Star Wars droid BB-8 is real, powered by Sphero #Robotics

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

Cnet has the story on the BB-8 droid from the new Star Wars film – check it out here! The rolling-ball droid spotted in the latest Star Wars teaser trailer is a real robot prop. In this CNET Update, learn how the Sphero toy helped bring BB-8 to life. (And...

Articles from Adafruit Industries

Re-spinning a board for chip shortage management… and bumping in a quad usb-to-uart chip!

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

We redesigned many of our CP2104 boards for the almost-but-not-quite-pin-compatible CP2012N … only to find that now that part is affected by the shortage / price increases that have been hammering everyone. We did find some great ‘drop-in’ compatible USB-to-serial...

Show and Tell 5/29/2022 with @videopixil @ecken

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

Howdy folks! Pedro and I will be hosting tonights show and tell, Wednesday June 29 2022 at 7:30pm ET. Hope to see ya’ll there!Show and Tell 6/29/2022 with hosts @ecken @videopixilTo show and share a project at 7:30pm Eastern today,...

UPDATED GUIDE: Adafruit 4-Channel ADC Breakouts #AdafruitLearningSystem #Adafruit @adafruit @BlitzCityDIY

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

The ADS1115 and ADS1015 4-channel breakout boards, now with STEMMA QT, are perfect for adding high-resolution analog to digital conversion to any microprocessor-based project.The Adafruit 4-Channel ADC Breakouts guide has been updated to include the STEMMA QT version of the...

Shipping Alert: Adafruit Not Shipping Orders on Monday July 4th

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

Adafruit will be taking a long weekend to celebrate Independence Day. We will not be shipping orders on Monday July 4th.Please plan your orders accordingly and be aware that your order may not ship immediately.Check our our Shipping FAQ and...

How OXO Conquered the American Kitchen #Kitchen @Slate

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

OXO has diced, peeled, and salad-spun its way to America’s cooking heart. Is it really that good?If you’ve ever stocked a first apartment’s kitchen, or searched the internet for the perfect measuring cup, or asked a friend “Why is your...

NEW GUIDE: Walkmellotron: Cassette Player Mods #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit @johnedgarpark @BlitzCityDIY

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

A new guide today in the Adafruit Learning System: Walkmellotron: Cassette Player ModsThis guide shows a couple of great ways to hack your Walkman for speed control. First there’s the Walkmellotron, which uses USB MIDI on a QT Py RP2040...

BLE AI-driven Smartwatch Detecting Potential Sun Damage #WearableWednesday

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

This sizable wrist watch will help you stay safe in the sun. Get realtime UV and weather readings wherever you go, its almost a mobile weather station. From Kutluhan Aktar on Hackster.io:Although many of us enjoy a sunny day in...

An approachable introduction to assembly #Programming #RISCV @hackclub

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

Some Assembly Required is an approachable introduction to assembly language. Since forever ago, I’ve wanted to try writing assembly, … embarking on this quest, I quickly found a lot of scattered and difficult to understand resources. It took compiling a...

No ASK an ENGINEER TONIGHT, but SHOW AND TELL is still happening!

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

Hi Folks! We have a few commitments this week (Weds 29th 8pm) and MAYBE next week Weds July 6th, so tonight for sure there will be NO ASK an ENGINEER, however – there will be SHOW and TELL tonight June...

Nolan Bushnell: “Atari Was Very, Very Hard” Atari at 50 #Atari #Gaming @howtogeek

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

It’s been 50 years since Nolan Bushnell co-founded Atari, which brought video games to the mainstream. To celebrate, How-to-Geek asked Bushnell what he learned during the early years—and what we’ve lost sight of since then.HTG: Do you regret selling Atari at...