The MTV Video Music Awards were held last night in Brooklyn and they were extra 2020. Watch Lady Gaga perform in an excellent mask with built in visualizer.
Via MTV on YouTube:
Lady Gaga performs a medley of “Enigma”, “Chromatica II”, “911”, “Rain on Me” ft. Ariana Grande, and “Stupid Love” at the 2020 Video Music Awards.
More from the 2020 VMAs here, http://www.mtv.com/vma
Many parents and students across the United States will be facing the prospect of hybrid learning. What is it? What challenges does it entail? How can families best prepare for this unprecedented back to school season?
Here are some first steps when thinking about hybrid learning from Joaniko Kohchi, LCSW, IMH-E, director of Adelphi University’s Institute for Parenting in New York, and other experts, via Parents.com:
As summer draws to a close, school districts nationwide are scrambling to make plans for the 2020-2021 school year. Some have tentatively resumed in-person classes, knowing that COVID-19 still remains a threat. Others chose either virtual learning or “hybrid learning”—a mix of remote education and traditional classroom experiences catered to individual students. In each scenario, your child can expect school to look different this year.
“Thinking ahead, the very first thing is for parents (and kids) to pause and realize that nothing is ever going to be like this past spring semester,” notes Joaniko Kohchi…. “We were collectively in shock and had to respond the best we could. We now know a lot more about how to teach, what our children need in order to learn, and what we parents need in order to work. We can all build on that experience and plan accordingly.”
August is Back to School Month here at Adafruit! Each week we’ll be bringing you #BackToSchool content! Stay tuned for product and gift guides, tutorials from the Adafruit Learning System, and inspiration from around the web! Get started by checking out Adafruit’s educational resources; such as our kits and project packs, suggested products for young engineers, blog posts for educators and an extensive selection of books to help you learn!
The MTV Video Music Awards were held last night in Brooklyn and they were extra 2020. Watch Lady Gaga perform in an excellent mask with built in visualizer.
Via MTV on YouTube:
Lady Gaga performs a medley of “Enigma”, “Chromatica II”, “911”, “Rain on Me” ft. Ariana Grande, and “Stupid Love” at the 2020 Video Music Awards.
More from the 2020 VMAs here, http://www.mtv.com/vma
Researchers from Cornell University unveiled a robot as small as a a single cell. Here’s more form Engadget:
The robots themselves are only 5 microns thick, 40 microns wide and between 40 and 70 microns long, depending on the design. The brain and body consist of a silicon photovoltaic circuit while the legs are made from a quartet of electrochemical actuators.
“In the context of the robot’s brains, there’s a sense in which we’re just taking existing semiconductor technology and making it small and releasable,” [Cornell professor Paul McEuen] told Cornell News. “But the legs did not exist before. There were no small, electrically activatable actuators that you could use. So we had to invent those and then combine them with the electronics.”
Smithsonian shares the new study published in Current Biology from their own Nathan Cooper, a behavioral ecologist of the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center.
What Cooper and co-author Peter Marra found, though, wasn’t as simple as one big round trip. Once the birds arrived in Michigan, many of them started making long trips to different spots within the breeding area. The trips ranged anywhere from three to 48 miles, and most of the traveling birds were those that weren’t breeding that season. What could they be up to?
Ornithologists have a word for the birds that bop around a bit during breeding season. These birds are called “floaters,” and experts knew that these birds moved around the space of particular breeding sites. But the behavior of these birds isn’t easy to track.
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Diminished chords have a distinct tone that’s eerie, dark, and dissonant. Here’s what a diminished chord is: a triad built from the root note, minor third, and a diminished fifth. But what does that mean? Here’s an exploration of diminished chords from Icon Collective:
For example, a C major triad has the notes C (the root), E (the third), and G (the fifth). Therefore, a diminished C triad has the notes C, Eb, and Gb.
However, the flattened fifth makes diminished chords sound unstable and creates a desire for tonal resolution. They leave the listener hanging, which makes the resolve back to consonant chords more impactful. This sense of tension makes them interesting chords to use in your progressions.
What if you never have to worry about power outages again?
via The Verge
Three thousand Californian apartments will be linked up to solar panels and batteries — meaning they might never experience a power outage again, no matter what California’s utility companies do. The project, planned by German energy storage company Sonnen, will be spread across seven apartment complexes — the largest of its kind.
The connected set of solar panels and batteries form what’s called a “virtual power plant.” Besides making sure the whole community can run on backup solar power during blackouts, these VPPs also reduce strain on the grid — because VPPs store their energy on-site. What’s more, they can be tapped to provide energy during demand peaks.
