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#circuitpythonparsecPlay audio .wav files with the cp.play_file() command on Circuit Playground Express/Bluefruit boards with Circuit Playground in CircuitPython.Learn about CircuitPython: https://circuitpython.orgCode examples here:https://learn.adafruit.com/circuitpython-made-easy-on-circuit-playground-express/play-fileVisit the Adafruit shop onl…

Adafruit AD5693R Breakout Board - 16-Bit DAC with I2C Interface -STEMMA QT / qwiic (0:08) https://www.adafruit.com/product/5811?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=videodescrip&utm_campaign=newproductsRound RGB 666 TTL TFT Display - 2.1" 480x480 - Capacitive Touch -TL021WVC02CT-B1323 (0:26) https://www.adafruit.com/product/5792?utm_source=youtube&utm_med…

The wonderful world of Python on hardware! Episode 247 (September 20, 2023). This is our weekly Python video highlights! Ladyada and PT review the Python on hardware news of the week.The news comes from the Python community, Discord, Adafruit communities and more. It’s part of the comprehensive newsletter we do each week. The video playlist of epis…

This week's EYE ON NPI is switching it up, with a look at some high-voltage-capable analog switches - Texas Instruments' TMUX821x Flat RON SPST 4-Channel Switches (https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/t/texas-instruments/tmux821x-flat-ron-spst-4-channel-switches). A simple and effective way to switch and control up to 4 x 100V connections w…

We’re back this week with more behind the scenes manufacturing footage!#adafruit #manufacturing #nyc-----------------------------------------Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com-----------------------------------------LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discordSubscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/subscribeNew tutor…

The hush-hush news from Adafruit in New York. Broadcast September 20, 2023These are 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.... Check out the Adafruit store for all the great products that are available…

Roundup of a couple of 3D Printed halloween inspired projects. Servo and LED ideas to give you plenty of time to get working on this season spooky decor!Creepy Servo HandRemix by Pedro Ruizhttps://youtu.be/o6sEWtzD4fQhttps://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2545073Jack Pumpking KingBy Noe Ruizhttps://youtu.be/7rFmGXYFSRghttps://www.youmagine.com/designs/j…

Full tutorial: https://learn.adafruit.com/scannable-links-with-nfc/overviewAre you a connector? Are you always handing out business cards, sending people to your Etsy store, your blog, or your product? Do you meet people at festivals or conventions and need an easy way to connect, and stay connected? This tutorial is for you.With an NFC tag and a f…

Every week we'll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This Week: Skull Dice TowerWEKSTERhttps://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/dice-tower-ankouCR10S Pro V2Burnt Blue PLA60mm/s29hr 04minsX:236 Y:210 Z:118mm.2mm layer / .4mm Nozzle6% Infill / 1mm Retraction200C / 60C161g----------------…

A few weeks ago, we covered the 2x5 0.05" pitch SWD sockets https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/08/14/the-great-search-2x5-0-05-jtag-swd-connector-and-cable-thegreatsearch-digikey-adafruit-digikey-adafruit/ that we have on many of our dev boards. Those connectors are standard issues for programming Arm Cortex chips with SWD or other devices with JTAG. H…

Notes document is available here: https://github.com/adafruit/adafruit-circuitpython-weekly-meeting/blob/main/2023/2023-09-18.mdThe CircuitPython Weekly normally is held at 2pm US ET/11am PT on Mondays. Check the #circuitpython-dev channel on Discord for notices of change in time and links to past meetings. Meeting times are also available in iCal …

#circuitpythonparsecPlay simple music with the Tones command on Circuit Playground Express/Bluefruit boards with Circuit Playground in CircuitPython.Learn about CircuitPython: https://circuitpython.orgCode examples here:https://learn.adafruit.com/circuitpython-made-easy-on-circuit-playground-express/play-tonehttps://learn.adafruit.com/circuitpython…

JP’s Product Pick of the Week 9/12/23 ESP32-S3 QT Py 4MB Flash + 2MB PSRAM RECAP #adafruit https://www.adafruit.com/product/5700Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com-----------------------------------------LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discordSubscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/subscribeNew tutorials on the A…

Many microcontrollers have ADCs these days for reading analog/resistive sensors like potentiometers, thermistors, LDR light sensors, etc., but sometimes you need MOAR! or maybe you're using a single board computer like a Raspberry Pi that has no ADCs at all...the ADS7830 is an affordable 8-channel ADC with I2C interface, so it's easy to include wit…

Build an interactive tombstone for Halloween with Adafruit's RP2040 PropMaker Feather.Guide: https://learn.adafruit.com/tombstone-prop-maker-rp2040This ghoulish prop features lights and sounds but also an RGB LED matrix and a servo controlled Raven.The servo, sound effects, and NeoPixels are triggered whenever a time of flight sensor detects someth…

Every week we'll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This Week: Pool Noodle Sword HandleRWB_DESIGNShttps://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/cool-pool-noodle-sword-handleCR10S Pro V2Rainbow PLA60mm/s5hr 46minsX:266 Y:180 Z:194mm.2mm layer / .4mm Nozzle6% Infill / 1mm Retraction200C /…

