Wireless LED Matrix Display with RaspberryPi, Node-RED, MQTT @Raspberry_Pi #PiDay #RaspberryPi

Great project and write-up from Martin Hubáček up on Hackster.io.

Wireless matrix LED display which you can place anwhere in your home. Connect to USB charger or power bank for real “wireless” installation.

You can display messages, temperatures, subscriber count (only for Youtubers with under 6-digit subs), Bitcoins, unread e-mails…

Read more.

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Raspberry Pi Boot from USB #piday #raspberrypi @Raspberry_Pi

From PiMyLifeUp:

In this Raspberry Pi boot from USB guide, we will be showing you how it is possible to boot your chosen operating system from a USB storage device instead of the standard SD card.

Read more

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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!

Pi-Powered Thermal Printer Camera #piday #raspberrypi @Raspberry_Pi

Nice write up and project build from jocomakerspace on Instructables:

Do you miss your old Polaroid instant camera, or your old Gameboy Classic’s black and white camera? So do we, when we feel really nostalgic! In this Instructable, we will show you how to make your own instant camera using a Raspberry Pi, a Pi camera and screen and some electronics and a bunch of cardboard!.

This design was inspired by Phillip Burgess’s tutorial “Instant Camera using Raspberry Pi and Thermal Printer”

at https://learn.adafruit.com/instant-camera-using-raspberry-pi-and-thermal-printer?view=all

We used this camera and a fancy laser cut wood frame for our 2018 Library Lets Loose fundraising event, and are already gearing up for the next! Find out more on the Johnson County Library Foundation website at https://www.jocolibraryfoundation.org/

Learn more!

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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!

Lego compatible Valve cap Blitz Dunlop #3DPrinting #3DThursday

PatrickSp shared this project on Thingiverse!

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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!

LED Spikes – Stronger Fabric Mount Design #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Shared by schuss on Thingiverse:

Modified these fantastic spikes and created two different versions. Scaled them up 10x, as well, so I could control the final print size more easily. Both versions have thicker panels around the lower third of the spike, and a much thicker base with strong holes for stitching these onto clothing. I used them to make a festival costume by sewing them into a hoodie along with the adafruit LED setup. My spikes are printed at 11%, 10%, and 9% scale, respectively, as they go down the back of the hoodie. The “thick base” version is for scaling the design below 9%, as it did a couple at 7% for the top of the hood and their bases at that scale came out too thin, so the “thick base” version addresses that.

Download the files and learn more

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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!

LED Spikes – Stronger Fabric Mount Design #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Shared by schuss on Thingiverse:

Modified these fantastic spikes and created two different versions. Scaled them up 10x, as well, so I could control the final print size more easily. Both versions have thicker panels around the lower third of the spike, and a much thicker base with strong holes for stitching these onto clothing. I used them to make a festival costume by sewing them into a hoodie along with the adafruit LED setup. My spikes are printed at 11%, 10%, and 9% scale, respectively, as they go down the back of the hoodie. The “thick base” version is for scaling the design below 9%, as it did a couple at 7% for the top of the hood and their bases at that scale came out too thin, so the “thick base” version addresses that.

Download the files and learn more

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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!

Japanese Water Feature “Sōzu” or 添水-Fun, Easy, Elegant Project #3DPrinting #3DThursday

Adi13 shared this project on Thingiverse!

This fun water fountain is an easy DIY project for any age! Once all the pieces are printed and materials gathered, it takes less than an hour to build and fine tune this beautiful piece. Glue and screws aren’t required but if you really want to use them, go ahead!

See more!

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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!

Meshmixed – Parametric Hanging Planter – Organic #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Shared by MSM89 on Thingiverse:

You have to intersect the model with the print bed in z a few millimeters for it to be sturdy enough to print.

Download the files and learn more

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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!

Dremel Router #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Shared on Thingiverse:

Router extension for my Dremel.
You can put two 21 mm springs in the holes.

