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Circuit Playground Express is the next step towards a perfect introduction to electronics and programming. We've taken the original Circuit Playground Classic and made it even better! Not only did we pack even more sensors in, we also made it even easier to program. Start your journey with Microsoft MakeCode block-based or Javascript programming. Then, you can use the same board to try CircuitPython , with the Python interpreter running...

Would you like to learn electronics, with an all-in-one board that has sensors and LEDs built in? Circuit Playground is here - and it's the best way to practice programming on real hardware with no soldering or sewing required! This is the Classic version of Circuit Playground , which comes with an ATmega32u4. It's designed to be used with Arduino IDE and code.org CS Discoveries only. It even comes with Firmata already programmed in, so...

Remember those cereal commercials that would always say, "part of a complete breakfast"? Well the Pi Zero's a lot like that bowl of cereal - while it's great on its own, you need a lot of accessories to make it a complete meal. The Pi Zero W Basic Pack is the barest of essentials that you'll need to get going with your WiFi-enabled Pi Zero W and make it a complete meal. This pack includes: ...

Remember those cereal commercials that would always say, "part of a complete breakfast"? Well the Pi Zero's a lot like that bowl of cereal - while it's great on its own, you need a lot of accessories to make it a complete meal. The Pi Zero W Budget Pack is almost everything you need to get going with your WiFi-enabled Pi Zero W and make it a complete meal. Note: Due to popular demand, there might be...

Gotta say - this new Pi 3 is fly.  All the cool kids are going to have it - but all the coolest kids are also going to have a big pack of super cool accessories. We've hand chosen these accessories as the perfect accompaniment to your new Raspberry Pi 3 - Model B.  It's everything you need to get going with a high quality power supply, Raspbian 8G NOOBs SD card (newly updated to work on the Pi 3), lovely case, handy...

Interested in making neat stuff with an Arduino-compatible board but not sure where to start? This kit includes all the pieces needed to complete over 20 different circuit and projects. Basically everything you need to be playing within minutes of its arrival. No soldering required, works with Mac, Windows and Linux! New! As of March 28, 2018 we've done a big refresh on this kit, to add more stuff like a character LCD, Infrared remote and...

Heard about Arduino IDE-compatibles but not sure how to start? The Adafruit Metro is an ATmega328-based (like a lot of our own products) development board. Since it is shaped the same, and code/shield-compatible with the Arduino UNO R3 design, our Adafruit Metro is easy to use and hacker friendly and this is the perfect beginner kit for learning how to use the Adafruit Metro!  This bundle is designed to get you started quickly and...

The world's first and only open-source hardware charger: The MintyBoost®! New version! Works with the new iPhone 4 & 5 and more! Please review the Minty Boost project page(s) before purchase and assembly!, some phones require different modifications to the kit to charge properly! Some phones such as the *iPhone 3gs are very sensitive to charging via USB and may not work in all environments or configurations. Make your own...

Build your very own neighboor cam, desktop cam, or wildlife cam, or security cam, or...or... really any kind of camera! The Pimoroni   OctoCam kit has everything* you'll need, including a Pi Zero W, a super-small 5MP camera, a fun octopus acrylic mount with four suction cups, and a desk stand. It'll take around 30 minutes to put it all together (check out Pimoroni's assembly guide for details). Note:...

Starting out on your electronics adventure? Want to wield the mighty soldering iron? Tired of saying "I'd totally get into electronics if I only knew what tools to get..."? Working with substandard equipment is a terrible way to learn electronics: a lot of frustration with too little success. The right tool set will keep you progressing without the stressing. This toolbox contains carefully selected hand tools that will last you...

Flotilla is a range of smart, friendly, and affordable modules that you connect together to create amazing projects that can sense and react to the world around them. Brought to you by Pimoroni , the  Flotilla Mega Treasure Chest Starter Kit  is their ultimate Flotilla package. You'll get fourteen Flotilla modules, three complete kits - the audibly offensive Noisemaker synth, a cute little paper-craft mood light, and...

