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Adafruit IndustriesDeep Dive w/Scott: BLE Workflow
Join Scott today as he answers questions and continues working on the BLE workflow code in CircuitPython. Scott is sponsored by Adafruit to work on…
Adafruit IndustriesPin Numbering - Collin’s Lab Notes
Find ICs at Adafruit: https://www.adafruit.com/category/153 Chips can be complicated, but their pin numbering is always simple. #adafruit #collinslabnotes…
Adafruit IndustriesTimelapse Build of RP2040 QT Trinkey Prototypes
After dinner we like to unwind with a tall glass of .. solder paste? sure why not! let's put together two quick prototype boards of a Trinkey that uses an…
Adafruit IndustriesAdafruit Top Secret! May 19, 2021
The news from Adafruit in New York. Broadcast May 19, 2021 https://www.adafruit.com/new These are items or concept products that may/might/could be introduced…
Adafruit IndustriesBlown a Fuse? - Collin’s Lab Notes
Test for continuity with a multimeter: https://www.adafruit.com/category/637 Our frontline electrical defense – respect the fuse, and know how to test it…
Adafruit IndustriesEYE ON NPI - FT23XHPQ High-Speed USB Bridge with Type-C/PD3.0 Controller
This week's EYE ON NPI is from long-time Maker-buddies FTDI Chip (https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/f/ftdi/ft233hpq-usb-bridge): The FT233HP…
Adafruit IndustriesGlider App demo test
Glider is a new app we're working on that will allow folks to program a CircuitPython board anywhere, with a mobile device like a phone or tablet (it will also…
Adafruit IndustriesJOHN PARK'S WORKSHOP LIVE Behind the Scenes of an AdaBox Unboxing 5/20/21 @adafruit @johnedgarpark #
Behind the Scenes / "making of" of the AdaBox 018Unboxing plus: The CircuitPython Parsec New Product Pick of the Week recap and more! Visit the Adafruit shop…
Adafruit IndustriesNew Products 5/19/2021 Featuring Adafruit Slider Trinkey - USB NeoPixel Slide Potentiometer!
Witty Pi 3 Mini - RTC & Power Management for Raspberry Pi (0:15) https://www.adafruit.com/product/5038?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=videodescrip&utm_campaign=n…
Adafruit IndustriesPython on Hardware weekly video 133
The wonderful world of Python on hardware! Episode 133 (May 19, 2021). This is our weekly Python video-newsletter-podcast! Ladyada and PT review the Python on…
Adafruit IndustriesSneak Peek of Adafruit.IO Wippersnapper - Adafruit FunHouse!
Adafruit has recently spent time adding support for the new Adafruit FunHouse WiFi Home Automation Development board to Wippersnapper, our no-code interface…
Adafruit Industries3D Hangouts – FunHouse, QT Rotary and Foldabox
This week the FunHouse gets the spotlight with a product video. Checking out the Adafruit I2C QT Rotary Encoder. Layer by Layer sneak peak featuring some pen…
Adafruit IndustriesADABOX 018 UNBOXING LIVE 5/19/2021
ADABOX 018 UNBOXING LIVE There's No Place Like Home! Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------------------------- LIVE…
Adafruit IndustriesJP’s Product Pick of the Week NeoKey Trinkey
#newproductpicks NeoKey Trinkey https://www.adafruit.com/product/5020 (and Paw Keycap https://www.adafruit.com/product/4972) Visit the Adafruit shop online -…

Adafruit IndustriesWhy Your Solenoid Needs a Diode - Collin’s Lab Notes
Select your solenoid at Adafruit: https://www.adafruit.com/category/231 When driving a solenoid, adding a diode seems like a given – but why? #adafruit…
Adafruit Industries#Adafruit FunHouse - WiFi Home Automation Development Board
#Adafruit Funhouse, a dev board designed for IOT and Home Automation Projects https://learn.adafruit.com/products/4985/guides Visit the Adafruit shop online -…
Adafruit IndustriesJP’s Product Pick of the Week 5/18/21 NeoKey Trinkey
Discount during livestream! 50% off: https://www.adafruit.com/product/5020 Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com…
Adafruit IndustriesNRF52832 Teardown - Collin’s Lab Notes
Find Bluetooth LE boards at Adafruit: https://www.adafruit.com/?q=NRF52&sort=BestMatch Pop the hood on an NRF52832 and see what this Bluetooth LE breakout is…
