basics on how and why we make these marker balls, and why they are designed to be specific colors.According to Tana, a marker ball manufacturer, “Our standard color is International Danger Orange, ...

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This Invention Made Disney MILLIONS, but Then They LOST It!New video from Corridor Crew demonstrates a new technique for keying out greenscreen footage by utilizing an old technique that was pioneered by Disney in the 1960’s. In the video we get a history of how the VFX was done in the Marry Poppins movie and ...

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Uros Popovic looks to run mainline Linux on $5 dollar hardware (well, if it’s the board above, $11.70). The Lichee Nano is an SD card sized Linux development board powered by an Allwinner F1C100s ARM9 processor.We’ll look at a fairly minimal set up that should run the latest mainline Linux. I’ve previously written about running ...

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Anne Barela posted Hacking ROMs in the 90s

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The Nicole Express Blog, on April 1st, did an excellent post on hacking ROMs in the 90s in the style of the period, including the ubiquitous animated GIFs and tongue in cheek commentary.I cannot do it justice, check it out here.

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Chris Greening kept getting emails from Amazon – at some point, he had hooked up some Hue devices to an Alexa and he must have clicked a button to remind him about to order supplies. The result were emails saying the battery was low and buy replacements. Chris investigates:The battery level is measured approximately every ...

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Float and double data types area a bad choice for embedded applications. At least in most applications, and can or should be avoided, even with hardware FPU support present. The MCU on Eclipse blog looks at the process.Floating point operations or float and double data types are something I avoid in embedded applications: in most ...

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If history is written by the victors, Lore Harp McGovern should have volumes devoted to her contributions to the personal computing industry.In the mid-1970s, from her suburban California home, Harp McGovern—a housewife and mother of two—began assembling memory boards and other computer expansions to sell to the growing hobbyist and business markets. With her friend ...

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Anne Barela

Chris Greening thought it might be fun to make a USB cable tester. It turns out, it was a surprisingly difficult project!For the first version I used these USB sockets. These break out all the pins – but unfortunately half the pins are hidden under the socket so you can’t see if you have solder ...

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John Park

Come on by for JP’s Product Pick of The Week! A new product pick will be revealed. The show airs at 4pm ET / 1pm PT, TODAY!Check out the livestream right here inside this product page you won’t want to miss it because there will be a HUGE DISCOUNT during the show! Tune in for: John Park’s latest product pick Learn how to use it Live Demo The live video will also be on YouTube LIVE, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter) and Facebook. LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat! Come on into the chat to participate in the ...

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NEW PRODUCT – RJ-12 or RJ-11 Telephone Round Panel Mount Extension CableIf you need to add a panel-mount connection for telephone-interfacing projects but don’t have the time or ability to cut a custom oval or square hole, this RJ-12 or RJ-11 Telephone Round Panel Mount Extension Cable is the easiest and fastest way to panel-ify your existing phone ...

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The How to Add a New Board to CircuitPython Learn Guide has been updated with a new Pin and Device Names page. This page describes the conventions used to name pins and devices in the board module, and gives guidance about the best names to choose. New boards are added to CircuitPython every week or ...

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Anne Barela

qrcp is a utility which allows file transfer over WiFi from your computer to a mobile device by scanning a QR code. All without leaving the terminal. qrcp binds a web server to the address of your WiFi network interface on a random port and creates a handler for it. The default handler serves the ...

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Anne Barela

The USBip project implements hot plugging for USB devices over TCP/IP on Linux. The project creates a systemctl service on both the client and the server that binds all available devices. Both installation and uninstallation scripts are provided. The service files load kernel modules as required.During installation, the required kernel modules are loaded. If this fails, ...

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Angela Sheehan made these rad infinity mirror cat ears a couple years ago and we just wanted to remind y’all how sick this build is over on Hackster.io!These infinity mirror ears were made from some scrap acrylic mirrors and addressable LED strips leftover from my infinity mirror heels project.Read more

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Rob Dobson had been wanting to make some electronic jewelry for quite some time, following on from some experimental BLE pendants back in 2015 or so. But a big question has always been how best to power them.LiPo batteries are obviously an option for something of reasonable size like a pendant and coin cells are ...

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3D Hangouts – IoT Pico DVI, Memory Gun Prop and Mega WormThis week @adafruit we’re prototyping an IoT project using Raspberry Pi Pico DVI and Adafruit IO. Working on a new Feather RP2040 PropMaker project inspired by the Memory Gun from Gravity Falls. Showcasing the timelapse this week featuring a print-in-place articulated worm designed by ...

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Anne Barela

Petteri Aimonen had been adding programmable equipment to a home lab: a USB connected power supply, electronic load, multimeter, oscilloscope and a function generator. What to do with all the leads?In this project I build a simple relay multiplexer for selecting signal sources. I wanted a board that has banana binding posts for cables, and ...

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Anne Barela

GeekMomProjects on Mastodon posts:Making some cheap and (relatively) easy LED matrix pendants using Lolin C3 mini boards flashed with WLED and soldered to (Lolin’s) 8×8 RGB shield. I 3D printed cases with translucent lids and holes for the power wires to form the necklace “chain” that connects to a behind-the-neck battery holder.See a video and ...

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Anne Barela

The PixiePlacer is a DIY Pick and Place Machine for circuit board SMD components based around the amazing software OpenPnP. The machine is designed to be low cost and suited towards mid-scale manufacturing. A big shout out to the developers of OpenPnP that keep constantly improving the software. Key Technical Information Machine Size: 834x600mm Machine Bed Size: ...

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Mitxela.com features building  an automated slide whistle orchestrion.When I built the first robot slide whistle, the plan was always to build a quartet of them, if time and budget had permitted. EMF 2022 was the perfect deadline to try and make it a reality. I submitted the idea as an installation, and got the thumbs up ...

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Anne Barela posted A multi tenant MQTT broker

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Ben’s Place writes about MQTT with multiple groups of users accessing a single broker but each groups messages are partitioned from other groups even if they use the same topics. This means that any client can connect to the broker via MQTT, MQTTS or MQTT over WebSockets.Diving into the mosquitto mosquitto develop branch v2.1.0:In this ...

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If you missed this week’s livestream of John Park’s Product Pick of the Week, not to worry, here’s the video. This week’s pick is the Adafruit SHT41 Trinkey – USB Temperature and Humidity Sensor! Watch the video to find out about the Adafruit SHT41 Trinkey – USB Temperature and Humidity Sensor, how to use it, a live demo, and more.Want more JP’s Product Pick of the Week?! Tune in every Thursday at 4pm ET and 1pm PT on Youtube LIVE, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter) and Facebook. LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat! Catch previous editions on YouTube ...

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Charlie Schick, being a Boston Bruins fan, wanted to celebrate this year, their 100th anniversary. Having used solar lights for some projects, he decided to do a solar powered sign to put out front.And, as I am a 3D printer kind of guy, I printed out the parts of the sign. I downloaded the current ...

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Anne Barela

Shane Ormonde is looking to revive the OpenWave concept:The short version of the project is this: Ocean wave sensors are placed on ocean data buoys to measure wave height and direction. The hardware these sensors use is very inexpensive. The PCB with all the parts assembled costs around 50 euros depending on volume of the order. ...

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Zay

Some fancy cars have HUD displays. MPH, speed limit, map directions, and other information can be projected on the windshield. Now similar functions can be found in swimming goggles! Here’s more from Wareable!The built-in heart rate monitoring negates the need for additional wearables (though integration with the Apple Watch and Garmin watches remains), and Form’s ...

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Anne Barela

SUMP3 is a new generation of the SUMP2 ILA (Integrated Logic Analyzer) that was first introduced in 2016 by Black Mesa Labs.Like SUMP2, SUMP3 uses real-time hardware RLE (Run Length Encoding) compression to potentially store millions of clocked time samples in just a few thousand RAM cells (mileage may vary).SUMP3 is designed with 2nm FPGAs ...

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SSCMA-Micro is a cross-platform machine learning inference framework designed for embedded devices, serving the Seeed Studio SenseCraft Model Assistant.It has features such as digital image processing, neural network inferencing, AT command interaction, and more. It is under an MIT license.SSCMA-Micro currently supports: Espressif ESP32-S3 EYE Seeed Studio XIAO (ESP32-S3) Seeed Studio Grove Vision AI V1 ...

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JamesThePrinter shares: This decorative bowl features a knitted look. It is about the size of a large cereal bowl.download the files on: https://www.printables.com/model/723198-knitted-bowl Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D ...

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From the mail bag!Dear Adafruit team, Just to tell you, I like your products and specialy the “learn center”. Fantastic tutorials and vids!!! I work a lot with your products and I am always more than satisfied. So, thank you very much for the great work you are all doing there. Kind regards, Michel (Belgium)

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kerthg shares: I hate how much seed trays cost so I designed theses to use as little filament as possible. They print just one wall thick. (.4mm, if you use a .6mm nozzle enable “Print thin walls” in Cura and you’ll be good) They are strong when you fill them with soil and stack up ...

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sophywong shares: TILES is a system I designed for easily making two-color 3D printed jewelry and other wearable accessories. The system is built on a basic rectangular tile, with 6 different surface designs that can be mixed to make any design you like. There are also circular beads and a skinny bar which can be ...

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PopS_671794 shares: Battery holder for Skadis board. For AA and AAA batteries. Prints without supports. Parts aren’t mirrored so you need to print left and right from provided models. Open Source & Public Domain – free forever, no strings attached.download the files on: https://www.printables.com/model/830257-battery-holder-for-skadis Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing ...

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NAK3DDesigns shares: Added a drip shield to the original design and thinned a few walls. Makes printing require a bit more support as it will need to be printed with the opening facing up. Also included a template for positioning and hole cutout.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6548033 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The ...

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branchus shares: This was designed primarily for use with syringes of soldering flux, which typically come in 5ml, 10ml or 30ml syringes. The standard plungers with a rubber bottom will trap air in the syringe, resulting in way more flux being dispensed than desired. This syringe is designed to stay in place, without trapping air ...

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mueli shares: Ramp for the robot. I made the ramp a little thicker at the base and extended it, as the original ramp was too steep, as well as making cut-outs for the glue so that the ramp doesn’t stick out when it’s glued to an edge.Should be so sturdy you can (carefully) stand on ...

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dustyman1290 shares: This is a mini version of the Wrap-It-Up box from the Chappelle Show (S01E02). The box and speaker can be printed normally. The box requires no supports, but the speaker and text plate will require supports due to the mounting flange. The text plate can be printed with 2 filament colors (white plate, ...

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Every week we’ll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This Week: Mega Worm By Miguel Zavala https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6532558 CR10S Pro V2 Purple PLA 10hr 52mins X:238 Y:220 Z:34mm .2mm layer / .4mm Nozzle 6% Infill / 1mm Retraction 200C / 60C 76g 60mm/s Every Thursday is ...

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The Python for Microcontrollers Newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware (microcontrollers AND single board computers like Raspberry Pi).This ad-free, spam-free weekly email is filled with CircuitPython, MicroPython, and Python information (and more) that you may have missed, all in one place! You get a summary of all the software, events, projects, and the latest hardware worldwide once a week, no ...

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chebe on the busy hands | disquiet mind blog writes:My office/workshop is not meant to be a photography set. The lighting isn’t suited to product beauty shots, yet photos still happen in here. Part of this is that I’m more photosensitive than your average maker and will happily work away in my dark cave. But ...

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The Lucky Resistor blog has embarked on a journey to design a series of flower pot designs.The advent of the Prusa XL printer opened new horizons for large-scale 3D printing, making it an even more practical craft than before. Faced with the need to replace a flower pot, my first thought was to print one, ...

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BlitzCityDIY shares: Enclosure for a Feather ESP32-S3 Reverse TFT and rotary encoder to control an Elgato key light.download the files on: https://www.printables.com/model/819833-elgato-wifi-light-controller Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed ...

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Seeing that some email newsletters are providing numbers as to their subscription and effectiveness rates, Adafruit presents the same for the Python on Microcontrollers newsletter, delivered every Monday via email, for the first quarter of 2024.Growth is steady and we should hit 11,000 in the next quarter.

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3D Hangouts – IoT Pico DVI, Memory Gun Prop and Mega WormThis week @adafruit we’re prototyping an IoT project using Raspberry Pi Pico DVI and Adafruit IO. Working on a new Feather RP2040 PropMaker project inspired by the Memory Gun from Gravity Falls. Showcasing the timelapse this week featuring a print-in-place articulated worm designed by ...

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The Python on hardware news wrap-up!Episode 272 (April 10, 2024)This is the Adafruit weekly Python on Microcontrollers newsletter video highlights!The news comes from the Python community, Discord, Adafruit communities and more. It’s part of the weekly newsletter we do with has 10,940 readers! Subscribe to receive free every week.Ladyada and PT provide this week’s video (below) on Python on hardware news ...