Get started with Adafruit GEMMA with this lovely starter kit! Included is everything you need to make a basic project. There's a GEMMA board, four sewable bright RGB pixels, a battery holder and batteries, 2-ply conductive thread, alligator clips to help you test out your circuit, and a USB cable for programming GEMMA. Note : As of June 20th, 2016 this pack no longer comes with CR2032 batteries to make shipping easier for customers. You...

Couldn't get one of those Nintendo Mini Classic consoles? No problem, we've got you covered with this no-solder no-tools required kit! Video games are one of the most popular applications for the Raspberry Pi (and one of the best gifts to get over the holidays). Play NES, Sega, MAME, SNES, Atari and more! Thanks to the easy-to-use Raspberry Pi and some clever software, you can recreate the classic arcade experience at home. Adafruit will...

Build your very own internet-connected radio with Pimoroni's  Pirate Radio Kit! This kit has just-about-everything you'll need: Pimoroni's flashy new pHAT BEAT DAC and stereo amp, a 5W speaker, and a beautifully retro acrylic enclosure to make it look the business. It even includes a Pi Zero W. All you need is to  add your own micro-SD card and USB power supply. It'll take you around 30...

A robot friend to sit on your desk and scroll the news, weather, or your Twitter feed - it's the Pimoroni Scroll Bot! The Scroll Bot Kit combines the Pi Zero W with the new Scroll pHAT HD board, and masquerades as a friendly orange robot, perfect for sitting on your desk or on a shelf. It's ideal for scrolling messages or for simple animations and, of course, it takes advantage of the built-in wireless LAN on the Pi...

Our Pimoroni pals have curated a beautifully modern Mood Light Kit  that'll look great on your bedside table, bookcase, or desk. It's even internet-connected! This kit has just-about-everything you'll need: Pimoroni's  Unicorn pHAT board with 119 programmable RGB Neopixel LEDs, diffuser, power adapter, and a beautifully acrylic enclosure to make it look like a lamps. It even includes a Pi...

If the holidays promise anything, it’s almost certainly a deluge of photographs. Instead of taking out your smartphones, why not build your own camera? With one of Adafruit’s best selling screens and an official Raspberry Pi camera, you’ll be ready to set up your very own digital camera in no time at all. You’ll be immortalizing all those great memories and get to show off your maker skills in the process. The included...

Interested in making neat stuff with an Arduino-compatible board but not sure where to start? This kit includes all the pieces needed to complete over 20 different circuit and projects. Basically everything you need to be playing within minutes of its arrival. No soldering required, works with Mac, Windows and Linux! This item is the same exact kit as https://www.adafruit.com/product/170 This pack includes the Adafruit Metro. METRO is the...

Remember those cereal commercials that would always say, "part of a complete breakfast"? Well the Pi Zero's a lot like that bowl of cereal - while it's great on its own, you need a lot of accessories to make it a complete meal. The Pi Zero Budget Pack is almost everything you need to get going with your Pi Zero and make it a complete meal. Check out our writeup on the Pi Zero over at the Adafruit Learning...

Want to create your own computer but unsure of where to start? Our Computer Kit for Raspberry Pi 3 might be just the thing you need to get your gears in motion! This kit provides you with a keyboard, mouse, power supply, Pi enclosure, HDMI cable, and an SD card with the necessary operating system out of which you can operate. The creation of your computer begins here! Kit includes: 1 x HDMI Cable - 1 meter1 x 8GB MicroSD Card with...

The Microsoft Internet of Things Pack for Raspberry Pi 3  is the best way to get started using Windows 10 and your Raspberry Pi as an IoT enabled device. A collaboration between Microsoft's IoT division and Adafruit, this pack's the best way to get started using both Windows 10 on your Pi and to start doing some popular projects with the internet of things. Check...

