A new guide in the Adafruit Learning System today: Navi10 MacroPad with KB2040 and KMK CircuitPython keyboard firmware

In this guide, you’ll learn how to set up your Navi10 macropad to use KMK firmware. You’ll use the Navi10, designed by /u/emdarcher, and the new Adafruit KB2040, to build a macropad that you’ll put KMK firmware on and will also learn how to remap it and create your own configuration.

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Cute dino case from penk from Thingiverse. The eye is camera!

Raspberry Pi 4 case with a fan and a camera mount.

Download the files and learn more

Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

Shared by LayerCake83 on Thingiverse:

Designed to be printed on it’s back with the pins facing upward.

Used same material for support, no need for PVA or Breakaway.

I printed a few of these on faster settings because they were needed for a kids party so time was a factor; this caused the pins came out a little rough. Knowing that I would have slowed my speed down by 20% or so and I think they would have come out much nicer. Still happy though.

Download the files and learn more

Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

are folks still doing #TBT? anyways it’s thursday and these are quite a throwback (July 15, 2013). the TI CC3000 was the first ‘reasonably priced’ wifi module – at $10 a piece. yes, that was considered a good price as Espressif Systems did not exist yet. anyways, this chip had a built in tcp/ip stack (but no TLS from what we recall), and could do somewhat reasonable socket management. we had an idea for a feather-like board with a 32u4 and CC3000 so folks could make IoT projects. it would barely be able to send and receive sensor data. this eventually got scrapped because there just was not enough RAM and it was annoying to use, the successor became the M0 WiFi Feather a few years later.

A new guide in the Adafruit Learning System: MagTag James Webb Telescope Status by Tim C.

Use an Adafruit MagTag to show the current status of the James Webb telescope. NASA publishes this information to this official status page.

This GitHub project provides a server application that can parse the status page and return the current data as JSON data. We will fetch the data updates from this server so that it’s in an easy format for CircuitPython to consume.

This project will fetch the data and display it on the E-Ink screen using displayio Labels then put the MagTag into deep sleep mode to conserve the battery. It will awaken to refresh the data once per hour, or once per day. Use the reset button any time to immediately refresh it.

See this new guide now > > >

WicBo shared this project on Thingiverse!

Here is a GREAT Egyptian Cosplay Set to wear at any party or with any basic Egyptian Costume. These accessories are fun to add that wow factor to amaze friends and family.
The set has anything and everything for a adult cosplay fanatic. There are rings, amulets, bracelets, medallions, earrings, necklaces, etc etc for both genders. So bring out the Pharaoh or Cleopatra in you…be the King or Queen of the Nile. When I did these I tried to capture Ancient Egyptian designs, there are a bit of Greek and Roman influence too.

In the designs the costume accessories vary in sizes but are adjustable as needed. Designs print with no rafts but I do add supports touching build-plate at a 65% degree or angle for the Scorpion bracelet for instance but the rest are mostly laying flat on the print bed. Amulets, Medallion, pendants are all fine at 3.5 to 4.5mm thickness, feel free to tweak on that. Obviously time to print each different design vary from size of the design, some are fast but bigger ones takes longer time. (I opted for standard sizes for both genders)

Download files: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4968459

Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

A new guide in the Adafruit Learning System: PyPortal WFH Busy Sounds Simulator by Tim C.

Use an Adafruit PyPortal to play various notification sounds on a loop. Folks will think you are mighty busy with all of those jingly noises going off!

Great for when you are working from home (“WFH”) but really “TAN” (taking a nap)!

The loop of notification sounds will play automatically. Touch a notification icon to add it to the loop. Touch the stop icon to stop playing and empty the loop.

See this new guide now > > >

3D Hangouts – Tusken Staff, TFT Feather and Floaty Ghost
https://youtu.be/RfweNj1aFdQ

This week @adafruit we’re 3D printing a prop from Star Wars Book of Boba. Prototyping a snap fit case for the TFT Feather with new Quantum Filament. Shop talk demo featuring new hydro dipping sheets with 3D printed parts. Timelapse this week goes to a floating ghost inspired by Boo from Mario Bros. It’s Lovely!