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From the Adafruit factory vault!April 10, 2024 EditionAdafruit broadcasts the weekly ASK an ENGINEER video show and this is the segment (from the vault) on items or concept products that may/might/could be introduced into the Adafruit store in the future (or not)! It’s not out yet, so please don’t ask questions or ask when it’ll be available.You may keep ...

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ValMoore123 shares: used the basic shape and style of the folding door to make this. download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6548497 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, ...

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This week’s EYE ON NPI will make you say “Yeee-haww”, to the buckin’-and-boostin’ bronco known as the Richtek RT6160A Buck-Boost Converter with I²C Interface.The RT6160A is a high-efficiency, single-inductor, synchronous buck-boost converter that can provide up to 3 Amps of current to a dynamically-configurable voltage from 2.025V to 5.2V.With an amazing 2uA quiescent current, this ...

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latemp shared this project on Thingiverse! This is a gamepad made for the raspberry pi pico, there is no pcb required. The 5x6x6mm pushbuttons with soldered cables can be pushed in to the buttonboard and then connected to the pico. The gamepad works with the gp2040-ce firmware from https://gp2040-ce.info.Download files: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6546874 Every Thursday is #3dthursday ...

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DavidDingiversum shares: If you have cats and large flower pots you may know the problem of the cats wanting to pee or dig in there. I had the same problem and didn’t find a good solution, so I made one myself. My pot is 35 cm inner diameter large, the stem in the center is ...

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RaunoProps shares: This is optimized for 3mm thick materials. It holds sander disks with a diameter of 125mm and can be put on a french cleat wall (45° angle)download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6548670 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital ...

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It’s JOHN PARK’S WORKSHOP — LIVE! — Coming up at 4pm ET / 1pm PT Today!  LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat!Today’s project: Original PlayStation controller wireless gamepad mod with ItsyBitsy ESP32Also: CircuitPython Parsec Gear Report Learn Guide Updates Fresh Discount Code The live video will be on Youtube LIVE, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter) and Facebook.Join maker John Park in his workshop each week as he builds, demos, hacks, and mods projects live on air! “John Park’s Workshop — LIVE” is the place to see creative projects come to life, as John uses a wide variety of ...

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NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit Infrared IR Remote Receiver – STEMMA JST PH 2mmA year ago we designed a high-current-output Infrared Transmitter STEMMA which makes it easy to create high-powered IR LED blasters. Now we’ve sat down to design the other side, the super sensitive wide-range Adafruit Infrared IR Remote Receiver with two selectable IR receiver chips.We found plenty of 38KHz receiver sensors that would work nicely on this breakout board – but when it came to choosing one that was vertical or horizontal we just couldn’t make up our mind…so why not both? We’ve placed one on the end and one in the middle, and a slide switch ...

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ciccioroky shared this project on Thingiverse! Download files here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6548677 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these ...

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NEW PRODUCT – Fine Tip ESD Plastic Point TweezersYou’ll need a good pair of tweezers when soldering delicate surface-mount (SMD/SMT) components. These are a great pair of everyday tweezers. They’re anti-static and anti-magnetic, with a sturdy stainless steel body and ESD plastic tips. The tips are fine and pointy to pick up components without risk of scratching, but ...

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From Denkan via Thingverse!Mail holder. I use it on the fridge and have glued magnets on the back. Size of the magnets is 10x2mm. I have changed Brev (swedish word) that is in the picture to Mail.See design! Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for ...

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The swing ride or “chair o planes” is a popular and famous ride at carnivals and amusement parks. The ride uses centrifugal force to lift you up and up as you spin faster! We get to make one with lights, music and more with the help of CRICKIT and cardboard.Check out this and more of ...

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Fed2828 shares: Pc volumes mixer, Deej based Makerworld link: https://makerworld.com/en/models/392738#profileId-293847 An arduino volume mixer for your pc! It uses the community created deej system to mix the pc volumes, i disegned this 3d case for arduino that hosts 5 faders. Also the knobs are 3d printed.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6548671 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here ...

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From via Thingverse! Qbrick Organizer Multi – half-depth 8 compartment inserts See design! Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate ...

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Rejiggerer shares: This is a replacement nozzle for a WD-40 Big Blast can. We had two at work with lost / broken nozzles. It was inspired by a different thing, but I can’t find it now. I had to redesign that thing from the ground up for the larger can nozzle anyway. Since all 3D ...

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Great build and tutorial from Frank Bernhardt.When I decided to replace my old NAS with a new one, I didn’t want to spend too much money on this. So I looked around and found that there are many NAS kits based on a Raspberry Pi. Now you may ask what was my motivation to create ...

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This guide builds upon the computer vision system from the previous guide to build a playful robot that uses the Adafruit MEMENTO to capture an image, detect a face, and track it until the face is no longer in the frame. This project uses an example written by Me-No-Dev for Espressif Systems, CameraWebServer.ino. This example was ...

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Michael Klements writes on The DIY Life blog about using a Raspberry Pi 4 to track aircraft in real-time with FlightAware Pro.First things first, let’s talk about the FlightAware Pro USB stick. This little device is a dedicated ADS-B, or Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, receiver that simply plugs into a free USB port on your Pi. ADS-B ...

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Clemens Winter discusses compression in a list of floating point numbers.I recently implemented a small program to visualize the inner workings of a scheme that compresses floating point time series by XORing subsequent values. The resulting visualizations are quite neat and made it much easier for me to understand this beautiful algorithm than any of ...

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Michael Steil maintains CCGMS Future, the Commodore Color Graphics Manipulation System Terminal for Commodore 64. It has many of the modern features of a terminal program. 40 column color mode 80 column color mode PETSCII and ASCII/ANSI encoding Serial drivers (stable on NTSC and PAL) User Port (300-2400 baud) UP9600 (300-9600 baud) SwiftLink $DE00/$DF00/$D700/NMI (300-38400 ...

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Paul Bupe, Jr explores the research and development journey behind a new sensor system, OptiGap, a key component of his PhD research.In very general terms, this sensor is basically a rope that if bent can tell you where along its length you bent it. The fancy term for that is “bend localization.” OptiGap’s application is ...

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Turai Botond upgraded their IKEA KALLAX with an Espressif ESP32 Development Board and Flora RGB Smart NeoPixels:First, I formulated the goal of what I want to achieve with this project. Since this is a hobby project, my primary goal was to have fun, try new technologies, and end up with a nice product that works ...

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#circuitpythonparsec How to monitor your battery voltage right inside of CircuitPython. code example: https://github.com/jedgarpark/parsec/blob/main/2024-04-11/code.pyTo learn about CircuitPython: https://circuitpython.org

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The Raspberry pi research foundation hosts monthly free online seminars about computing education research that you can participate in! You can catch up on past seminars on the Rasperrypi.org blog and on their previous seminars and recordings page. Last months seminar was all about understanding the impact of AI tools in the classroom. Via Rasperrypi.orgEducators ...

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If you’ve ever run around at the magic hour snapping shots with a Pentax K1000 or a Canon AE-1, then you know the great low-fi analog feel of an old timey camera. Today’s version of that might be something like this design from Jacob Cunningham. Here’s more from hackaday:Inside the 3D printed enclosure is a ...

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The United Nations shares the history and importance of human space flight.The General Assembly, in its resolution A/RES/65/271 of 7 April 2011, declared 12 April as the International Day of Human Space Flight “to celebrate each year at the international level the beginning of the space era for mankind, reaffirming the important contribution of space ...

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NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit TSSP77038 38KHz Infrared IR Demodulator Breakout – STEMMA JST PH 2mmWhile designing our IR decoding breakout we noticed the TSSP series of chips from Vishay, these are simpler than more ‘remote control’ receivers in that they don’t do any filtering on the codes received: you really just get the demodulated-from-38KHz-signal output.According to Vishay, they’re designed for ...

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Head over to the West Side Community Garden at 123 W 89th st from 10am – 6pm to take in the tulips:West Side Community Garden was founded in 1976 on a trash-strewn vacant lot on Columbus Avenue that had been slated for an urban renewal project. West Side Community Garden is committed to providing a ...

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tebl on GitHub has built three projects to enhance radio-controlled cars using microcontrollers programmed in Arduino. Module Description RC Light System A functional light system for RCs. It’s big, bulky and does mostly what I want it to do. RC Exhaust Controls an RGB LED mounted inside the exhaust pipe of an RC. On heavy ...

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Sam has been documenting electrical installations around the world throughout the years, focusing especially on the physical items used to construct them.It’s all been put on one website for reference. There are also pages dedicated to documenting the history of the devices, as well as the principles behind their design and usage.Check it all out ...

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Sam has been documenting electrical installations around the world throughout the years, focusing especially on the physical items used to construct them.It’s all been put on one website for reference. There are also pages dedicated to documenting the history of the devices, as well as the principles behind their design and usage.Check it all out ...

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Some folks who traveled four hours or four days to experience totatlity during the recent solar eclipse were disappointed when their viewing experience was disrupted by cloud cover. But some of those eclipse chasers saw something those under clear skies didn’t get to see. As totality approached, the shadow of the moon raced along the ...

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Some say movie posters are a lost art. Those people might have missed a few things. We may not experience movie posters the way college students around the country do, or the way we did back in the video rental store days, but movie posters still exist, and some of them are beautiful. Here’s see ...

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Browse through all that’s new here!NEW PRODUCTS THIS WEEKELECFREAKS Smart Cutebot Pro Programming Robot Car for micro:bit: This fully assembled and ready-to-rock robot smart car is the nicest we’ve seen and is incredibly easy to use with a micro:bit and MakeCode. It comes all ready to go, no soldering or screw-driver required. Simply plug in ...

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As a part of its Overlooked series, The New York Times recently highlighted the fascinating life of Lizzie Magie. Magie invented the game that would be coopted and turned into Monopoly, one of the most popular board games of all time. She wore many other hats as well, most of which were eccentric and surprising, and which showcased her clever, creative, and daring way of moving through the world. For example, she published a short story, took a turn as an engineer, and even worked in a dead letter office. A life straight out Melville, but with a lot more ...

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Spending any amount of time with this mapping tool from the Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice is a bit overwhelming considering the sheer amount data and what the data shows. Explore with the map here and read the EJNYC Report here

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Spending any amount of time with this mapping tool from the Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice is a bit overwhelming considering the sheer amount data and what the data shows. Explore with the map here and read the EJNYC Report here

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Mike on the Leaded Solder blog got a really good deal on a Fujitsu FM-8, the big, brown predecessor of the FM-7. It was missing a few parts and needed some care.Officially the Fujitsu Micro 8, the FM-8 was one of Fujitsu’s earliest PCs, released in early 1981. Fujitsu made revisions while also taking a lot ...

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ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UPWe’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging from learn guides to blog articles, videos, and more.BLOGxxxNational Robotics WeekWe’ve very into making robot ...

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Once upon a time, the marketing campaigns for movies required a great poster. The poster had to condense the core idea and overall tone of the film into a single image using art, typography, and graphic design. Some of those powers are eternally amazing. Here’s more from Where Danger Lives: Another poster that merits its ...

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NesHacker takes a look at how Nintendo developed Zelda’s save system. We appreciate how the video gets into the technical nitty gritty.

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Troy Sheets decided to develop the $199 Blipblox, an affordable kid-friendly synthesizer designed for ages 3 to up allow music making without a bunch of expensive equipment.“I thought that there’s an opportunity to create a toy-like device that was simplified so more people could have fun using these tools that had previously been reserved for ...

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This week on the Great Search, we saw someone on social media talking about repairing an old device that has a ‘split’ supply with multiple voltages.Usually your AC-DC adapter converts 110~220VAC into 12VDC. But sometimes you need +12V, -12V, plus maybe a 5V for good measure. And sometimes the connector ends up being a DIN ...

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Stephanie posted Conway's Game of Hope

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No, that’s not a typo. Alexander Miller created a fable of emergence that brings together Pandora and Dr. John Conway in the Game of Hope. Fantastic find via flowingdata.Conway led Pandora to a patch of dirt near her house. He gathered some stones and a small stick from the ground. Pandora observed with puzzlement as ...

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This week at my desk, we played around with this CH552-based QT Py board before the chip shortage. Now parts are plentiful, so we made some prototypes and are trying out the CH55xduino board support package. And, it works!There’s a few things to watch for given it has C but not C++ support. However, for ...

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The Knight Rider Historians’ YouTube channel recently showed off an excellent KITT replica that uses a Raspberry Pi and ChatGPT to work as an interactive prop.This KITT prop is designed to resemble the voice box from the car. It listens for audio input and processes it using speech-to-text so that the data can be parsed to ChatGPT. ...

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New Products 4/12/24 Featuring Adafruit Infrared IR Remote Receiver – STEMMA JST PH 2mm! (Video) ELECFREAKS Smart Cutebot Pro Programming Robot Car for micro:bit (0:09) Fine Tip ESD Plastic Point Tweezers (0:54) Adafruit BNO055 + BMP280 BFF Add-On for QT Py (1:41) Adafruit TSSP77038 38KHz Infrared IR Demodulator Breakout – STEMMA JST PH 2mm (3:09) ...