The Arm-based Internet of Things Pack for Raspberry Pi 3 is another great addition to our family of IoT packs. If you want to start using your Raspberry Pi as an IoT-enabled device, then this kit is for you. You might not know it, but Arm-based chips are everywhere . From mobile devices to supercomputer, from medical instruments to agricultural sensors, and from base stations to servers; Arm technologies each 80% of the global...

Circuit Playground Bluefruit is our third board in the Circuit Playground series, another step towards a perfect introduction to electronics and programming. We've taken the popular Circuit Playground Express and made it even better! Now the main chip is an nRF52840 microcontroller which is not only more powerful, but also comes with Bluetooth Low Energy support for wireless connectivity. The board is round and has alligator-clip pads around...

Szoom woom woom! Use the force and Adafruit Feather to build a battle-grade lightsaber! If you can't make the hyperspeed jump to Ilum for your Jedi rite of passage, the  Adafruit Prop-Maker Starter Kit is perfect for making your very own 3D-printed NeoPixel Lightsaber. It contains practically everything but the khyber crystal, and you get 25% off the price of purchasing all the parts separately! Use your maker skills and become the Jedi...

Hey - do you feel like you don't have a clue? Do you wanna get a clue? In this AdaBox we will give you a clue... the Adafruit CLUE! The CLUE is a sensor-packed development board with a small colorful screen and a lot of sensors. To make it compatible with existing projects, we made it the same shape and size as the BBC micro:bit and with the same edge-connector on the bottom with five big pads so it will fit into your existing robot kit...

If you missed out on ADABOX 014, its not too late for you to pick up the parts necessary to build many of the projects! This kit pack doesn't come with tissue paper or the nifty extras, but it does have all the electronic goodies you need This project pack features the  Circuit Playground Bluefruit  with Bluetooth LE support so now we can make our projects wireless! We've also included a colorful 'TFT Gizmo' graphical...

These sewable badges are  unbearrrrrably cute. Bearables is Pimoroni's range of woodland-themed wearable LED badges and sensors. String 'em with conductive thread to bring this DIY-meets-Disney badge to life! This Bearables Fox Kit features twelve colored LEDs (blue, green, yellow, orange, red, pink) with twelve different light patterns. The multi-functional button on the badge sets the light pattern, the sensor's...

Light up the winter nights this year with an electronic Snow Globe! This kit provides everything you need to make your very own, no soldering required! You can use MakeCode to program various light and sound effects into the Circuit Playground Express. MakeCode uses easy-to-understand drag and drop programming blocks, so even if you've never programmed before, you'll be rockin' like the Rockettes. Check out the many electronic snow...

These sewable badges are  unbearrrrrably cute. Bearables is Pimoroni's range of woodland-themed wearable LED badges and sensors. String 'em with conductive thread to bring this DIY-meets-Disney badge to life! This Bearables Bear Kit features twelve colored LEDs (blue, green, yellow, orange, red, pink) with twelve different light patterns! The multi-functional button on the badge sets the light pattern, the sensor's...

A black box arrives in the mail.  It's a Cupcade, from Adafruit and you've been anxiously waiting for it.  You rush to your workbench, switch on your soldering iron, and take out your kit.  But there's something missing. It's not a component.  Or a tool.  Or a broken link in one of our tutorials.  There's no soundtrack. No problem, you stroll over to the record player at the far side of...

Circuit Playground Express is the next step towards a perfect introduction to electronics and programming. We've taken the original Circuit Playground Classic and made it even better! Not only did we pack even more sensors in, we also made it even easier to program. This version is 4-H themed, for use by anyone, but comes in a special green color and with the 4-H emblem on the back, to celebrate the positive youth development and mentoring...

Circuit Playground Express is the next step towards a perfect introduction to electronics and programming. We've taken the original Circuit Playground Classic and made it even better! Not only did we pack even more sensors in, we also made it even easier to program. Start your journey with Microsoft MakeCode block-based or Javascript programming. Then, you can use the same board to try CircuitPython , with the Python interpreter running...