Learn about the newly unveiled statue and a timeline of statues in NYC from Gothamist:
This is the first statue in Central Park to depict real women, a celebratory occasion, but one that was briefly controversial when the group behind it — the nonprofit Monumental Women’s Statue Fund — originally chose to feature only white women, casting aside the importance of Black women’s voices in the fight for the right to vote.
The blue planet’s blue parts are a great mystery because the origin of water on earth has never been concretely determined. A new study provides evidence that the water has been here all along and was a constituent in the building blocks.
Via NPR:
A new study in the journal Science suggests that the Earth likely got a lot of its precious water from the original materials that built the planet, instead of having water arrive later from afar.
The researchers who did this study went looking for signs of water in a rare kind of meteorite. Only about 2% of the meteorites found on Earth are so-called enstatite chondrite meteorites. Their chemical makeup suggests they’re close to the kind of primordial stuff that glommed together and produced our planet 4.5 billion years ago.
Eric Deggans and Life Kit put together these 4 suggestions for folks learning how to be anti-racist:
As the world continues to sort through a racial and civil rights reckoning kicked off by police killings of Black people like George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, now more than ever, people want to know how to be anti-racist.
Researchers seem to be going to the bugs! With this and a camera, bugs will become the ultimate spies! This project taps into locust’s sensory system and can rapidly detect certain chemicals.
Via BoingBoing:
In the Washington University study, which is available to read online, the locusts were able to distinguish between the smells of common explosive chemicals such as TNT, DNT, RDX, PETN and ammonium nitrate — all in less than a second. Which is, admittedly, pretty impressive.
Researchers seem to be going to the bugs! With this and a camera, bugs will become the ultimate spies! This project taps into locust’s sensory system and can rapidly detect certain chemicals.
Via BoingBoing:
In the Washington University study, which is available to read online, the locusts were able to distinguish between the smells of common explosive chemicals such as TNT, DNT, RDX, PETN and ammonium nitrate — all in less than a second. Which is, admittedly, pretty impressive.
Researchers seem to be going to the bugs! With this and a camera, bugs will become the ultimate spies! This project taps into locust’s sensory system and can rapidly detect certain chemicals.
Via BoingBoing:
In the Washington University study, which is available to read online, the locusts were able to distinguish between the smells of common explosive chemicals such as TNT, DNT, RDX, PETN and ammonium nitrate — all in less than a second. Which is, admittedly, pretty impressive.
Researchers seem to be going to the bugs! With this and a camera, bugs will become the ultimate spies! This project taps into locust’s sensory system and can rapidly detect certain chemicals.
Via BoingBoing:
In the Washington University study, which is available to read online, the locusts were able to distinguish between the smells of common explosive chemicals such as TNT, DNT, RDX, PETN and ammonium nitrate — all in less than a second. Which is, admittedly, pretty impressive.
Fantastic project from 3D Printor on YouTube
3D Printor printed a mod that allows you to attach a DSLR lens onto your Game Boy Camera!
We #celebratephotography here at Adafruit every Saturday. From photographers of all levels to projects you have made or those that inspire you to make, we’re on it! Got a tip? Well, send it in!
If you’re interested in making your own project and need some gear, we’ve got you covered. Be sure to check out our Raspberry Pi accessories and our DIY cameras.
Liz Clark shared on YouTube:
Following David Hunt’s wonderful documentation on his blog, you can setup a Raspberry Pi Zero as a USB webcam.
Raspberry Pi as a USB Webcam Blog Post by David Hunt: http://www.davidhunt.ie/raspberry-pi-zero-with-pi-camera-as-usb-webcam/
David Hunt’s video for the project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idD61VOJ024
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbAUKL7V6OOGumQEeDMYQvQ
Max Braun discusses putting a Raspberry Pi inside an Apple iSight:
Allow me to take you back to the year 2003. The iPod is still a thing. It’s playing “Hey Ya!” by OutKast. You can get an iBook in white plastic. Life is good. Apple is also selling a webcam. They call it the iSight, and it’s a beautiful piece of design and engineering. It even comes with a travel case and multiple different stands. You can find pictures of it in all its glory on Andrew Kim’s blog.
Apple hasn’t sold another iSight since 2006 and the downside of 17-year-old consumer electronics is that they are 17 years old. 640×480 is not a camera resolution anymore, it’s an app icon. Remember Firewire? I don’t.
The Raspberry Pi Zero fits the iSight’s dimensions almost perfectly and, incredibly, it costs only $5.
See Max’s article on Medium and on Twitter on how this was done.
via PiMyLifeUp
There are multiple different solutions for adding a firewall to a Linux based operating system.