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NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit BNO055 + BMP280 BFF Add-On for QT PyOur QT Py boards are a great way to make very small microcontroller projects that pack a ton of power – and now we have a way for you to turn many QT Py boards into powerful 9 degree-of-freedom (9DoF) motion plus pressure/altitude sensing projects that ...

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NEW PRODUCT – ELECFREAKS Smart Cutebot Pro Programming Robot Car for micro:bitThis fully assembled and ready-to-rock robot smart car is the nicest we’ve seen and is incredibly easy to use with a micro:bit and MakeCode. It comes all ready to go, no soldering or screw-driver required. Simply plug in your :bit into the top slot ...

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NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit USB Host FeatherWing with MAX3421ELots of microcontrollers these days have USB ports on them, to program or debug, act like a keyboard or disk drive, or simply send data between a computer and your firmware. But did you know that you can also add a USB Host port? That means that your ...

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BACK IN STOCK – Adafruit Proto Under Plate PiCowBell for Pico – Reset Button & STEMMA QTThe Adafruit Proto Under Plate PiCowBell is intended to be treated like a mini solder-less proto plate to simplify programming and sensor connectivity for your Raspberry Pi Pico board. Reset button? Yes! STEMMA QT / Qwiic connector for fast I2C? Indeed. Plug-and-play so no ...

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Takara

Michael Gartley, a researcher at Rochester Institute of Technology, will join a team led by the University of Texas at El Paso to study space debris. Using Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Image Generation, the research will help the Air Force determine what exactly is floating around and how it effects the space environment.Satellites, rocket ...

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Kelly posted Digital Hourglass

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Fun build from maker Markus Opitzk! The end result is both functional and friendly; a less-stress approach to timekeeping.To be honest: If you’re not working, you don’t really need an exact time: it’s about afternoon, I’m hungry, I’m tired, it’s time to go to bed. And in the morning, the alarm clock on my mobile ...

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If you missed this week’s Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter, here is the ICYMI (in case you missed it) version.To never miss another issue, subscribe now! – You’ll get one terrific newsletter each Tuesday (which is out before this post). 10,953 subscribers worldwide.The next newsletter goes out in a week and subscribing is the best way to keep up ...

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MattKC on YouTube has apparently done something no one else had thought of tackling: getting the .NET software framework from Windows 98 to work on Windows 95.The biggest hurdle was getting .NET running on Windows 95. Not only did .NET come out when Windows 98 was the new kid on the block, but Windows 95 ...

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Stephanie posted Jane’s Walk NYC 2024

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Jane’s Walk NYC 2024 weekend is only a couple weekends away!Jane’s Walk 2024 weekend is May 3rd, 4th, and 5th. During the weekend, the simple act of exploring the city is enhanced with personal observations, local history, and civic engagement. Jane’s Walk NYC encourages people to share stories about their neighborhoods, discover unseen aspects of ...

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Jessie Mae posted Farewell to HD Atlas

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Today Boston Dynamics announced the retirement of their Atlas robot. Boston Dynamics shared this video on Youtube!For almost a decade, Atlas has sparked our imagination, inspired the next generations of roboticists, and leapt over technical barriers in the field. Now it’s time for our hydraulic Atlas robot to kick back and relax. Take a look back at everything we’ve accomplished with the Atlas platform to date.Learn more!

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Come on by for JP’s Product Pick of The Week! Two new product picks will be revealed. The show airs at 4pm ET / 1pm PT, TODAY!Check out the livestream right here inside this product page and this one too! you won’t want to miss it because there will be a HUGE DISCOUNT during the show! Tune in for: John Park’s latest product picks Learn how to use them Live Demo The live video will also be on YouTube LIVE, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter) and Facebook. LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat! Come on into the chat ...

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BACK IN STOCK – Adafruit USB Type C Power Delivery Dummy Breakout – I2C or Fixed – HUSB238The HUSB238 USB PD sink chip is neat in that you can either use jumpers (really, resistor selection) to set the desired PD voltage and current or you can use I2C for dynamic querying and setting. We’ve build a nice Adafruit ...

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BACK IN STOCK – Adafruit INA228 – I2C 85V, 20-bit High or Low Side Power Monitor – STEMMA QT / QwiicThe INA228 is an amazing power monitoring chip, with best-of-everything support: up to 85VDC common-mode, high or low side measurements, 20-bit (!) ADC for precision measurements from milliamp to Amp, and I2C interface for easy configuration ...

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A simple design that has stood the test of time. We might take it for granted but this simple hook was once cutting edge design. Made from a single piece of wire with a built in screw end – no tools required.Walk into any hardware store today and you can still find essentially the same ...

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NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit CAN Bus BFF Add-On for QT PyOur QT Py boards are a great way to make very small microcontroller projects that pack a ton of power – and now we have a way for you to turn many QT Py boards into powerful CAN bus devices that are super small!CAN Bus is ...

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My childhood copy of Tar Beach still sits on my bookshelf.NPR shares the life of Faith Ringgold and her impact on art and African American storytelling.Artist Faith Ringgold, well known for her story quilts depicting African American experiences, has died. She was 93. Her death was confirmed by her assistant Grace Matthews, who said Ringgold ...

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Fun video from IT’S HISTORY, especially for anyone who’s ever lived and commuted in NYC. I’ve probably been in the Astor Place subway station over 200 times but never noticed the sign for Clinton Hall.

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Anne Barela posted MapSCII - maps in your console

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Need to look up directions but you left your phone at home and only have a dumb terminal? Never fear! You can just telnet (PuTTY on Windows) and get a zoomable world map, all in ASCII.MapSCII is a Braille & ASCII world map renderer for your console.OpenStreetMap is open data, licensed under the Open Data ...

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The ZX2040 is a port of Andre Weissflog ZX Spectrum emulator to the Raspberry Pico RP2040, packed with a simple UI for game selection and key mapping to make it usable without a keyboard.This project is specifically designed for the Raspberry Pico and ST77xx based displays. The reference device is the Pimoroni Tufty RP2040 display board, but actually the ...

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Stephanie

DIY Machines designed a bunch of kinetic coasters and shared the results on Instructables:Not only can you satisfy your fidgety fidding fingers by turning any coaster by hand – the base, of course, conceals a hidden secret. Place a coaster against the base and it will automatically detect the presence of a coaster and begin ...

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Anyone who’s been to GitHub before has no doubt come across the unforgettable Octocat mascot. Its pointy ears and friendly smile accompany a wide library of code shared by thousands of people over the years. Today we’ve got an adorable Raspberry Pi project to share created by the Infineon Team who’s using a Pi to bring the GitHub ...

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Noe Ruiz

3D Hangouts – IoT Pico DVI, Memory Gun Prop and Flex SnailThis week @adafruit we’re making an Adafruit IO project using Raspberry Pi Pico W and Pico DVI. Finalizing our Memory Gun Prop using Feather PropMaker 2040. Showcasing the timelapse this week featuring a print-in-place articulated snail designed by Tame Them.Learn Guide https://learn.adafruit.com/dvi-ioVideo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_Wq4X56O6YPico DVI ...

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Angelica

BACK IN STOCK – Espressif ESP32-S3-BOX-3With its freely available development resources, ESP32-S3-BOX-3 is the ultimate choice for prototyping new projects or building complex AIoT systems.Espressif Systems (688018.SH) is excited to announce the latest addition to its lineup of development kits, ESP32-S3-BOX-3. This fully open-source AIoT development kit is based on the powerful ESP32-S3 AI SoC, and is ...

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DigiKey shared this vide on Youtube!Which should you use for your project, Arduino or Raspberry Pi? In this video, Becky Stern shows you the primary differences and explains why you would choose a microcontroller or single board computer (SBC) for your project.See more!

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If you missed this week’s livestream of John Park’s Product Pick(s) of the Week, not to worry, here’s the video. This week’s picks are the Adafruit UPDI Friend – USB Serial UPDI Programmer and Adafruit High Voltage UPDI Friend – USB Serial UPDI Programmer! Watch the video to find out about the Adafruit UPDI Friend ...

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The Adafruit Infrared IR Remote Receiver has two selectable IR receiver chips. Usage is simple: Power the board by connecting V+ and ground to 3 to 5VDC, point a 38KHz remote control at the sensors and press some buttons. The demodulated IR envelope is piped out the Signal pin into your microcontroller which will then ...

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– Charlie Brown famously had no touch at all with regards to becoming a ghost. His clumsy hands led him to doing a real Charlie Brown to his annual halloween efforts, which led to a costume that looked more like Swiss cheese than a friendly ghost. A ghost failure of that sort might come in real ...

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As we venture back to the moon we may want to stay a little longer. Design concept from HASSELL for a lunar station. Construction would incorporate 3D printing and soil from the moon.Designed in close collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) and Cranfield University, the Lunar Habitat Master Plan — unveiled today on stage at the ...

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Sleep Review Mag shares how Bridget Armstrong, Ph.D. of the University of South Carolina was awarded a $3.5 million grant to test a wearable device specifically designed to monitor children’s physical activity, sedentary time, and sleep.Bridget Armstrong, PhD, has been awarded a $3.5 million grant from the NIH to test PATCH, a device designed to ...

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When learning an instrument you can study all the notes but it can still be hard to get the feel. This research project from Yiyue Luo with MIT is turning to haptics and machine learning to help.A pianist wore gloves with sensors to record all the finger movements. These were transfered to students with haptic ...

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phillip torrone posted SHOW and TELL 4/17/2024

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The biggest and longest running worldwide online Show and Tell LIVE! 4/17/2024 – video.

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jmpilo shares: I wanted to create a collapsible dice tower I could take to Dungeons and Dragons. The upper tower has a Spiral, Then the dice drops into a lower section where it fall out. The print uses around 200 grams of filament depending on infill density, support type, and orientation of the print.download the ...

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Jessie Mae posted From the mail bag…

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From the mail bag!Just received my first order from the Adafruit website. Shipping was extremely fast to the other side of the United States. I picked up some heat-shrink tubing a couple of Adafruit designed breakouts and some stickers to put on the back of my laptop. I was amazed at the size of the ...

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Jessie Mae posted From the mail bag…

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From the mail bag!Just received my first order from the Adafruit website. Shipping was extremely fast to the other side of the United States. I picked up some heat-shrink tubing a couple of Adafruit designed breakouts and some stickers to put on the back of my laptop. I was amazed at the size of the ...

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newdles shares: Achieving this in a lithophane was a challenge, as the albedo colour needed to be subtracted from the elevation data and then displaced internally against the terrain surface, towards the centre of the sphere, in order to achieve both visually good elevation, and correct relative wall thickness for the back-lighting effect to look ...

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thomaspatzke shares: I wanted to have a single storage box for all button cell batteries flying around in our house so I’ve created this as my first self-made model. This battery box consists of a base that contains the battery slots and optionally with one of the lids: a lid with notches on the inside ...

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Rickshawrecords shares: 9-Pin Tube Pin Straightener and Pin Alignment Tool. “A” logo on the back is for www.AustinMics.com, where I design DIY tube amplifiers and kits… and use this tool every time! Print slow (20mm/s) for best resolution. The pin holes are a tight fit for USA and other quality 9-pin “nonal” tubes (valves) with ...

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jason955 shares: Paint Cup. Handy to use while painting.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6549533 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate ...

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johnconstant shares: A simple jig to assist with setting the depth of a router or trimmer. 1mm allowance has been added to the depth of each due to printing.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6549594 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital ...

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blacknit shares: Elder wand as a drawer handle. Three models with different sizes according to spaces between the holesdownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6549820 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D ...

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brlittle shares: For years, our dishwasher clean/dirty flag was a dollar-store cheapo. When it got knocked off the dishwasher one time too many and broke, I decided (with my usual tendency to over-engineer everything) to print a new one. The original plan was to use two files merged in Cura to take advantage of the ...

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Anne Barela

The Python for Microcontrollers Newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware (microcontrollers AND single board computers like Raspberry Pi).This ad-free, spam-free weekly email is filled with CircuitPython, MicroPython, and Python information (and more) that you may have missed, all in one place! You get a summary of all the software, events, projects, and the latest hardware worldwide once a week, no ...

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Fredrik Fatemi and Lawrence Kesteloot spent the summer of 1989 writing graphics programs in Turbo Pascal on a 286 PC (with EGA!) in a basement while watching The Princess Bride again and again on a VCR.Fredrik recently found some 3½” diskettes with the programs on it. Lawrence couldn’t find a good way to run them ...

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This week, Kevin Bentley released the latest version of the source code to the SciFi  game Descent 3.Originally released in 1999 for Windows, the game has you control a flying ship which you have to guide through both in- and outdoor environments, while shooting at robots that have been infected with an alien virus as ...

