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Unused 3D printer filament should be stored in an airtight box with desiccants. Tavis took this to the next level by adding a MagTag to their filament dry-box. Using a DHT 22, they took measurements of the humidity within the dry box. The humidity is displayed on the MagTag’s e-Ink display and sent to Adafruit IO for remote monitoring and long-term visualization:
Over the next couple of weeks we will be posting Adafruit’s Top 10 lists covering social media posts and much more! Be sure to check back every weekday! Check out Adafruit’s top 10 tweets of 2020 below!
#10
last photo at adafruit … will be posting our updates soon #adafruitchronicles #newyorklockdown pic.twitter.com/Soz1QektAu
— adafruit industries (@adafruit) March 20, 2020
#9
#3DPrinted Game Boy Camera Mod #celebratephotography https://t.co/NVNSDZSCdz
— adafruit industries (@adafruit) August 29, 2020
#8
Our Ladyada @ Stonewall today … pic.twitter.com/IaxgY9ELSG
— adafruit industries (@adafruit) June 14, 2020
#7
We have about 50 left of the Matrix Portal – CircuitPython Powered Internet Display @adafruit https://t.co/1GUvv3l1ef Wi-Fi, Python-powered, make cool art, IoT, BLINKY … no solder, no wiring, just instant plug-and-play! pic.twitter.com/rOgfepwcE8
— adafruit industries (@adafruit) September 29, 2020
#6
We made a Wi-Fi Python-powered E-Ink refrigerator magnet that counts down to Inauguration Day #BuildBackBetter @Transition46 – Made with: MagTag from @adafruit https://t.co/PpR3zC2D4Y code is here: https://t.co/8dM7OOhnRe pic.twitter.com/pZlNkbg3v2
— adafruit industries (@adafruit) November 9, 2020
#5
1 day – you can register to vote on election day in the following states: AK, CA, CO, CT, HI, ID, IL, IA, ME, MD, MI, MN, MT, NV, NH, RI, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY + Washington DC.#VOTE #Vote2020 pic.twitter.com/7XhrijYhIP
— adafruit industries (@adafruit) November 2, 2020
#4
https://t.co/QF6QKjeOZY craft a brain, machine some learning… #ai #ml with @Raspberry_Pi & @adafruit pic.twitter.com/wFRDJXZVpP
— adafruit industries (@adafruit) November 4, 2020
#3
Python on hardware! pic.twitter.com/xWz8cwrzYY
— adafruit industries (@adafruit) November 12, 2020
#2
Python on hardware! pic.twitter.com/xWz8cwrzYY
— adafruit industries (@adafruit) November 12, 2020
#1
PizzaNet – A commercially licensed and bundled Internet Operating System from Pizza Hut in 1994 #PizzaHut @pizzahut https://t.co/I7r2gZ3Yaf pic.twitter.com/1o8VE65bRy
— adafruit industries (@adafruit) June 21, 2020
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.
NEW VIDEO – Collin’s Lab: Body Resistance
The old Collin’s Lab series returns with this open-ended musical narrative investigating electrical resistance in human beings. Well, one human being at least.
Check out the full post here!
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Keeping with tradition, we covered quite a bit this past week. Here’s a kinda short nearing medium length list of highlights:
Folks love Adafruit’s wide selection of RGB matrices and accessories for making custom colorful LED displays… and Adafruit RGB Matrix Shields and FeatherWings can be quickly soldered together to make the wiring much easier.
But what if we made it even easier than that? Like, no solder, no wiring, just instant plug-and-play? Dream no more – with the Adafruit Matrix Portal add-on for RGB Matrices, there has never been an easier way to create powerful internet-connected LED displays.
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Browse all that’s new in the Adafruit Learning System here!
Mark Komus built a solar-powered weather station that reports its recorded data to Adafruit IO, our easy-to-use IoT platform for everyone. A BME280 sensor monitors temperature, pressure and humidity. Sparkfun’s weather gauges are mounted at the top of the metal pole.