Most of these solutions make use of the netfilter framework that is available within the Linux kernel.
While the Raspberry Pi OS distribution comes with iptables by default, it can be complicated to set up and use.
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RadioGlobe is an interactive tool to access over 2000 stations (and counting), from all over the world.
Part of the magic is the the tension between familiarity and the unfamiliarity: It’s both shocking how many radio stations play Western pop music, but then with a turn of the jog wheel, you find an alternatives (in the same location) – and you navigate from Boosh FM‘s Drum & Bass, to listening to a native dialect of New Zealand. It’s frankly, mind-blowing, even though the technology has been around for years.
The project is Open Source. The GitHub repository is open to anyone who would like to evolve the code to make the RadioGlobe even better.
See the video above and this Instructable for details.
This industrial looking robot was featured in MagPi. Now more than ever its important to remember to #MakeRobotFriends. Via MagPi:
The single-board computer features prominently in Joseph’s Project Zed robot, created as a means of encouraging citizens to take sensible health precautions. “A friend said ‘build a robot that can help in fighting Ebola in West Africa’. That was in 2016 and we didn’t take it seriously because no cases were in Uganda, but when 2020 came I got to work. With a robot, he says, “you can carry out random tests and collect information from someone without risking important medical workers.”
Raspberry Pi enabled Joseph to add personality and voice-based interaction to the robots he’s built, as well as delivering preset messages such as “don’t forget to wear a face mask”.
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!
Al Williams on Medium discusses the steps to try out running Linux with a 64 bit kernel and the potential speed improvements.
Will it make a difference? That depends on what you are doing. Working with higher memory loads or USB 3 is probably going to be a bit faster. For some things, it won’t make much of a difference. Especially since all the applications are still running in 32-bit mode.
Just as a quick test, I tried to create a large file on the SD Card:
dd if=/dev/zero of=~/test.dat bs=4096 count=512KOn average, the operation took about 104 seconds with the 32-bit kernel. With the 64-bit kernel it only took 76 seconds. That’s worthwhile, although depending on the task, you could see more or less improvement.
He cautions that not all software will run in a 64-bit environment and the very sensible advice to use a backup of the operating system in case of issues.
See the article here.
Stressberry is software which stress tests and provides temperature plots for the Raspberry Pi.
There are a million ways to cool down your Raspberry Pi: Small heat sinks, specific cases, and some extreme DIY solutions. stressberry is a package for testing the core temperature under different loads, and it produces nice plots which can easily be compared.
The run lets the CPU idle for a bit, then stresses it with maximum load for 5 minutes, and lets it cool down afterwards. The entire process takes 10 minutes. The resulting data is displayed to a screen or, if specified, written to a PNG file.
See the GitHub repo for more information, it’s under a GPL 3.0 license.
NODE has come up with an excellent method of building an open source mini-server based on the new Raspberry Pi 4.
…One of the main goals here is to package the Raspberry Pi in a form factor that makes it a little bit more useful as a regular mini server or computer. That means putting it all in a neat box, with all the ports on one side.
I decided to simplify the concept further, so everything is encased in a 92x92mm enclosure, with a thickness not much larger than the Pi itself at 26mm or about 1 inch.
The design requires no modifications to the Pi itself. There is also an option to add an mSATA SSD, which connects to one of the USB3 ports.
See the full details on n-o-d-e.net.
via instructables
This is the 2nd version of Rubik’s cube tool made for solving in blindfolded. The 1st version was developed by javascript, you can see the project RubiksCubeBlindfolded1
Unlike the previous, this version uses OpenCV library to detect the colors and enter the inputs, and provides better visualization technique.
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For a while, NODE has tried to create the most portable Raspberry Pi Zero mini computer. The latest creation is version 3 of the Zero Terminal. It features:
See the video below, more on recantha.co.uk and NODE’s blog here.
Here’s an excellent project for to make ultrasonic distance measurements. From Radu Mihai Rotariu via hackster.io:
A basic ultrasonic sensor consists of one or more ultrasonic transmitters (basically speakers), a receiver, and a control circuit. The transmitters emit a high frequency ultrasonic sound, which bounce off any nearby solid objects. Some of that ultrasonic noise is reflected and detected by the receiver on the sensor. That return signal is then processed by the control circuit to calculate the time difference between the signal being transmitted and received. This time can subsequently be used, along with some clever math, to calculate the distance between the sensor and the reflecting object.
