Makers will notice a little Google Trusted Store badge on the site – Adafruit is pleased to announce we are now a Google Trusted Store! We worked over the last year in the application process to become a trusted store by providing the fastest shipping, best support and best reviews for all our products. We have over 850+ five star reviews for Google Wallet, amazing customer support, over 20,000 transactions as a Google Trusted Store and 99% on-time shipping and 1.0 days or less to ship (average). In the last 28 days for example Adafruit had a 99% on-time shipping grade, with over 8,442 orders!
Why did we want to be part of the Google Trusted Store program? The Google Trusted Stores badge is only awarded to stores with a proven track record of reliable, on-time shipping and excellent customer service. There are lots of places to shop online, this is a way to identify online stores that deliver a great experience like Adafruit. This was a very tough program to be accepted in to, but we knew our team, service and support could do it. When you’re looking to spend your money and time with a company, this is one of the things that can help make your decision easier. We’d like to thank our team here led by Daigo, along with the Google team (Jade, Eugene, Alex, Melissa and more for all their help) – Thank you from Ladyada and the Adafruit team!
The judges have picked the winners of the The Adafruit 6 second electronics film festival! We had over 130+ entries from around the world! We could not be more pleased with the all the makers out their sharing something special, all in 6 seconds. Entries came in via email, Vine/Twitter, Google+ and more. The judges from Adafruit – John De Cristofaro, Becky Stern, Matt Griffin, Molly Rae Thorkelson & Ladyada. We have one grand prize winner ($600 in the Adafruit store) and 6 additional winners ($60 each in the Adafruit store).
If you won, we’ll be contacting you shortly! Congratulations to everyone… BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!
Because we’re so thrilled with ALL the entries, if you did not win but entered before the deadline (6pm ET, 5/6/13) email adafruit6secs@adafruit.com with a link to your entry that you tagged/posted and we will send you $6 off in the Adafruit store! Just give us a few days to get through all the emails! It’s just per person, so if you entered multiple times it’s still $6.
GRAND PRIZE WINNER
“Circuit Playground Intro” by Declan Bullock – Grand prize $600 in the Adafruit store!
WINNER
Poladroid Robot by Aleator777 – $60 in the Adafruit store!
WINNER
Robolamp by Rick – $60 in the Adafruit store!
WINNER
Pumpkin Tetris by Nathan Pryor – $60 in the Adafruit store!
WINNER
Typomatic by EchelonForce – $60 in the Adafruit store!
WINNER
“My first robot” by Marcelo Maziero – $60 in the Adafruit store!
WINNER
Electric Monsters by rossatkin – $60 in the Adafruit store!
ADAFRUIT STAFF WINNER
Tyler, lead creative engineer was pick as our in-house winner. He did not win a prize other than our continued admiration and amazement of his talents.
REMEMBER – If you won, we’ll be contacting you shortly! Congratulations to everyone… BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!
Because we’re so thrilled with ALL the entries, if you did not win but entered before the deadline (6pm ET, 5/6/13) email adafruit6secs@adafruit.com with a link to your entry that you tagged/posted and we will send you $6 off in the Adafruit store! Just give us a few days to get through all the emails! It’s just per person, so if you entered multiple times it’s still $6.
What is “Ask an engineer”? From the electronics enthusiast to the professional community – “Ask an Engineer” has a little bit of everything for everyone. If you’re a beginner, or a seasoned engineer – stop in and see what we’re up to! We have demos of projects and products we’re working on, we answer your engineering and electronics questions and we have a trivia question + give away each week. Previous chats can be viewed at http://www.adafruit.com/ask
And don’t forget, 30 minutes before the show we’re doing our weekly show-and-tell. If you are on Google+ and want to join, just add/follow +Adafruit’s page and post a comment so you can be added to the show and tell circle. At 9:30pm ET you will see a link to the hang out. Just keep your mics muted until we call on you and have your project ready.
For those who just want to watch, you’ll be able to watch it live on Ustream here and we usually have a recorded version posted later.