Please note! This is NOT the subscription version of AdaBox! This is ONLY AdaBox001 that shipped out to AdaBox subscribers in September of 2016.  This version does not include free shipping, the lithium ion battery, or AdaBox subscriber exclusive pin. If you'd like to subscribe to AdaBox, please visit the AdaBox page! When we launched our subscription service for makers, our first box sold out almost immediately....

AdaBox002 - Making Things Move with our Feather Bluetooth LE Mini Robot Rover is the perfect gift for folks who are just getting started in the world of DIY electronics. It's an excellent introduction to our wide world of robotics and a great way to test the waters of AdaBox before committing to a subscription. Please note! This is NOT the subscription version of AdaBox! This is ONLY AdaBox002 that shipped out to...

AdaBox003 – The World of IoT (Curated by Digi-Key) is the perfect gift for folks who are just getting started in the world of DIY electronics. It's an excellent introduction to our wide world of the Internet of Things and a great way to test the waters of AdaBox before committing to a subscription. Please note! This is NOT the subscription version of AdaBox! This is ONLY AdaBox003 that shipped out to...

AdaBox004 – Making Things Dance  is the perfect gift for folks who are just getting started in the world of DIY electronics. It's an excellent addition to our family of Feather projects, and a great way to test the waters of AdaBox before committing to a subscription. Please note! This is NOT the subscription version of AdaBox! This is  ONLY  AdaBox004 that shipped out to AdaBox subscribers in June of...

It's the coolest LED Hanukkah Menorah ever from our buds at Evil Mad Scientist Labs! It's a soldering kit! It's USB powered! It's programmable! It even has a gratuitous red-green blinking mode! (Ahem.) Mega Menorah 9000 Features: Nine bright RGB LEDs that light up in sequence to indicate the night of HanukkahSelectable LED colorTwo brightness levelsOptional "candle flicker" display modeA unique...

This great bundle from Pimoroni provides everything you need to get up and running with the new Pi Zero W! It's got an SD card with operating system pre-loaded, a smart and colorful Pibow Zero W case, and even one of Pimoroni's lovely Blinkt! multicolor LED strips to take your first steps with coding in Python! Kit includes: Pi Zero W ( header requires soldering, or try a no-solder hammer header )Pibow...

The MyMiniRaceCar Project Pack is a Feather Bluetooth LE mini robot rover – a perfect project for folks who are just getting started in the world of DIY electronics. It's an excellent introduction to our wide world of robotics. Check out John Park's learn guide here! This project contains just about everything you need to make your very own Bluetooth controlled mini-robot, with the added bonus of a temperature...

Welcome to  CurieBot , your own mobile, customizable, and  adorable , 32-bit, Bluetooth-enabled driving robot! Based upon our popular three-layer round robot platform, CurieBot brings some special sauce to the table -- delicious  Arduino 101  sauce, that is! This powerful board comes in a familiar Arduino form factor, so you can use many of your favorite shields, such as the included  Adafruit MotorShield v2....

Some people might want to make the trek to NYC. But for those who want to skip out on the crowds and the cold, why not bring a little bit of the Big Apple into your home with this Times Square Traveler Pack? These screens are the very same that line the billboards of NYC. With Adafruit’s best selling RGB Matrix HAT, anyone can take a shot at creating a beautiful scrolling display to rival those found in Times Square. The included...

Are you the kind of person who doesn't like taking down the skeletons and spiders until after January? Well, we've got the ADABOX for you. This is electronics at its  most spooky!  ADABOX 009 is Halloween themed, for all of us who love scares, costumes, and (of course!)  candy . OK, so we didn't fill this ADABOX with candy corn, but we did curate a collection of inspiring electronics to make your Halloween more...

" This is our world now… the world of the electron and the switch, the beauty of the baud. " - The Mentor, The Hacker's Manifesto Hackers  is a thriller about a group of teen computer jockeys starring Dade (Jonny Lee Miller) and Kate (Angelina Jolie, in her first leading role in a feature film) who find themselves wrapped up in corporate extortion, and have to use their elite computer skills to bail themselves out of...

