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I just put together my first Adafruit product (USBtinyISP).
It went together well and I’m quite impressed with it for the price.
But what impresses me even MORE about your company is that you offer FREE shipping to APO and FPO addresses.
This must be, in part, your way of saying THANKS to all the men and women of our US Armed Forces stationed overseas. That is TRULY IMPRESSIVE!! As a retired US Serviceman myself, I noticed that right away.
I’ve purchased many things on the ‘net (ebay and others). Yet your company is the first one I’ve encountered that specifically ships to APO and FPO addresses for FREE.
Thank You VERY MUCH for your consideration of our troops.
Sincerely,
Gary
Free APO and FPO shipping is not only for US Armed Forces Day (this Saturday – May 19 2012), but every day of the year.
Limor, Once again your website has inspired me. Now that we have 4 iPhones, multiple versions of each of the iPod and 3 iPads, We spend an inordinate amount of time looking for outlets for chargers, chargers and ear buds. Based on the information you provided, I built a 4 plug USB charger. Two of the outlets will handle .5A and two will handle 1A. It’s a small project box with a voltage converter on one end and 4 female USB outlets on the side. I made it from my pile of salvaged electronic parts and your instruction on how Apple products charge. I figure I saved at least $100.00 by making it myself. Thanks!
WOW, i ordered last night at like 12 and when i woke up you guys already shipped it!!! im surely coming back for more stuff from you guys, thanks!!!!!!!
I want to personally thank you for supporting the growth of technology. It makes me proud to know that there are people out there that care about seeing creativity and technology. I support your cause to unlock the potential of the Kinect, and I am also glad to see your donation to the EFF.
Your efforts are appreciated, and I thank you for setting a good example!
I just wanted to take the time to say thanks for being so awesome. I’ve been using the Wave Shield and XBee adapter for a bit now and they absolutely rock. I’ve posted a tutorial of my latest project.
It was about 5+ years ago that I was reading slashdot.org and came across a post about a do-it-yourself MP3 player project called minty MP3. My mind was blown. I was a programmer already, but I had no experience with hardware level programming or circuit design. This tutorial by “Ladyada” was a revelation. I had not been exposed to the idea that one could build something like this in a garage, and I was totally hooked. I signed up for classes at UCSD, in their embedded computer engineering program, and I have been obsessed with this stuff ever since. (I’m in my garage playing with stepper motors right now!)
I know that Ladyada has inspired a lot of geeks like me.
I just read an article about your company on the Bloomberg website and I wanted to tell you how inspiring your company is to me. I have recently begun trying to teach myself Ruby On Rails despite my complete ignorance in coding. This has proven to be an extremely difficult, and often frustrating experience, but your message has encouraged me to truck on.
Hi! I’m a high school science teacher from Mississauga, ON. I’ve been tinkering with Arduino for the last couple of years and I’m finally getting the hand of prototyping technology for the classroom.
My first project made use of your Data Logger Shield and Arduino Enclosure to dish out and log random consequences for arriving late to class. My students came up with all the consequences themselves and we programed the Arduino together. I put this project together to help keep track of attendance issues but it ended up changing the whole tone of my class. Students felt they had more of a say in how our class was set up and started coming up with great ideas about other pieces of tech for us to build.
Your tutorials are great! My background in is Vertebrate Paleontology so I had zero experience with electronics when I ordered my first Arduino. Now, I’ve made tonnes of projects for classes. Just wanted to say thanks for all your help!
Hello, just wanted to say thank you really. I ordered two Waveshields last week and they arrived on my doorstep yesterday. That is amazingly quick service! I usually wait weeks for things shipped from the U.S. to New Zealand. Thanks very much for that! Will enjoy putting them together and getting them working with my project I think.
My last project was made a lot easier by some of Adafruits well selected products. The El wire extender and splitter made this a snap. Thanks for help making this possible.
Dear Lady Ada,
I live in Germany and I’m 71 years old. I’m a Ham Radio Amateur and in my local club, we are starting with the Arduino Uno. To get some information and learn how to play with the Arduino I looked to the web and found your homepage and your tutorials. I want to thank you very much for these tutorials. I like them. You did a very great job. You have a manner to explain things, so that everyone understands it and you do it with an humorous eye-twinkle. Also thanks for the lot of pictures and diagrams.
I just wanted to let you know that you still kick [butt]. The x0xb0x changed my life 3 years ago when I got #440 in the mail. Since then I’ve been really into alot of DIY kits and learned quite a bit on my own, as well as on the job as a repair tech. I’ve always admired legends like the late Dr. Moog, Dave Smith, and many others. But what you’ve set out to do since the inception of Adafruit has been a huge inspiration to me on so many levels. I wish you all the best of luck and success in the new year and a happy holiday – Rich
OK, the only reason I am writing is to tell you how happy I am that you do what you do!!!! I am 51 and a big electronics nerd from way back. I have purchased many things form you and love all of them. I used to analog audio kits… and I wrote DIY for several magazines in the late 80′s and 90′s. My mantra for a good kit was that is was:
something less expensive than you could buy
something there was no way to get without building it
something totally awesome that you could say “I built that”
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