What is “Ask an engineer”? From the electronics enthusiast to the professional community – “Ask an Engineer” has a little bit of everything for everyone. If you’re a beginner, or a seasoned engineer – stop in and see what we’re up to! We have demos of projects and products we’re working on, we answer your engineering and electronics questions and we have a trivia question + give away each week. Previous chats can be viewed at http://www.adafruit.com/ask
And don’t forget, 30 minutes before the show we’re doing our weekly show-and-tell. If you are on Google+ and want to join, just add/follow +Adafruit’s page and post a comment so you can be added to the show and tell circle. At 9:30pm ET you will see a link to the hang out. Just keep your mics muted until we call on you and have your project ready.
For those who just want to watch, you’ll be able to watch it live on Ustream here and we usually have a recorded version posted later.
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THIS IS IT! Call For Entries: Announcing The Adafruit 6 second electronics film festival! Share your cool project in 6 seconds of video and win up to $600 at the Adafruit store, with six runners up winning $60 store credit each.In a 6 second video, we want you to share the best project you’ve made. Be sure not to use any copyrighted music, video, etc. This should be all your project, all by you. The Adafruit team will be looking on Twitter, G+/youtube and beyond for Vines, 6 second videos and more tagged with #adafruit6secs. The deadline is 6pm ET, 5/6/13. The Adafruit team of judges will pick their favorites and announce the winner on May, 12th at 6pm ET.
The easiest way to make a 6 second video for The Adafruit 6 second electronics film festival is to use Vine. If you don’t have an iOS device, no big deal – most everything can take 6 second videos and upload. With Vine and looping a 6 second video you can make cool videos that repeat what you’ve made that’s blinking, moving or making noise – get creative, and enter as often as you’d like. Make sure you do not use any copyrighted music, video, etc. This should be your cool project you are sharing, in 6 seconds.
STEP TWO: TAG THE VIDEO with #adafruit6secs
The most important thing is to tag the video with #adafruit6secs . We’ll be mostly using Twitter to find most of these, you can also send a link to your video via the contact form (do not email us video files!).
PRIZES: $600 GRAND PRIZE, SIX $60 PRIZES (ADAFRUIT STORE)
The team of Adafruit judges will pick our favorites. Grand prize is a $600 gift certificate in the Adafruit store and six runners-up will receive $60 in store credit each. THE DEADLINE IS 6:00 PM ON MONDAY 5/6/13!
Make sure to tag & upload by 6pm ET, Monday, May 6th, 2013, that’s the deadline.
WINNERS ANNOUNCED LIVE ON ASK AN ENGINEER: 5/12/13!
We will play the videos on ASK AN ENGINEER Saturday night 10pm ET on May 12th, 2013. The judges from Adafruit John De Cristofaro, Becky Stern, Matt Griffin, Molly Rae Thorkelson & Ladyada. Adafruit staff & partners may make entries but cannot win
THIS IS IT! Call For Entries: Announcing The Adafruit 6 second electronics film festival! Share your cool project in 6 seconds of video and win up to $600 at the Adafruit store, with six runners up winning $60 store credit each.In a 6 second video, we want you to share the best project you’ve made. Be sure not to use any copyrighted music, video, etc. This should be all your project, all by you. The Adafruit team will be looking on Twitter, G+/youtube and beyond for Vines, 6 second videos and more tagged with #adafruit6secs. The deadline is 6pm ET, 5/6/13. The Adafruit team of judges will pick their favorites and announce the winner on May, 12th at 6pm ET.
The easiest way to make a 6 second video for The Adafruit 6 second electronics film festival is to use Vine. If you don’t have an iOS device, no big deal – most everything can take 6 second videos and upload. With Vine and looping a 6 second video you can make cool videos that repeat what you’ve made that’s blinking, moving or making noise – get creative, and enter as often as you’d like. Make sure you do not use any copyrighted music, video, etc. This should be your cool project you are sharing, in 6 seconds.
STEP TWO: TAG THE VIDEO with #adafruit6secs
The most important thing is to tag the video with #adafruit6secs . We’ll be mostly using Twitter to find most of these, you can also send a link to your video via the contact form (do not email us video files!).
PRIZES: $600 GRAND PRIZE, SIX $60 PRIZES (ADAFRUIT STORE)
The team of Adafruit judges will pick our favorites. Grand prize is a $600 gift certificate in the Adafruit store and six runners-up will receive $60 in store credit each. THE DEADLINE IS 6:00 PM ON MONDAY 5/6/13!
