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The INA219 FeatherWing makes power-monitoring problems a thing of the past. Instead of struggling with two multimeters, you can just use the handy INA219 chip on this breakout to both measure both the high side voltage and DC current draw over I2C with 1% precision. Works with any and all Feathers! Communicates over I2C so its super-simple to use, you can even change...

Expand your project possibilities, with the Adafruit PCF8575 GPIO Expander Breakout - an affordable 16 channel I2C expander. GPIO expanders work like this: you have a board with some number of GPIO but not enough for your project - maybe you need more buttons or LEDs. You could upgrade to a board with massive number of GPIO like the Grand Central, or you could pop on...

This unusual cable is sort of the 'ultimate' in USB type C Power Delivery (PD) hacking: good for experienced hardware hackers who are comfortable with a cable that can shape-shift from one setting to the other. Instead of having to juggle multiple wall warts with different power and current capabilities, this cable will convert any USB Type C power adapter with Power...

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...

The OpenMV Cam is like a super powerful microcontroller board with a camera on board that you program in MicroPython. It's easy to run machine visions algorithms on what the OpenMV Cam sees so you can track colors, detect faces, and more in seconds, and thanks to the embedded functionality, you can then control I/O pins in the real-world. You program the OpenMV Cam...

What's better than a single LED? Lots of LEDs! A fun way to make a small display is to use an 8x8 matrix or a 4-digit 7-segment display. Matrices like these are 'multiplexed' - so to control all the seven-segment LEDs you need 14 pins. That's a lot of pins, and there are driver chips like the MAX7219 that can control a matrix for you but there's a lot of wiring to...

What's better than a single LED? Lots of LEDs! A fun way to make a small display is to use an 8x8 matrix or a 4-digit 7-segment display. Matrices like these are 'multiplexed' - so to control all the seven-segment LEDs you need 14 pins. That's a lot of pins, and there are driver chips like the MAX7219 that can control a matrix for you but there's a lot of wiring to...

This servo is just like our classic Micro Servo but has 3 alligator clip test leads at the end! This makes it perfect for plug-and-play support with any of our boards with alligator-clip-friendly input/output pins, like the Circuit Playground Express, Clue, and micro:bit! So you can just 'gator right into the connector and get twistin' This tiny little servo can...

This breakout board will solve all your power-monitoring problems. Instead of struggling with two multimeters, you can just use the handy INA219 chip on this breakout to both measure both the high side voltage and DC current draw over I2C with ±1% precision. Please Note: As of Sept 2022, due to the severe chip shortage, we've had to update this design to use...

*sniff* *sniff* ... do you smell that? No need to stick your nose into a carton of milk anymore, you can build a digital nose with the ENS160 Gas Sensor, a fully integrated MOX gas sensor. This is a very fine air quality sensor from the sensor experts at ScioSense, with I2C interfacing so you don't have to manage the heater and analog reading of a MOX sensor. It...

What's better than a single LED? Lots of LEDs! A fun way to make a small display is to use an 8x8 matrix or a 4-digit 7-segment display. Matrices like these are 'multiplexed' - so to control all the seven-segment LEDs you need 14 pins. That's a lot of pins, and there are driver chips like the MAX7219 that can control a matrix for you but there's a lot of wiring to...

Qwiic, or STEMMA QT, is a very efficient way to quickly prototype an idea, but a lot of Qwiic/Stemma QT driver boards only have one port, and devices have two ports but that's only good for chaining. Maybe you want to reduce your I2C line capacitance by having a star formation instead of a looooong chain. Or maybe its just easier for your mechanical layout to have...

Long gone are the days of parallel ports and serial ports. Now the USB port reigns supreme! But USB is hard, and you just want to transfer your everyday serial data from a microcontroller to computer. What now? Enter the Adafruit CH9102F Friend, a version of our popular USB-Serial 'friend' breakouts that uses the affordable (and available) CH9102F - a 'near...

If you're like me and have trouble keeping your calatheas and pepperomias happy and not overwatering them to root rot ruin, why not take a gander at the Plant Monitor from Ada-friend Monk Makes. Its a super easy and friendly way to get started with sensing & gardening projects with no soldering required. This garden-stake-looking PCB gives you capacitive...

The Adafruit LTR-303 Light Sensor a simple and popular low-cost I2C digital light sensor that is easy to integrate into your project for reliable and wide-ranging light measurements. Perfect for a wide range of project use cases: Should we turn up the brightness of our display or dim it to save power? Which direction should your robot move to stay in an area with the...

The Adafruit LTR-329 Light Sensor a simple and popular low-cost I2C digital light sensor that is easy to integrate into your project for reliable and wide-ranging light measurements. Perfect for a wide range of project use cases: Should we turn up the brightness of our display or dim it to save power? Which direction should your robot move to stay in an area with the...

