Hello everyone! I’m Tyler Cooper. Today is my first day as an Adafruit Creative Engineer, and I couldn’t be more excited. Some of you may have seen some of my work over at Coobro Labs, where I worked with my brother to make the Coobro Geo. The first part of what I will be doing here is building new kits and breakout boards, representing Adafruit at Maker Faires and other Maker gatherings around the world, and working with educators and groups to help excite and educate young makers. The other part of my job description is top secret, but we will have more to share very soon!
If you are going to the Bay Area Maker Faire, I will be inside the Maker Shed building demoing the Coobro Geo and a new kit that we will be launching at the Make Faire. Please stop by and say hello. I will also be giving a presentation on the Maker Shed stage on Sunday, May 20th at 4:30pm. I will be talking about how I got started as a Maker, and the tools and products that allowed me to get where I am today. You can also find me on Twitter, and Google+.
I am thrilled to be working for such a great company, and with such amazing people!
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Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, TinyGO, or even use the Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for CircuitPython, MakeCode, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand.
Have an amazing project to share? The Electronics Show and Tell is every Wednesday at 7pm ET! To join, head over to YouTube and check out the show’s live chat – we’ll post the link there.
Hello, Tyler. As a fellow Twin Cities Maker, I am surprised I had not heard of you before. But, then again, we are a whole internet world, aren’t we?
Anyway, glad to know you are out there. and congrats!
Welcome Tyler, looking forward to your creativity!
Welcome! Adafruit adds more awesome, what could be better? 🙂
Hello, Tyler. As a fellow Twin Cities Maker, I am surprised I had not heard of you before. But, then again, we are a whole internet world, aren’t we?
Anyway, glad to know you are out there. and congrats!
Thanks for the kind words everyone!
Welcome Tyler
Congratulations for your new position. Keep comming your good ideas and projects