Download the files and learn more

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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!

New Guide: Wireless NeoPixel Remote Controller

Build a control box with a NeoTrellis and Feather M0 Radio and use it to wirelessly control multiple strands of NeoPixels. Use the FastLED library to add beautiful NeoPixel color effects. With no line-of-sight requirement (like with infrared remotes) and no pairing requirement (like with Bluetooth or WiFi), the LoRa radio control works over long distances and in crowded environments. It’s hard to pair to a Bluetooth device when there are 200 phones in the vicinity cluttering up the bandwidth! This controller box will solve that problem.

This project was created for onstage or performance environments, where a portable and easy-to-setup pixel controller can come in very handy. It can also be used to control your holiday lights display, to coordinate costumes at a festival, or for a zillion other applications where you want ultimate wireless NeoPixel control with no interference.

Full tutorial on the Adafruit Learning System: https://learn.adafruit.com/neotrellis-neopixel-controller/overview

Coffee Mug Magnet / Air-plant Holder #3DPrinting #3DThursday

rew1red shared this project on Thingiverse!

Remix of a coffee mug model to serve as an air-plant holder. It’s been scaled down from the original model and has a magnet on the back so that it can be attached a refrigerator, cubicle, etc. Obviously it can be printed and used as a generic magnet as well.

The back of the mug has a cut-out for a 6.3mm neodymium magnet (available at most craft stores).

See more!

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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!

New Guide: Wireless NeoPixel Remote Controller

Build a control box with a NeoTrellis and Feather M0 Radio and use it to wirelessly control multiple strands of NeoPixels. Use the FastLED library to add beautiful NeoPixel color effects. With no line-of-sight requirement (like with infrared remotes) and no pairing requirement (like with Bluetooth or WiFi), the LoRa radio control works over long distances and in crowded environments. It’s hard to pair to a Bluetooth device when there are 200 phones in the vicinity cluttering up the bandwidth! This controller box will solve that problem.

This project was created for onstage or performance environments, where a portable and easy-to-setup pixel controller can come in very handy. It can also be used to control your holiday lights display, to coordinate costumes at a festival, or for a zillion other applications where you want ultimate wireless NeoPixel control with no interference.

Full tutorial on the Adafruit Learning System: https://learn.adafruit.com/neotrellis-neopixel-controller/overview

New Guide: Wireless NeoPixel Remote Controller

Build a control box with a NeoTrellis and Feather M0 Radio and use it to wirelessly control multiple strands of NeoPixels. Use the FastLED library to add beautiful NeoPixel color effects. With no line-of-sight requirement (like with infrared remotes) and no pairing requirement (like with Bluetooth or WiFi), the LoRa radio control works over long distances and in crowded environments. It’s hard to pair to a Bluetooth device when there are 200 phones in the vicinity cluttering up the bandwidth! This controller box will solve that problem.

This project was created for onstage or performance environments, where a portable and easy-to-setup pixel controller can come in very handy. It can also be used to control your holiday lights display, to coordinate costumes at a festival, or for a zillion other applications where you want ultimate wireless NeoPixel control with no interference.

Full tutorial on the Adafruit Learning System: https://learn.adafruit.com/neotrellis-neopixel-controller/overview

New Guide: Wireless NeoPixel Remote Controller

Build a control box with a NeoTrellis and Feather M0 Radio and use it to wirelessly control multiple strands of NeoPixels. Use the FastLED library to add beautiful NeoPixel color effects. With no line-of-sight requirement (like with infrared remotes) and no pairing requirement (like with Bluetooth or WiFi), the LoRa radio control works over long distances and in crowded environments. It’s hard to pair to a Bluetooth device when there are 200 phones in the vicinity cluttering up the bandwidth! This controller box will solve that problem.

This project was created for onstage or performance environments, where a portable and easy-to-setup pixel controller can come in very handy. It can also be used to control your holiday lights display, to coordinate costumes at a festival, or for a zillion other applications where you want ultimate wireless NeoPixel control with no interference.