Limited edition blue vinyl is now permanently sold out. Grab the Translucent Black version here. We'll let Infinity Shred describe the scene: "A forty-third century metropolitan utopia fatally obsessed with analog synths and distorted instruments. Armies of gracefully engineered, doe-eyed warriors mercilessly slaughtering each other under a dusky sky of neon stardust. A trio based in New York City crafting uplifting...

This ADABOX is a multi-sensory feast - Lights! Sound! Squishy buttons! This box comes with a  NeoTrellis M4 . It's a grid of 4x8 silicone buttons, with a NeoPixel behind each one for rainbow glory. The engine is a ATSAMD51 microcontroller with stereo audio channels and microphone input. NeoTrellis M4 can be an all-in-one synthesizer, drum-machine/sequencer, expressive MIDI keyboard, audio filter, sampler, simple game machine... well,...

We'll let Infinity Shred describe the scene: "A forty-third century metropolitan utopia fatally obsessed with analog synths and distorted instruments. Armies of gracefully engineered, doe-eyed warriors mercilessly slaughtering each other under a dusky sky of neon stardust. A trio based in New York City crafting uplifting synth-driven pieces tinged with just the right amount of death." Where Frequency by Bartlebeats...

Reach out beyond your desk - to the stars and beyond - with PyPortal ! This ADABOX features a new, easy-to-use IoT device that allows you to customize and create your very own "Internet of Things" portal. We take CircuitPython to the max, pairing a SAMD51 chip with a 3.2" color TFT touchscreen and secure Wi-Fi co-processor.  With the open-source Python-powered PyPortal, you can fetch and display anything in the world:...

We'll let Infinity Shred describe the scene: "A forty-third century metropolitan utopia fatally obsessed with analog synths and distorted instruments. Armies of gracefully engineered, doe-eyed warriors mercilessly slaughtering each other under a dusky sky of neon stardust. A trio based in New York City crafting uplifting synth-driven pieces tinged with just the right amount of death." Where Frequency by Bartlebeats...

Oh! Hello! If you're here, (and we suspect you are) it's because you want to reward yourself with the gift of handheld gaming development and coding with an AdaBox! Perhaps you are a beginner who is getting started with your AdaBox. Or maybe you just want to relive what it's like being a beginner at game development and coding again. But most of all, you want to learn how to build and make creative, awesome games! (If,...

I was hacking in the lab quite late one night - soldering pins and debugging the bytes When suddenly a bang exploded with sparks, and a figure emerged from the hazy dark! (It wore a mask) It wore a monster mask! (The monster mask) Its eyes were LCD glass (It wore a mask) It had some chips on the back (The monster mask) And a sweet solder mask This Halloween you will be the spookiest in town thanks to ADABOX 13! Cat eyes, or monster...

It’s beginning to look like Ada-BOX-mas Everywhere you go Let all your ideas flow, for projects you want to show With buttons and LEDs all aglow Exactly two years ago, Adafruit released ADABOX 006 featuring the Circuit Playground Express and CircuitPython. It was a revolution in how to program electronics, and our first attempt at seeing how ADABOXians would adapt to the transition from Arduino-programmed boxes. And it was a hit! People...

Discontinued -  you can grab  AdaBox Subscription  instead!   AdaBox007 – SPY is the perfect gift for folks who are just getting started in the world of DIY electronics. It's an excellent addition to our family of DIY projects, plus it's a solderless pack. This is also a great way to test the waters of AdaBox before committing to a subscription. Please note! This is NOT the subscription version of AdaBox!...

Sometimes we wonder if robotics engineers ever watch movies. If they did, they'd know that making robots into slaves always ends up in a robot rebellion. Why even go down that path? Here at Adafruit we believe in making robots our  friends ! This AdaBox008  is based around  CRICKIT  a  C reative  R obotics and  I nteractive  C reations tool  KIT . When paired with motors, servos, a Circuit...