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This project is a USB sampling keyboard inspired by the Casio SK-1. You can record samples using the microphone and play them back at different pitches using the keys on the USB midi keyboard. No keyboard skills? No problem, use MIDI file playback to automatically play an entire song with the press of a single […]

Shared by cale.lebl (BellForged) on MakerWorld: A modular sci-fi terrain wall set for space-themed tabletop gaming and dioramas. Circular portals fit 20mm and 40mm inserts. Compatible with any OpenForge terrain. Designed for anything sci-fi or space-themed. Download the files and learn more Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has […]

Shared by Lucky 13 Toys on MakerWorld: A fully articulated spooky spider that can dangle from a web of filament. Print-in-place, no assembly required. Includes a 3MF with all parts, plus optional separate-eye printing (no MMU/AMS needed) for a two-color look. Test-fit one leg set before committing to the full print. Download the files and […]

MODLY3D shares: A simple universal multimeter probe holder that fits probes up to 10mm diameter. Compact bench accessory that keeps probes accessible during measurements. Alternative for the maker-tool block. By MODLY3D download the files on: https://makerworld.com/en/models/1466644-multimeter-probe-holder Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid […]

danuvius shares: A minimalist DIY smart lamp using WLED with Home Assistant. Designed for hallway nightlight duty with 2 LEDs reserved for notifications (garbage reminders, etc.). Snap-together assembly with WAGO connectors — press USB-C into place, click LED ring in, no soldering. Full Home Assistant automation walkthrough included. By Danuvius download the files on: https://makerworld.com/en/models/425099-the-smart-lamp […]

Eric_250094 shares: A simple, functional box for the Adafruit QT PY ESP32-C3 (no button cutouts) with wire passthrough openings and an optional solid lid variant. Direct-fit for one of Adafruit’s most popular tiny form-factor ESP32 boards — perfect for permanent sensor or STEMMA QT deployments. By Eric on Printables download the files on: https://www.printables.com/model/678640-adafruit-qt-py-esp32-c3-case-with-no-buttons Every […]

image via Studio Wetware PI-CAM-IR-A is a custom infrared camera inside a 1950s Kodak Duoflex II, via beachKilla on reddit: Build List: Pi Zero 2 W Waveshare 3.5″ Touchscreen IMX219 No-IR 1950’s Kodak Duraflex II Read more

The Python for Microcontrollers Newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware (microcontrollers AND single board computers like Raspberry Pi). This ad-free, spam-free weekly email is filled with CircuitPython, MicroPython, and Python information that you may have missed, all in one place! You get a summary of all the software, events, projects, and the latest hardware worldwide once a week, no […]

If you missed this week’s livestream of John Park’s Product Pick(s) of the Week, not to worry, here’s the video. This week’s pick is the ADG728 1-to-8 Analog Matrix Switch! Watch the video to find out about the ADG728 1-to-8 Analog Matrix Switch, how to use ’em, a live demo, and more. Catch previous editions […]

Min.R shared this project on MakerWorld! Description No Support, No Wrapping, Fast Print A breadboard-style, Gridfinity-compatible component holder/storage The hole sizes and spacing are compatible with breadboard standards. It securely holds pins and allows easy detachment. Resistors, diodes, transistors, and capacitors are loosen due to varying lead diameters. 2×2, 3×2, 3×3, and 4×4 Gridfinity compatible […]

From the GitHub release page: This is CircuitPython 10.3.0-alpha.4, an alpha release for 10.3.0. Further features, changes, and bug fixes will be added before the final release of 10.3.0. Highlights of this release Add audiofilewriter. Add audiodelays.GranularPitchShift. Add sdioio, audiodelays, audiofilters, and audiofreeverb on RP2xxx. Add CIRCUITPY_BLE_WORKFLOW, CIRCUITPY_SAFE_MODE_DELAY, and CIRCUITPY_WIFI_HOSTNAME to settings.toml. Add storage.unsafe_disable_usb_drive(), to […]

The Python for Microcontrollers Newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware (microcontrollers AND single board computers like Raspberry Pi). This ad-free, spam-free weekly email is filled with CircuitPython, MicroPython, and Python information that you may have missed, all in one place! You get a summary of all the software, events, projects, and the latest hardware worldwide once a week, no […]

marcelwinheim shares: A sleek and durable case designed specifically for the Raspberry Pi Zero, offering both protection and style. Ventilated for optimal airflow to keep the Pi cool during intensive tasks. Straightforward two-part case ideal for embedded projects and dedicated IoT builds download the files on: https://makerworld.com/en/models/849346-raspberry-pi-zero-case Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The […]

Over on the Nicole Express blog the Nintendo Entertainment System’s video is examined. It’s actually kind of an oddball in its expandability and design. But there’s something else about it. The picture is a bit… wobbly. Well, over composite video anyway. Let’s dig in and learn a little bit more about the nitty-gritty of composite […]