Make sure to tag & upload by 6pm ET, Monday, May 6th, 2013, that’s the deadline.
WINNERS ANNOUNCED LIVE ON ASK AN ENGINEER: 5/12/13!
We will play the videos on ASK AN ENGINEER Saturday night 10pm ET on May 12th, 2013. The judges from Adafruit John De Cristofaro, Becky Stern, Matt Griffin, Molly Rae Thorkelson & Ladyada. Adafruit staff & partners may make entries but cannot win
4 days left! Call For Entries: Announcing The Adafruit 6 second electronics film festival! Share your cool project in 6 seconds of video and win up to $600 at the Adafruit store, with six runners up winning $60 store credit each.In a 6 second video, we want you to share the best project you’ve made. Be sure not to use any copyrighted music, video, etc. This should be all your project, all by you. The Adafruit team will be looking on Twitter, G+/youtube and beyond for Vines, 6 second videos and more tagged with #adafruit6secs. The deadline is 6pm ET, 5/6/13. The Adafruit team of judges will pick their favorites and announce the winner on May, 12th at 6pm ET.
The easiest way to make a 6 second video for The Adafruit 6 second electronics film festival is to use Vine. If you don’t have an iOS device, no big deal – most everything can take 6 second videos and upload. With Vine and looping a 6 second video you can make cool videos that repeat what you’ve made that’s blinking, moving or making noise – get creative, and enter as often as you’d like. Make sure you do not use any copyrighted music, video, etc. This should be your cool project you are sharing, in 6 seconds.
STEP TWO: TAG THE VIDEO with #adafruit6secs
The most important thing is to tag the video with #adafruit6secs . We’ll be mostly using Twitter to find most of these, you can also send a link to your video via the contact form (do not email us video files!).
PRIZES: $600 GRAND PRIZE, SIX $60 PRIZES (ADAFRUIT STORE)
The team of Adafruit judges will pick our favorites. Grand prize is a $600 gift certificate in the Adafruit store and six runners-up will receive $60 in store credit each. THE DEADLINE IS 6:00 PM ON MONDAY 5/6/13!
Make sure to tag & upload by 6pm ET, Monday, May 6th, 2013, that’s the deadline.
WINNERS ANNOUNCED LIVE ON ASK AN ENGINEER: 5/12/13!
We will play the videos on ASK AN ENGINEER Saturday night 10pm ET on May 12th, 2013. The judges from Adafruit John De Cristofaro, Becky Stern, Matt Griffin, Molly Rae Thorkelson & Ladyada. Adafruit staff & partners may make entries but cannot win
NEW PRODUCT – BeagleBone Black in stock and shipping! We have them here and these ship immediately while they are in stock. If you liked the BeagleBone, you will love the next gen BeagleBone Black! With a blistering 1GHz processor, 512MB onboard DDR3 RAM, built in 2GB storage with pre-installed Linux operating system (no microSD card required!), and best of all, the addition of a MicroHDMI connector for audio/video output. This is a ultra-powered embedded computer that can fit in a mint tin.
Comes with a mini B cable for powering it up ASAP. No microSD card is included as the BBB now has onboard flash storage.
We’ll be filling in with more information on supported accessories as we test them for compatibility. For now we suggest picking up a 5V 2A power supply and a micro-HDMI cable. If you want to use it ‘head-less’, a USB console cable is suggested as the ‘Black does not have an onboard USB-to-Serial converter like the original BeagleBone.
Processor: Sitara AM3359AZCZ100 1GHz, 2000 MIPS
Graphics Engine: SGX530 3D, 20M Polygons/S
SDRAM Memory: 512MB DDR3L 606MHZ
Onboard Flash: 2GB, 8bit Embedded MMC
PMIC: TPS65217C PMIC regulator and one additional LDO.
