John Park’s Product Picks of the Past 2023

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Past picks for 2023. Every Tuesday at 4pm ET, John Park demos his favorite new products for the Adafruit Community. We've compiled all of his favorite products for you in this handy guide. Catch up on previous weeks here!

See the DEEP past picks!

January 2023

Angled shot of STEMMA QT breakout board.
Adafruit Qwiic / Stemma QT 5 Port Hub
$2.50
Angled shot of an Adafruit QT Py ESP32-C3 WiFi Dev Board with STEMMA QT.
Adafruit QT Py ESP32-C3 WiFi Dev Board with STEMMA QT
$9.95
A plastic storage box full of various electrical components.
Adafruit Parts Pal
$19.95
Angled shot of a square-shaped breakout board with an on-off button.
Adafruit IoT Button with NeoPixel BFF Add-On for QT Py and Xiao
$3.50
Adafruit Feather RP2040 SCORPIO - 8 Channel NeoPixel Driver
$14.50

February 2023

Angled shot of boost converter PCB.
Adafruit MiniBoost 5V @ 1A - TPS61023
$3.95
Angled shot of PWM LED matrix driver board.
Adafruit 16x9 Charlieplexed PWM LED Matrix Driver - IS31FL3731
$5.95
Adafruit ESP32-S2 Reverse TFT Feather
$24.95

March 2023

i2c / SPI character LCD backpack - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
$9.95
Angle shot of 1.8" Color TFT LCD display with MicroSD Card Breakout
1.8" Color TFT LCD display with MicroSD Card Breakout
$19.95
Top down shot of a Adafruit Grand Central M4 Express featuring the SAMD51.
Adafruit Grand Central M4 Express featuring the SAMD51
$39.95
Adafruit QT Py - SAMD21 Dev Board with STEMMA QT
$7.50
Adafruit NeoKey BFF for Mechanical Key Add-On for QT Py and Xiao
$2.50

April 2023

Angled shot of skinny rectangular breakout board.
Adafruit ATtiny816 Breakout with seesaw - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
$4.95
Angled shot of skinny rectangular breakout board.
Adafruit ATtiny1616 Breakout with seesaw - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
$4.95
Angled shot of Adafruit ItsyBitsy nRF52840 Express - Bluetooth LE.
Adafruit ItsyBitsy nRF52840 Express - Bluetooth LE
$19.95
Adafruit 1.54" 240x240 Wide Angle TFT LCD Display with MicroSD
$17.50

May 2023

Angled shot of purple square-shaped microcontroller.
Adafruit QT Py ESP32 Pico - WiFi Dev Board with STEMMA QT
$14.95
Adafruit Matrix Portal - CircuitPython Powered Internet Display
$24.95
Adafruit Feather RP2040 with DVI Output Port - Works with HDMI
$14.95
NeoKey Socket Breakout for CHOC Key Switches with NeoPixel
$1.75
Angled shot of black rectangular microcontroller with USB C and USB A connectors at both ends.
Adafruit Feather RP2040 with USB Type A Host
$17.50

June 2023

Angled shot of a black rectangular ADC breakout board.
ADS1115 16-Bit ADC - 4 Channel with Programmable Gain Amplifier
$14.95
Angled shot of a blue rectangular ADC breakout board.
ADS1015 12-Bit ADC - 4 Channel with Programmable Gain Amplifier
$9.95
NeoDriver - I2C to NeoPixel Driver Board linked up to LED strip and QT PY.
Adafruit NeoDriver - I2C to NeoPixel Driver Board - Stemma QT
$7.50
Adafruit ANO Rotary Navigation Encoder to I2C Stemma QT Adapter
$4.95
STEMMA Audio Amp - PAM8302.
Adafruit STEMMA Audio Amp - Mono 2.5W Class D - PAM8302
$4.95

July 2023

Angled shot of small rectangular gamepad PCB with thumbstick.
Adafruit Mini I2C Gamepad with seesaw - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
$7.50
Adafruit RP2040 Prop-Maker Feather with I2S Audio Amplifier
$19.95

August 2023

Adafruit I2S Amplifier BFF Add-On for QT Py and Xiao.
Adafruit I2S Amplifier BFF Add-On for QT Py and Xiao
$4.95
angled shot of TRRS jack breakout board.
Adafruit TRRS Jack Breakout Board
$1.75
Adafruit PC Joystick seesaw - STEMMA QT / Qwiic.
Adafruit PC Joystick to seesaw I2C Adapter - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
$5.95
Angled shot of small square audio breakout board.
Adafruit Audio BFF Add-on for QT Py and Xiao
$5.95

September 2023

Adafruit ESP32-S3 Reverse TFT Feather
$24.95
Angled shot of purple, square-shaped microcontroller.
Adafruit QT Py S3 with 2MB PSRAM WiFi Dev Board with STEMMA QT
$12.50
Angled shot of a LIS3MDL Triple-axis Magnetometer breakout.
Adafruit Triple-axis Magnetometer - LIS3MDL
$9.95

October 2023

Angled shot of a Adafruit Feather M4 Express.
Adafruit Feather M4 Express - Featuring ATSAMD51
$22.95
Angled shot of Adafruit HalloWing M4 Express.
Adafruit HalloWing M4 Express - Goth Adafruit Black Edition
$39.95
Angled shot of black, credit-card-sized development board.
Adafruit Metro RP2040
$14.95
Angled shot of a piezo breakout board wired to a piezo buzzer.
Adafruit STEMMA Piezo Driver Amp - PAM8904
$4.95
Brown polished fingers holding a 2.8" TFT Touch Shield for Arduino with Resistive Touch Screen with one hand and a finger from the other hand drawing a heart.
2.8" TFT Touch Shield for Arduino with Resistive Touch Screen v2
$24.95

November 2023

Angled shot of Adafruit PyGamer for MakeCode Arcade, CircuitPython or Arduino.
Adafruit PyGamer for MakeCode Arcade, CircuitPython or Arduino
$44.95
Angled shot of DAC breakout board.
Adafruit AD5693R Breakout Board - 16-Bit DAC with I2C Interface
$10.95
Angled shot of red credit-card sized microcontroller.
Adafruit Metro M7 with microSD - Featuring NXP iMX RT1011
$19.95
Angled shot of PD sink breakout board.
Adafruit USB Type C Power Delivery Dummy Breakout - I2C or Fixed
$5.95

December 2023

Overhead shot of TFT driver board connected to a round TFT display, which says, "Hello world!"
Adafruit Qualia ESP32-S3 for TTL RGB-666 Displays
$19.95
Angled shot of a Adafruit 9-DOF Absolute Orientation IMU Fusion Breakout.
Adafruit 9-DOF Absolute Orientation IMU Fusion Breakout - BNO055
$29.95
Angled shot of black, rectangular ADC breakout board.
Adafruit ADS7830 8-Channel 8-Bit ADC with I2C
$5.95