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Display Adafruit IO data on any DVI or HDMI display with the Raspberry Pi Pico W and Adafruit’s Pi CowBell DVI Output!Guide: https://learn.adafruit.com/dvi-ioUsing this Pico DVI AIO project, we’re able to display data from multiple sensor nodes on our HDMI monitor. This is a great way to display sensor data on any HDMI TV especially ...

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The Adafruit ADG729 Dual 1-to-4 Analog Matrix Switch lets you connect between two sets of four analog signals, much like 8 mechanical switches. The ADG729 uses I2C to select which of the 8 channels switches to turn on or off. Four channels connect to the DA analog pin, and the other four channels connect to ...

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You can use the Adafruit ADG728 1-to-8 Analog Matrix Switch to connect between eight analog signals, much like a set of 8 mechanical switches. These chips tend to be tiny surface mount parts, so this breakout will let anyone use the ADG728 switch for signals up to 5V, without fiddly soldering.The Adafruit ADG728 1-to-8 Analog ...

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Anne Barela

The Python on hardware news wrap-up!Episode 273 (April 17, 2024)This is the Adafruit weekly Python on Microcontrollers newsletter video highlights!The news comes from the Python community, Discord, Adafruit communities and more. It’s part of the weekly newsletter we do with has 10,953 readers! Subscribe to receive free every week.Ladyada and PT provide this week’s video (below) on Python on hardware news ...

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From the Adafruit factory vault!April 17, 2024 EditionAdafruit broadcasts the weekly ASK an ENGINEER video show and this is the segment (from the vault) on items or concept products that may/might/could be introduced into the Adafruit store in the future (or not)! It’s not out yet, so please don’t ask questions or ask when it’ll be available.You may keep ...

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3D Hangouts – IoT Pico DVI, Memory Gun Prop and Flex SnailThis week @adafruit we’re making an Adafruit IO project using Raspberry Pi Pico W and Pico DVI. Finalizing our Memory Gun Prop using Feather PropMaker 2040. Showcasing the timelapse this week featuring a print-in-place articulated snail designed by Tame Them.Learn Guide https://learn.adafruit.com/dvi-ioVideo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_Wq4X56O6YPico DVI ...

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Anne Barela

Psst…this week’s EYE ON NPI is no secret, and despite having the word “Pseudo” in the name, it’s the Real Deal: This week it’s ISSI’s Serial and Quad PSRAM chips, an excellent addition to your next microcontroller board to quickly boost your RAM stack to megabyte proportions!Microcontrollers have come a long way since 8-bit chips ...

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Sintratec shares: We designed these desk shelf legs generatively in Fusion 360 and produced them with SLS using the Sintratec S3 printer and robust PA12 nylon material. After printing and cleaning, we simply screwed the legs onto a wooden board and voilà: DIY Tabletop.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6550263 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! ...

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Anne Barela

HackSpace Magazine Issue 77 – Custom Controllers Until humans develop a mind–machine link, we’re stuck with keyboards, mice, and number pads. But they don’t have to be the boring beige devices of yesteryear: with open source hardware, you can create your own unique link between you and your machines. From gaming, to video creation, to ...

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edi_the_eagle shared this project on Thingiverse! Download files: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6557666 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your ...

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Ozamo shares: Model of a container for vertical storage of resistors. Slider lid with markings of the most common valuesdownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6557120 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with ...

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It’s JOHN PARK’S WORKSHOP — LIVE! — Coming up at a special time 5pm ET / 2pm PT Today!  LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat!Today’s project: Arcade Tankstick ConversionAlso: CircuitPython Parsec Gear Report Learn Guide Updates Fresh Discount Code The live video will be on Youtube LIVE, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter) and Facebook.Join maker John Park in his workshop each week as he builds, demos, hacks, and mods projects live on air! “John Park’s Workshop — LIVE” is the place to see creative projects come to life, as John uses a wide variety of tools and techniques ...

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Oddoh shares: To enhance my MOC brick models of Trains I created a number of custom wheels and other parts which I add here from time to time. Proposals are welcome … Fenders built with standard bricks normally are too big. Find here my idea to give it a more realistic size and look. Use ...

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guppyk shares: This should be a pretty simple print. Ideally set line width to 0.5 mm (walls are 1 and 1.5 mm). Preferably use low vertical resolution for faster print. Print the lid in your favorite transparent filament and print upside down. Infill does not matter. No supports needed. I use some cheap epoxy resin ...

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From aekastyle via Thingverse! The deteriorated curtain hooks were broken by my son playing hide and seek with the curtains. I modeled a similar hook so that it can withstand being broken multiple times. Since the length cannot be adjusted like the original product, I am attaching the Fusion360 file for parents who is in ...

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The Sync-inator is an adapter for connecting Apple video sources (DB-15) to VGA monitors (HD-15), with active sync processing circuitry that sets it apart from typical passive video adapters.There’s a built-in microcontroller that analyzes the incoming sync signals in real-time, automatically selects the best adapter settings, and can optionally reprocess the sync signals into a ...

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travisderose shared this beautiful and sentimental project on Instructables. As a person with a trove of saved voice messages I can easily see how special this project is:I came up with this project that allows you to utilize an old, unused rotary phone to have it play custom messages whenever you pick up the handset ...

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Jeff Geerling shared this project on Youtube!Build a free and open source NVR that’s better than most commercial NVR’s. I used Frigate, a Raspberry Pi, a Coral TPU, and Axzez’s Interceptor 1U chassis. Axzez sent me the 1U chassis and the required accessories (not including hard drives or the Raspberry Pi) for this build, but they did not pay any money, nor did they have any input into the content in this video.Each Friday is PiDay here at Adafruit! Be sure to check out our posts, tutorials and new Raspberry Pi related products. Adafruit has the largest and best selection ...

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New Products 4/19/24 Featuring Adafruit PiCowbell Camera Breakouts! (Video) PCIe Flex Cable for NVMe Base and Raspberry Pi 5 – PCIe Pipe – 35mm (0:07) PCIe Flex Cable for NVMe Base and Raspberry Pi 5 – PCIe Pipe – 50mm (0:07) Adafruit PiCowBell Camera Breakout – Wide Angle 160 Degree Lens (1:05) Adafruit PiCowBell Camera ...

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Your newest synth might be hiding a Pi inside. Gear News looks at the modern state of synthesizers and the impact of Pi. Digital synthesizers have existed in some form since the 1970s, with the New England Digital Synclavier being the first commercial release in 1977. As synthesizers became more powerful, adding sampling and physical ...

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Takara

Tom’s Hardware shares how a Raspberry Pi FPV monitor shares drone flights in real time.If you’re a maker with your head in the sky, you’ve got to check out this Raspberry Pi FPV monitor project put together by Seii-FPV. Instead of searching the market for an existing product, Seii-FPV opted to make a device from ...

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Stephanie

Get on out there – it’s National Park Week! We’re broadly speaking of course. National Parks can get very busy over the summer so don’t forget to explore your winter, fall and spring park options! Here are the daily themes for this year from NPS:Saturday, April 20: Discovery. What will you discover? A new place, ...

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Anne Barela

HackSpace Magazine Issue 77 features the Adafruit ItsyBitsy ESP32:The Adafruit ItsyBitsy ESP32 has been in the works for some time. The recent pandemic, and all the associated supply chain issues, certainly added to the delay. But now, you can finally get your hands on this diminutive microcontroller. So, what does this little board do? A ...

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Jessie Mae

Browse through all that’s new here!NEW PRODUCTS THIS WEEK PCIe Flex Cable for NVMe Base and Raspberry Pi 5 – PCIe Pipe – 35mmThis PCIe Flex Cable gives you a variety of options for connecting and placing your Pimoroni NVMe Base with Raspberry Pi 5. They have a ‘one way’ design with 16 pads at ...

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Ben posted Crystal Radio Kit

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YouTuber Michael Simpson builds this original radio kit from the December 1970 issue of Mechanix Illustrated.Michael was able to secure one on Ebay but the original #74 crystal set sold for $7.00Great find from hackaday:If the name [Len Buckwalter] sounds familiar, he was quite prolific in magazines like Electronics Illustrated and also wrote several books ...

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183 years ago, Edgar Allen Poe’s The Murders in the Rue Morgue was first published Graham’s Magazine. Mental Floss shares six adaptations of what is considered the first detective story.Its author may have been modest, but Poe’s revolutionary story inspired generations of copycat sleuths—some of whom bore a little too much resemblance to Dupin for ...

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#circuitpythonparsec You can use chip GPIO pin names in your code with the ‘microcontroller’ library in CircuitPython.To learn about CircuitPython: https://circuitpython.org

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Last month, Butterfly in the Sky, a documentary about the beloved children’s television show Reading Rainbow and its host LeVar Burton, opened in theaters. The trailer looks absolutely spectacular and after reading this wonderful review by Leah Schnelbach on Reactor Mag, Butterfly in the Sky has risen to the top of my watchlist. Here’s an ...

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There’s a knock on the door. A person stands there holding an enormous infographic detailing every event in a time travel movie that you bought tickets to see that night. The person holding it says, “Ha ha! Spoiler alert!” You say, “Can’t spoil what I already saw tomorrow.” Primer is, famously, a low-fi, totaly indie, ...

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Somehow a fleet of rat taxis just makes sense. Two rescued rats have been trained to drive their own custom rovers.The controls are pretty straightforward: middle pedal goes forward, left pedal turns the car left, right pedal turns it right. 🚘 It really didn’t take Kuzko and Kronk long to experiment with their new hot ...

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Takara

These beautiful and innovative masks are made by Kenyan artist Cyrus Kabiru. Made from found objects collected around his hometown of Nairobi, Kabiru creates work of all forms.Ranging from mechanical parts and cooking utensils to plastic caps and beads, Kenyan artist Cyrus Kabiru fashions dazzling eyewear and helmets from salvaged and found objects. The futuristic ...

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Time travel doesn’t only exist in movies! We can travel through time in books as well. Here’s more from Penguin!Recursion by Blake Crouch At first, it looks like a disease. An epidemic that spreads through no known means, driving its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived. But the force that’s sweeping ...

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Anne Barela

This week we saw a lot of chatter about Zilog’s End-of-Life Notification for their Z84C series chips. These chips were pretty cool because they were true Z80 processors and available in DIP format!They are still in stock at DigiKey for now and there’s a last-time-buy, so if you happen to want some large quantity, it’s possible ...

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This week at my desk, we’re working on and wrapping up two terrific Trinkey prototypes: the TRRS Trinkey has a – you guessed it – TRRS jack on the end, for making customizable HID devices that use simple 3.5mm audio jack connectors.Ideally something that will make AT – Accessibility Technology – projects EZ to build ...

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HackSpace Magazine Issue 77 features the Adafruit TFP401 HDMI/DVI Decoder to 40-Pin TTL Breakout – With Touch.The TFP401 HDMI/DVI Decoder is a small board that serves a useful purpose. Now you can easily add a 40-pin TTL/TTF display, via HDMI/DVI video, to a Raspberry Pi project. What makes this board a little more unusual, other ...

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HackSpace Magazine Issue 77 features building of a custom game controller using an RP2040 microcontroller programmed in CircuitPython:Since we’ve created a new board, let’s create a firmware tailored specifically for it – we’ll create a custom build of CircuitPython. This allows us to do a couple of things. Firstly, it lets us name the specific ...

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The design aesthetic for Marvel’s Loki and the TVA does an incredible job of capturing a sci-fi future that could have been. Take a look at the immaculately rendered TVA Multifunctional Computer. Via Beautiful life:At the heart of this design is a conscious effort to capture the essence of retro-futurism, a style that harks back to the technological dreams of the 1960s. The computer is distinguished by its spherical upper section, a nod to the classic design ethos of the past century. This element is seamlessly integrated with an array of retro components, creating a machine that feels both familiar ...

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The legendary Hans Zimmer sat down with Vanity Fair last month to explain his process in creating the soundtrack for the newly released ‘Dune: Part Two’.“Home Depot is our secret instrument-building site.” Hans Zimmer, the Oscar-winning composer of ‘Dune,’ is back again to provide an in-depth analysis of how the score was created for the ...

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I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve played Catan (or one of the expansions, they have them all) with my in-laws. The mechanics of game play are fantastic, as you likely already know, and almost always leads to interesting alliances and surprise moments of ruthless retribution. I can’t wait to see how they’ll handle ...

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We love the ingenuity at work in this cuckoo clock project from maker oliverb.Using an ESP32 WROOM 32D Microprocessor & Stepper Motor to Repair & NTP Time Synchronize a Worn Out Regula 25 Cuckoo Clock. This modification contains 3D printed parts but the parts could be faily easily made from wood/metal. This project uses a ...

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Anne Barela

If you missed this week’s Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter, here is the ICYMI (in case you missed it) version.To never miss another issue, subscribe now! – You’ll get one terrific newsletter each Tuesday (which is out before this post). 10,960 subscribers worldwide.The next newsletter goes out in a week and subscribing is the best way to keep up ...