The HC-SR04 Ultrasonic sensor we’ll be using in this tutorial for the Raspberry Pi has four pins: ground (GND), Echo Pulse Output (ECHO), Trigger Pulse Input (TRIG), and 5V Supply (Vcc). We power the module using Vcc, ground it using GND, and use our Raspberry Pi to send an input signal to TRIG, which triggers the sensor to send an ultrasonic pulse. The pulse waves bounce off any nearby objects and some are reflected back to the sensor. The sensor detects these return waves and measures the time between the trigger and returned pulse, and then sends a 5V signal on the ECHO pin.
The PM2.5 Air Quality Sensor guide originally included both Arduino and CircuitPython examples. However, the examples were complicated and ran standalone. Enter the Adafruit PM25AQI and Adafruit CircuitPython PM25 libraries!
We created libraries for both Arduino and CircuitPython to make reading data from this sensor much simpler. Each library comes with an example. We updated the guide to include how to install the new libraries, and where to find the new examples! If you picked up one of these sensors but wanted a simpler way to read the data, this guide has you covered.
Check out the full guide: PM2.5 Air Quality Sensor!
via Raspberry Pi Pod and micro:bit base
A team of scientists from Imperial College London, Universiti Malaysia Sabah and the South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership, together known as the SAFE Project, has been recording the health of the Borneo rainforest. Using solar-powered Raspberry Pis and sensors, they can listen to the sound of the forest and give an indicator of its health and the state of its biodiversity. The data is transmitted over the mobile data network.
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!
Here’s a project that uses image recognition, and the glory of disco to test out some of what AI can do. If a person walks into the room, “Stayin’ Alive” begins to play. But if a dog walks into the room, “Who Let The Dogs Out” plays. Here’s more on the project from mark via hackster.io:
The camera captures the scene and the data is sent to the inference engine (in this case Openvino). The data is then transmitted to the node-red instance running on the Vizi-AI (greater detail of this process shown below). This processes the labels generated by the inference engine and if a person is detected it send a MQTT message to the broker (topic, control payload “Disco”).
The Relay python application running on the raspberry pi is subscribed to the control topic. When it receives a message on the control topic, it examines the payload, if the payload consists of “Disco”, it starts the Disco lights and plays “staying alive”. after 30s of music and lights, the light switch off and the music stops, until either person or dog is detected.
From coding overdrive on vimeo:
Comprises two Raspberry Pi’s connected over a simple (2 wire) CANBUS using two USB-CANBUS transceivers. The Simulator app running on one of the Pi’s reads a log file obtained from a Tesla Model 3 and streams the data (with the correct timing) over the CANBUS.
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If you like having plants at home, but have limited time to take care of them, this DIY home irrigation project may help. Here’s more from HARSHIT VERMA via hackster.io:
Our project is all about the problems faced by people when they go out of their home and have less time for taking care of their plants. This project helps people in such time and they can trigger or check status of their plant from anywhere.
We started making this project at the time when we were looking for some field where we can learn new electronic technologies and can apply on a real life project. At the same time, our college department announced an Industry Conclave Hardware Competition. So, we started working on this project.
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A very mini Mac shared by Tom Nardi on Hackaday. Project and Video by Michael Pick on YouTube
We know that some in the audience will take issue with calling a Raspberry Pi in a 3D-printed case the “World’s Smallest iMac”, but you’ve got to admit, [Michael Pick] has certainly done a good job recreating the sleek look of the real hardware. While there might not be any Cupertino wizardry under all that PLA, it does have a properly themed user interface and the general aversion to external ports and wires that you’d expect to see on an Apple desktop machine.
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Fun video and great project from saveitforparts on YouTube via ExtremeTech:
Part 2 of my handheld scanner / sensor thingy made from a Raspberry Pi. It includes a software defined radio and a thermal imager
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TopherCantrell made this massive 30″ x 22.5″ arcade display with 6 64×32 RGB matrixes. They were kind enough the share this project on our Show and Tell and send it in. Thanks for sharing Chris!
Via GitHub:
Reviving the old TRS80 Color Computer game “Mega-Bug” on a Raspberry Pi with an RGB matrix display.
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I used the Adafruit RGB Matrix Bonnet for Raspberry Pi: https://www.adafruit.com/product/3211. Adafruit has an extensive tutorial on wiring, drivers, and demos for the display: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-rgb-matrix-bonnet-for-raspberry-pi/
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!
For Xbox gamers who miss the vibe of the arcade, here is an arcade button adapter design from BilGor on Thingiverse:
My first design from scratch and my first posting here
For building your own arcade rig out of an Xbox 360 joystick .
I did not want to buy D/A convertors and change the trigger to an on / off button . I wanted to keep the range of the trigger button.