Learn Guide
https://learn.adafruit.com/tusken-chief-staff/

YouTube Video
https://youtu.be/maIjKIBxgro

CAD files on Thingiverse
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5206023

CAD files on Prusa Printers
https://www.prusaprinters.org/prints/120649-tusken-chief-staff

TFT Feather ESP32-S2
https://www.adafruit.com/product/5300

Hydro Dipping Sheets
https://www.adafruit.com/product/3539

Quantum Filament Matterhackers
https://www.matterhackers.com/store/c/matterhackers-quantum-pla

Timelapse Tuesday

Mario Boo Ghost – Jeremiah Lee
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5168166
https://youtu.be/gbWy7ESDlXY

Community Makes

https://www.thingiverse.com/make:1002898 loki stick TVA
https://www.prusaprinters.org/prints/7271-heat-set-insert-press/comments#makes heatset
https://www.thingiverse.com/make:1002434 mario boo

A new guide: CircuitPython on Raspberry Pi (Bare Metal / No OS) by Scott Shawcroft

The Raspberry Pi single board computers (SBCs for short) are normally used with the Raspberry Pi OS. This is great for gaming and web browsing, but isn’t designed for microcontroller-like tasks. Tasks like reading I2C sensors and SPI devices can be trickier. Furthermore, Linux system maintenance can be tricky for beginners.

Instead of Raspberry Pi OS, one can now use CircuitPython instead. CircuitPython running without another operating system (OS) is typically known as “bare metal”. This greatly simplifies system maintenance and makes it easier to treat the Raspberry Pi like a microcontroller. In addition, running CircuitPython on the Raspberry Pi increases the amount of flash and RAM available to CircuitPython programs. Finally, it also adds the ability to use displayio on HDMI displays.

See this new guide now > > >

pyControl is a system of open source hardware and software for controlling behavioral experiments in neuroscience and psychology, built around the MicroPython microcontroller.

pyControl makes it easy to program complex behavioral tasks using a clean, intuitive, and flexible syntax for specifying tasks as state machines. User created task definition files, written in Python, run directly on the microcontroller, supported by pyControl framework code. This gives users the power and simplicity of Python for specifying task behavior, while allowing low-level access to the microcontroller hardware directly from task code.

pyControl hardware consists of a breakout board and a set of devices such as nose-pokes, audio boards, LED drivers, rotary encoders and stepper motor controllers that are connected to the breakout board to create behavioral setups. Assembled pyControl hardware is available from the OpenEphys store.

pyControl has a Graphical User Interface for controlling experiments and visualizing behavior.

You can read more about the project in the paper here and documentation on ReadTheDocs.

Download file + Learn guide : https://learn.adafruit.com/tusken-chief-staff

We were inspired by episode 3 of the book of boba. The chief of the Tusken raiders wields a staff that we though would be really cool to remake.

The parts are printed in different colors so they’re ready to go right off the printer. They can be printed without any supports and don’t need any screws or glue.

Each piece features threaded connectors so it’s really easy to assemble and take it apart!

Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

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The pico-zxspectrum provides basic 48k/128k ZX Spectrum emulation on the Raspberry Pi RP2040 with DVI video output.

It uses Wren’s Amazing PicoDVI and CarlK’s Super no OS FAT FS for Pico libraries. It also uses the Adafruit supported TinyUSB project.

Features

• DVI over HDMI output using an Adafruit 4984 breakout
• SD Card storage using an Adafruit 4682 microSD Card Breakout
• USB Keyboard input
• PWM sound for ear, mic and AY-3-8912
• 12 quick save slots
• Load from .z80 snapshot files
• Read from .tap tape files

See more on the project GitHub page.

A number of people heard about the Tongan volcano eruption and grabbed their Raspberry Pi and pressure sensors and recorded the pressure wave that swept around the planet.

