Adafruit QT Py ESP32 Pico
The QT Py ESP32 Pico is a tiny microcontroller board featuring Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. The heart of the board is the all-in-one ESP32 Pico V3 02. This chip provides 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi and Bluetooth (with BLE). It has 8 MB of flash memory and 2.....»»
Raspberry Pi Bitlocker hack is a new spin on a years-old, well-documented exploit
Exploit works on PCs with discrete TPM chips, which are rarer in modern systems. Enlarge / A $10 Raspberry Pi Pico-based TPM sniffing tool, designed to grab the Bitlocker disk encryption keys from some models of Lenovo laptop. (.....»»
New magnolia tree species discovered in northern Honduras
Fauna & Flora's in-country partner in Honduras has discovered a new species of magnolia. Named in honor of two prominent Honduran conservationists, Magnolia ciroorum was found in Pico Bonito National Park during ongoing fieldwork to document and safe.....»»
Unexpected Maker ProS3 u.FL (ESP32-S3)
The ProS3 u.FL is an updated development board from Unexpected Maker featuring Espressif’s latest ESP32-S3 microcontroller. The main feature of this chip is the 2.4 GHz 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5 support. We opted for the version of the boa.....»»
Adafruit Feather RP2040 With RFM95 LoRa Radio – 915MHz
The Adafruit Feather RP2040 with RFM95 LoRa Radio – 915MHz – RadioFruit and STEMMA QT (Feather LoRa from here on out) is a microcontroller paired with a LoRa 900MHz band radio for data communication. LoRa, short for long range, is a data.....»»
Cramming CircuitPython Into Your Baby’s Toys
What does any self respecting electronics wiz do when they have a house full of baby toys and the knowledge to build custom circuitry? Obviously you customize stuff to play better music. Adafruit has just shown some prototypes of their new “To.....»»
Adafruit Feather RP2040 with DVI
The Adafruit Feather RP2040 with DVI is a microcontroller board capable of DVI digital video output on an HDMI port. That it is possible for a general-purpose microcontroller to generate a DVI signal is impressive, but it requires running the RP2040.....»»
Using ChatGPT and Raspberry Pi To Build A Never Ending Story Book
Most people will agree that the biggest and most common problem with a good story, is that it ends. This project, put together by Erin St. Blaine for Adafruit address that with the unending capabilities of ChatGPT and a Raspberry Pi. Erin takes you.....»»
Young Optics remains in the red
Optical component and module maker Young Optics has reported net losses for the second consecutive quarter in the first quarter of 2023, as its customers for pico projectors, image lenses, and automotive lenses continue to destock......»»
Adafruit ATtiny1616 Breakout with seesaw
The ATtiny1616 Breakout with seesaw is a different kind of microcontroller board. Rather than being a target for standalone programs, this breakout board is designed to be an intelligent port expander for other microcontroller boards. This is achiev.....»»
Metro M7 with AirLift
The latest Adafruit Metro is the M7 with AirLift. The idea behind this board is to take a very powerful Arm Cortex-M7 microcontroller, put it in the Arduino Uno’s form factor, and then squeeze in a Wi-Fi subsystem along the edge. Adafruit then add.....»»
Young Optics expects 1Q23 shipments to slip sequentially
Young Optics expects overall shipments in the first quarter of 2023 to decrease significantly on quarter because clients for pico-projection optical modules, imaging optical components and automotive optical lens modules are still cleaning inventorie.....»»
Perform A Brain Transplant On A See-N-Say To Add Custom Sounds
Hacking childhood toys is somewhat of a maker’s right of passage around here. John Park over at Adafruit has made a habit of it for many years though. His latest, he shows how to transplant the brain of a See-N-Say to have your own custom mess.....»»
Adafruit MagTag
The Adafruit MagTag might just contain everything that you ever wanted in an e-Ink refrigerator magnet. First, the display itself is a comfortable 2.9″ presenting a 298x128x4 grayscale image. The 4-level grayscale is an excellent design choice.....»»
Adafruit MONSTER M4SK
The Adafruit MONSTER M4SK is a fun microcontroller platform aimed at building costumes or decorations. The first thing you’ll notice is that the shape of the PCB is cat-eye glasses, only instead of lenses there are two 240×240 TFT displays. T.....»»
Adafruit QT Py ESP32 Pico
The QT Py ESP32 Pico is a tiny microcontroller board featuring Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. The heart of the board is the all-in-one ESP32 Pico V3 02. This chip provides 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi and Bluetooth (with BLE). It has 8 MB of flash memory and 2.....»»
Adafruit ESP32-S3 Feather with 4MB Flash 2MB PSRAM
The Adafruit ESP32-S3 Feather represents an upgrade to ESP32-based microcontrollers in the popular Feather form factor. This new ESP32 chip is a dual-core design running at 240 MHz. It has built-in support for Wi-Fi and BLE. For comparison, the ESP3.....»»
The new Pico 4 Enterprise outdoes the Quest Pro in one key area
The Pico 4 Enterprise is a work-centric VR headset like Meta's Quest Pro, and it costs less, making it worth taking a closer look at what makes it different......»»
Adafruit’s Cheekmate gets to the bottom (ahem) of chess cheating controversy
Adafruit tested its wireless haptic communication system with a juicy slab of pork butt. The clever folks at Adafruit tested their Cheekmate chess-cheating prototype by embedding it in a slab of pork butt. The Internet has been abuzz for.....»»
Say no to subscription fees with this hardware VPN
TL;DR: Through Oct. 12, you can grab the Deeper Connect Pico Decentralized VPN and Cybersecurity Hardware for just $199.99, rather than $248 — that's a 19% discount.By 2025, some estimate that cybercrime will cost the world $10 trillion. The sa.....»»
Pico 4 VR headset is here to take on the Meta Quest 2
Pico just announced its latest VR headset, the Pico 4, and it comes with some big new features like color pass-through and pancake lenses......»»