Adafruit Weekly Editorial Round-Up: February 2nd – 8th, #BlackHistoryMonth & Get a CLUE at PyCon US

ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UP

We’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging from learn guides to blog articles, videos, and more.

BLOG

#BlackHistoryMonth 2020

Every weekday in February you can check out the blog for stories and figures that honor Black History Month. We are excited to share some of our favorite African American makers, scientists, artists, hackers and more!

Check out our posts here!

More BLOG:

Keeping with tradition, we covered quite a bit this past week. Here’s a kinda short nearing medium length list of highlights:

Did ya hear? Get a CLUE at PyCon US from Digi-Key and Adafruit!
Takara posted about the US Civil Rights Trail
Anne shared marius_450’s CircuitPython Circuit Playground maze game
Becca covered TensorFlow Lite for microcontrollers and shell scripts
Chris talks about the Freedom Wing adapter
Scott provided a #CircuitPython2020 recap
Kelly shared the story of Dr. Frieda Rapoport Caplan
Valentine’s Day Gift Guide 2020
Lucy Fur joined #CatsOfEngineering
PT shared the Latest Open-Source Hardware certifications

Learn

PyPortal Pet Planter with Adafruit IO

Treat your plant like a pet! Build a smart planter with Adafruit PyPortal and CircuitPython. Monitor your plants vitals with Adafruit STEMMA Soil Sensor and plot moisture and temperature data. Use Adafruit IO to create a visual dashboard with gauges of your plants water levels.

See the full guide here!

More LEARN:

Browse all that’s new in the Adafruit Learning System here!