It’s the Snakiest Day of the Year — CircuitPython Day 2025
Adafruit is celebrating CircuitPython Day with a full lineup of live chats with amazing makers.
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Choose the Best Board for Wearables
Should you use a LilyPad Arduino or a Circuit Playground Express? We rounded up our 5 favorite boards for wearable electronics.
When Chips Are Scarce: Maker Ingenuity in Uncertain Times
The past few years have been … unprecedented. Supply chain failures manifest themselves visibly around us, from parking lots in Detroit full of cars that can’t be finished for lack of a single part, to immense backlogs of container ships at the Port of Long Beach. From consumers all the way up to foundries, it feels […]
17 Fun Projects for New Boards from Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Micro:Bit, and More
When a new board drops, makers around the planet immediately start hacking new projects with it. Here are 17 fun projects to try on fresh hardware.
So Many Choices: Our Favorite Makers Weigh in on Their Go-To Dev Boards
Dev boards give makers limitless options for their projects. Some of our high-tech pals share their personal processes to pick a board.
A Chip Is Born: RP2040-Based Boards Go From 0 to 60+ With Impressive Speed
The microcontroller market — where chips designed for real-time embedded use are placed into development boards typically referred to as “microcontrollers” themselves — is rarely shaken up. If you want something friendly to beginners, you pick an Arduino with a Microchip ATmega328; if you want connectivity, an Espressif ESP32-based board; for performance, STMicro’s STM32 series. […]
Plan CO2: Making A Public Display
When I saw the big emoji (old school – smiley) on Carter Nelson’s RGB Matrix Portal Room CO2 Monitor project on Adafruit, I knew he was on to something. I wished that I would begin seeing more such displays in places like restaurants and shops, not to mention school classrooms, offices and makerspaces in the coming months. In Carter’s Adafruit project, the CO2 monitoring device presents a concise public-health message.