Our most recent display breakouts have come with a new feature: an 18-pin "EYE SPI" standard FPC connector with flip-top connector. This is intended to be a sort-of "STEMMA QT for displays" - a way to quickly connect and extend display wiring that uses a lot of SPI pins. In this case we need a lot of SPI pins, and we want to be able to use long distances so we go...

This 2.5" SATA III to USB 3.0 Adapter Cable allows you to connect a standard 2.5" hard drive (HDD or SSD) to your computer. SATA III is like, a souped-up electronic energy drink, letting you backup files with a data rate up to 6Gbps. It's perfect for adding mega-amounts of storage to your single board computer, like a Raspberry Pi or BeagleBone. Simply plug the drive...

Adding LEDs to anything makes it 5x better -- it's a scientific fact! But when you have LEDs, you've got wires and power supplies and all that stuff is kinda annoying. What if you could have LEDs that light up without any wires or soldering or battery packs? Sounds magical! That's what makes this 10 Large Wireless LED Kit so nifty. When paired with the Large...

Adding LEDs to anything makes it 5x better -- it's a scientific fact! But when you have LEDs, you've got wires and power supplies and all that stuff is kinda annoying. What if you could have LEDs that light up without any wires or soldering or battery packs? Sounds magical! That's what makes this 10 Large Wireless LED Kit so nifty. When paired with the Large...

Adding LEDs to anything makes it 5x better -- it's a scientific fact! But when you have LEDs, you've got wires and power supplies and all that stuff is kinda annoying. What if you could have LEDs that light up without any wires or soldering or battery packs? Sounds magical! That's what makes this 10 Large Wireless LED Kit so nifty. When paired with the Large...

Adding LEDs to anything makes it 5x better -- it's a scientific fact! But when you have LEDs, you've got wires and power supplies and all that stuff is kinda annoying. What if you could have LEDs that light up without any wires or soldering or battery packs? Sounds magical! That's what makes this 10 Large Wireless LED Kit so nifty. When paired with the Large...

Adding LEDs to anything makes it 5x better -- it's a scientific fact! But when you have LEDs, you've got wires and power supplies and all that stuff is kinda annoying. What if you could have LEDs that light up without any wires or soldering or battery packs? Sounds magical! That's what makes this 10 Large Wireless LED Kit so nifty. When paired with the Large...

This is a magnetic Lightning / iOS plug! They pair with the Black Woven USB A or Type-C to Type-C Cable with Magnetic Tip. Plug your lightning cable into one end, then insert the little magnetic nub into your device's charging port. Now you basically have a quick-detach Lightning connector with a magnetic alignment. Easy to plug in whenever, no worries if the cable...

This is a magnetic USB micro b plug! They pair with the Black Woven USB A or Type-C to Type-C Cable with Magnetic Tip . Plug your microUSB power (or data!) cable into one end, then insert the little magnetic nub into your device's charging port. Now you basically have a quick-detach microUSB connector with a magnetic alignment. Easy to plug in whenever, no worries if...

This is a magnetic USB Type C plug! They pair with the Black Woven USB A or Type-C to Type-C Cable with Magnetic Tip . Plug your USB C power (or data!) cable into one end, then insert the little magnetic nub into your device's charging port. Now you basically have a quick-detach USB C connector with a magnetic alignment. Easy to plug in whenever, no worries if the...

Some days we're feeling extra fancy here at the 'fruit warehouse, and we have a big soft spot for woven fabric cables. Like, peep this fully reversible pink/purple Blinka-inspired cable or this mithril-like 3-in-1 Sync and Charge cable. Our latest addition to the collection is this 1 meter long Black Magnetic USB A or USB C to USB C Cable with a Magnetic Type C tip!...

It's a GPIO expander, it's a keypad matrix driver... its the Adafruit TCA8418 Keypad Matrix and GPIO Expander Breakout - a cute and powerful I2C GPIO expander and keypad matrix driver! This chip is quite fancy, with the ability to act as your I2C multi-tool for handling keypads, buttons or LEDs. This chip has 18 total 'I/O' pins, 10 columns and 8 rows. You can of...

If you need to add a panel-mount connection for DC power, but don't have the time or ability to cut a custom oval or square hole, this Round Panel Mount 5.5mm/2.1mm DC Barrel Jack Extension Cable is the easiest and fastest way to panel-ify your existing project. The outer flange is 30mm in diameter, and the threaded part is 23mm diameter, so you can drill a 1" hole...

We picked up this adapter to 'MagSafe'-ify our laptop and found it so handy we figured we'd stock it in the shop as well. This is a right-angle Type C adapter, capable of handling 120W of power, so its perfect for laptop charging scenarios, but also has data lines so you can use it for any other sort of devices. Plug your USB C power (or data!) cable into the one...