Live weather data is displayed on an Adafruit IO dashboard (public and view-able at this link). This project was also shown-off and discussed in more detail on our weekly Show and Tell this past Wednesday.
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.
Earlier this year Rober Lucian Chiriac wrote about creating a DIY device that can recognize and read license plates. The plate reader utilizes a combination of on-device and cloud computing to work in real-time. The hardware for the project includes a Raspberry Pi, Pi camera, 4G antenna, and a GPS antenna. These items are housed in a DIY 3D printed case designed by @robertlchiriac.
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UTi165 Thermal Fever Scanner Camera
How to use your precision fever scanner camera
This video camera takes photos of temperatures! This camera is specifically tuned to work in the 30˚C~45˚C / 86˚F~113˚ F range with 0.5˚C / 1˚ F accuracy, so it’s excellent for human temperature & fever detection. In fact, this thermal camera is often used by companies/airports/hotels/malls to do a first-pass fever check: If any person has a temperature of over 99˚F an alarm goes off so you can do a secondary check with an accurate handheld temperature meter. Learn more.
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Browse all that’s new in the Adafruit Learning System here!
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.
#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!
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Keeping with tradition, we covered quite a bit this past week. Here’s a kinda short nearing medium length list of highlights:
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.
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Browse all that’s new in the Adafruit Learning System here!
Thanks to Bob for sending in this tip! Bob writes:
Something happened? Ring a bell, wave a flag, light somelights! A physical notification platform for IOT events.
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Each Friday is PiDay here at Adafruit! Be sure to check out our posts, tutorials and new Raspberry Pi related products. Adafruit has the largest and best selection of Raspberry Pi accessories and all the code & tutorials to get you up and running in no time!
A new guide in the Adafruit Learning System: Stream Deck controlled RGB Message Panel using Adafruit IO.
If you’ve ever done any live video streaming before, you may have heard of the Stream Deck. It allows you to customize the live streaming experience for your viewers such as showing the number of viewers, running custom keyboard commands, or showing animations. It allows you to customize the buttons too with whatever graphics you want.
But did you know there’s other non-streaming uses for the Stream Deck such as controlling lights in a house, open applications, or open web pages in a browser window? You can even write custom plugins to extend the capabilities.
This project uses a custom Stream Deck plugin to communicate directly with the Adafruit IO REST API. It works by posting a specific value to a feed and each button will post a different value to the feed allowing you to easily change messages.
NEW GUIDE ALERT! The PyPortal Thingiverse Viewer guide shows you how to build your own internet connected Thing display!
Thingiverse is a terrific repository of Things that you can download and build using various digital fabrication techniques, with an emphasis on 3D printable models.
You can display a collection of your favorite Thingiverse maker Things with the PyPortal and admire these builds in convenient 2D image form!
This PyPortal project uses CircuitPython to grab the info and image of a randomly selected Thingiverse object via the WiFi co-processor and then display them on the PyPortal’s screen.
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.
Counterfeit glue, rat poison, and international trade #makerbusiness
Planet Money’s most recent episode (#900!) tells a roller-coaster ride of international intrigue and counterfeit manufacturing.
The episode is a lot of fun and takes a few interesting turns (especially for a show about a glue company), but it also does a good job highlighting how complex the trade network is, and how hard it is for U.S. companies to deal with Chinese counterfeits. Spoiler alert, the story ends well for ABRO, but not all companies are so fortunate.
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Keeping with tradition, we covered quite a bit this past week. Here’s a kinda short nearing medium length list of highlights:
PyPortal NeoPixel Color Picker
This simple project adds a little color to your life with CircuitPython, PyPortal and NeoPixels. Add two NeoPixel strips to your PyPortal, and display colored buttons that you can touch to set the LED colors. Wave your hand over the PyPortal light sensor to switch between controlling each strip separately or both together.
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Browse all that’s new in the Adafruit Learning System here!