Adafruit IndustriesThe Great Search: A Very Inexpensive seesaw 8 Bit Microcontroller
The Great Search is here to help you with the not-so-great parts shortage! As we're doing more seesaw-powered boards, we want a very inexpensive, simple, but…
Adafruit IndustriesTrinkey RP2040 with QT connector
We've wanted to have something that plugs into a USB A port and provides a QT port for a while. But since we want it to support any and all QT boards, we need…
Adafruit IndustriesCircuitPython Weekly Meeting for May 17th, 2021
Notes doc is here: https://github.com/adafruit/adafruit-circuitpython-weekly-meeting/blob/master/2021/2021-05-17.md Join here for the chat all week…
Adafruit IndustriesFoldabox Container
Every week we'll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! Foldabox Container Cisco3D…
Adafruit IndustriesDesk of Ladyada - A Keeb is Born! MacroPad RP2040 bringup
There's a new keeb boar in town, its the 3x4 macropad we've been working on for a bit. I finally got around to soldering it together, lets take a look at the…
Adafruit IndustriesDC Polarity & Voltage Symbols - Collin’s Lab Notes
Find power at Adafruit: https://www.adafruit.com/category/137 Just FYI - mind your DC supply polarity #adafruit #collinslabnotes Visit the Adafruit shop online…
Adafruit IndustriesDeep Dive w/Scott: LED Debugging
Join Scott as he answers questions and talks about debugging the status LED PR. He'll also go over his lightning talk from the Python Language Summit. 0:00…
Adafruit IndustriesJohn Park's CircuitPython Parsec: Analog Input
#circuitpythonparsec Read a soft potentiometer or other analog device on you microcontroller via Analog Input pins using CircuitPython's analogio library…
Adafruit IndustriesAdafruit Top Secret! May 12, 2021
The news from Adafruit in New York. Broadcast May 12, 2021 https://www.adafruit.com/new These are items or concept products that may/might/could be introduced…
Adafruit IndustriesContinuous Servos - Collin’s Lab Notes
Spin up some servos at Adafruit: https://www.adafruit.com/?q=continuous+servo&sort=BestMatch Get to know continuous rotation servos and learn to spin forever…
Adafruit IndustriesEYE SPI with my little eyes ... a 1.69" TFT with Flex Connector!
Sparkfun came up with Qwiic and really changed how easy and fool-proof it is to use I2C sensor - and likewise we dig the new flex connector standard that…
Adafruit IndustriesEYE on NPI – Sensirion SCD40 and SCD41 Compact CO2 Air Sensors
This week's EYE ON NPI is a timely one - the Sensirion SCD4X (SCD40 and SCD41) a fantastic upgrade to the Sensirion SCD30…
Adafruit IndustriesJOHN PARK'S WORKSHOP LIVE 5/13/21 Feather Graphics Generator
CircuitPython Feather Graphics Generator JPPPoW Recap CircuitPython Parsec and more! Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com…
Adafruit IndustriesLayer by Layer – Brick Texture with Emboss – Fusion 360
In this video we're taking a look at making a brick texture using the emboss feature in Fusion 360. Adafruit FunHouse https://www.adafruit.com/product/4985…
Adafruit IndustriesMade in NYC 5/12/2021 from the Factory!
Surprise (0:05) Timelapse of 1.69" TFT Breakout Assembly (0:23) https://www.instagram.com/p/COvdOJrgK6N http://adafruit.com/minihotplate Soldering the Grand…
Adafruit IndustriesNew Products 5/12/2021 Featuring Adafruit Rotary Trinkey - USB NeoPixel RotaryEncoder!
40-pin 0.5mm pitch FPC Flex Cable with A-B Connections - 25cm long (0:14) https://www.adafruit.com/product/4933?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=videodescrip&utm_c…
Adafruit IndustriesPython on Hardware weekly video 132
The wonderful world of Python on hardware! Episode 132 (May 12, 2021). This is our weekly Python video-newsletter-podcast! Ladyada and PT review the Python on…
Adafruit Industries3D Hangouts – FunHouse, NeoTrinkey and Gearbox
This week we're checking out the FunHouse and printing a yellow brick road themed stand. Prototyping more updates to the NeoTrinkey case and Print-In-Place…
Adafruit IndustriesASK AN ENGINEER 5/12/2021 LIVE!