Why settle for a boring old hex key set when you can get one with a burst of color like this 9 Piece Rainbow Metric Allen Wrench / Hex Key Set. If your DIY project has hexagonal screws, you’re gonna need hex keys (also known as Allen wrenches or Allen keys) - and we always like it when our tools are a little snazzy. This wrench set doesn't just look good - it's...

This SHIM from the Pimoroni Pirates provides a convenient way of powering your Raspberry Pi Pico from a LiPo/LiIon battery. You can recharge the battery easily by providing power to the Pico's USB port, then take your Pico or Pico W project on the go with the battery pack powering your circuitry. Solder this neat little square to the pins on the back of your Pico,...

Here's a handy 6cm x 8cm Proto-board PCB that is meant for use with 2mm pitch parts - like maybe an XBee. Both sides have a green silkscreen with some row/column markings. Note that these don't have any traces between the PCB holes; you would normally bend over a thru-hole lead to create connections. They're also good for just plain mechanical work because they are...

What's better than a single LED? Lots of LEDs! A fun way to make a small display is to use an 8x8 matrix or a 4-digit 7-segment display. Matrices like these are 'multiplexed' - so to control all the seven-segment LEDs you need 14 pins. That's a lot of pins, and there are driver chips like the MAX7219 that can control a matrix for you but there's a lot of wiring to...

These non-flexible LED filaments are often seen in 'Edison-like' LED bulbs, arranged in different patterns to give a bright warm lighting effect. They're made of dozens of micro LED diodes that are bonded together on a stiff metal backing, then coated in silicone for protection. Since the LEDs are in parallel, you only need 3V to light 'em up - we recommend current...

Our favorite food when hacking on code or electronics is a hot bowl of noodles - and around NYC these are often called 'noods'! What we've got here are flexible LED noodles, in different lengths and colors. All are not good for eatin' but they are good for cool lighting effects These are often seen in 'Edison-like' LED bulbs, shaped into hearts or stars or just wound...

Our favorite food when hacking on code or electronics is a hot bowl of noodles - and around NYC these are often called 'noods'! What we've got here are flexible LED noodles, in different lengths and colors. All are not good for eatin' but they are good for cool lighting effects These are often seen in 'Edison-like' LED bulbs, shaped into hearts or stars or just wound...

Our favorite food when hacking on code or electronics is a hot bowl of noodles - and around NYC these are often called 'noods'! What we've got here are flexible LED noodles, in different lengths and colors. All are not good for eatin' but they are good for cool lighting effects These are often seen in 'Edison-like' LED bulbs, shaped into hearts or stars or just wound...

Our favorite food when hacking on code or electronics is a hot bowl of noodles - and around NYC these are often called 'noods'! What we've got here are flexible LED noodles, in different lengths and colors. All are not good for eatin' but they are good for cool lighting effects These are often seen in 'Edison-like' LED bulbs, shaped into hearts or stars or just wound...

Our favorite food when hacking on code or electronics is a hot bowl of noodles - and around NYC these are often called 'noods'! What we've got here are flexible LED noodles, in different lengths and colors. All are not good for eatin' but they are good for cool lighting effects These are often seen in 'Edison-like' LED bulbs, shaped into hearts or stars or just wound...

Our favorite food when hacking on code or electronics is a hot bowl of noodles - and around NYC these are often called 'noods'! What we've got here are flexible LED noodles, in different lengths and colors. All are not good for eatin' but they are good for cool lighting effects These are often seen in 'Edison-like' LED bulbs, shaped into hearts or stars or just wound...

Our favorite food when hacking on code or electronics is a hot bowl of noodles - and around NYC these are often called 'noods'! What we've got here are flexible LED noodles, in different lengths and colors. All are not good for eatin' but they are good for cool lighting effects These are often seen in 'Edison-like' LED bulbs, shaped into hearts or stars or just wound...

What's better than a single LED? Lots of LEDs! A fun way to make a small display is to use an 8x8 matrix or a 4-digit 7-segment display. Matrices like these are 'multiplexed' - so to control all the seven-segment LEDs you need 14 pins. That's a lot of pins, and there are driver chips like the MAX7219 that can control a matrix for you but there's a lot of wiring to...

PIR sensors are used to detect motion from pets/humanoids from about 5 meters away (possibly works on zombies, not guaranteed). This sensor is much smaller than most PIR modules, which makes it great for unobtrusive projects. It's also fully contained and very configurable. After you've provided power and ground, you can use the remaining 3 pins to configure whether...

Low cost Lithium Polymer batteries have revolutionized electronics - they're thin, they're light, they can be regulated down to 3.3V and they're easy to charge. On your phone, there's a little image of a battery cell that tells you the percentage of charge - so you know when you absolutely need to plug it in and when you can stay untethered. The Adafruit MAX17048...