Full tutorial on the Adafruit Learning System: https://learn.adafruit.com/neotrellis-neopixel-controller/overview

New Guide: Wireless NeoPixel Remote Controller

Build a control box with a NeoTrellis and Feather M0 Radio and use it to wirelessly control multiple strands of NeoPixels. Use the FastLED library to add beautiful NeoPixel color effects. With no line-of-sight requirement (like with infrared remotes) and no pairing requirement (like with Bluetooth or WiFi), the LoRa radio control works over long distances and in crowded environments. It’s hard to pair to a Bluetooth device when there are 200 phones in the vicinity cluttering up the bandwidth! This controller box will solve that problem.

This project was created for onstage or performance environments, where a portable and easy-to-setup pixel controller can come in very handy. It can also be used to control your holiday lights display, to coordinate costumes at a festival, or for a zillion other applications where you want ultimate wireless NeoPixel control with no interference.

Full tutorial on the Adafruit Learning System: https://learn.adafruit.com/neotrellis-neopixel-controller/overview

New Guide: Wireless NeoPixel Remote Controller

Build a control box with a NeoTrellis and Feather M0 Radio and use it to wirelessly control multiple strands of NeoPixels. Use the FastLED library to add beautiful NeoPixel color effects. With no line-of-sight requirement (like with infrared remotes) and no pairing requirement (like with Bluetooth or WiFi), the LoRa radio control works over long distances and in crowded environments. It’s hard to pair to a Bluetooth device when there are 200 phones in the vicinity cluttering up the bandwidth! This controller box will solve that problem.

This project was created for onstage or performance environments, where a portable and easy-to-setup pixel controller can come in very handy. It can also be used to control your holiday lights display, to coordinate costumes at a festival, or for a zillion other applications where you want ultimate wireless NeoPixel control with no interference.

Full tutorial on the Adafruit Learning System: https://learn.adafruit.com/neotrellis-neopixel-controller/overview

New Guide: Wireless NeoPixel Remote Controller

Build a control box with a NeoTrellis and Feather M0 Radio and use it to wirelessly control multiple strands of NeoPixels. Use the FastLED library to add beautiful NeoPixel color effects. With no line-of-sight requirement (like with infrared remotes) and no pairing requirement (like with Bluetooth or WiFi), the LoRa radio control works over long distances and in crowded environments. It’s hard to pair to a Bluetooth device when there are 200 phones in the vicinity cluttering up the bandwidth! This controller box will solve that problem.

This project was created for onstage or performance environments, where a portable and easy-to-setup pixel controller can come in very handy. It can also be used to control your holiday lights display, to coordinate costumes at a festival, or for a zillion other applications where you want ultimate wireless NeoPixel control with no interference.

Full tutorial on the Adafruit Learning System: https://learn.adafruit.com/neotrellis-neopixel-controller/overview

Raspberry Pi 3B / 3B+ case with camera v2 mount and shutter #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Shared by MarioGi on Thingiverse:

This is a case for a Raspberry Pi 3B / 3B+ with a, integrated camera mount for a Raspberry Camera Module v2, and a camera shutter to protect the lens when not in use. Plenty of holes are provided for good airflow.

The unit is made of 3 parts only, and it is entirely snap-in. The camera module snaps in the top of the case, and the stock flat cable neatly folds under the camera. The slider snaps in the top slots. No screws or glue are required at any stage.

In addition to the STL files, I am providing the STEP files to assist remixing. These can be imported by most 3D CAD packages. Please note that most design details are snapped to a 0.5 mm grid to assist placement, and this may be used to simplify remixing.

Download the files and learn more

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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!

Zelda Triforce Logo – Accessory For Shoe Lace – Poplace #3DPrinting #3DThursday

ObjoyCreation shared this project on Thingiverse!

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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!

