AdaBox005 – Break for Pi  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, and this is a solderless pack. This is such 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  AdaBox005 that shipped out to...

We absolutely love The Art of Electronics by  Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill. So much so, our Ladyada (Limor Fried, founder and engineer of Adafruit) scored a review copy and even gives her commendation on the back cover! Here's what she had to say: "Who among us has not kept a cherished copy of AoE on our workbench throughout our careers? Engineers, hackers and makers of all stripes, rejoice for the third edition … has...

Are you a super Cartoon Network fan and interested in making cosplay and Halloween projects with a Circuit Playground Express, but overwhelmed with what to buy?  Here's a huge kit to get started, no matter your skill level. This kit includes beautiful and colorful programmable  NeoPixel  LEDs to glow up (a Circuit Playground Express and a NeoPixel strip), conductive nylon tape, supplies to attach it...

As electronics get smaller and smaller, you'll need a hand examining PCBs and this little USB microscope is the perfect tool. Its smaller and lighter than a large optical microscope but packs quite a bit of power in its little body. There's a 5.0 megapixel sensor inside and an optical magnifier that can adjust from 20x (for basic PCB inspection) to 220x (for detailed inspection). Eight white LEDs are angled right onto whatever you're...

This is the FeatherWing Doubler - a prototyping add-on and more for all Feather boards. This is similar to our FeatherWing Proto except there are two! The magic of the Doubler comes when stacking a Feather and another board on top of the Doubler so you can work with both boards simultaneously side-by-side! In addition to the board the Doubler comes with: 1 Doubler PCB1 set Feather Stacking Headers (you can cut these down after...

As any engineer will tell you, 0.1uF ceramic capacitors are the magic fairy dust of electronics - sprinkle them over your circuit schematics for good luck! But seriously, a 0.1uF capacitor right next to the VCC pin of your chips will improve stability by filtering out power supply spikes and noise that can cause flaky behavior. We love these little guys, they have 0.1" spacing so fit into any perf or breadboard, compact and good quality. We...

This is the magic sauce in our 7-segment and matrix backpacks, now available in breadboard-friendly breakout board format. The HT16K33 is a neat little chip that has the ability to drive a multiplexed 16x8 matrix (that's 128 individual LEDs). The communication protocol is I2C so it uses only 2 pins, and you can have up to 8 selectable I2C addresses so thats a total of 8 matrices, each one controlling 16x8 LEDs for 1024 total LEDs. Unlike our...

Ever looked at a wall in your apartment and thought "hey this could really use some art, or maybe an eye-blistering LED wall"? We do every single day! Then we finally did something about it, building our own full LED video wall using the 16x32 LED matrix panels in the shop. The magic sauce required is this driver set, which converts standard DVI video to an Ethernet datastream. The transmitter can decode/drive up to 1280*1024 pixels....

33 total. Each one peels off, they're about 2" x 2" each (50mm x 50mm). Individually the stickers are usually $1.50 each (a few are $1.00/$1.25 each). When you get all 33 you save $13.00 !   3D printing - Sticker! Oscilloscope - Sticker! Sparky the Magic Blue Smoke Monster - Sticker! Circuit bender! - Sticker! Micro-controllers - Sticker! Radiation sticker (yellow, sheet only, non-glowing) Learn to program - Sticker!...

Here at Adafruit we never tire of cool, new displays, so these super sweet e-paper displays really caught our eye! Pimoroni's Inky pHat is a petite 212x104 pixel two-color display that looks fantastic and is easy to read even in bright daylight. Broadcast your tweets, the weather, or even graphing data. eInk is great for displays that don't change often, due to the 3-second display-change-cycle. But the...

Here at Adafruit we never tire of cool, new displays, so these super sweet tri-color e-paper displays really caught our eye! Pimoroni's Inky pHat is a petite 212x104 pixel three-color display that looks fantastic and is easy to read even in bright daylight. Broadcast your tweets, the weather, or even graphing data. eInk is great for displays that don't change often, due to the 3-second display-change-cycle....

What's that, you say? Pimoroni has another new super sweet tri-color e-paper display? Oh feast your eyes! This  Inky pHat   in Yellow/Black/White is a petite 212x104 pixel three-color display that looks fantastic and is easy to read even in bright daylight. Broadcast your tweets, the weather, or even graphing data. eInk is great for displays that don't change often, due to the...