Every week we’ll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This Week: Pool Noodle Mace By thelightspd makerworld.com/en/models/1510937-pool-noodle-medieval-mace-print-in-place Bambu X1C PolyMaker PLA 8hr 24mins X:220 Y:227 Z:99mm .2mm layer / .4mm Nozzle 10% Infill / 1mm Retraction 200C / 60C 283g 230mm/s Every Thursday is #3dthursday […]

It’s JOHN PARK’S WORKSHOP — LIVE! — Coming up at 4pm ET / 1pm PT Today! LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat! Projects – Pepper’s Ghost Space Invaders CircuitPython Parsec – Rotozoom Zoom zoom Tool Tips Retro Gear – picoBootloader & PicoSNES on Fruit Jam and more! The live video will […]

user_2486456120 shares: A compact foldable cable organizer clip designed to securely collect and hold charging cables, USB cables, and other wires. Portable enough for desk, backpack, or travel. Reusable without damaging cables. Version 4 available from the same designer with additional features. By Singh Design download the files on: https://makerworld.com/en/models/675366-cable-organizer Every Thursday is #3dthursday here […]

mlux shared this project on MakerWorld! Tabletop Lamp A highly stylish, minimalist design, easily created using an IKEA HEMMA lamp socket (€5) or a socket/cable/switch/plug kit. This model requires supports Download files: https://makerworld.com/en/models/897057-minimalist-designer-desk-lamp#profileId-1381996 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital […]

Remix by Demig74: A pin-compatible Gridfinity remix for resistor or small-parts storage. 15mm wide, 64–80mm long bins (range accounts for label tab). Higher and lower variants included. Base replaced with pin-fit system so no magnets needed — clicks in solidly to any compatible Gridfinity base. By Demig download the files on: https://makerworld.com/en/models/619273-gridfinity-resistor-storage-pin-compatible Every Thursday is […]

ALB3D_TECH shares: A well-engineered slim snap-fit Arduino Nano clone case with light guides for the LEDs and two USB variants (Mini USB and modern USB-C). Note reset button and LED positions differ slightly from original Nano boards. By ALβ3d download the files on: https://makerworld.com/en/models/551647-arduino-nano-slim-snap-fit-case Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing […]

Bleyweert shares: A sleek modern LED desk lamp with clean lines and an angled head for focused lighting. Compact base fits desks or bedside tables. Uses a standard LED bulb and socket. 20% infill, minimal supports (only raft support for the tension nut). PLA, PETG, or ABS. By Bleyweert download the files on: https://makerworld.com/en/models/942884 Every […]

skylakelabs shares: A wall-mount holder for the FNIRSI DST-210 — a compact multimeter, oscilloscope, and signal generator combo. Uses Flush Big Thread Multipoint x5 attachment for Multiboard wall mounting. Great for shared benchtop instrument organization. By Skylake Labs download the files on: https://makerworld.com/en/models/2223344-multimeter-holder-multiboard-fnirsi-dst210 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community […]

jonfleet shares: A slim ESP8266 case with side access to pins for bending and snipping. Designed to fit behind a wall-mounted sign for WLED installs. Fits ~49×26mm boards. Simple, low-profile, WLED-friendly. Community remixes include a USB charger collar variant. By Speak3asy download the files on: https://makerworld.com/en/models/157707-snap-fit-slim-case-for-node-mcu-esp8266 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY […]

3DMakerSpace shares: A striking sci-fi-crossover lamp shaped like a mushroom cloud, designed to sit over a standard LED tea light. Print in translucent filament for the fiery glow effect. Statement piece for science and dystopian décor. There’s also a glow-in-the-dark tea-light variant from the same designer. By 3DMakerSpace download the files on: https://makerworld.com/en/models/1679085-nuclear-mushroom-cloud-led-tea-light-candle-lamp Every Thursday […]

From the mail bag! Although I’ve been a member of the Adafruit community for a relatively short time, I have come to appreciate that Adafruit really is a COMMUNITY. Communities pull together during tough times. When I’m looking for inspiration for a new project to work on, I turn to Adafruit. I have learned so […]

D4V3IG shares: A modular desk-clamp cable organizer for tabletops up to 40mm thick. Perfect for organizing USB and data/charging cables. Four cable modules plus a headphone holder module. Modules snap in — add more later without reprinting the base. Free choice of clamp/screw/module colors. By D4V3IG download the files on: https://makerworld.com/en/models/1066436-desk-clamp-cable-holder-modular Every Thursday is #3dthursday […]

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Steve at smayze.com completes a solar-powered wireless sensor network for the garden shed — gateway, end node, and battery monitor, talking over XBee. It’s a long one, covering the design decisions and lessons learned, plus a technique I picked up from a KiCon 2024 talk: using KiCad to lay out control panel wiring. The original […]