Lego Brick 1×2 90 Degree #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Shared by MAL_0703 on Thingiverse:

I made a thight Brick 2 Pins and a 90° angle to put my fugures on my wall.
On th wall is a Basic plate and with the adapter they are standing in a 90° angle to the wall.
Now I can see the fugures.
The part fits with a litte push on the original brics (may from the resulution of my printer)

PRINT WIHOUT SUPPORT STRUCTURE OF THE HOLES!

I printes with raft, cause I have no heated print bed.

Download the files and learn more

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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!

Made in NYC 1/30/2019 Featuring an #Adafruit Machine Line Walkthrough @Adafruit

Stencil machine removing and storing PCB support pins (0:05)

Stencil support pin mechanism (0:35)

Adafruit afternoon light during a machine line walkthrough (0:49)

Glue stick light pipe sculpture (1:12)
https://learn.adafruit.com/glue-stick-archway

3D Printing time-lapses (1:35)

Sunset 01-24-19 (1:47)

Check out the Made in NYC Playlist!

Duplo Round Corner #3DPrinting #3DThursday

ortwin shared this project on Thingiverse!

Bauaus design is not just about right angles but also circles and triangles. In Bauhaus architecture, round corners are used quite a bit, especially in the White City of Tel Aviv. Now you can recreate your favourite Tel Aviv buildings in Duplo with these walls and plates. Best printed in white, of course. (Unfortunately, I didn’t have any on hand.)

OpenSCAD script included so you can make your own diameters and heights.

See more!

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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!

3D Hangouts – HalloWing Mac, Swords and Shields

This week’s #3DPrinting project on Adafruit Learning System
https://learn.adafruit.com/hallowing-mac/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-uyLHNdH5E

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

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

HalloWing PCB 3D Model
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CAD_Parts/tree/master/3900%20Hallowing

Fusion 360 Tutorial – Print-In-Place Hinge
Share Link https://a360.co/2FOY35Y

New Parts Every Week! Adafruit Fusion 360 Parts on GitHub
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CAD_Parts

LoRa Radio Bonnet for Pi https://www.adafruit.com/product/4087

Geodesic Lamp Shade https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3389779

PET M0 Feather https://learn.adafruit.com/mini-commodore-pet-with-charlieplexed-led-matrix

NEW!! Adafruit Jobs Board https://jobs.adafruit.com/

Braille D20 Dice – Ingo Dellwig
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:93798
https://youtu.be/CZaLxIBjthc

1/30/19 community makes:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3381784 PiTFT+ Pi 3 case
https://www.thingiverse.com/make:600415 iot gmailbox
https://www.thingiverse.com/make:599923 flexi raptor
https://www.thingiverse.com/make:601599 halo energy sword

Adafruit Top Secret! (Video January 30, 2019) #AdafruitTopSecret #DontAsk #Adafruit @Adafruit

Adafruit’s Top Secret!

The news comes from the Adafruit factory in New York. Broadcast January 30th, 2019

Adafruit broadcasts the weekly ASK an ENGINEER video show and this is the segment 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…. keep an eye on the new products list to see what we’ve put in the store or have 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.
https://www.adafruit.com/

Join us on Discord for news, help, and community! Over 10,200 members!
https://adafru.it/discord/

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!

Braille D20 Dice #3DPrinting #Timelapse @adafruit #adafruit

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

Braille D20 Dice
Ingo Dellwig
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:93798
Prusa MK2S
Blue PLA
6hrs 17mins
X:160 Y:144 Z:60mm
.1mm layer / .4mm nozzle
20% Infill / 1mm retract
210C / 60C
120g
60mm/s

All in one – Filament Jam – Cleaner & Runout Sensor

Clausshared on thingiverse:

All in one – Filament Jam – Cleaner & Runout Sensor

All in one – Filament jam, cleaner and runout sensor

Switches are adjustable

“Micro Roller Lever Arm Open Close Limit Switch KW12-3 PCB Microswitc ZP”
Specifications:
Operating temperature: -40°C to 70°C
Rated voltage: AC 125V-250V
Current rating: 5A
Size: 20 x 10 x 6mm (L X W X H)
PCB Terminals Circuit Board
With Roller Lever Limit
Hole distance 9,5mm, M2,5

To clean the filament, clamp a piece of foam into the filament guide

Connect the switches to the controller to automatically stop printing when filament is jammed or filament runs out

Have printed with PLA, print with PETG the arm is more elastic

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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!

