Intro to the MAXREFDES89, Brushed DC Quad Motor Controller mBed Shield

From blog.adafruit.com 7 years ago in Platforms Stores

Maxim Integrated give a walkthrough for their MAXREFDES89, a brushed DC motor controller Arduino-compatible shield: What could you build with a brushed DC motor controller Arduino® shield? Our Arduino-compatible brushed DC motor driver reference design drives up to four motors, and easily interfaces to an mbed® platform. Featuring MAX14871, 4.5V...

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Ultra Low-Budget Science Fiction Movies #SciFiSunday

From blog.adafruit.com 17 hours ago in Platforms Stores

One of the great delights of 2021 was the time-travel-ish movie Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes. Shot at a coffee shop in Kyoto, the movie tells the story of a group of friends who discover that the monitor that looks...

LED Garage Door Lights

From blog.adafruit.com 21 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Sure, this Instructable from taste_the_code is for Christmas lights, but aren’t blinky lights fun year round? We certainly think so. The entire light show is simple, easily customizable, and full of effects that can be controlled over WiFi.See more on...

We test a tester for the Adafruit OV5640 camera breakout

From blog.adafruit.com 22 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Parallel-data camera breakouts are common, but we wanted to design a better one for video and image hacking. Details like i2c pullups, built-in 24mhz oscillator, auto-focus motor power supply, and a camera heatsinking power plane! – video.Many cameras have the...

#NewProducts 1/25/23 Featuring #Adafruit ESP32-S2 Reverse #TFT Feather! @adafruit

From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in Platforms Stores

Browse through all that’s new here!NEW PRODUCTS THIS WEEKAdafruit Metro Mini 328 V2 – Arduino-Compatible – 5V 16MHz – STEMMA QT / Qwiic: The V2 is a significant redesign, enough, so we consider it a completely new product. It still...

Multi-omic Microsampling

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in Platforms Stores

Researchers at Stanford Medicine have shown they can measure thousands of molecules from a single drop of blood. Here’s to hoping doctor’s appointments in the coming years are less stressful.Instead of focusing on any single protein, metabolite or inflammatory marker,...

The 403-page Dungeons & Dragons game system is now licensed under Creative Commons

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in Platforms Stores

Cool news for tabletop fans. Via Tech CrunchIt’s now official: Dungeons & Dragons is licensed under the Creative Commons. This makes the popular tabletop roleplaying game “freely available for any use,” Dungeons & Dragons executive producer Kyle Brink wrote in...

Determining the Age of Ancient Galaxies #SpaceSaturday

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in Platforms Stores

A mystery that began with a radio signal that has been traveling since almost the beginning of the universe has led astronomers on a journey of discovery that led to some of the most distant galaxies ever discovered. Here’s more...

We take apart the Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes Musical Toy #BabyEinstein #takeapart #adafruit

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in Platforms Stores

We’re taking apart the Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes Musical Toy, we’ll soon replace the electronics, and then the music, make it Wi-Fi enabled to transfer new songs on it, light shows and more. Probably will put The Cure on...

A new BFF with I2S audio amplifier

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in Platforms Stores

Introducing a new BFF for your tiny audio projects! This sketch-of-a-board adds a MAX98357 3W I2S amplifier to your favorite QT Py or Xiao boards.The pins have been picked to work with RP2040, ESP32 series, and nRF52840 boards. For SAMD21...

Turning a Drill Press Into a Disc Sander

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in Platforms Stores

This is such a cool idea — turning a drill press into a disc sander using a thick, CNC-cut acrylic disc, a mandrel, and adhesive-backed sanding discs.If you have access to a CNC, you could obviously do this yourself, but...