The TinyG project is a high performance, USB based CNC 6-axis controller that supports XYZ linear and ABC rotary axes with 4 motor outputs. It is designed for small CNC applications and other applications that require highly controllable motion control. TinyG is meant to be a complete embedded solution for small or medium motor control. Main Features: Full, integrated motion control system with embedded microcontroller (Atmel ATxmega192) and 4...

Adding a character display to your project or computer has never been easier with the new Adafruit USB or TTL serial backpack! This custom-designed PCB can connect to the back of any 16x2 or 20x4 character LCD and does everything you could want: printing text, automatic scrolling, setting the backlight, adjusting contrast, making custom characters, turning on and off the cursor, etc. It can even handle our RGB backlight LCDs with full 8-bit PWM...

Adding a character display to your project or computer has never been easier with the new Adafruit USB or TTL serial backpack! This custom-designed PCB sits on the back of our 'standard' character LCD (16x2 or 20x4 sized) and does everything you could want: printing text, automatic scrolling, setting the backlight, adjusting contrast, making custom characters, turning on and off the cursor, etc. It can even handle our RGB backlight LCDs...

When you need some help driving a lot of LEDs, the MAX7219 is the best friend you could hope for. Many of us know that if you want to control a lot of LEDs, you'll want to use multiplexing, a technique that lets you control 64 LEDs (say) with only 16 pins (8x8). The annoying thing about 'plexing is that you need to use 8 power transistors (or a power register/latch, that can supply over 100mA per pin) AND you have to constantly refresh...

Adding a character display to your project or computer has never been easier with the new Adafruit USB or TTL serial backpack! This custom-designed PCB sits on the back of our 'standard' character LCD (16x2 or 20x4 sized) and does everything you could want: printing text, automatic scrolling, setting the backlight, adjusting contrast, making custom characters, turning on and off the cursor, etc. It can even handle our RGB backlight LCDs...

Crank up your robotics with powerful Adafruit DRV8871 motor driver breakout board . This motor driver has a lot of great specs that make it useful for a wide variety of mechatronics. In particular, the simple resistor-set current limiting and auto-magic PWM support make it super easy to use with just about any brushed DC motor. Check out the specs for the DRV8871: 6.5V to 45V motor power voltageUp to 5.5V logic level on IN pins565mΩ...

"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat.  You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles.  Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there.  The only difference is that there is no cat." Sending data over long distances is like magic, and now you can be a magician with this range of powerful and easy-to-use radio...

A Feather board without ambition is a Feather board without FeatherWings! This is the Power Relay FeatherWing . It gives you power to control, and control over power. Put simply, you can now turn on and off lamps, fans, solenoids, and other small appliances that run on up to 250VAC or DC power using any Feather board. Compared to our smaller Relay FeatherWings, this one can handle a beefy 1200 Watts! Works with all/any of our Feather boards,...

"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat.  You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles.  Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there.  The only difference is that there is no cat." Sending data over long distances is like magic, and now you can be a magician with this range of powerful and easy-to-use radio...

"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat.  You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles.  Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there.  The only difference is that there is no cat." Sending data over long distances is like magic, and now you can be a magician with this range of powerful and easy-to-use radio...

"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat.  You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles.  Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there.  The only difference is that there is no cat." Sending data over long distances is like magic, and now you can be a magician with this range of powerful and easy-to-use radio...

Toss away your boring old SWD/JTAG adapters! This Black Magic Probe , designed by 1BitSquared with Black Sphere Technologies, is a next-generation debugging tool, perfect for your ARM Cortex hacking. Unlike most dongles, you don't need to use OpenOCD or STLink. Instead, the BMP is itself a GDB server port, emulated through the USB serial connection. We just thought this was such a cool idea, and you also get a 'free' USB-serial...

The classic 'third hand tool,' as seen on every desk! We have one next to our Panavise jr, they complement each other well. This tool is good for holding small PCBs and wires for tinning or soldering to parts. Every part can rotate around in any way with thunbscrews and wingnuts. Two sturdy alligator clips for holding PCBs, wires, parts 2.5" diameter 4x magnifying glass good for checking out your soldering technique Weighted base keeps...