3D printed mouser robots from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Ryan Mast shared on Thingiverse:

3D printed mouser robots from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The mousers are one of my favorite robots from my childhood, these little robotic chompers have been on my list to model for a while, I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Designed in 1/6th scale,

The Mousers (M.obile O.ffensive U.nderground S.earch E.xcavation & R.etrieval S.entries), are small, bipedal robots designed and built by Baxter Stockman. Which were antagonist of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in various iterations of the show and comics.

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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!

snowflake shaped light diffsuers

Alex Gold shared on Thingiverse:

SNOWFLAKES ON LEDS

Snowflakes for Christmas and new year.
Designed by Alex Gold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRJSP-ZCO3I&t=35s
4 Models of snowflakes:

Snowflake cover for LED hole diameter 5 mm
Snowflake for cups thickness 2 mm
Snowflake for hang thickness 1 mm
Snowflake for hang thickness 0.5 mm
Printer Creality Ender 3
Printing: TPU transparent plastic
nozzle 220 c.
bed 40 c.
layer 0.2

Snowflake cover for LED printing 20% infil. other models are 100% infil.

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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!

Flash Gordon Rocket

Trevor Warner shared on Thingiverse:

Flash Gordon is Coming

Flash Gordon rocket from the original TV series

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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!

RetroPie Outlet

NATHAN WINESETT shared on Thingiverse:

RetroPie Outlet

Details can be found here:
https://sites.google.com/view/nullgelinteractive/RetroPie-Outlet

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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!

Marvin Riding Shotgun with Starman

Slarti Bartfast shared on Thingiverse:

Marvin Riding Shotgun with Starman

This is a simple “match made in heaven” remix combining oranhunter’s “Starman” model with Manucho’s “Marvin” model.

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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!

Nintendo Switch Portable Stand

Andrew Yeshnik shared on Thingiverse:

Nintendo Switch Portable Stand – Printed Hinges

I tried printing JPoel’s original design but I ended up getting a piece of filament jammed in the hinge.

Rather than adjusting the print files myself to make the filament hole larger I thought “why not just print the hinge in the design?” (think Flexi-Rex). So this is the result – a simple printed piece is that 100% ready to use when done. The design has a 0.5mm gap between the hinge components which should be enough even if you have a significant amount of elephant’s foot.

The print size is approximately 228 mm x 98 mm. I’ve also included a “blank” stl for people that want to customize their prints.

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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 Ornament that 3D Prints by Sean Hodgins @idlehandsdev

Sean Hodgins shared on YouTube:

A Christmas Ornament that 3D Prints Christmas Ornaments

I heard you like Christmas ornaments, so I 3D printed a Christmas ornament 3D printer, that 3D prints Christmas ornaments… Every year, I try and one up myself in designing a crazy Christmas ornament. Two years ago, I made IoT ornaments that spread Christmas cheer for all to hear. Last year I made a Christmas ornament that would play your favourite 90’s Christmas commercials. I think this year I have topped both of those projects. The Christmas ornament that can 3D print Christmas ornaments! Check out the video.

Follow and support Sean for more projects!

Twitter https://twitter.com/idlehandsdev
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE-bw6PRKuDlH6fP1mP4nOw
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/idlehandsdev/
Patreon https://www.patreon.com/seanhodgins

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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!

CircusPython: Jump through Hoops with CircuitPython Bluetooth LE

Here's a simple demonstration project to get you started with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) support in CircuitPython. Blinka jumps through a NeoPixel ring of fire, using a servo. It's all controlled wirelessly via the Adafruit Bluefruit LE Connect app from your phone or tablet, using a Feather nRF52840 Express and a CRICKIT FeatherWing.