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tape-deck by Jarek Lupinski is a rather a user-unfriendly design:To play music, just give it a tape. tape-deck plays to end of the tape, reverses, and plays the other side. HOW DOES ONE PAUSE / STOP THE TAPE? you should finish what you started. HOW DO I MAKE IT LOUDER OR QUIETER? listen to louder ...

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User Elehobica on GitHub has made a clever project using a Raspberry Pi Pico / Pico W.spdif_recorder can record high resolution digital audio from S/PDIF Coaxial or TOSLINK connections (coaxial or optical) to WAV files.16bit or 24bit (2 channel) can be recorded at sampling frequencies of 44.1 KHz, 48.0 KHz, 88.2 KHz, 96.0 KHz (, ...

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Bulduper built this customizable hexagon wall clock and shared the build over on Instructables – it’s such a beautiful final project!The HexaClock is a hexagon-shaped LED matrix with each pixel also in the shape of a hexagon! There are 127 individual RGB pixels ready to pour some colors onto your wall.Read moreIf you’re looking for ...

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Becky Stern documents how she made four LED poles for a recent art performance in New York City.The project brief, as it was pitched to me, was to create four tall uprights for the corners of an eight-foot by eight-foot raft. These LED poles needed to start an animation on their own after a five-minute ...

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Young people taking part in the European Astro Pi Challenge are about to have their computer programs sent to the International Space Station Via Raspberrypi.orgThis year, over 25,000 young people from across Europe and eligible ESA Member States are getting their programs ‘uplinked’ to the Astro Pi computers aboard the ISS, where they will be running over the next few weeks. Mission Zero is an exciting activity for kids with little or no experience with coding. We invite young people to create a Python program that displays an 8×8 pixel image or animation. This program then gets sent to the ...

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John Park

Come on by for JP’s Product Pick of The Week! A new product pick will be revealed. The show airs at 4pm ET / 1pm PT, TODAY!Check out the livestream right here inside this product page you won’t want to miss it because there will be a HUGE DISCOUNT during the show! Tune in for: John Park’s latest product pick Learn how to use it Live Demo The live video will also be on YouTube LIVE, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter) and Facebook. LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat! Come on into the chat to participate in the conversation!!Every ...

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With every iteration of the Fallout franchise there is renewed enthusiasm for the Pip-Boy. Now, with the new Fallout series, IGN is offering a pre-order for one. While it does sound snazzy it isn’t cheap at $200. Save some coin and have some fun by making your own version! over the years we have posted ...

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NPR shares how you can now Ask Dalí anything at the Dalí Museum. The exhibit allows visitors talk to famed artist Salvador Dalí via an AI-generated version of his voice.Salvador Dalí was known for his surreal artworks featuring melting clocks and craggy desert backgrounds, his eccentric behaviors like driving a car packed to the roof ...

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moc-lock shares: I designed these holders to help keep tension tools organized (used for locksmithing/locksport). When you have several tension tools in a case, they tend to point in random directions. This can cause issues when closing the case. I have a Sparrows Sherman case which seems to have this problem more than others. I ...

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yetisoldier shares: This is a base for the D4 4w Solar charging station that Yeti Wurks sells. The charging station itself comes with a mount meant to be screwed into a tree or wooden pole. This round base allows you to use the solar charger free standing. The only additional thing you need are 4 ...

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Anne Barela posted How files in Linux work

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One of the basic concepts we learn in computing is how to work with files and organize them in directories. The typical use case is storing some data in a file and later reading it. However, files and directories can be a much more powerful concept that goes beyond just storing some bytes on a ...

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TinyDecisionTreeClassifier is a simple but elegant standalone library for training decision trees directly on the edge. Decision trees were chosen since they are very fast and easily interpretable.Main features are: Based around classic C4.5 decision tree algorithm for continuous variables. This is a standalone library. Since the library depends only on , ,, “math.h” and ...

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River Wang has released an alpha revision to the independently developed CircuitPython Online IDE (integrated development environment) which runs in a modern web browser.Issues from 2.0 alpha have been addressed. They’re looking for feedback.See more on X and try out the IDE.

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Follow along as Shay makes Katniss’s fire dress that might be a part 1 leading to the fiery mocking jay dress!If water if more your thing, check out this water drip dress build in the Adafruit Learning System. Every Wednesday is Wearable Wednesday here at Adafruit! We’re bringing you the blinkiest, most fashionable, innovative, and ...

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Many appliances need a human’s attention to perform maintenance actions. For example, James’s lab dehumidifier turns on an LED to indicate its reservoir is full. Wouldn’t it be nice if it could use the Internet to notify someone it needs emptying?James takes a crack at it using Nordic microcontrollers.See the video below and more here.

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Anne Barela posted DIY wooden RFID business cards

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Erich Styger created custom wood cards with integrated an RFID chip.With a laser cutter, plywood, veneer plus NXP NTAG213 RFID stickers, it is easy to create cards which can be read by any modern smartphone. Alternatively you can find wooden business cards with the RFID already included (just make sure it using an NTAG213, NTAG214 ...

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Noe Ruiz posted No 3D Hangouts This Week

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Hey folks, 3D hangouts will return next week on May 1st 2024 at 11 am ET. Until then, remember to Make A Great Day!If you missed last week’s stream, you can watch it on YouTube by clicking on the thumbnail below.

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Technoblogy presents a project, based on an ATtiny85, which gives you a maze that you have to solve by navigating it with four push buttons. The available paths in each direction are shown by four LEDs: a lit LED means that your way is blocked by a wall, and the speaker beeps if you try ...

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Automate this presents an ESP32-based thermostat system based on OpenTherm for Home Assistant.In this series of posts I describe my journey of automating a heating system in my suburban home. This particular post is about a simple, but fully functional thermostat that uses a PID controller to maintain a target room temperature. I use this ...

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Anne Barela

The Insentricity blog dives into turning an emulated Mac 68k program into a Linux Daemon:Just a few days before the end of #MARCHintosh a call went out over Mastodon asking if anyone had an Apple IIe with an Apple Workstation Card. The hope was that someone could try to use it to join the #GlobalTalk network. While I have ...

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Bluetooth is well supported by the Zephyr real-time operating system (RTOS). Golioth looks to develop sample code, then customize it to use Golioth as the cloud connection for a Bluetooth gateway device.The target hardware is an nRF9160-DK as the gateway (central), and an nRF52840-DK as the sensor (peripheral).We’re using the nRF Connect SDK version of Zephyr. You ...

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Anne Barela

GitHub user touchgadget converts a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro flight joystick into a Nintendo Switch compatible gamepad. This allows a player to play two thumb stick games using one hand.No soldering required. This does not work for any other flight stick.An Adafruit Feather RP2040 with USB Type A Host and joystick are powered by the ...

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Fiber optic cables have helped us communicate faster across the planet, enabling telecommunications on a grand scale. These cords can carry light for high-speed data connections. They can also carry light that looks pretty. Here’s a project from Natalina on Instructables on making a fiber optic dress:The design of the dress followed the fiber optics ...

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Convert an original PlayStation controller into a wireless gamepad for computer gaming using an ESP32 ItsyBitsy using this new Learn Guide from John Park.The original PlayStation controller is great, but it’s wired for use with a PlayStation. This guide shows how to cut the cord and convert it to a wireless Bluetooth gamepad for your computer gaming needs. An Adafruit ItsyBitsy ESP32 and Arduino software make it all possible, and a LiPo battery and built-in charger keep it powered. Deep sleep mode means up to six months of battery power when you aren’t using it!Read more at ESP32 PlayStation Controller

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Fun bit of Pocket Calculator history about the Digitron db-800. Europe’s first pocket calculator, released on 1971.The pocket calculator db 800 made history as the first European pocket calculator, and its successor model db 801 received awards and recognition wherever it appeared.See more! h/t HackadayFor a timeline of other notable pocket caclulator history checkout this article from EdTech: The History of Calculators: Evolution of the Calculator (Timeline)

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If you missed this week’s livestream of John Park’s Product Pick of the Week, not to worry, here’s the video. This week’s pick is the Adafruit Crickit HAT for Raspberry Pi. ! Watch the video to find out about the Adafruit Crickit HAT for Raspberry Pi, how to use it, a live demo, and more.Want more JP’s ...

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NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit USB Host BFF for QT Py or Xiao with MAX3421EIs your QT Py all alone, lacking a friend to travel the wide world with? When you were a kid, you may have learned about the “buddy” system. Well, this product is kind of like that! It is a board that will ...

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Takara

The FLOWBIO S1 is a wearable hydration sensor that collects data about your sweat. via Tom’s GuideIt’s important to keep hydrated. Staying topped up helps boost your mental and physical performance and keeps your body in good health, so it’s worth making sure you’re drinking enough as you go about your day. Our smartwatches and ...

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Is Jonna Mendez the ultimate cosplayer? She spent 27 years with the CIA and was the CIA’s Chief of Disguise. Recently she published an autobiography where she takes off her Mask. Jonna Hiestand Mendez began her CIA career as a “contract wife” performing secretarial duties for the CIA as a convenience to her husband, a ...

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phillip torrone posted SHOW and TELL 4/24/2024

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The biggest and longest running worldwide online Show and Tell LIVE! 4/24/2024 – video.

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Jessie Mae posted From the mail bag…

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From the mail bag!Just wanted to thank you for all that Adafurit offers. You guys have help me pick up a new hobby, learn a few new skills, help fan my nephews love of science, and kick butt in the his local STEM Fair. The link below is picture of his project inspired by the ...

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Mayak shares: SMD storage BOX L = 97 mm S = 35 mm H =11.5 mm n = 12download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6548346 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D ...

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Folandro shares: This is my take on an impact bit holder from a popular red brand! NEW REVISION ADDED – No longer need supports printed inside the case FUTURE REVISION (coming soon) – Need to decrease height of locking clip as it is slightly too tall creating a weak lock. Also need to make the ...

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stantang986 shares: This position holder is for a vacuum hose with a OD 39mm. You can edit bar lenther to fit your needs. Hardware: M6 screw X3 M6 nut X3 Insert gcode M601 at layer 10.2mm, that you can put nut inside bar part. The knob can be found here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1570116download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6545240 ...

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DrawModelPrint shares: Place stand on pegs for a rigid frame. Minor cleanup on edges. The width of the case is not snug with loupedeck might adjust measurements or just use sticky felt of some sort. download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6545246 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and ...

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LuisArbos shares: I encountered an issue when attempting to organize my shoes. They were scattered across the floor, and I didn’t want to purchase an organizer. Instead, I crafted ones that can be affixed to a cabinet or directly to the wall, providing a solution for organized shoe storage.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6540580 Every Thursday ...

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Krustyzeclown shares: This is a remix from the original design from M600 => https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3382995 This one is made for scalpel handle size 4, instead of the original size 3. I took the concept from the above design, but rebuilt it from scratch, starting from the ISO norm. It should hopefully fit all the size 4 ...

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Every week we’ll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This Week: Croc Glasses Holder By Pabzh https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6555442 CR10S Pro V2 Rainbow PLA 05hr 17mins X:243 Y:180 Z:80mm .2mm layer / .4mm Nozzle 6% Infill / 1mm Retraction 200C / 60C 39g 60mm/s Every Thursday is ...

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Anne Barela

The Python on hardware news wrap-up!Episode 274 (April 24, 2024)This is the Adafruit weekly Python on Microcontrollers newsletter video highlights!The news comes from the Python community, Discord, Adafruit communities and more. It’s part of the weekly newsletter we do with has 10,960 readers! Subscribe to receive free every week.Ladyada and PT provide this week’s video (below) on Python on hardware news ...

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BulkyModem is an update to an ESP8266-based Commodore 64 $10 modem project presented in 2017.GitHub user tebl provides modern firmware, using the latest version of the  Zimodem-firmware.See the details on the project GitHub repo here.

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Anne Barela

From the Adafruit factory vault!April 24, 2024 EditionAdafruit broadcasts the weekly ASK an ENGINEER video show and this is the segment (from the vault) on items or concept products that may/might/could be introduced into the Adafruit store in the future (or not)! It’s not out yet, so please don’t ask questions or ask when it’ll be available.You may keep ...

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Anne Barela

The Python for Microcontrollers Newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware (microcontrollers AND single board computers like Raspberry Pi).This ad-free, spam-free weekly email is filled with CircuitPython, MicroPython, and Python information (and more) that you may have missed, all in one place! You get a summary of all the software, events, projects, and the latest hardware worldwide once a week, no ...

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This week’s EYE ON NPI (video) will take you for a SPIN around the block – it’s STMicroelectronics’ STSPIN32G0 Three-Phase BLDC Controller series of chips, featuring 250 or 600 V three-phase BLDC FET controllers with integrated embedded STM32 MCU!These chips are an ‘all in one’ solution to advanced motor control when you want to have ...