This is the FeatherWing Tripler - a prototyping add-on and more for all Feather boards. This is similar to our FeatherWing Proto except there are three! The magic of the Tripler comes when you want to connect your Feather to two other Feather Wings without needing any stacking headers! The Tripler comes with: 1 Tripler Wing PCB3 sets Feather Female Headers The Tripler, like the Proto, has three breakouts for each pin on a Feather, as well...

This is the FeatherWing Quad Side-by-Side - a prototyping add-on and more for all Feather boards. This is similar to our FeatherWing Proto except there are four! The magic of the Quad comes when you want to connect your Feather to three other Feather Wings without needing any stacking headers! The Quad comes with: 1 Quad Side-by-side Wing PCB4 sets Feather Female Headers The Quad, like the Proto, has three breakouts for each pin on a Feather, as...

This is the FeatherWing Quad 2x2 - a prototyping add-on and more for all Feather boards. This is similar to our FeatherWing Proto except there are four! The magic of the Quad comes when you want to connect your Feather to three other Feather Wings without needing any stacking headers. The boards are all set up in a 2x2 grid, thus the name The Quad comes with: 1 Quad 2x2 Wing PCB4 sets Feather Female Headers The Quad, like the Proto, has three...

An essential companion to the Chibi Chip, the Clip enables quick testing and re-use of the Chip. With the Clip, attaching (and detaching) your Chip to circuits built on paper is as easy as sealing a bag of chips. You can design your paper electronics project on stiff paper using conductive tape or paint, then clip the Chibi on to make the magic happen. When designing copper tape patterns to work with the Clip, it’s recommended to use the...

Are you interested in making cosplay and Halloween projects with a Circuit Playground Express, but overwhelmed with what to buy? Better yet, do you love Cartoon Network characters and shows? Here's a intermediary pack to get started, no matter your skill level. This kit includes beautiful and colorful programmable  NeoPixel  LEDs to glow up (a Circuit Playground Express and a NeoPixel strip), conductive...

The VS1053 is a multi-format audio codec chip, loved by many for its simplicity and power. CODEC stands for "Coder & Decoder" and that's pretty much what this little chip does - it can decode digital audio files such as MP3, FLAC, AAC, OGG and WAV as well as encode audio into digital formats (right now only WAV and OGG are supported for encoding). For many small microcontrollers, the mathematical calculations for decoding MP3...

These are the easiest way possible to connect two wires - no if's, and's, or butt's! Well, actually, these are often referred to as wire butts 'cause you 'butt' two wires together (hey we didn't come up with the name!) Butt seriously folks! OK, so despite the humor, these are really handy. If you want to quickly prototype some wiring, skip the soldering and use these  2-pin Wire Joints ! These connectors are...

As technology changes and adapts, so does Adafruit, and speaking of  adapting , this  adapter  has a Micro B USB jack and a USB C plug. USB C is the latest industry-standard connector for transmitting data  and  power. Like Lightning and MagSafe cables, USB C has no up or down orientation. Since it uses a new connector, you may have lots of cables and power supplies that are hanging around with micro B connectors....

This  Multi-Hub Wheel  is solid, a lil' chunky, but it won't make your robot bulky. It even comes in Adafruit black! Each order comes with one wheel and two different sized hubs to make connecting super quick and easy. The hubs may come attached to the wheel with a little plastic flashing, so you'll want diagonal cutters to trim them out or you can twist them out The real magic with this wheel is that...

As technology changes and adapts, so does Adafruit, and speaking of adapting , this adapter  has a USB A plug and a USB C socket so your older computer or laptop can catch up to the latest USB Type C. USB C is the latest industry-standard connector for transmitting data  and  power. Like Lightning and MagSafe cables, USB C has no up or down orientation. And who among us has inserted USB A correctly the first time? Works great with...

Your iOS phone or tablet may not have a USB port on the bottom but that doesn't mean you can't use it to connect USB devices. Secretly known as a 'Camera Connector' or 'MIDI Connector' cable, this doohicky plugs into the bottom of your iOs device and gives you a USB A port. Then you can connect HID Keyboard, MIDI or even some Camera devices. Please note: just cause you have a USB port on something doesn't mean it will...

