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Adafruit’s Top Ten Tweets of 2020 #AdafruitTopTen

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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!

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Adafruit Weekly Editorial Round-Up:The Zelda RGB Matrix Clock Project , The Beloved Bodega Cats of NYC, CLUE Text Telephone Transmitter, & more

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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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The Zelda RGB Matrix Clock Project

Anne B. shared this awesome post from Random Internet Weirdo of an amazing RGB LED matrix clock with themes based on the video game Zelda: A Link Tells the Past.

More BLOG:

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CLUE Text Telephone Transmitter

The TTY machine (a.k.a., Teletype/textphone/Minicom) is a communications device similar to a teleprinter that is used to send text messages over the public switched telephone network.

Learn More.

More LEARN

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

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Making a Ring With Magic Opaque Acrylic #WearableWednesday #3DPrinting @Chardane #CircuitPython

Shared on Charlyn Gonda’s Blog:

I made a ring! It’s using this special material that looks opaque but it actually lets light shine through beautifully. This was a pretty simple project, and you can do it too!

This Sparkle Ring project uses an Adafruit Gemma M0 with CircuitPython to control a Neopixel Jewel inside a laser cut ring enclosure I designed. It requires some soldering, so it’s great to practice if you’re just starting to learn.

Read more and check out charlyn on Twitter!

Flora breadboard is Every Wednesday is Wearable Wednesday here at Adafruit! We’re bringing you the blinkiest, most fashionable, innovative, and useful wearables from around the web and in our own original projects featuring our wearable Arduino-compatible platform, FLORA. Be sure to post up your wearables projects in the forums or send us a link and you might be featured here on Wearable Wednesday!

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Adafruit Weekly Editorial Round-Up: May 23rd – May 29th

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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.

BLOG

Tiny Machine Learning on the Edge with TensorFlow Lite Running on SAMD51

Tiny Machine Learning on the Edge with TensorFlow Lite Running on SAMD51 (video and/or skip to the demo part at 7 min 28 secs). You’ve heard of machine learning (ML), but what is it? And do you have to buy specialty hardware to experiment? If you have some Adafruit hardware, you can build some Tiny ML projects today!

Check out the full post 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:

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1,900th GUIDE! Trash Panda 2: Garbage Day

Our 1,900th guide has landed in the Learn System! It’s John Park’s Trash Panda 2: Garbage Day and it’s lots of fun! You can make it with MakeCode Arcade, and mod and hack it all you like.

In Trash Panda 2: Garbage Day, you play as the suburban dweller just trying to get some sleep when the raccoons and cats decide its time to make noise and throw garbage our of the trash bins! You must try to stop them by shining your flashlight on them. But you can only play at night, so be sure that your PyGamer or PyBadge’s light sensor indicates it’s dark out!

See the full guide here!

More LEARN:

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

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Adafruit Weekly Editorial Round-Up: April 14th – April 20th

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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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Learn Hardware Programming with CircuitPython. The perfect introduction to electronics and programming

Codecademy, in collaboration with Adafruit Industries, launches new course: “Learn Hardware Programming with CircuitPython”

More BLOG:

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

LEARN

Circuit Playground: G is for Ground

Ground is all around! Join Adabot and Ladyada as they find electrical connections to the earth in a wide variety of places.

See the full guide here!

More LEARN:

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

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New Project! Mini Mac SE with HalloWing #3DPrinting #CircuitPython

Build a mini mac with HalloWing that displays boot screen actually plays startup chimes! It uses the Adafruit HalloWing M0 Express and runs Circuit Python. The capacitive touch pads cycling through images and sounds stored on device. Circuit Python makes it easy to display images on TFT displays. The HalloWing PCB snap fits onto the face plate without any screws. A mini speaker plugs into the audio port on the back. Press fit the speaker into the back door and close it shut with the built-in latch. You can power the HalloWing over USB or recharge a lipo battery to make it portable.

Files, code, learn guide: https://learn.adafruit.com/hallowing-mac/

Adafruit HalloWing M0 Express
https://www.adafruit.com/product/3900

Mini Oval Speaker
https://www.adafruit.com/product/3923

Circuit Python on Hardware
https://www.adafruit.com/circuitpython

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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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New Project! Motion Activated Gift Box #3Dprinting #CRICKIT

In this project we’re making a motion activated gift box using Adafruit Crickit and Circuit Playground Express. This holiday themed box moves around the floor as it makes creepy sounds and lights. It uses a PIR motion sensor to detect movement and a TT motor to spin a wheel. It also triggers lights and sounds making this an interactive gift box.

Code, Build Instructions, and Source Files:
https://learn.adafruit.com/motion-gift-box/

Adafruit Circuit Playground Express
https://www.adafruit.com/product/3333

Adafruit CRICKIT CPX
https://www.adafruit.com/product/3093

PIR Motion Sensor
https://www.adafruit.com/product/189

TT Motor
https://www.adafruit.com/product/3777

Ultimaker 3 On SALE!!!
https://www.adafruit.com/product/3300

3D Parts Library on GitHub
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CAD_Parts

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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!

The Adafruit Learning System has dozens of great tools to get you well on your way to creating incredible works of engineering, interactive art, and design with your 3D printer! If you’ve made a cool project that combines 3D printing and electronics, be sure to let us know, and we’ll feature it here!