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Amatulic shares: Unlike those electrical outlet safety protectors that are made deliberately difficult to remove, this outlet cover is made easy to remove. It is intended for use in a covered outdoor patio, to keep out bugs and debris when nothing is plugged in. This is designed for a NEMA 5-15R electrical receptacle, which is ...

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gdeda shared this project on Thingiverse! I designed this support to hold a usb charger station on a SKADIS pegboard.Download files: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6539036 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed ...

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LuisArbos shares: This is a small and simple model I designed to keep my laptop’s charging cable organized. The piece is a small clamp that has 10 holes and works for a cable with 4mm in diameter, in my case the charger of a Lenovo Thinkpad. I’ve printed it with 100% infill, because there was ...

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Olezha shares: Bearing 626 ZZ 6x19x6 (80026)download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6538956/comments Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight ...

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It’s JOHN PARK’S WORKSHOP — LIVE! — Coming up at 4pm ET / 1pm PT Today!  LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat!Today’s project: Portable Duck HuntAlso: CircuitPython Parsec Gear Report Learn Guide Updates Fresh Discount Code The live video will be on Youtube LIVE, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter) and Facebook.Join maker John Park in his workshop each week as he builds, demos, hacks, and mods projects live on air! “John Park’s Workshop — LIVE” is the place to see creative projects come to life, as John uses a wide variety of tools and techniques to make everything ...

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Shared by Ashak1el on Thingiverse:Vase soccer ball print upside down printing without supports.Download the files and learn more Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, ...

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cryton2707 shares: This is a remix of the case for a greaseweazel floppy drive.. I’ve added a few slots in the top very much like the slots at the back of an amiga.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6536687 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making ...

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Shared by OpenTechLabJBC on Thingiverse:An electrophytograph is a device for measuring and evaluating the bioelectrical activity of indoor plants. A trained neural network interprets this activity as plant emotions.Download the files and learn more Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from ...

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Jean-Claude95 shares: small scoop for bird food or something similardownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6536755 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we ...

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Super fun build from maker Mike Hirst that incorporates both Pi (raspberry) and Pi (3.14…). It features some Adafruit products well. See more details here on instructables!I made a clock from the digits of Pi. Here’s a demo!

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April 25th, Microsoft, in partnership with IBM and in the spirit of open innovation,  released the source code to MS-DOS 4.00 under the MIT license.There’s a somewhat complex and fascinating history behind the 4.0 versions of DOS, as Microsoft partnered with IBM for portions of the code but also created a branch of DOS called ...

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Brian Dorey added a video camera to a microscope using a Raspberry Pi High-Quality Camera. The camera worked ok but one issue was the color temperature of the ring light was very cold which meant any photos or videos came with a blue colour cast. This was especially evident on red or black PCBs where ...

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#circuitpythonparsec Use circup’s ‘example’ function to add library sample code to you CircuitPython device. https://github.com/adafruit/circup To learn about CircuitPython: https://circuitpython.org

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Once again, the European Astro Pi Challenge is helping young coders get their work out into space! Here’s more from the Raspberry Pi Foundation:Young people taking part in the European Astro Pi Challenge are about to have their computer programs sent to the International Space Station (ISS). Astro Pi is run annually in collaboration by ...

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GEARNEWS shares how the Pi found its way into synths.Digital synthesizers are essentially computers in specialized housings. Rather than a keyboard with letters and numbers, their keyboards trigger notes. Custom-designed DSP (digital signal processing) systems can be expensive so some manufacturers are turning to ready-made computing systems to run their synths. One that’s been gaining ...

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Shivam Dehinwal made this bookshelf light that’s disguised as a book and is easy to turn on and off with a simple slide into or out of alignment with the rest of your books. Here’s more from Instructables:The fixed “trigger” has a wedge shaped top which is followed by the limit switch. This category of ...

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Physics High shares content that teaches physics concepts at a level a high schooler can understand, they shared this video on Youtube!Lasers have unique properties – light that is monochromatic, coherent and collimated. But why? and what is the meaning behind he term laser. This video covers are fairly comprehensive explanation of the process of ...

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Ben

Happening right now in Harlem. The Black Comic Book Festival [#SchomCom2024] kicked off yesterday and runs through this afternoon. It’s not too late to check it out if you hurry!The 2024 Black Comic Book Festival marks 12 years of bringing together animators, Blerds, bloggers, cosplay lovers, fans, families, illustrators, independent publishers, and writers to celebrate Black comic books and graphic novels and provides a platform to get the works directly to readers. The 12th annual festival from April 26—27, 2024 features panel discussions, workshops, and cosplay showcases, and highlights the work of creators from across the diaspora. It’s free with ...

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Back in November of 2023 the space probe Voyager 1 stopped sending certain signals back to Earth. Many believed that the probe had been hijacked by machine intelligences of alien origin who wanted to make the probe self-aware, build a massive ship around the probe, and send it back to Earth, only to be confronted ...

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Kelly

We’ve got the New nEw NEW for you right here:NEW PRODUCTS THIS WEEKSmall Pink Anti-Static Zip Top Bag – 2″ x 3″ – 100 PackThese baggies are great for carrying and transporting small electronics, especially delicate or ESD-sensitive PCBs and other parts and components. We have a ton of extras in the warehouse and thought ...

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Takara

Check out Paul McCartney’s photographs paired alongside video clips and archival material at the Brooklyn Museum starting May 3rd.As The Beatles captured the hearts of millions, founding member Paul McCartney captured it all on his Pentax camera. Traveling from the UK to New York—just as “the boys” did six decades ago—Eyes of the Storm takes ...

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Stephanie

The Pollinator Port Project is slated to create bee habitats in select NYC DOT public plazas and Open Streets. You’ll be seeing them in Fordham Plaza, Parkside Plaza, Cooper Sq Plaza, Quisqueya Plaza (Dyckman Plaza), Water Street, Staten Island, Gates Ave and 34th Ave! Here’s more from NYC DOT:As part of the project, ‘bee hotels’ ...

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Kelly

ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UPWe’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging from learn guides to blog articles, videos, and more.BLOGThe CircuitPython Online IDE 2.0.0 beta is ...

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Takara

25 scientists from institutions around the world have connected pandemic prevention to ecosystem protections. The American Museum of Natural History shares.Virulent viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1 (SARS), Nipah, Hendra, and possibly Ebola have all spilled over from bats to humans, sometimes through an intermediate host. Drawing on insights from ecology and diseases studies, the scientists, ...

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How far in the future can a science fiction push? It turns out, science fiction can push so far it turns into fantasy. Here’s more from Approaching Pavonis Mons: Before we touch on these newcomers, though, we need to say a word or two about the science fiction writer who did more than any other ...

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Liz Clark

The Adafruit TSSP77038 IR Demodulator Breakout is a simple IR demodulator in that it doesn’t do any filtering on the codes received: you really just get the demodulated-from-38KHz-signal output. This board will work nicely for a variety of IR detecting projects. Using a 2mm pitch STEMMA JST PH cable with headers or alligator clips on ...

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Anne Barela

This week, we’ve been spending a lot of time testing out our ESP32-C6 Feather against a variety of FeatherWings, to test all the peripherals and pin definitions. Good news, so far everything works!Some folks in the community emailed us asking about different varieties of the ESP32-C6, and whether they should go with the QFN, WROOM, ...

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Another fun video from Process X on YouTube! In this segment, they visit the Nissho Corporation in Japan. To be honest, I never knew there was another name for this object besides disco ball. If you’re interested in further reading, there’s a 2015 Vice article that explore’s the history of the mirror ball and how the object first became popular in the early 20th century and then became iconic during the 1970s disco era.According to archival photos, mirror balls appeared in an assortment of locations, typically those related to social functions. Nearly 30 years after those electricians created a mirror ...

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The best way to keep lectures timely is to clearly show speakers their remaining time. wouterrusman built this TalkTimer and shared the build over on Instructables:A friend that is hosting conferences complained it was always a struggle to get the speakers to end their talk in the right time. Waving paper signs with the remaining ...

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Anne Barela

This weekend, we were working through a huge pile of prototypes! First up is a SEN-5x adapter board: the Sensirion SEN-54 and SEN-55 are nice all-in-one air quality sensors with particulate matter detection, temperature, humidity and VOC. but, they need 5V power for the onboard fan . We tested our QT-board which comes with an ...

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The IoT Monthly newsletter is the best place to catch up on the latest news about the Internet of Things. We cover everything from projects to new protocols. 5,900+ readers and growing!This newsletter is only sent to your inbox once per month – don’t miss your chance to catch the May 2024 issue out this week – you can cancel anytime – try our spam-free newsletter today!Sign up now >>>

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This week marks 65 years since Jean Hoerni applied for a patent for his ‘planar process’ a key step towards the creation of the modern monolithic integrated circuit. Babbage in The Chip Letter documents this landmark.The integrated circuit was invented twice. First, by Jack Kilby at Texas Instruments in September 1958, and then independently, a ...

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There is something about surprising interfaces: clapping to switch on lights is more fun than a flipping a switch. Pressing a panic-button to order a pizza is more fun than ordering via an app.Recently Joren came across this surprising interface: a flute controlled mouse cursor for a first person shooter. Joren recognized a good idea when seen, ...

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PiShrink is a bash script that automatically shrink a pi image that will then resize to the max size of the SD card on boot, authored by Drew Bonasera.This will make putting the image back onto the SD card faster and the shrunk images will compress better. In addition the shrunk image can be compressed ...

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The Adafruit BNO055 + BMP280 BFF provides a way for you to turn many QT Py boards into powerful 9 degree-of-freedom (9DoF) motion plus pressure/altitude sensing projects that are super small. This PCB is designed to fit onto the back of any QT Py or Xiao board. It can be soldered into place or made ...

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Zay

Maybe you didn’t have that friend who discovered the music videos of Michel Gondry, and who watched them one by one until they came to the video for The Chemical Brothers’ Star Guitar. And maybe, for far too long, they thought the video might be the view from a real train ride in a real ...

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Brickit is an app that scans your available LEGO pieces and will use AI to produce assembly instructions for projects you could build. Just scatter your bricks and take a photo. Brickit will show you hundreds of ideas for what to build with them, along with the exact location of each piece you’ll need.Sounds like ...

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Oh, were you looking for a new Switch game? It doesn’t really matter though, does it. Wow can we all not immediately want to play a new LoTR game…From Wētā Workshop, known for their work in the film industry, comes Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game, a Hobbit life sim ...

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Neat build from a student at Utah State University.I made a decibel meter! Decibels are units of measurement for sound, and I wanted to make a light indicator to show how loud it is in the room. It has an on switch, and the noise or loudness sensor is the main input. My three outputs ...

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Anne Barela

If you missed this week’s Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter, here is the ICYMI (in case you missed it) version.To never miss another issue, subscribe now! – You’ll get one terrific newsletter each Tuesday (which is out before this post). 10,958 subscribers worldwide.The next newsletter goes out in a week and subscribing is the best way to keep up ...

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moviecart is a software and hardware solution to create full length color movie + audio cartridges for stock Atari 2600. This revolutionary new product will allow for the first time ever, anyone to experience the joy of the silver screen directly from the comfort of their own home, in stunning digital accuracy. Boasting an impressive ...

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The Cave Pearl Project describes a thermistor calibration achievable by people who don’t have access to lab equipment with an accuracy better than ±0.15°C.This method is particularly suitable for the 10k NTC on their 2-module data logger, handling them in a way that is easy to standardize for batch processing (ie: at the classroom scale).We ...

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Downtown Doug Brown has been upgrading a Chumby 8 computer.After getting many of the PXA16x peripherals working in modern Linux kernels during my Chumby 8 kernel upgrade saga (here are links to parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7), I really felt like I was starting to reach the finish line. The display was working well enough to play low-resolution ...

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Başak Tuna used her AIR InSilo Residency to breathe new life into her project Daylight Computer, via InSilo:It is simply a computer screen that works in front of a window or on a sunny day instead of using the embedded electric light. A desktop screen that is resistant to function at night times. Technically speaking; ...

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BitNetMCU is a project focused on the training and inference of low-bit quantized neural networks, specifically designed to run efficiently on low-end RISC-V microcontrollers like the CH32V003.Quantization aware training (QAT) and fine tuning the of model structure and inference code allowed surpassing 99% Test accuracy on a 16×16 MNIST dataset without using multiplication instructions and in ...

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RPi_Pico_WAV_Player is a high resolution WAV file player for Raspberry Pi Pico.The project features: Playback up to Hi-Res WAV format Channel: Mono, Stereo Bit resolution: 16bit, 24bit Sampling frequency: 44.1KHz, 48KHz, 88.2KHz, 96KHz, 176.4KHz, 192KHz An SD Card interface (exFAT supported) 160×80 LCD display UI Control by 3 GPIO buttons or Headphone Remote Control Buttons ...