ASK AN ENGINEER 5/12/2021 LIVE! #adafruit #askanengineer #diy Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com…
Adafruit IndustriesESP8266 Takeapart - Collin’s Lab Notes
Find ESP8266 in many forms: https://www.adafruit.com/?q=esp8266&sort=BestMatch Take a look under the shiny hood of an ESP8266 #adafruit #collinslabnotes Visit…
Adafruit IndustriesSHOW and TELL 5/12/2021
All are welcome, show your 3D printing project, Arduino project, CircuitPython project, Raspberry Pi project, work bench, your work from home desk set up, your…
Adafruit IndustriesJP’s Product Pick of the Week 5/11/21 STEMMA QT Rotary Encoder
#newproductpicks Watch inside the product page for a 50% off discount during the livestream: https://www.adafruit.com/product/4991 Visit the Adafruit shop…
Adafruit IndustriesJP’s Product Pick of the Week I2C QT Rotary Encoder w NeoPixel Breakout
#newproductpicks #adafruit I2C QT Rotary Encoder w NeoPixel Breakout https://www.adafruit.com/product/4991 Visit the Adafruit shop online -…
Adafruit IndustriesServo Motors - Collin’s Lab Notes
Find servos at Adafruit: https://www.adafruit.com/category/232 Get to know servo motors in under a minute #adafruit #collinslabnotes Visit the Adafruit shop…
Adafruit IndustriesThe Great Search: Don't overpay for out-of-stock parts, find Digi-key alts!
The great search is here to help you with your not-so-great parts shortage! This week we're looking at a twitter thread of folks commiserating over AWOL…
Adafruit IndustriesTimelapse of 1.69" TFT Breakout Assembly
Let's put together some breakout boards. This is a breakout for a round-rect 1.69" TFT. It's not the best time to be working on TFTs, given the shortage, but…
Adafruit IndustriesCircuitPython Weekly for May 10th, 2021
Notes document is available here: https://github.com/adafruit/adafruit-circuitpython-weekly-meeting/blob/master/2021/2021-05-10.md Join here for the chat all…
Adafruit IndustriesGear Box
Every week we'll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! Gear Box Filippo Alfieri…
Adafruit IndustriesJohn Park's CircuitPython Parsec: Digital Output
#circuitpythonparsec Control LEDs on your microcontroller via digital Output pins using CircuitPython's digitalio library. *Please note: "The parsec is a unit…
Adafruit IndustriesPotentiometer vs Rotary Encoder – Collin’s Lab Notes
Acquire encoders at Adafruit: https://www.adafruit.com/?q=rotary+encoder&sort=BestMatch Potentiometers & Encoders may appear interchangeable, but they play…
Adafruit IndustriesZippy iPod-like Rotary Encoder Breakout Test
These rotary encoder user-interface elements remind us a lot of very old iPods (before it was all touch wheel interface). The middle wheel is a rotary encoder…
Adafruit IndustriesA wild Kee Boar appears! It's a shiny KB2040!
A lot of folks like using Adafruit parts for their Keeb builds - but with the itsybitsy not being pin-compatible with the pro micro pinout, it really wasnt…
Adafruit IndustriesDesk of Ladyada - EYE SPI some Mechanical Keeb PCBs!
We did a bunch of lil things this week, let's check them out: We designed a Kee Boar with the RP2040, based on the Pro Micro pinout but with some cute extras…
Adafruit IndustriesSlowing the scan of an RGB matrix display in CircuitPython
We used a modified version of CircuitPython on a Feather RP2040 to visualize how a "HUB75" RGB matrix is scanned. Normally, this happens 250 times per second…
Adafruit IndustriesDeep Dive w/Scott: Merging and Blinking
Join Scott as he answers questions, discusses the end of the MicroPython merge and revisits the status LED revamp. I’m sponsored by Adafruit to work on…
Adafruit IndustriesNeoTrellis Game
Make a simple color matching game using NeoPixels with Adafruit NeoTrellis and Feather M0 Express. Guide: https://learn.adafruit.com/neotrellis-box-game…
Adafruit IndustriesRunning CircuitPython tests & fixing a bug
In CircuitPython, there are thousands of tests that verify the correct behavior of the core interpreter code. Here's a quick peek at how it looks to run the…
Adafruit IndustriesTest Batteries with a Multimeter - Collin’s Lab Notes
Find all manner of multimeters at Adafruit: https://www.adafruit.com/category/637 Test a battery & get acquainted with multimeters #adafruit #collinslabnotes…
Adafruit IndustriesAdafruit Top Secret! May 5, 2021
The news from Adafruit in New York. Broadcast May 5, 2021 https://www.adafruit.com/new These are items or concept products that may/might/could be introduced…

Adafruit IndustriesEYE on NPI – TI BQ25792 I2C Controlled, 1-4 Cell, 5-A Buck-Boost Battery Charger
This week's EYE on NPI is one I've personally got an EYE on for a few months: the TI BQ25792 I2C Controlled, 1-4 Cell, 5-A Buck-Boost Battery Charger. This…