We love playing with obscure materials that have a creepy-cool or magical quality. Sure, there's invisible ink, but have you ever used heat to make a painting disappear? We're carrying these  Thermochromic Pigments in a variety of colors. This pigment is a citrus-y Orange . It changes to a light/white color at 31 ° C or 88 ° F. How to get started on your next masterpiece? Just add a little water then paint any...

We love playing with obscure materials that have a creepy-cool or magical quality. Sure, there's invisible ink, but have you ever used heat to make a painting disappear? We're carrying these  Thermochromic Pigments in a variety of colors. This pigment is always-classy Adafruit Black . It changes to a light/white color at 31 ° C or 88 ° F. How to get started on your next masterpiece? Just add a little water then...

We love playing with obscure materials that have a creepy-cool or magical quality. Sure, there's invisible ink, but have you ever used heat to make a painting disappear? We're carrying these  Thermochromic Pigments in a variety of colors. They change to a light/white color at 31 ° C or 88 ° F. Can't decide which color to get? Why not get a grab-bag of them all! How to get started on your next masterpiece?...

We love playing with obscure materials that have a creepy-cool or magical quality. Sure, there's invisible ink, but have you ever used heat to make a painting disappear? We're carrying these  Thermochromic Pigments in a variety of colors. This pigment is a nice crimson Red . It changes to a light/white color at 31 ° C or 88 ° F. How to get started on your next masterpiece? Just add a little water then paint any...

Reduce, reuse, re-fashion! Show that you love the look of blue soldermask with this lovely Blue Circuit Board Pendant Necklace ! Circuit Breaker Labs is a woman-owned, US-based company that recycles circuit boards from computers, calculators, phones, etc, to make stunning, one-of-a-kind pieces of jewelry. We think this is a fantastic solution to the crippling e-waste problem, and we're proud to carry smart jewelry that inspires dialogue...

We love playing with obscure materials that have a creepy-cool or magical quality. Sure, there's invisible ink, but have you ever used heat to make a painting disappear? We're carrying these  Thermochromic Pigments in a variety of colors. This pigment is a watery Blue . It changes to a light/white color at 31 ° C or 88 ° F. How to get started on your next masterpiece? Just add a little water then paint any surface....

We love playing with obscure materials that have a creepy-cool or magical quality. Sure, there's invisible ink, but have you ever used heat to make a painting disappear? We're carrying these  Thermochromic Pigments in a variety of colors. This pigment is a lovely Ada Pink . It changes to a light/white color at 31 ° C or 88 ° F. How to get started on your next masterpiece? Just add a little water then paint any...

We love playing with obscure materials that have a creepy-cool or magical quality. Sure, there's invisible ink, but have you ever used heat to make a painting disappear? We're carrying these  Thermochromic Pigments in a variety of colors. This pigment is a deep malachite Green . It changes to a light/white color at 31 ° C or 88 ° F. How to get started on your next masterpiece? Just add a little water then paint any...

We love playing with obscure materials that have a creepy-cool or magical quality. Sure, there's invisible ink, but have you ever used heat to make a painting disappear? We're carrying these  Thermochromic Pigments in a variety of colors. It changes to a light/white color at 31 ° C or 88 ° F. How to get started on your next masterpiece? Just add a little water then paint any surface. This pigment not meant for use...

We love playing with obscure materials that have a creepy-cool or magical quality. Sure, there's invisible ink, but have you ever used heat to make a painting disappear? We're carrying these  Thermochromic Pigments in a variety of colors. This pigment is a bright Yellow . It changes to a light/white color at 31 ° C or 88 ° F. How to get started on your next masterpiece? Just add a little water then paint any...

Welcome to issue 30 of The MagPi. The premier Raspberry Pi magazine for beginners, experts, Pi-fanatics and the merely Pi-curious.   The MagPi Issue 30: Enriching marine electronics Also in this issue… Electronic ping pong PWM motor control C++ inheritance Introducing C# Raspberry Pi 2 Maze Builder Weaved IoT Air Hockey About The MagPi - from The MagPi themselves! What we make We produce a magazine with the intent to help and...

Welcome to issue 29 of The MagPi. The premier Raspberry Pi magazine for beginners, experts, Pi-fanatics and the merely Pi-curious. The MagPi Issue 29: Scratch spacecraft Also in this issue… Temperature sensorsExternal storageProject CuracaoBASIC roboticsTraffic lightPython GUIA+ reviewUsing gitOpenCV About The MagPi - from The MagPi themselves! What we make We produce a magazine with the intent to help and offer advice to users...