You can adapt and expand upon this code for your own projects. Add more servos, add sound, whatever you want. It's up to you!

Circuit Playground Powerpuff Girls Valentine

Turn your Valentine candy box into a magical powered-up PowerPuff Girls project with Circuit Playground Express. Download our code, or create your own custom lights and sounds with Microsoft's MakeCode drag-and-drop code editor. 

This is a great project to do with kids. There is a little bit of cutting required, but no soldering. Help them surprise Mom with an extra special Valentine present from both of you.

ASK an ENGINEER 1/30/19 @adafruit #adafruit #askanengineer #engineering

ASK an ENGINEER 1/30/19 (video). What is “Ask an engineer”? From the electronics enthusiast to the professional community – “Ask an Engineer” has a little bit of everything for everyone. If you’re a beginner, or a seasoned engineer – stop in and see what we’re up to! We have demos of projects and products we’re working on, we answer your engineering and electronics questions and we have a trivia question + give away each week.

http://www.adafruit.com/ask

Live text chat in discord in the #livebroadcast channel, and we’ll have live video on Youtube, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter) and Facebook.

NEW GUIDE: CircusPython: Jump through Hoops with CircuitPython Bluetooth LE #CircuitPython #Bluetooth #BTLE #nRF52840 #Nordic #CRICKIT #AdafruitLearningSystem #Adafruit @Adafruit

A new guide in the Adafruit Learning System today: CircusPython: Jump through Hoops with CircuitPython Bluetooth LE

Here’s a simple demonstration project to get you started with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) support in CircuitPython. Blinka jumps through a NeoPixel ring of fire, using a servo. It’s all controlled wirelessly via the Adafruit Bluefruit LE Connect app from your phone or tablet, using a Feather nRF52840 Express and a CRICKIT FeatherWing.

You can adapt and expand upon this code for your own projects. Add more servos, add sound, whatever you want. It’s up to you!

This project is also an excellent introduction to using Bluetooth on the nRF52840, a powerful chip from Nordic that will be used in many products. Adafruit is dedicated to bringing the power of this chip to developers both in Arduino and especially in CircuitPython where development will be extremely easy.

Check out this new guide now.

See a demonstration from a recent live Adafruit Show and Tell:

UPDATED GUIDE: Adafruit Prop-Maker FeatherWing #CircuitPython #Feather #Adafruit @Adafruit

Updated! The guide to our popular Prop Maker FeatherWing has been updated with example code for CircuitPython.

What makes the Prop Maker special? I’m glad you asked:

We looked at hundreds of prop builds, and thought about what would make for a great low-cost (but well-designed) add-on for our Feather boards. Here’s what we came up with:

• Snap-in NeoPixel port – With a 3-pin JST connector, you can plug in one of our JST-wired NeoPixel strips directly, or use a 3-pin JST connector to wire up your favorite shape of addressable NeoPixel LEDs. This port provides high current drive from either the Feather Lipoly or USB port, whichever is higher. A level shifter gives you a clean voltage signal to reduce glitchiness no matter what chip you’re using
• 3W RGB LED drivers – 3 high current MOSFETs will let you connect a 3W RGB LED for powerful eye-blasting glory. For most Feathers, the 3 pins are PWM capable so you can generate any color you like. Available as pin breakouts plus strain-relief holes
• Triple-Axis Accelerometer with Tap Detection – The LIS3DH is our favorite accelerometer, you can use this for detection motion, tilt or taps. Here’s an example of a light saber that makes sounds when swung or hit. We have code for this chip in both Arduino and CircuitPython.
• Class D Audio Amplifier – Drive a 8Ω 1 Watt speaker or 4Ω 3W speaker for sound effects. Plug and play with our cute and slim oval speaker, or connect a picoblade cable for your favorite speaker. For use only with Feathers that have analog audio out such as the Feather M0 Express and M4 series.
• Low power mode! The power system for the RGB LED, NeoPixels and speaker amplifier can be controlled by a pin to cut power to them, so you have lower power usage when the prop is in sleep or off mode (but can wake up fast by listening to the button press or accelerometer data). When the power pin is set low, the current draw for just the wing is under 1mA and no there’s current draw from any attached NeoPixels – normally they’re about 1mA even when not lit.
• Breakouts plus strain-relief hole for the enable pin and ground (for a mechanical switch that will power down the whole board)
• Breakouts plus strain-relief holes for an external switch pin and ground (for a mechanical mode button)