Welcome to the next generation of iRobot’s affordable, trusted, all-in-one mobile robot development platform. Grasp the fundamentals of robotics, computer science, and engineering by programming the Create® 3 to perform simple behaviors, sounds, and movements, or tap into advanced applications including multi-robot exploration, navigation & mapping, and...

One of our star development boards is the Adafruit METRO Mini 328, an excellent lil fellow that lets you make your Arduino-based project tiny. Recently we had to redesign this board to move from the obsolete CP2104 to the available CP2102N and one thing led to another and before you know it we made a completely refreshed design: the Adafruit METRO Mini 328 V2. The V2...

These two Short Plug / Male Headers alone are, well, lonely. But pair them with the Raspberry Pi Pico, and you're in business! These 2.54mm / 0.1" pitch headers are particularly cute and tiny and are designed to match perfectly with the Pico and our short socket headers. Note that you could use normal header with those sockets headers, but these are short and don't...

These two Stacking Headers alone are, well, lonely. But pair them with the Raspberry Pi Pico, and you're in business! What do they do? They stack. Put the headers through your Pico and then you can not only plug them into a solderless breadboard or perma-proto, but you could attach circuitry on top as well. If you want the Pico up top for access to the boot button,...

These Socket Headers alone are, well, lonely. But pair them with the Raspberry Pi Pico, and you're in business! These headers are particularly cute and tiny with a body height of just 5.0 mm they are the best way to minimize the amount of space your Pico project takes up, but still maintain that flexible configuration. "Normal" socket headers have an 8.5mm body...

These Socket Headers alone are, well, lonely. But pair them with the Raspberry Pi Pico, and you're in business! Socket headers are like the duct tape of electronics. They're great for connecting things, soldering to perf-boards, sockets for wires or break-away header, etc. These particular ones are designed to match up with boards that have two rows of 20 pins, so...

Sure, we've got all sorts of diffused bare LEDs in all sorts of colors and sizes. But have you ever laid your peepers on a set of succulent-shaped LEDs? These look too cute and charming and will look amazing for any magic-, eco-, or agro-science-themed electronics project. Add that extra zing to your project with these handmade LEDs from dLUX-dLITE. Each pack...

Here is a sleek and self-healing hobby mat designed for LEGO® and other brick-builders of all experience levels. The material is very similar to hobby/sewing/cutting mats. The grid design includes helpful layout grids and two radius angle guides. In the upper left corner you get a neat little reference legend for "brick math" along with the height of a LEGO...

Display, elegantly, 012345678 or 9! Gaze, hypnotized, at ABCDEFGHIJKLM - well it can display the whole alphabet. You get the point. This is a nice, bright alphanumeric display that shows letters and numbers in a beautiful yellow hue. It's super bright and designed for viewing from distances up to 23 feet (7 meters) away. Digits have seven yellow segments on a black...

Display, elegantly, 012345678 or 9! Gaze, hypnotized, at ABCDEFGHIJKLM - well it can display the whole alphabet. You get the point. This is a nice, bright alphanumeric display that shows letters and numbers in a beautiful white hue. It's super bright and designed for viewing from distances up to 23 feet (7 meters) away. Digits have seven white segments on a black...

Display, elegantly, 012345678 or 9! Gaze, hypnotized, at ABCDEFGHIJKLM - well it can display the whole alphabet. You get the point. This is a nice, bright alphanumeric display that shows letters and numbers in a beautiful blue hue. It's super bright and designed for viewing from distances up to 23 feet (7 meters) away. Digits have seven blue segments on a black...

Display, elegantly, 012345678 or 9! Gaze, hypnotized, at ABCDEFGHIJKLM - well it can display the whole alphabet. You get the point. This is a nice, bright alphanumeric display that shows letters and numbers in a beautiful red hue. It's super bright and designed for viewing from distances up to 23 feet (7 meters) away. Digits have seven red segments on a black surface...

Display, elegantly, 012345678 or 9! Gaze, hypnotized, at ABCDEFGHIJKLM - well it can display the whole alphabet. You get the point. This is a nice, bright alphanumeric display that shows letters and numbers in a beautiful pure green hue. It's super bright and designed for viewing from distances up to 23 feet (7 meters) away. Digits have seven green segments on a...

From famed author and kit-designer Monk Makes comes the Electronics Notebook. Perfect for the boffin in your life (or the inner-boffin you're harboring inside). Put your own ideas, diagrams, calculations & notes down in these 158 pages of engineering graph paper. It's spiral-bound so easy to use in lab or lay flat on a table. The inner pages alternate with plain...

By popular request, you can now get our 14-segment LED backpacks without the LEDs! These backpacks feature an HT16K33 I2C LED driver, they're simple and easy to use - you can use our very nice library for the backpacks to get running in under half an hour, with numbers and letters displaying. If you've been eyeing matrix displays but hesitated because of the...