Debug Support: Optional Onboard 20-pin CTI JTAG, Serial Header
Power Source: miniUSB USB or DC Jack, 5VDC External Via Expansion Header
HiSpeed USB 2.0 Client Port: Access to USB0, Client mode via miniUSB
HiSpeed USB 2.0 Host Port Access to USB1, Type A Socket, 500mA LS/FS/HS
Serial Port UART0 access via 6 pin 3.3V TTL Header. Header is populated
Ethernet 10/100, RJ45
SD/MMC Connector microSD , 3.3V
User Input: Reset Button, Boot Button, Power Button
Video Out: 16b HDMI, 1280×1024 (MAX), 1024×768,1280×720,1440×900
w/EDID Support
Audio Via HDMI Interface, Stereo
Expansion Connectors:
Power 5V, 3.3V , VDD_ADC(1.8V)
3.3V I/O on all signals
McASP0, SPI1, I2C, GPIO(65), LCD, GPMC, MMC1, MMC2, 7
AIN(1.8V MAX), 4 Timers, 3 Serial Ports, CAN0,
EHRPWM(0,2),XDMA Interrupt, Power button, Expansion Board ID
(Up to 4 can be stacked)
Call For Entries: Announcing The Adafruit 6 second electronics film festival! Share your cool project in 6 seconds of video and win up to $600 at the Adafruit store, with six runners up winning $60 store credit each.In a 6 second video, we want you to share the best project you’ve made. Be sure not to use any copyrighted music, video, etc. This should be all your project, all by you. The Adafruit team will be looking on Twitter, G+/youtube and beyond for Vines, 6 second videos and more tagged with #adafruit6secs. The deadline is 6pm ET, 5/6/13. The Adafruit team of judges will pick their favorites and announce the winner on May, 12th at 6pm ET.
The easiest way to make a 6 second video for The Adafruit 6 second electronics film festival is to use Vine. If you don’t have an iOS device, no big deal – most everything can take 6 second videos and upload. With Vine and looping a 6 second video you can make cool videos that repeat what you’ve made that’s blinking, moving or making noise – get creative, and enter as often as you’d like. Make sure you do not use any copyrighted music, video, etc. This should be your cool project you are sharing, in 6 seconds.
STEP TWO: TAG THE VIDEO with #adafruit6secs
The most important thing is to tag the video with #adafruit6secs . We’ll be mostly using Twitter to find most of these, you can also send a link to your video via the contact form (do not email us video files!).
PRIZES: $600 GRAND PRIZE, SIX $60 PRIZES (ADAFRUIT STORE)
The team of Adafruit judges will pick our favorites. Grand prize is a $600 gift certificate in the Adafruit store and six runners-up will receive $60 in store credit each. THE DEADLINE IS 6:00 PM ON MONDAY 5/6/13!
Make sure to tag & upload by 6pm ET, Monday, May 6th, 2013, that’s the deadline.
WINNERS ANNOUNCED LIVE ON ASK AN ENGINEER: 5/12/13!
We will play the videos on ASK AN ENGINEER Saturday night 10pm ET on May 12th, 2013. The judges from Adafruit John De Cristofaro, Becky Stern, Matt Griffin, Molly Rae Thorkelson & Ladyada. Adafruit staff & partners may make entries but cannot win
Adafruit’s new kid’s show is here! Circuit Playground “A is for Ampere” – Episode 1, learn all about electronics with Ladyada, ADABOT and special guests! Ampere describes the number of electrons that flow through a circuit in one second. It is named after Andre-Marie Ampere – http://adafruit.com/coloringbook/
Credits:
Ladyada – Limor Fried
Andre-Marie Ampere – Collin Cunningham
ADABOT – Collin Cunningham & Phil Torrone, Puppet by Anney Fresh, design by Bruce Yan
Music: Tom White & Collin Cunningham
Intro animation – Bruce Yan
Written, filmed, edited, directed and produced by – Collin Cunningham, Limor Fried, Phil Torrone and the Adafruit team
With the X-1, Cygnus has finally put the ‘mass’ into mass storage technology! This high-capacity storage device provides the ultimate in secure storage for all your sensitive data.
The X-1′s advanced quantum-gravitational compression algorithms and ultra-high density storage technology provide virtually unlimited storage capacity in a very compact package. With no vulnerable passwords or encryption keys to crack, the patented write-only technology guarantees that whatever is stored in Cygnus X-1 will stay in Cygnus X-1.
USB Cable included.
Note: Due to gravitational redshift, we do not recommend this device for storing photographs.
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