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Adafruit was founded in 2005 by MIT engineer, Limor "Ladyada" Fried. Her goal was to create the best place online for learning electronics and making the best designed products for makers of all ages and skill levels. In the last 10 years, Adafruit has grown to over 100+ employees in the heart of NYC with a 50,000+ sq ft. factory. Adafruit has expanded offerings to include tools, equipment, and electronics that Limor personally selects, tests, and approves before going in to the Adafruit store. Adafruit is a 100% woman owned manufacturing company, a certified Minority and Woman-owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE), a certified Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE), and WOSB. Source
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Take a break from the sun's heat and bask in your own nighttime glow this summer. Now's your chance to play games, share friendship bracelets and toys, and talk under the stars. Adafruit has the guides to help you make that happen.
Adafruit ADS7128 8-Channel ADC and GPIO Expander - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
The Adafruit ADS7128 8-Channel ADC and GPIO Expander is a bit of a Platypus of the I2C expander world: hard to categorize as just an ADC or a GPIO expander since it combines the capabilities of both with great capabilites! Usually, you only get ADC or I/O so it's nice to see this combo product.
Pulse Sensor Amped
Pulse Sensor Amped is a greatly improved version of the original Pulse Sensor, a plug-and-play heart-rate sensor for Arduino and Arduino compatibles. It can be used by students, artists, athletes, makers, and game & mobile developers who want to easily incorporate live heart-rate data into their projects. Pulse Sensor Amped adds amplification and noise cancellation circuitry to the hardware. It's noticeably faster and easier to get reliable pulse readings.
Pimoroni Badgeware Blinky - Badge - WARE003
Badgeware is Pimoroni's smart interactive badge with bright white LED matrix display, powered by Raspberry Pi RP2350. This version is the Blinky 2350 - it's an all-in-one badge wearable featuring a matrix of 872 individually adjustable white LEDs, built-in rechargeable battery and sturdy polycarbonate case. Hang it round your neck with the (included) Blinky lanyard or prop it up on your desk - either way it's ready to go straight out of the box.
Pimoroni Badgeware Badger - 2.7" E-Paper Badge - WARE001
Badgeware is Pimoroni's smart interactive badge with four-level greyscale 2.7" E-Paper display, powered by Raspberry Pi RP2350. This version is the (classic) E-Paper Badger 2350 - it's an all-in-one badge wearable with a fast updating 2.7" electronic paper screen,built-inrechargeable batteryand sturdypolycarbonate case. Hang it round your neck with the (included) Badger lanyard or prop it up on your desk - either way it's ready to go straight out of the box.
WLED 16: What's New
WLED 16 is the biggest LED control software upgrade in years, bringing powerful new creative tools to your LEDs. If you’ve been happily using WLED 0.14 or 0.15, this update adds major improvements for LED strips, matrices, wearables, sculptures, and interactive art. This guide is an overview of the new features in WLED 16 — not a step-by-step setup tutorial, but a tour of what’s now possible.
Pimoroni Badgeware Tufty Badge - WARE002
Badgeware is Pimoroni's smart interactive badge with colour 2.8" TFT display, powered by Raspberry Pi RP2350. This version is the Tufty 2350 - it's an all-in-one badge wearable with a vibrant 2.8" IPS LCD screen, built-in rechargeable battery and sturdy polycarbonate case. Hang it round your neck with the (included) Tufty lanyard or prop it up on your desk - either way it's ready to go straight out of the box.
Cluetooth Scanner
You can't spell "Bluetooth" without "CLUE"! Or, I guess, you can try, but you'll just be left with "Btooth". Either way... the Cluetooth Scanner is a passive BLE advertisement scanner that runs on the CLUE! Do you want to know what kind of BLE devices are in your vicinity? The Cluetooth Scanner listens for advertising packets from nearby devices and displays information about them.
Raspberry Pi 5 - 16 GB RAM
In stock The Raspberry Pi 5 is the newest Raspberry Pi computer, and the Pi Foundation knows you can always make a good thing better! And what could make the Pi 5 better than the 4? How about a faster processor, USB 3.0 ports, and an updated Gigabit Ethernet chip with PoE capability?
Snap-on Enclosure for Adafruit FeatherWing RP2040 Prop-Maker
Here is a cute and minimal enclosure for your Adafruit RP2040 Prop-Maker Feather with I2S Audio Amplifier to keep it safe during use and transport. This case has been custom-designed and 3D printed to accommodate the USB Type C main USB connector on one end, the terminal block on the other, STEMMA QT connector, and the Reset and Bootloader buttons. No screws or glue are required; simply snap the Feather into the bottom piece and assemble the top piece.