Welcome to issue 28 of The MagPi. The premier Raspberry Pi magazine for beginners, experts, Pi-fanatics and the merely Pi-curious. The MagPi Issue 28: Introducing OpenCV Also in this issue… FUZE BASICVoIP serverArduberryUsing gitBitScope About The MagPi - from The MagPi themselves! What we make We produce a magazine with the intent to help and offer advice to users of the Raspberry Pi. This started out as a simple idea on the...

Welcome to issue 27 of The MagPi. The premier Raspberry Pi magazine for beginners, experts, Pi-fanatics and the merely Pi-curious. The MagPi Issue 27: Build QR codes in Minecraft Also in this issue… Game console controllersFUZE BASICMatboardUsing gitUltrasonic range finder About The MagPi - from The MagPi themselves! What we make We produce a magazine with the intent to help and offer advice to users of the Raspberry Pi. This...

Welcome to issue 26 of The MagPi. The premier Raspberry Pi magazine for beginners, experts, Pi-fanatics and the merely Pi-curious. The MagPi Issue 26: Introducing the Model B+ .  Also in this issue… Smartdrive robotPiBot roboticsFUZE BASICMagic wandVoIP serverMashberryPi canvasBitScope   About The MagPi - from The MagPi themselves! What we make We produce a magazine with the intent to help and offer advice to users of...

Welcome to issue 25 of The MagPi. The premier Raspberry Pi magazine for beginners, experts, Pi-fanatics and the merely Pi-curious. The MagPi Issue 25: Enigma cipher. Also in this issue… Custom autopilotPiBot roboticsWiFi sniffingTime-lapseMouseAirFish DishBitScopeBASICJava About The MagPi - from The MagPi themselves! What we make We produce a magazine with the intent to help and offer advice to users of the Raspberry Pi....

Welcome to issue 24 of The MagPi. The premier Raspberry Pi magazine for beginners, experts, Pi-fanatics and the merely Pi-curious. Featured in this issue: High altitude measurementsBasic oscilloscopePicademy interviewYsgol Bryn ElianProject CuracaoPython TurtleWiFi sniffingC++ classes About The MagPi - from The MagPi themselves! What we make We produce a magazine with the intent to help and offer advice to users of the Raspberry Pi....

Welcome to issue 23 of The MagPi. The premier Raspberry Pi magazine for beginners, experts, Pi-fanatics and the merely Pi-curious. The MagPi Issue 23: Sonic Pi 2.0 – get your groove on. Featured in this issue… High altitude measuringReal world MinecraftBrickPi and ScratchXMPP Chat ServerLinux Tool Shed1-wire sensorsGrovePi About The MagPi - from The MagPi themselves! What we make We produce a magazine with the intent to help and...

Welcome to Issue 22 of The MagPi - the premier Raspberry Pi magazine for beginners, experts, Pi-fanatics and the merely Pi-curious. Issue 22 kicks off with an article on solar tracking. Nathan and Nicholas introduce their amazing project, the ‘Reflective Solar Tracker’, a solar cell with the brains of a Raspberry Pi, capable of chasing the sun to improve energy capture by up to 140%! Andy Baker returns following his successful quad-copter...

Welcome to Issue 21 of The MagPi - the premier Raspberry Pi magazine for beginners, experts, Pi-fanatics and the merely Pi-curious. To mark the Raspberry Pi’s second birthday, Issue 21 has a MagPi exclusive four page interview with Eben Upton reviewing the past two years and what the future holds for this credit card sized beauty. Also in this issue, Jacob, a young Raspberry Pi enthusiast, describes how he made his Raspberry Pi portable,...

Welcome to Issue 20 of The MagPi magazine - the premier Raspberry Pi magazine for beginners, experts, Pi-fanatics and the merely Pi-curious. After a massive response, the MagPi folks are pleased to write that the article series ‘Bake your own Pi filling’ is back by popular demand! In this article Martin Kalitis throws down the gauntlet by instructing how to create a bootable Linux SD card which can load within 10 seconds. Issue 20...