This week on The Great Search, this xeet posting caught our eye https://twitter.com/collingall/status/1699140384608133233. It's a massive box of lovely RCA connectors! RCA connectors are ancient but still very popular for analog audio plus NTSC/PAL composite video use. You can get them individually or pre-molded in a row. Common configurations are …

Notes document is available here: https://github.com/adafruit/adafruit-circuitpython-weekly-meeting/blob/main/2023/2023-09-11.mdJoin here for the chat all week: http://adafru.it/discord The CircuitPython Weekly normally is held at 2pm ET/11am PT on Mondays. Check the #circuitpython-dev channel on Discord for notices of change in time and links to p…

Our last few experiments with playing video+audio on the ESP32-S3 involved converting an MP4 to MJpeg + MP3, where MJpeg is just a bunch of jpegs glued together in a file, and MP3 is what you expect. This works, but we maxed out at 10 or 12 fps on a 480x480 display. You must manage two files, and the FPS must be hardcoded. With this demo https://gi…

Wrapping up some tests, this was a request - The Animated series! Looks great with the cartoon frame rate sample video on the upcoming ESP32-S3 TFT Experimenter board.Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com-----------------------------------------LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discordSubscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://ad…

This Mini TV demo https://github.com/moononournation/MiniTV by moononournation is perfectly themed for Star Trek day, playing the TOS and STNG intros at 480x480 12fps MJpeg and 22KHz I2S MP3 audio. We'll try Cinepak next, but this was an easy first start, and it looks and sounds great. There's a little tearing effect due to the low frame rate and t…

#circuitpythonparsecHow to use the capacitive touch pads on the Circuit Playground Express/Bluefruit boards with Circuit Playground in CircuitPython.Learn about CircuitPython: https://circuitpython.orgCode examples here:https://learn.adafruit.com/circuitpython-made-easy-on-circuit-playground-express/capacitive-touchVisit the Adafruit shop online - …

Square RGB TTL TFT Display - 4" 720x720 - with Capacitive Touch - TL040HDS20CT-B1502A (0:09) https://www.adafruit.com/product/5794?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=videodescrip&utm_campaign=newproducts2.8" TFT Touch Shield for Arduino with Resistive Touch Screen v2 -STEMMA QT / Qwiic (0:55) https://www.adafruit.com/product/1651?utm_source=youtube&utm_…

The wonderful world of Python on hardware! Episode 246 (September 6, 2023). This is our weekly Python video highlights! Ladyada and PT review the Python on hardware news of the week.The news comes from the Python community, Discord, Adafruit communities and more. It’s part of the comprehensive newsletter we do each week. The video playlist of episo…

This week's EYE ON NPI is a treasure, and will measure pressure with pleasure...it's the Amphenol All Sensors' ELVH Series Digital and Analog Pressure Sensors (https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/a/all-sensors/elvh-series-digital-and-analog-pressure-sensors). A family of temperature and pressure sensors with a ton of different configuratio…

We’re busy baking some I2S 3W Stereo Speaker Bonnets this weekhttps://www.adafruit.com/product/3346#adafruit #manufacturing #nyc-----------------------------------------Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com-----------------------------------------LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discordSubscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://…

The hush-hush news from Adafruit in New York. Broadcast September 6, 2023These are 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.... Check out the Adafruit store for all the great products that are available …

JP’s Product Pick of the Week 9/5/23 ESP32-S3 Reverse TFT Feather RECAPhttps://www.adafruit.com/product/5691Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com-----------------------------------------LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discordSubscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/subscribeNew tutorials on the Adafruit Learning Sys…

The driver that we used ChatGPT 4 to write is for the VCNL4020 https://www.digikey.com/short/dpz897jj, an 'all in one' IR proximity sensor. These sensors work by bouncing bright IR light off a surface and measuring how much returns. The IR light is modulated and relatively resistant to ambient light interaction. One of the first sensors we ever use…

If you're a fan of our INA219 DC current/voltage monitor breakout https://www.adafruit.com/product/904 , this new prototype will make your heart grow thrice daily. The INA3221 https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/texas-instruments/INA3221AIRGVR/3588826 is a triple-channel voltage and current monitor for high side monitoring. We designed this …

Notes document is available here: https://github.com/adafruit/adafruit-circuitpython-weekly-meeting/blob/main/2023/2023-09-05.mdJoin here for the chat all week: http://adafru.it/discord The CircuitPython Weekly normally is held at 2pm ET/11am PT on Mondays. Check the #circuitpython-dev channel on Discord for notices of change in time and links to p…

This light and proximity sensor using the VCNL4020 https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/vishay-semiconductor-opto-division/VCNL4020-GS08/2813348 was designed a few months ago, but we were dragging our feet on writing the library code as its kind of a tedious process. Now, with our new BFF ChatGPT4, we can crank through a library with minimal …