Demofruit is a love letter to the C64/Amiga/DOS graphics and music demoscene of the 1980s and 90s, built to run on the Fruit Jam. Six classic demoscene effects have been ported using Claude Opus 4.8 to run in Arduino on the RP2350-based Fruit Jam Starfield forward-warping star field with bouncing text Plasma palette cycled summed […]

Michał Zalewski on the lcamtuf’s thing blog says when working on the book, The Secret Life of Circuits, he wanted to keep the artwork real. My beef with the diagrams in popular electronics textbooks and online tutorials is that most of them are fake. At best, they’re retraced from ancient texts; at worst, they’re sketched […]

Random Nerd Tutorials shows how to establish a bidirectional Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication between a Raspberry Pi and a Raspberry Pi Pico. The Raspberry Pi Pico will be set as a BLE peripheral with two characteristics. The Raspberry Pi will read and write to those characteristics, establishing a bidirectional communication. For the Raspberry Pi […]

David Johnson-Davies on Technoblogy has designed a NeoPixel driver, controlled by an infrared remote control, that fits on a small USB dongle that plugs into a USB-C power adapter to power the LEDs. It will drive a chain of several high-power NeoPixel LEDs; for example, to provide controllable illumination in a room. The IR remote […]

Doom is a video game made by id Software that released in 1993. It was a revolution in gaming that spread across the world and defined the modern FPS. Its popularity has given rise to the saying “Doom can run on anything”. To prove this point Doom has been ported to almost everything, from microcontrollers, […]

FreeInk is an open-source collective building the software, firmware and hardware for e-paper readers. Every layer ships in the open, so anyone can pick it up, extend it, and make it their own. Community-built, fully open-source firmware for budget e-paper readers, with more features, more control, and an open base anyone can build on. FreeInk […]

Adeleke Justin Akinkurolere uses sensors on his wrist and jaw to collect data while chewing on a snack. via The University of Rhode Island The University of Rhode Island shares how a machine-learning-enabled wearable was developed to monitor and understand ingestive behaviors. The research team included Kathleen Melanson, URI nutrition professor; Theodore Walls, URI psychology […]

Chris Garry has posted the original Apollo 11 guidance computer (AGC) source code for Command Module (Comanche055) and Lunar Module (Luminary099). Digitized by the folks at Virtual AGC and MIT Museum. The goal is to be a repo for the original Apollo 11 source code. As such, PRs are welcome for any issues identified between the transcriptions in […]

Ryan Walker created Phantomdrive as many places don’t respect privacy laws – in certain situations you may be forced to unencrypt your media, or worse, assumed to be guilty. A Veracrypt hidden volume is useful in the former situation, but not the latter. Phantomdrive is a completely open source USB drive that appears as an 8 GB […]

Unicomp is the heir to the IBM Buckling Spring legacy. This style of keyboard has a distinctive sound & feel which some people just can’t get enough of. Jeff epler one of them, having used a crusty old Model M for at least a decade at work. Their “Mini M” is an 87-key (“tenkeyless”) layout, […]

uhubctl is Linux utility to control USB power per-port on smart USB hubs. Smart hub is defined as one that implements per-port power switching. According to USB 2.0 specification, USB hubs can advertise no power switching, ganged (all ports at once) power switching or per-port (individual) power switching. Note that by default uhubctl will only detect USB […]

This larger than life pop-up book is on view at Los Angeles’ Richard J. Riordan Central Library. It takes a full team to turn each page, if they aren’t careful they may get crushed! On view through November 2026 Luceros y Penumbras has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the largest pop-up book […]

The PCjs Project by Jeff Parsons is a collection of computer simulations written in JavaScript. It is an open-source project maintained on GitHub and hosted at pcjs.org. The goals of the project are to create fast, full-featured simulations of classic computer hardware, help people understand how these early machines worked, make it easy to experiment with different machine […]

The Python for Microcontrollers Newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware (microcontrollers AND single board computers like Raspberry Pi). This ad-free, spam-free weekly email is filled with CircuitPython, MicroPython, and Python information that you may have missed, all in one place! You get a summary of all the software, events, projects, and the latest hardware worldwide once a week, no […]

Use this guide to find yourself, and your Pi, using a GPS HAT It’s 10PM, do you know where your Pi is? If you had this Pi HAT, you would! This new HAT from Adafruit adds our celebrated Ultimate GPS on it, so you can add precision time and location to most Raspberry Pi boards […]

Jonathan (Wowfunhappy) was slowly disliking Apple macOS updates. The experience was being chipped away with each update. I experimented with three candidates inside Virtual Machines: OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, and OS X 10.9 Mavericks. Mavericks was the chosen OS Jonathan wanted to go back to. Then the hardware needed […]