This arcade style button has about 9mm travel and uses the full range of the trigger function , and the original parts from the joystick. (spring and potentiometer)
Download the files and learn more
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!
Make your own XY drawing machine with printed parts. Shared by HD_Creator on Prusa Printers:
Yes, this is yet another drawing machine based on the coreXY principle, which is well known from the AxiDraw maschine. But instead of driving the size upwards like other designs here on the web, I have decided to keep it very compact, limiting the drawing area to the size of a postcard (DIN A6). I have then used the reduced mechanical requirements that come with the smaller size, to make it very simple and very cheap to reproduce. At that size, very good accuracy can be achieved even without metal linear ball bearings.
Download the files and learn more
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!
Take a look at this cute and functional expanding storage box from Jan Vitek on Thingiverse:
This is a fully 3D-printable foldable box for sewing accessories. Beside 3D printer and about 1650g of filament you only need some superglue to fix it all together.
Outer dimensions are 160x170x70mm for the smaller boxes and 320x170x70mm for the large bottom one. All walls are 5mm thick. Overall dimensions are 360x185x313mm and all parts are optimized to fit common printers like Prusa i3 or Ender3. The longest part to be printed in one piece is the side frame it must be printed diagonally to fit the bed. The bottom box is provided both in one piece and split into two parts, choose the option that fits your printer.
Download the files and learn more
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!
A nicely designed bracket for iPhone Pro Max Structure Sensor from artificialdata on Thingiverse:
This bracket is for an iPhone 11 Pro Max to use an Occipital Structure Sensor. This was designed specifically to fit the 3-camera bezel on the rear of the iPhone. The design keeps enough contact with the phone to stay on but loose enough to be removed quickly.
For a tighter fit, place a low tack tape inside the bracket to increase friction. iPhones are slippery!
Additional design consideration was to include a flat top on the bracket so it can be turned upside-down and used as a stand when not in use.
Download the files and learn more
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!
For the organized artists. Shared by Feday on Prusa Printers
This is inspired by the “Overly complicated folding 25mm model paint rack” but redone from zero in fusion 360 for practice.
Download the files and learn more
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!
An elegant little Pi drive bay from EgonHeuson on Prusa Printers:
I’m super happy to present you my latest design. I took advantage of this quarantine period to learn a bit more about programming, and I set up several Raspberry Pi (RPi) as small home servers for several applications (chat, home cloud, VPN, etc.). However, after a while, I ended up having several raspberry pi hanging around my router. With the heat we’ve had recently, the Pi’s were reaching over 55°C. Even though it’s not a real problem, I thought that having a system to store them together and keep them cool would be a good thing for the upcoming summer. I have a hard drive bay attached to my NAS, and I though that such system would be inspiring and that is why I come with a raspberry pi bay where we can easily and quickly swap pi drives for different applications and tests.
Download the files and learn more
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!
Some positive affirmation as you reach for your office supplies. Shared by M Boyer on Prusa Printers:
Resembles a Like Button from many familiar websites. Much like the 5 star rating you should rate this model! Holds 6 SD Cards and 3 MicroSD Cards… and pens.
Download the files and learn more
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!
Classic World of Warcraft fan? Here’s a Hand of Ragnaros Lunchbox from ahaggerty on Thingiverse:
This is a Hand of Ragnaros Lunchbox I created for a guildmate who recently got his Hand of Rag in Classic WoW.
Download the files and learn more
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!
This week we take a look at the learn guide for the LED torch with the gemma m0 and neopixel jewel. Demos features silk flame construction and parts assembly. Prototyping a new PCB holders for STEMMA boards. Timelapse tuesday showcases a skeleton tea light. No Make Alerts this week.
Learn Guide
https://learn.adafruit.com/neopixel-flame-torch/
YouTube Project Video
https://youtu.be/0NKauUmPgF4
Code on GitHub
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Learning_System_Guides/blob/master/NeoPixel_Gemma_Torch/code.py
Adafruit GEMMA M0
https://www.adafruit.com/product/3501
Adafruit 5V MiniBoost
https://www.adafruit.com/product/4654
7 NeoPixel Jewel
https://www.adafruit.com/product/2226
5VDC Fan
https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/cui-devices/CFM-5010-03-10/102-4012-ND/6194920
2200mAh Battery
https://www.adafruit.com/product/1781
PCB holder for STEMMA Boards
https://github.com/adafruit/awesome-stemma
https://www.adafruit.com/category/1005
Timelapse Tuesday:
Skeleton Candle Holder – magiczztab
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1342681
https://youtu.be/Qaa9yaOcBds
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!