Welcome to Issue 19 of The MagPi - the premier Raspberry Pi magazine for beginners, experts, Pi-fanatics and the merely Pi-curious. Are you bored of having your presents delivered by the post office? If you fancy a change, why not have your own Pi-powered quadcopter air drop them in? Andy Baker begins his series on building this flying machine. In this issue, he covers the parts required, their function, and some of the coding used for lift off....

Welcome to issue 10 of The MagPi - the premier Raspberry Pi magazine for beginners, experts, Pi-fanatics and the merely Pi-curious. In this month’s issue there is a great selection of hardware and software projects. The MagPi is pleased to present part 2 of the WebIOPi and backup articles, new programming languages and their regular Scratch and Python pages. For those looking for automation solutions, there is one article with a whole...

Welcome to issue 9 of The MagPi - the premier Raspberry Pi magazine for beginners, experts, Pi-fanatics and the merely Pi-curious. This month The MagPi is very pleased to present an interview with Adafruit's very own founder Limor Fried! Issue 9 also contains hardware articles, setup instructions for RISCOS and Arch Linux operating systems and more programming articles on Scratch, Python and C.     About The MagPi - from The MagPi...

Welcome to issue 18 of The MagPi - the premier Raspberry Pi magazine for beginners, experts, Pi-fanatics and the merely Pi-curious. The Raspberry Pi Foundation has just released the Pi NoiR, an adapted version of their camera with the infra-red filter removed. This month, there's a great article from Andrew Back of RS Components, where he takes you through the steps he used to create a night vision camera to catch critters in his back...

Welcome to issue 17 of The MagPi - the premier Raspberry Pi magazine for beginners, experts, Pi-fanatics and the merely Pi-curious. As you can see from the cover, issue 17 has gone all robotic! This issue features a great article from the team at Dexter Industries taking a look at their clever kit: the BrickPi. You may recognize the project from Kickstarter and the Foundation site. It is ideal for all levels of user and a great way to get your...

Welcome to issue 15 of The MagPi - the premier Raspberry Pi magazine for beginners, experts, Pi-fanatics and the merely Pi-curious. Are you bored of school holidays or just want some down time after a hard day at work? This month’s issue has something for everyone! The MagPi takes a look at the ‘Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator’ and reflects back at some of the arcade history’s greatest games, describing how you can turn...

Welcome to issue 14 of The MagPi - the premier Raspberry Pi magazine for beginners, experts, Pi-fanatics and the merely Pi-curious. This month The MagPi begins their journey in introducing the newest module in the Raspberry Pi world, the camera, with a great guide written by James Hughes on setup and basic operation. The conclusion of this article will be found in next month’s edition where James builds on these foundations with hints and tips...

Welcome to issue 13 of The MagPi - the premier Raspberry Pi magazine for beginners, experts, Pi-fanatics and the merely Pi-curious. Welcome to the 13th issue of The MagPi! This month, the MagPi is proud and thankful to be able to showcase the super smart Amy Mather as she talks about Conway’s Game of Life, what it’s like being a young hacker and what she has planned for the future. The MagPi takes your Raspberry Pi to the club scene...

Welcome to issue 12 of The MagPi - the premier Raspberry Pi magazine for beginners, experts, Pi-fanatics and the merely Pi-curious. Issue 12 of The MagPi celebrates their first anniversary! What a year it has been! To mark this incredible achievement, Liz Upton from the Raspberry Pi Foundation has kindly agreed to be a guest writer for the magazine and has produced an article documenting The MagPi's first year of publication. The MagPi also...

Welcome to issue 11 of The MagPi - the premier Raspberry Pi magazine for beginners, experts, Pi-fanatics and the merely Pi-curious. The Raspberry Pi computer opens up many opportunities. It can be used as a web server, print server and as a wireless access point. If the problem can be solved with a low power Linux computer it can be solved with a Raspberry Pi. This month, The MagPi presents some more articles which demonstrate how versatile a...

Welcome to issue 16 of The MagPi. The premier Raspberry Pi magazine for beginners, experts, Pi-fanatics and the merely Pi-curious. It’s back... Skutter returns to the pages of The MagPi and this time it’s more sensitive! Stephen takes you in detail through expanding the number of inputs and outputs which can be controlled from your Raspberry Pi using I2C. This will allow you to add more sensors to your bot while driving the base...

