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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.

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Adafruit MagTag by Kattni Rembor

The Adafruit MagTag combines the new ESP32-S2 wireless module and a 2.9″ grayscale E-Ink display to make a low-power IoT display that can show data on its screen even when power is removed! The ESP32-S2 is great because it builds on the years of code and support for the ESP32 and also adds native USB support so you can use this board with Arduino or CircuitPython!

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

Alexa Enabled Light Switch #iot #Alexa #3DPrinting

Great project video with thorough details sent in by Alex. They write:

Using a NodeMCU, a micro servo, and 3D printing, I created an Alexa enabled
light switch that can be used to turn any “dumb” light switch into a “smart”
device, without needing to modify the wiring in your home. The project runs
off of a pack of AA batteries and is compatible with any device that
integrates Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant. Code and 3D print files are
available in the project’s video description. This is a fun maker project
to get people into DIY home automation, and is good for integrating home
automation into older homes where rewiring light switches, etc. may not be
possible or difficult.

Shared by Super Make Something on YouTube

The All Seeing Alexa Eye – Giving an Echo Dot Some Personality

Super cute project from Nick Engmann on Hackster.io. TBH before we even clicked to check out the full WIP we totally thought we had spotted a HalloWing!

Wanted to take advantage of Black Friday/Cyber Monday so I grabbed a few Amazon Echo-Dots to hack on! This is a super simple hack thanks so a lot of the code base from the wonderful folks at Adafruit and it works similarly to Donald Bell’s Billy Bass hack.

‘3D Printer Host’ Monitors Your 3D-Prints with Alexa, Arduino, Pi, and OctoPrint | #thingspeak #3Dprinting #3DThursday

High school student and maker Miles Nash built this impressive ‘3D Printer Host‘ for checking in on the status of his 3D-prints with the aid of Alexa as well as a Feather HUZZAH with ESP8266 coupled with a LED ring for visual status indication; a Pi 3 Model B is running OctoPrint and provides the status updates of the printer host.

Check out the description below and the full project here on Hackster!

When I start a 3D print I don’t sit around waiting for it to finish so I can start another one, I get up and do something more productive. This though, can sometimes lead to problems like me forgetting whether or not my printer is currently printing or wondering how much time it will be until I can start another print. The desire to be able to remotely monitor my print led me to OctoPrint, a program which when loaded onto a raspberry pi and connected to a 3D printer lets the printer be controlled and monitored from a website. Though this helped, I wasn’t a fan of having to pull out my phone every time I was curious of my 3D printer’s state. So, I made it even easier for myself to check on my printer by creating what I call 3D Printer Host.

3D Printer Host is a do it yourself electronic device created with a wifi enabled Adafruit Feather, a Neopixel ring, and a 3D printed enclosure. The device connects to OctoPrint via its API and the wonderful OctoPrint API library for Arduino. It displays the print’s progress as well as state on the Neopixel ring. The 3D Printer Host also connects to Alexa via Thingspeak and a custom skill which allows a user to ask Alexa about many aspects of their printer and find details about any current print. Though the way in which this device functions may be confusing, it is all easily explained in the following diagram.