Köln-Wetter posts: “Overview of Pressure of the volcano eruption in Tonga for Cologne. Shown: change in air pressure per 10 minutes.” (graph above)

Claudio Kuenzler posts: “Just looked that up, and to my huge surprise, even my small Bosch Adafruit BME680 sensor, connected to a Raspberry Pi 3B+ was able to catch the Tonga explosion wave!!! Stored in an Influx DB, graphs made with grafana.”

Sandy Macdonald posts: “The Tonga volcanic eruption pressure shockwave measured on a hastily set up Pimoroni BME280 sensor and Raspberry Pi in York, UK. That’s 16,270 km away, and taking 14h 20m to get here gives a speed of 1,135 km/h or 315 m/s!”

See more folks posts via Twitter here.

MacroPopsicle is a tasty two key macro-pad is perfect for use when you need a couple of keys and have a sweet novelty doing to. This treat is powered by an Adafruit QT Py, a couple of Cherry MX-style switches, some wires, and a handful of printed parts. It’s easily mapped using CircuitPython, edited in any text editor as the board appears as a USB drive.

See more on Hackaday and all the details on the project GitHub page.

A secret look in the Adafruit factory vault!

Broadcast January 19, 2022

Adafruit broadcasts the weekly ASK an ENGINEER video show and this is the segment (from the vault) on 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.

You may keep an eye on the Adafruit new products list to see what has been put in the store or that may be coming soon.

Check out the latest video above!

Check out the Adafruit store for all the great products that are available!

And for coming soon products, you can sign up to be notified when they are in stock.

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Last week I posted a video of astrophysicist Dr. Becky responding to the space science in the controversial film, Don’t Look Up.

Here is another astrophysicist, Brian Cox, giving his assessment of the film’s science. Although there is obvious overlap between the two vids, Brian goes into more detail about what a comet is, what real-world methods are being developed to protect against possible impacts (clue: It ain’t a fleet of nukes headed up by a re-commissioned space shuttle), the film’s depiction of an erosion of trust in science/scientists, and more.

Every week we’ll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses!

Mario Boo Ghost
Jeremiah Lee
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5168166
CR10S Pro
White / Pink PLA
5hr 35mins
X:89 Y:78 Z:63mm
.2mm layer / .4mm nozzle
6% Infill / 6mm retract
210C / 60C
53g
60mm/s

Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord

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Shop for parts to build your own DIY projects http://adafru.it/3dprinting

3D Printing Projects Playlist:

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Timelapse Tuesday Playlist:

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Made in NYC 1/19/2022 Featuring New PCBs & QT Pys

Staging cart stacked full of PCBs (0:02)

New product PCB (0:10)

New QT Py ESP32-S2 uFL straight out of the PnP (0:13)

MacroPads waiting their turn in Selective Solder machine (0:16)

Reflow oven screen showing boards moving through (0:22)

Boards moving from the reflow oven onto the exit conveyor (0:43)

Old hand-wired 2.2″ TFT Display tester (1:00)

Chip disaster (1:04)

Feeders at sunset (1:06)

Construction, Jan 18th 2022 (1:12)

See more Made in NYC!

MikeLand share:

Skeletor’s Havoc Staff from remixed parts I remixed from Thingiverse.
sources include :
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:473590
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4619647

The staff handle is schedule 3/4″ inch 40 PVC pipe
eyes were printed with clear PLA and have 12v Red led lights installed attached to a switch and a 9v battery that is optional I added the lights because I thought it looked cool .

its painted with Rustoleum Metallic Deep Purple spray paint
I didn’t finish it as nice as I usually do did some light sanding and and roughed up some parts again artistic choice .

I know its not entirely screen acuate but anyone that sees you carry this bad boy will know exactly what it is .

download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4962040

Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord

Adafruit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adafruit

Shop for parts to build your own DIY projects http://adafru.it/3dprinting

3D Printing Projects Playlist:

3D Hangout Show Playlist:

Layer by Layer CAD Tutorials Playlist:

Timelapse Tuesday Playlist:

Connect with Noe and Pedro on Social Media:

Noe’s Twitter / Instagram: http://instagram.com/ecken

Pedro’s Twitter / Instagram: http://instagram.com/videopixil