Sometimes you need to celebrate mistakes. Adafruit offers a fun and exciting stickers to celebrate achievement for electronics, science and engineering. We believe everyone should be able to be rewarded for learning a useful skill, a sticker is just one of the many ways to show and share. This is the "I learned something, Sparky the magic blue smoke monster showed me" sticker for use with educators, classrooms, workshops, Maker Faires,...

Sometimes you need celebrate mistakes. Adafruit offers a fun and exciting "badges" of achievement for electronics, science and engineering. We believe everyone should be able to be rewarded for learning a useful skill, a badge is just one of the many ways to show and share. This is the "I learned something, Sparky the magic blue smoke monster showed me" badge for use with educators, classrooms, workshops, Maker Faires,...

LEO the Maker Prince teaches children (both young and old) about 3D printing by following Carla and LEO's journey through Brooklyn. LEO is a walking, talking robot who has the magical ability to to print (in plastic) any object that Carla draws. The other robots have their own special capabilities: H1-H0 prints in metal, Sinclair-10 can find and print objects from a huge catalog of designs, and the others (including AL1C3-D, IRIS-7, and...

When your project overheats and burns out, don't be hard on yourself or get too frustrated. Instead, celebrate mistakes with Sparky the Blue Smoke Monster !   "You let the smoke out" This handsome limited edition enamel pin is constructed with a butterfly clasp and will be an excellent addition to your pin collection, or as a fashion accessory! Get one before they're all gone! Magic smoke  (also factory...

The magic of 3D printing is now more affordable and accessible than ever! Meet The Micro 3D Printer by M3D, the first truly consumer 3D printer. Sporting a compact design, user-friendly software, and replaceable print beds and nozzles, it’s perfect for beginners and experts alike. This is the Micro 3D Printer - Black - Retail Edition  which is more like a starter kit of sorts as it comes with a 1 year warranty and a free spool of 3D...

As electronics get smaller and smaller, you'll need a hand examining PCBs and this little USB microscope is the perfect tool. Its smaller and lighter than a large optical microscope but packs quite a bit of power in its little body. There's a high quality 640x480 camera sensor inside and an optical magnifier that can adjust from 20x (for basic PCB inspection) to 200x (for detailed inspection). Eight mini white LEDs are angled right onto...

The Pimoroni Picade Controller PCB is an Arduino-compatible board with an integrated 3W stereo amplifier designed for use in arcade projects (like the Picade Cabinet or Picade Console Controller). Basically its everything-you-need to make a Pi ready for your very own DIY arcade console project. The controller comes fully assembled and behaves like a keyboard when plugged in via USB and has a default key-mapping (though you can...

The new consumer-grade 3DR Iris+ is an all-in-one autonomous aerial vehicle with a compact and durable design. Stylish and powerful, Iris runs on the innovative Pixhawk autopilot system--the newest in advanced autopilot electronics from the PX4 open-hardware project. With wide-angled arms and a GoPro-compatible camera mount, Iris is perfect for any aerial imaging application. Add a GoPro HERO3+ to capture breathtaking aerial video. The IRIS...

The new consumer-grade 3DR Iris is an all-in-one autonomous aerial vehicle with a compact and durable design. Stylish and powerful, Iris runs on the innovative Pixhawk autopilot system--the newest in advanced autopilot electronics from the PX4 open-hardware project. With wide-angled arms and a GoPro-compatible camera mount, Iris is perfect for any aerial imaging application. Add a GoPro HERO3 to capture breathtaking aerial video. The IRIS comes...

As electronics get smaller and smaller, you'll need a hand examining PCBs and this little USB microscope is the perfect tool. Its smaller and lighter than a large optical microscope but packs quite a bit of power in its little body. There's a high quality 640x480 camera sensor inside and an optical magnifier that can adjust from 5x (for basic PCB inspection) to 200x (for detailed inspection). Eight mini white LEDs are angled right onto...

If you'd like to get some LEDs or analog strips blinking for your costume, prop or project, but don't want to do any programming, you may want to try out the LED Magician ! It's kinda like a pre-programmed Arduino designed for driving LEDs, and has many built-in effects. Note it doesn't work with 'smart' LEDs such as NeoPixels, DotStars, or other digital addressable LEDs. Best used with 'bare' LEDs or analog LED...