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In this project, a Feather ESP32-S3 TFT runs Arduino code that utilizes its BLE capabilities to act as a BLE keyboard. Alongside the Feather is the USB Host FeatherWing that lets you plug in a USB device and pipe its inputs to the Feather. The Feather then sends these key inputs over BLE to your ...

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LinuxJedi put in an absentee bid in a local auction and won.A BBC B that looks like it is in good condition, the “ashtray” hasn’t been pushed in either. It has twin Cumana disk drives, a little bit of software and a dust cover. Given that it has a dust cover, I figured it was ...

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VaporView is a VCD waveform viewer extension for Visual Studio Code designed for FPGA/RTL developers. I originally built this because I work for an FPGA company. I wanted a good free waveform viewer extension, and I always thought it would be cool to make my own extension. This is and always will be open source. It’s free ...

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WeatherStar 4000+ by Matt Walsh aims to bring back the feel of the 90’s with a weather forecast that has the look and feel of The Weather Channel at that time but available in a modern way.The project creates a simple to use interface with minimal configuration fuss. Some changes have been made to the ...

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North of Bogotá, Colombia, you can find Parque Jaime Duque. The vintage theme park features include a dinosaur garden, scaled recreations of the Seven Wonders of the World, a medieval castle, and a labyrinthine underground journey through a set of dioramas that take the visitors through the entire history of mankind, complete with a Big ...

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Come on by for JP’s Product Pick of The Week! A new product pick will be revealed. The show airs at 4pm ET / 1pm PT, TODAY!Check out the livestream right here inside this product page you won’t want to miss it because there will be a HUGE DISCOUNT during the show! Tune in for: John Park’s latest product pick Learn how to use it Live Demo The live video will also be on YouTube LIVE, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter) and Facebook. LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat! Come on into the chat to participate in the conversation!!Every ...

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Angelica

New Products 4/24/24 Featuring Adafruit DVI Sock for Pico – Works with HDMI Displays! (Video) Small Pink Anti-Static Zip Top Bag – 2″ x 3″ – 100 Pack (0:09) Pixelblaze V3 Standard XL – WiFi LED Controller (0:37) Pixelblaze Sensor Expansion Board (1:40) Pixelblaze V3 Pico – WiFi LED Controller (2:27) Adafruit USB Host BFF ...

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Liz Clark

Wouldn’t it be cool to display images and graphics directly from your Pico or Pico W to an HDMI monitor or television? We think so! So we designed this DVI Sock with a digital video output (a.k.a DVI) that will work with any HDMI monitor or display. Note it doesn’t do audio, just graphics!The Adafruit ...

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Jessie Mae

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month honors the history, contributions and representation of these diverse groups. This year we are excited to shine some light on incredible stories of the American Dream.You can check in on the Adafruit Blog throughout the week.From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:Learn more at AsianPacificAmericanHeritageMonth.gov and ...

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Takara

If you missed this week’s livestream of John Park’s Product Pick(s) of the Week, not to worry, here’s the video. This week’s pick is the Adafruit STEMMA Reflective Photo Interrupt Sensor – TCRT1000! Watch the video to find out about the Adafruit STEMMA Reflective Photo Interrupt Sensor – TCRT1000, how to use ’em, a live demo, and more.Want more JP’s Product Pick of the Week?! Tune in every Thursday at 4pm ET and 1pm PT on Youtube LIVE, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter), and Facebook. LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat!Catch previous editions on YouTube and don’t miss ...

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Stephanie

Pay what you wish or livestream this musical event featuring performances by Siman Chung, Yi Li, Ying Fang, and Katelan Trần Terrell as well as a conversation moderated by Debra Lew Harder, including Huang Ruo and Mimi Lien. Read more from The Green Space

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Noe Ruiz

3D Hangouts – Memory Gun, Energy Sword and Sliding Fidget https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHJ3X8wc8eYThis week @adafruit we’re showcasing our Memory Gun Prop powered by the Feather PropMaker 2040. Upgrading the iconic Energy Sword from Halo with the Feather PropMaker RP2040. Showcasing timelapses this week featuring a print-in-place sliding fidget designed by Martin Šlefr.Learn Guide https://learn.adafruit.com/gravity-falls-memory-gunYouTube Video https://youtu.be/Oc5buzvV1pMFeather RP2040 ...

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Anne Barela

Alan Boris has re-imagined an old analog clock radio from the 1960s using a Raspberry Pi 4B.I saw this tired, dirty, unattractive 1960s radio in a thrift store and I just had to buy it to see if it could be modernized into something interesting. I like to retrofit old electronics with modern components and ...

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Anne Barela

To be able to measure the bipolar amplitude as well as do frequency counting, the A to Synth blog shows a very simple circuit:It attenuates and shifts a full range signal, +12V to -12V, to 0 to 5V. The signal is inverted but that can be compensated for in the measurements. The output of the ...

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Kelly

Broadway, which spans the entire length of Manhattan and beyond, doesn’t chart a direct course when it comes to geography or history. This video from Daniel Steiner on YouTube takes a detailed look at this iconic street. The video includes interviews with multiple historians and authors.

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Anne Barela

Mobile PCI Express Module (MXM) is an interconnect standard for GPUs (MXM Graphics Modules) in laptops using PCI Express created by MXM-SIG. The goal was to create a non-proprietary, industry standard socket, so one could easily upgrade the graphics processor in a laptop, without having to buy a whole new system or relying on proprietary ...

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The Bush KCS-317 cassette recorder/player is a recent, budget, device for playing, and recording, audio cassette tapes.chebe picked one up during lockdown to digitise old tapes, but discovered that it was no longer functional.I recently fell down the Steve’s Electronic Repair Shop rabbit-hole, and the ‘Cassette Tape Player. How it works and how to repair.’ video in ...

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brent

ICYMI (In case you missed it) – the IoT Monthly Newsletter from AdafruitDaily.com went out this morning!If you missed it, subscribe now! – You’ll get one newsletter each month.The next newsletter goes out in a month and being subscribed is the best way to keep up with all the Internet of Things. No spam, no selling lists, leave any time. Over 5,900+ ...

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Play games with a proper old-school arcade joystick and buttons on your modern systems! Back at the dawn of MAME arcade game emulation there were lots of heavy-duty joysticks made for Windows PCs. Their joysticks and buttons are great, but their brains were meant to output over PS/2 keyboard cables or sound card joystick interfaces. Now you can keep all the good parts and swap out the old-fashioned driver board for a Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller that works as a gamepad over USB. With the Pico H and Terminal PiCowbell you can avoid soldering altogether for a plug-and-play solution.Read more ...

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Its plastic, has a slight chemical aftertaste and is hard to beat for melting on top of a burger. What exactly is American cheese though? Its actually more cheesy than I would have guessed (although, still not technically cheese by FDA standards)Brian Civitello and the Foodnetwork give a rundown on this much maligned staple. American ...

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NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit CH552 QT Py – 8051 Dev Board with STEMMA QT______________________________________________________________________________________________What a cutie pie! Or is it… a QT Py? This diminutive dev board comes with a throwback processor – an 8-bit 8051! This tiny core is a big change from something like the the ESP32-S3 QT Py with two 240MHz 32-bit cores, but there’s lots of folks interested in the CH552 and given the smol size, it is a nice matchup for a smol board.The CH552 is an ‘enhanced’ E8051 core microcontroller, compatible with MCS51 instruction set but with 8~15 times faster instruction execution speed. You ...

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NEW PRODUCTS – Adafruit S-35710 Low-Power Wake Up Timer Breakout – STEMMA QT / Qwiic______________________________________________________________________________________________The Adafruit S-35710 Wake Up Timer is a low power ‘watchdog timer’ chip that can be programmed to alert with a digitally-configurable alarm from 1 second up to 194 days, thanks to a 24-bit second counter. It’s an interesting alternative to a real time clock or internal sleep timer and might be useful for some ultra-low-power projects that want to have a separate (and possibly separately-powered) chip to handle time-keeping and alarms. We covered this component on EYE ON NPI and thought it would make for ...

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In 1999 a three hit combo of techno-fear themed movies hit the big screen. The Matrix, eXistenZ and The Thirteenth Floor all play with the idea of reality as a digital illusion. A.A. Dowd with Digital Trends digs into these ideas:One way to grasp how fully our relationship to computers changed over the 1990s is ...

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phillip torrone posted SHOW and TELL 5/1/2024

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The biggest and longest running worldwide online Show and Tell LIVE! 5/1/2024 – video.

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Fretless_5 shares: I have two EV chargers and needed a good way to mount the plugs away from the charging unit. I modeled up these simple holders and they’ve worked well for me. I recommend printing them with the opening for the plug pointing directly up. The supports develop on the face that is mounted ...

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Jessie Mae posted From the mail bag…

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From the mail bag!I don’t have a technical background, and it’s intimidating to learn where to start. I just wanted to thank you for creating such an amazing environment at adafruit.com and stellar products that break down this complicated world of electronics into manageable pieces.

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lglauberman shares: I printed all parts using ABS on a QIDI X-Plus 3. Only the Motor Riser requires supports. Bearings must be pressed into the gears. Sanding the Gear Plate is a good idea before assembly. Requires 10-24 x 1/4″ Bolts and 6-32 x 3/8″ Screws.download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6536828 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here ...

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clammySam shares: This is a magnetic holder for spoons/forks/knives. We have been using this now for a few weeks and we love it. The silverware needs to have a magnetic properties, so you might want to test your utensils before you make this thing. download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6536811 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at ...

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Tjdoze shares: The ball printed best for me with 3 walls and strong tree supports, make sure supports don’t go on the inside. For the tail, 3 walls made it a little too heavy but 2 walls worked well. download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6553849 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing ...

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ORelio shares: This is a derivative of 18650 Case by Nurik98. These boxes allow safely storing 18650 batteries. They are meant to be functional, quick and easy to print with the smallest amount of filament. Compared to the original case, I made the cap slightly thicker in the middle for a better grip, and a ...

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3D_FlexSeeds shares: This is Flexi Whale Shark. In addition to the reproduction of the characteristic back ridges, mix of features not found in the original species, such as the large ridges connected to the dorsal fin like a tiger shark and the tail fin in the shape of a common shark, have been reproduced. Joints ...

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AlainDucros shares: Raised tactile ruler for the visually impaired and sighted Rule made by laser cutting, use the SVG file The principle consists of gluing the three strips with wood glue. Upper slat (slat with teeth) => cutting and marking Middle slat (slat with numbers to recover) => while cutting Lower slat (optional slat) => ...

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Ethan116 shares: This is a plant pot with drainage underneath that can hold two smaller pots. You can print the inner pot included in the stls or use a 3.5inch nursery pot like the one in the picture. This design was inspired by 0ToCheekiBreeki’s design. I’ve redesigned it so it’s smaller and will fit on ...

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The Python for Microcontrollers Newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware (microcontrollers AND single board computers like Raspberry Pi).This ad-free, spam-free weekly email is filled with CircuitPython, MicroPython, and Python information (and more) that you may have missed, all in one place! You get a summary of all the software, events, projects, and the latest hardware worldwide once a week, no ...

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With the Raspberry Pi 5‘s exposed PCI Express connector comes many new possibilities. Jeff Geerling tests the Geekwork X1011, which puts four NVMe SSDs under a Raspberry Pi 5.Unlike the Penta SATA HAT I tested last month, this carrier uses thinner and faster NVMe storage, making it a highly-compact storage expansion option, which has the added benefit ...

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Anne Barela

The Python on hardware news wrap-up!Episode 275 (May 1, 2024)This is the Adafruit weekly Python on Microcontrollers newsletter video highlights!The news comes from the Python community, Discord, Adafruit communities and more. It’s part of the weekly newsletter we do with has 10,958 readers! Subscribe to receive free every week (with zero spam).Ladyada and PT provide this week’s video (below) on ...

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Build a prop replica of the Memory Gun from the Gravity Falls TV show. Powered by the Feather PropMaker RP2040 and CircuitPython, this 3D printed prop lights up and plays blaster sound effects.The 1.3in OLED screen displays a list of audio files stored on the Feather internal flash storage. Use the rotary encoder to cycle ...

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This week’s EYE ON NPI is “aces”, literally! It’s ACES Group’s Vertical MicroSD Card Connectors.They are great way to increase your enclosure design flexibility, maybe even improve BOM costs by not requiring a separate PCB for mechanical stability.MicroSD cards are a great way to add gigabytes of data storage for low cost and user-serviceability: they’re ...

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This week @adafruit we’re showcasing our Memory Gun Prop powered by the Feather PropMaker 2040. Upgrading the iconic Energy Sword from Halo with the Feather PropMaker RP2040. Showcasing timelapses this week featuring a print-in-place sliding fidget designed by Martin Šlefr.Learn Guide https://learn.adafruit.com/gravity-falls-memory-gunYouTube Video https://youtu.be/Oc5buzvV1pMFeather RP2040 PropMaker https://www.adafruit.com/product/5768Blue 3V LED Noodle https://www.adafruit.com/product/55081.3in OLED Stemma QT https://www.adafruit.com/product/938Rotary ...

