NEW GUIDE: Naughty or Nice Machine @Adafruit Learning System

From blog.adafruit.com 8 years ago in Platforms Stores

NEW GUIDE: Naughty or Nice Machine It knows if you have been Naughty or Nice! The Naughty or Nice machine is simply a bit of fun for the holidays. The machine works by taking a photo of the hand placed on the bottom plate. Using the openCV python computer vision...

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NEW GUIDE: PicoDVI Arduino Library: Video Out for RP2040 Boards

From blog.adafruit.com 15 hours ago in Platforms Stores

NEW GUIDE: PicoDVI Arduino Library: Video Out for RP2040 BoardsMaybe you’ve seen some of these DVI video projects running on RP2040 microcontrollers. Video straight from a microcontroller to a computer monitor or the big telly in your living room! It’s...

Making a Rocket-Assist Foam R/C Plane

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

On ProjectAir, James was curious to see if he could beat his personal record of a rocket-powered plane (114 mph) and also attempt to beat THE record of 140 mph. See how he did.

Wish Fountain #ArtTuesday

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

Wish Fountain from Sosolimited on Vimeo.Text or use the QR code and this LED fountain will light up with a personalized light show. The creative studio SOSO built this installation for Regent Properties. From Design MilkEach wish is kept a...

Trying to Make a Real Spiderman Web Shooter

From blog.adafruit.com 18 hours ago in Platforms Stores

On JLaservideo, Jay sets out to create the closest thing to a real-world Spiderman wrist-borne web shooter that he can. The whole thing is kind of silly and over-the-top, but the engineering process is fun and informative to watch.

JP’s Product Pick of the Week — 4pm Eastern TODAY! 3/28/23 @adafruit #adafruit #newproductpick

From blog.adafruit.com 18 hours ago in Platforms Stores

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...

An adjustable load – design and build @technoblogy

From blog.adafruit.com 23 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Technoblogy presents an adjustable load that provides a constant-current load for testing power supplies and batteries. It allows setting the load current to up to 1.05A, using a potentiometer, and displays the current on a three-digit LED display controlled by...

Fusion of Helios #ArtTuesday

From blog.adafruit.com 23 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Fusion of Helios is a 140 megapixel image of the sun created by Andrew McCarthy and Jason Guenzel. Here’s more from @AJamesMcCarthy on Twitter:A blend of science and art, this photo combined over 90,000 images meticulously layered and processed to...

Project: “My heart beats for you” #NeoPixels #CircuitPython #QTPy

From blog.adafruit.com 23 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Charlie Schick was inspired by this clever little Valentine’s Day card from the delightfully creative Charlyn (left), made with a wee Trinket M0 (a fave), NeoPixels (blikenlights!), laser cut parts, a 3D printed case, and rechargeable battery.I took a side step in my head and got a...

Designing PCIe interfaces and extenders

From blog.adafruit.com 24 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Matt Millman blogs about two designs which provide additional PCIe slots in modern computers.The first, above, is a small form factor OCuLink/U.2 To PCIe X4 adapter.Some time ago I designed an “as small as possible” adapter to make use of...

Legendary Science Fiction Author James Tiptree, Jr. — Who Was Really Alice Sheldon #WHM23 #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM

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

via NPR No one…has, to my knowledge, ever met Tiptree, ever seen him, ever talked with him on the phone. No one knows where he lives, what he looks like, what he does for a living…. He volunteers no information...