As electronics get smaller and smaller, you'll need a hand examining PCBs and this little TV-output microscope is the perfect tool. It's smaller and lighter than a large optical microscope but packs quite a bit of power in its little body. There's a 1.3 megapixel sensor inside and an optical magnifier that can adjust to about 25x (for basic PCB inspection) or 400x (for detailed inspection). Eight white LEDs are angled right onto...

Fast track your Android phone hardware development or just design cell-phone robots with the Arduino ADK! The Arduino ADK is a microcontroller board based on the powerful ATmega2560 (datasheet). It has a USB host interface to connect with Android based phones, and a power supply boost converter to charge up the phone from DC power while its plugged into the ADK We are now selling the R3 version which has pin-compatibility with the MEGA R3 -...

FirstScope pays tribute to the men and women who brought us one step closer to understanding the universe around us! In 1609, world-renowned Italian scientist, Galileo Galilei, introduced an elementary telescope to the growing astronomy community which sparked interest into the mysterious night sky for centuries to come. Four centuries later, Celestron offers the portable FirstScope Telescope. The FirstScope pays tribute to Galileo Galilei and...

Learn how to extend Minecraft and create a new gaming experience, by exploring the magical world of Minecraft programming!  Adventures in Minecraft , like other books in the highly successful Adventures series, is written especially for 11- to 15-year-olds. With this book you will learn new programming skills while having fun with Minecraft! Minecraft programming experts David Whale and Martin O'Hanlon walk you step-by-step through...

Build your own smart lock with the Lockitron motorized door lock enclosure! Normally, a Lockitron has a built-in WiFi system for locking & unlocking via their App. Since they have redesigned their enclosure, we now have the 'guts' of the Lockitron available for hacking. There's just enough space inside for some tasty Adafruit electronics You get the housing for the original Lockitron, which contains a geared down DC...

The Particle Shield Shield converts the footprint and pins of your Photon into that of an Arduino, allowing for use of existing Arduino shields and accessories. This shield converts the pin mapping of the Photon to the Arduino pin layout and provides a voltage translation of 3.3V to/from 5V. Note that Arduino libraries are not necessarily going to work without some porting, but for many basic shields that do not depend on the specific Arduino...

Build your own all-in-one mini XBMC computer with this Raspberry Pi RaspBMC pack! You get everything necessary to start, plug it in and rock out with your very own open source set-top box. Watch videos, install apps, follow RSS feeds, etc. To make this pack extra-fun we not only have the Pi and required accessories but also include an Adafruit IRKey and IR remote. Plug the IRKey into the Pi USB port to control RaspBMC from your couch without the...

If you want a fast, modern MCU that has just about everything covered for you, the ARM Cortex-M3 based LPC1769 is a pretty reliable choice! 120MHz ARM Cortex-M3 MCU with 512 kB flash and 64 kB SRAM Full-Speed (12 Mb/s) USB 2.0 with on-chip PHY with support for USB device, host and OTG Ethernet support (with dedicated DMA for high speed memory transfers) Four UARTs, CAN 2.0, Three SPI buses, Three I2C buses, and I2S for audio 12-bit ADC and...

THE WORLD’S FIRST 35MM DO-IT-YOURSELF SLR CAMERA EXPERIENCE THE ESSENCE OF PHOTOGRAPHY Perfect for Do-It-Yourself lovers and those interested in learning, understanding and experiencing how analogue photography works, the Konstruktor is a fully-functional 35mm SLR camera which you can easily build at home. Through the fantastically fun process of assembling this beautiful machine, you’ll learn the essence of photography and be able...

Do you have an older electronic device that isn't compatible with your HDMI equipment? Here's an adapter that will allow you to convert your older composite AV-output devices on modern TVs and monitors. Perfect for reviving or re-using your older pieces of equipment that might not have an HDMI output (like an old computer or game system). This plug-and-play adapter takes 3-wire composite input: NTSC or PAL video on...

Think you can do better? Design your own shield on the cheap with this DIY parts kit. You get a 3.2" x 2.5" (~ 8.1cm x 6.3cm) single-sided phenolic board with copper solder pads and mounting holes and a extra-special stacky header set. This one has one magical 8-pin header that has been bent so that you can plug it into the 'not-quite-0.1"-spacing" arduino headers Solder it any which way you want, lots of room for hacking!