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poseyrp shared this project on Thingiverse! This an (over-engineered) box for a standard deck of 52 playing cards designed to be print-in-place with no supports. It is designed with a unique hinge mechanism that obeys good design practices for 3D printing and does not need support. It has an overlapping latch to lock closed.Download files: ...

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Govish shares: Expandable organizer that screws together for secure transport. Blank design and screwdriver bit organizers provided. This model was designed in order to organize a set of screwdriver bits after their original case broke. The design consists of a top, middle, and bottom section. The middle sections are self-nesting–print as many as you need ...

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worldtrekkers shares: A simple, basic doorstop modeled after a bolt. This is my first 3D print design project. I think it turned out okaydownload the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6572383 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed ...

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It’s JOHN PARK’S WORKSHOP — LIVE! — Coming up at 4pm ET / 1pm PT Today!  LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat!Today’s project: USB Host MIDI MasseuseAlso: CircuitPython Parsec Gear Report Learn Guide Updates Fresh Discount Code The live video will be on Youtube LIVE, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter) and Facebook.Join maker John Park in his workshop each week as he builds, demos, hacks, and mods projects live on air! “John Park’s Workshop — LIVE” is the place to see creative projects come to life, as John uses a wide variety of tools and techniques to make ...

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domeke shared this project on Thingiverse! Just another card holder because I couldn’t find one that I really liked. Fits about 10 normal playing cards stacked next to eachother. Holds sleeved cards easily. Cards get enough support while still having the clearance on the front to read all the way to the bottom (or pretty ...

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Shared by sweatyfox on Thingiverse:Update: There are now 2 versions of the lock together screw trays. 1) Modular lock together screw trays – Silver coloured in the pictures. These are flat bottom and print with no support. 2) Stacking nesting screw trays – Green coloured in pictures. These nest or stack nicely for storage, but ...

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NTP66 shared this project on Thingiverse! I wanted a simple dock for my iPhone 14 Pro that rotated and used a magsafe charger, so I designed one myself. My iPhone sits perfectly on the tray. I bought an iXular Magsafe charger because it was black, but it’s supposed to be the same dimensions as Apple’s ...

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zopper shares: This stand can be mounted under a shelve or a desk. I have it under a shelve on which my monitor stands (above my desk). The mount part can be attached to the shelf either with a double-sided tape or with 2 screws. If you need to use screws, make sure that their ...

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Electrodude513 shares: This is a table leg leveler for a work bench or appliance.The threaded insert diameter is approximately 1 inch, it will fit snuggly in a hole made with a 1″ paddle bit. download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6579449 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication ...

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Electrodude513 shares: This is a table leg leveler for a work bench or appliance.The threaded insert diameter is approximately 1 inch, it will fit snuggly in a hole made with a 1″ paddle bit. download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6579449 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication ...

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scottneumann shares: This is a tray that can be used to hold hand chalk. Ir can be used stand alone or as a part of a wood holder. There are STL files for two variations, with slightly difference base diameters and center post heights. The OpenSCAD file is also provided. There is a hole down ...

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Zay

Today we celebrate science fiction and fantasy author Maggie Tokuda-Hall!Here’s an interfie with Maggie from F(r)iction Lit:I wanted each of the nations that are in this world to be a blend of two to three countries and their histories as we know them. I’m mixed-race myself so it was fun for me to think of ...

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Shared by Rathgood on Thingiverse:This is a WIP for a modular alligator paint stick holder. These are stackable and can be joined together to secure them. Base model is 50mm x 100mm and sized for standard 3mm and 4mm skewers.Download the files and learn more Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D ...

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Anne Barela

Tim’s Blog does some detective work on the CH32V203 32-bit RISC-V microcontroller.In the product portfolio of WCH it is the next step up from the CH32V003, sporting a much higher clock rate of 144 MHz and a more powerful RISC-V core. The CH32V203 is also extremely affordable, starting at around 0.40 USD. Besides the code ...

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Tired of water stains from all your sweating glasses? Maybe making your own glowy coasters is the answer! NickZero made these beauties with a Pico and shared the build over on Instructables:This is a fun LED battery powered drinks coaster for parties – has 11 different selectable patterns. Created with WS2812b LED strip and Raspberry ...

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Tired of water stains from all your sweating glasses? Maybe making your own glowy coasters is the answer! NickZero made these beauties with a Pico and shared the build over on Instructables:This is a fun LED battery powered drinks coaster for parties – has 11 different selectable patterns. Created with WS2812b LED strip and Raspberry ...

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The folks at WhiskeyTangoHotel were just curious how Orbital Files and Kepler Elements are used to define the current and predicted locations of a satellite.  One thing leads to another and the result was an International Space Station tracker.For example, we wrote the Python 3 program on our own and then decided we would see how ChatGPT would handle the problem.   Turns out we were a lot faster at the task than the ChatGPT AI.  ChatGPT would finally get there, but it seemed error prone.  Still, impressively ChatGPT finally got to a solution after a TON of help from us. But… we did like some of the things ChatGPT ...

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#circuitpythonparsec Set a custom USB device name that’ll show up on your computer using this boot.py command. https://github.com/adafruit/circup code example hereTo learn about CircuitPython: https://circuitpython.org

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There are six new projects available in the ‘More web’ project where young people (I’m still young right?) can explore what JavaScript makes possible in web development. Via Raspberry piModern web design has turned websites from static and boring walls of information into ways of providing fun and engaging experiences to the user. Our new ...

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Angelica

New Products 5/3/2024 Featuring Adafruit CH552 QT Py – 8051 Dev Board with STEMMA QT! (Video) Flat Tip ESD Plastic Tweezers (0:08) RJ-12 or RJ-11 Telephone Round Panel Mount Adapter Plug (0:57) Adafruit S-35710 Low-Power Wake Up Timer Breakout – STEMMA QT / Qwiic (2:14) Adafruit CH552 QT Py – 8051 Dev Board with STEMMA ...

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Raspberry Pi supply shortages have abated (for now). But, over the past few years, if you were looking for a Pi André Costa was there to help. The maker behind @rpilocator talks with MagPi:The service we now know as rpilocator started off as cm4locator, with André coding it during a couple of days off. Initially ...

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Takara

A Pi-powered PC for your pocket? Perfect!via Tom’s HardwareFor most people in the world, the pocket PC concept became obsolete the moment smartphones became viable. And no, I don’t consider a smartphone to be a pocket PC in anything but the vaguest sense. But while it may not have widespread appeal anymore, the pocket PC ...

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The challenge is open to individual female university students and early career researchers up to 35 years of age from NATO member countries. Via NATO.intIn celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February, the NATO Science and Technology Organization (STO) is proud to launch a challenge for female university ...

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Stephanie posted NYC Movie Map

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Jordan Studdard made a massive NYC Map with LEDs marking special locations and share it, with help from Matt Courson, on YouTube:Building a map of New York City for my studio. Most of the supplies from Home Depot, electronics from amazon, print from fedex. Hope you guys enjoy, excited to make movies with this! See ...

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Learn how your video game controller works with these excellent animations. Branch Education shared this video on Youtube!Almost all the console video games you play use this small metal disk. But where is it located and what does it do? In this video, we will open a PlayStation 4 Dualshock video game controller and see ...

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Zay

How man of us dreamed of being an astronaut? And how many of us had a grand old time busting loose in a bouncy house? Inflatable space habitats bring both of these dreams together. Imagine bouncing your heart out on in some low-gravity environment. Childhood dreams reign supreme! Here’s more on inflatable space habitats from ...

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A Pi Pico and a PIR sensor module make up this simple burglar alarm. Shared by ROBO HUB on Instructables:I have included all the step by step instruction on how to build this and also there is a working video and tutorial on this project given at the end of this post, Have a great ...

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Takara

We’ve got the New nEw NEW for you right here:NEW PRODUCTS THIS WEEKFlat Tip ESD Plastic TweezersYou’ll need a good pair of tweezers when soldering delicate surface-mount (SMD/SMT) components. These are a great pair of everyday tweezers. They’re anti-static and anti-magnetic, with a sturdy stainless steel body and ESD plastic tips. The tips are flat ...

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We’re always filled with glee when we come across a new project from Mitxela, and this project resulting in a quartet of slide whistles did not disappoint. Arranging music for the slide whistles is quite labour-intensive. The page for the original robot slide whistle goes into some detail about this, with the limited articulation, enforced ...

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Jessie Mae posted Why Do Boomerangs Come Back?

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Throwing a boomerang properly takes a lot of practice, and fundamental aerodynamic principles! BBC Earth Science shared this video on Youtube!How do boomerangs come back to their thrower? James May explains the unique aerodynamics.See more!

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Giant robots can now be seen in live action big budget Hollywood movies like Pacific Rim. There was a time when the only way to get mech action was on Japanese TV shows re-cut into sometimes totally differnt stories for American television. The legendary Force Five series brought the likes of Sci-Fi West Saga Starzinger, ...

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The Otter House Project tried to think like an otter when designing this habitat. Otters are intelligent, social animals and ZOO Architects tried to build these structures to meet their behaviors. Via DesignBoom:The Otter House Project by ZOO Architects (see more here) focuses on how these animals usually live together and form family groups. Otters ...

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Takara

ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UPWe’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging from learn guides to blog articles, videos, and more.BLOGMay is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and ...

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The Last Jedi might not be The Last Jedi, but for now the Sith can hope. Snoke’s gone, but so is Luk Skywalker. Long live Kylo Ren! Revenge of the 5th is Upon us!All the People Who Created the Death Star Weapon Throughout Star Wars HistoryFrom Emily Asher-Perrin over at Tor.com.So now that the Rogue ...

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In 1979, Intel introduced the 8088 microprocessor, a variant of the 16-bit 8086 processor. IBM’s decision to use the 8088 processor in the IBM PC (1981) was a critical point in computer history, leading to the success of the x86 architecture.The designers of the IBM PC selected the 8088 for multiple reasons, but a key ...

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Anne Barela posted Gameboy macro TV out via USB C

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Someone awhile ago asked the facelesstech if it was possible to have TV out via the USB C port so that only one cable coming out the Gameboy macro is needed to charge it and for TV out.To pull this off I knew I had to abuse the USB C standard. I originally was going ...

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Rocky Mountain Maker used 2 micro:bits to turn a wall clock into a pomodoro timer and shared the build on Instructables:A bbc micro:bit v2 mounted in the clock, receives an input from a bbc micro:bit v2 sat on my desktop. When I want to start the pomodoro, I ‘tell’ the clock where the minute hand ...

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Matt’s TV Barn on YouTube looks at how video sound was placed within transmitted video in the UK.00:04 Intro 00:44 Brief technology introduction 01:58 Survey of the equipment we have for this video 04:09 Company intro: PYE TVT 06:22 Company intro: RE Technology 09:09 Reproducing a rather large early problem of UK stereo sound 17:08 ...

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kicad render action may be interesting for anyone who uses GitHub to host their KiCad projects.It’s a small Github Actions (WIP) that uses the KiCad nightly docker image to render a PCB image via the kicad-cli.Currently it is using Kicad nightly since there is yet no Kicad release containing the image rendering command in the ...

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Andrew Hutchings’ Amiga 500 Plus no longer has an internal floppy drive. It was given away months ago to help another Amiga user.I needed to replace it, and I realised that I’m completely out of Amiga floppy drives. So, I decided to see if I could convert a PC one to fit. Amiga floppy drives ...

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Years ago while reading Rachel Kushner’s The Flamethrowers, I went down a wiki-hole about natural rubber and the various ways it has been extracted and produced over the last two centuries, as well as the complex economies that developed around that (which were, of course, often-times very exploitative). Natural rubber is truly a fascinating material and the harvesting and manufacturing process for natural latex is beautiful to watch. This video from Discover Agriculture takes you through the process.Natural rubber latex is traditionally converted into sheet form through careful coagulation and subsequent milling process on two roll mills. There are many ...

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The electronupdate blog does reverse engineering on Dewalt XR brushless tools:If one cracks open the case, one finds a brushless motor and then a bunch of electronics hidden inside a potted module.  Unlike a brushed-motor design where the “electronics” is mostly a capacitor and a switch, a brushless design has some seriously more complex things ...

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Anne Barela

Technoblogy has a new version of their Logic Lab out which provides a selection of 12 logic gates that can interconnect with patch cables to make a variety of different logic circuits.You can enter inputs using switches and display the outputs on five coloured LEDs. It’s ideal for experimenting with and learning about logic.This new ...

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Evan’s Techie-blog is looking to dump all the TMS7000 series processors’ internal mask Read-Only Memory (ROM)s encountered. Not all are so easy, especially capturing communications with external ROM chips.I have already desoldered this ROM to read the contents, but now I want to put my own code there. I have a way to do this, ...