Every week we'll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This Week: Spider Lampby: toolmoonhttps://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6159137CR10S Pro V2Glow PLA60mm/s30hr 40minsX:355 Y:279 Z:152mm.2mm layer / .4mm Nozzle6% Infill / 1mm Retraction200C / 60C162g----------------------------------…

We wrote a driver this week for the HUSB238 USB PD sink chip https://blog.adafruit.com/2022/05/04/plug-n-play-usb-type-c-dummy-pd/ - this IC is neat in that you can either use jumpers (really, resistor selection) to set the desired PD voltage and current ooooor you can use I2C for dynamic querying and setting. we have a wall adapter that can provid…

One of the big tasks that Ladyada still has to spend a lot of time on is writing Arduino libraries for all our devices and sensors, particularly all the I2C & SPI chips out there! These ICs use register maps and sub-byte addressing to set dozens of configurable knobs and switches, and a good driver lets folks set and get all of the noodly bits. How…

Now that we have somewhat-kinda-sorta working support for RGB TFT displays on the ESP32-S3 - shout out to Jepler, who is doing the hard work over in this PR https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/pull/8351 - its time to test it with wifi too! That's right, the S3 can do wifi and these big displays at once, and CircuitPython is a beautiful framew…

CircuitPythonista Jepler has been hard at work getting full framebuffer support for RGB TFT displays into CircuitPython https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/pull/8351 - which means we can see the REPL on a display as large as this 720x720 4" square TFT! as we type into USB the text mirrors immediately, and we can also use any displayio https:/…

Tiny Code Reader from Useful Sensors (0:30)https://www.adafruit.com/product/5744?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=videodescrip&utm_campaign=newproductsAdafruit STEMMA Piezo Driver Amp - PAM8904 (2:17)https://www.adafruit.com/product/5791?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=videodescrip&utm_campaign=newproductsAdafruit Metro M7 with microSD - Featuring NXP i…

Retro Tech celebrates Adafruit's love for retro technology.This week is the Bloomberg Keyboardhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomberg_Terminal#:~:text=The%20terminal's%20keyboard%20layout%20was%20designed%20for,which%20help%20users%20navigate%20through%20the%20system.Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com--------------------------…

The wonderful world of Python on hardware! Episode 245 (August 30, 2023). This is our weekly Python video highlights! Ladyada and PT review the Python on hardware news of the week.The news comes from the Python community, Discord, Adafruit communities and more. It’s part of the comprehensive newsletter we do each week. The video playlist of episode…

This week's EYE ON NPI will "Speak Friend and Enter" your wireless connectivity toolbox, it's TE's LEMBAS LTE/GNSS USB Modem (https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/t/te-connectivity-amp/lembas-lte-gnss-usb-modem) an easy-to-use full powered cellular and GPS modem designed specifically to be used with single-board Linux computers (SBCs) to ad…

We’re flying through reels making your favorite educational electronics in NYC!Welcome back to school - https://www.adafruit.com/explore#adafruit #manufacturing #nyc-----------------------------------------Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com-----------------------------------------LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discordSubs…

The hush-hush news from Adafruit in New York. Broadcast August 30, 2023These are 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.... Check out the Adafruit store for all the great products that are available an…

JP’s Product Pick of the Week 8/29/23 Audio BFF for QT Py w SD Card reader and I2S amp recaphttps://www.adafruit.com/product/5769Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com-----------------------------------------LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discordSubscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/subscribeNew tutorials on the …

IPS TFT displays, and 3.5" floppy drives are like surf-n-turf: at no point did a lobster or cow ever meet each other before being plated at a restaurant, yet they are a tasty combination. We are testing a 4" 720x720 square display with a capacitive touch overlay using our Espressif ESP32-S3 TFT experimenter board. At this resolution, we're definite…

Build a D20 gaming dye that tells you what number you rolled! Made with 3D printed parts, CircuitPython and an Adafruit RP2040 PropMaker Feather.Tutorial Learn Guide: https://learn.adafruit.com/talking-d20-rp2040Adafruit RP2040 PropMaker Feather https://www.adafruit.com/product/5768 Mini oval speakerhttps://www.adafruit.com/product/3923Visit the Ad…

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Much like our 4.6" display we just tested, this 3.7" display is a looooong and thin boi. It has 960x240 pixels and a 40-pin RGB TTL interface. We're testing it out by drawing a cute sushi animation on it - and we see that while we still get the 'not double buffering' flicker, we don't see the image shift around like the 4.6" - which means maybe we'…

We got the round displays working on our ESP32-S3 RGB display driver, so now we're moving on to the bar displays! These are longer than most rectangular displays and are kind of fun if you want to, say, animate a sushi conveyor belt. We're having a bit of flakiness from this one; the hsync and vsync or pclk settings given to us by the factory aren'…

Every week we'll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This Week: Croc ToesHBRDLhttps://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/fashion/croc-toesCR10S Pro V2Beige PLA60mm/s1hr 47minsX:257 Y:180 Z:36mm.2mm layer / .4mm Nozzle6% Infill / 1mm Retraction200C / 60C8g--------------------------------------…