Consider the Prop Maker FeatherWing and an Adafruit Feather M0 or M4 board for your next prop project for a small, economical and fun build!

Battery-free biosensor patch measures your health by drinking your sweat #WearableWednesday

Via Digital Trends:

At present, the majority of wearable biomarker sensors require onboard batteries to power them. While that’s perfectly acceptable for some use cases, it’s not as well-suited for tasks such as continuous tracking for medical purposes. To solve this problem, researchers from Northwestern University have developed a battery-free soft skin patch that’s able to wirelessly gather data about the body by testing sweat components. In time, the team hopes that this technology will be useful for clinical applications such as cystic fibrosis diagnosis and rehabilitation tracking among stroke survivors.

Learn more! and read about the research.

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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!

Yoga command center made with Python and Raspberry Pi @raspberry_pi #python

Yoga command center made with Python and Raspberry Pi –

I thought this was the most involved project that I’ve ever done that involved bridging the software (python) world with the physical one. I learned a lot about stuff along the way, so maybe posting this here can spark an idea with someone else.

I live in an apartment with a medium/large sized balcony in Arizona. I live near a couple yoga studios, but I kept finding that the classes I wanted to take were always during times I couldn’t take them. I like a very particular kind of yoga environment, and after browsing this sub for 10 minutes or so I figured I could build just about anything with a raspberry pi. Not only does it need to be built, but lets automate everything too. Ambitious? Prob not. I did it anyway.

Read more.

New Guide: Circuit Playground PowerPuff Girls Valentine

Turn your Valentine candy box into a magical powered-up PowerPuff Girls project with Circuit Playground Express. Download our code, or create your own custom lights and sounds with Microsoft’s MakeCode drag-and-drop code editor.

This is a great project to do with kids. There is a little bit of cutting required, but no soldering. Help them surprise Mom with an extra special Valentine present from both of you.

See the full build tutorial on the Adafruit Learning System:  https://learn.adafruit.com/circuit-playground-valentine

Order your Circuit Playground Express today to get it just in time for Valentine’s day!

 

New Guide: Circuit Playground PowerPuff Girls Valentine

Turn your Valentine candy box into a magical powered-up PowerPuff Girls project with Circuit Playground Express. Download our code, or create your own custom lights and sounds with Microsoft’s MakeCode drag-and-drop code editor.

This is a great project to do with kids. There is a little bit of cutting required, but no soldering. Help them surprise Mom with an extra special Valentine present from both of you.

See the full build tutorial on the Adafruit Learning System:  https://learn.adafruit.com/circuit-playground-valentine

Order your Circuit Playground Express today to get it just in time for Valentine’s day!

 

Turn Your Zipper into a Switch! #WearableWednesday

Possibilities seem endless with this zipper switch as a starting point!

You can turn a zipper into a switch for activating lights, sounds, and more using stainless steel conductive thread.

The switch works like a momentary pushbutton. As the zipper pull travels along the teeth, two pads of conductive thread are bridged, momentarily creating an electrical connection.

This connection can be sensed by a microcontroller like FLORA or GEMMA with an activated interal pullup resistor, or be used in place of a push button in circuits like the TV-B-Gone or audio FX boards.

Read more in the Adafruit Learning System

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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!