You've heard about the sensors in the news, when used in self-driving cars, and now you can have your own! Garmin's LIDAR-Lite V3 is the ideal high-performance (but compact) optical distant measurement sensor solution for drone, rovers, robots, or interactive project. Garmin makes high quality sensors, they're renowned for their GPS sensors, and these LIDARs are nice and high quality devices. You can measure up to 40 meters away...

Woohoo, it's time for a Particle Mesh party! So why not cater for connectivity with the  Particle Mesh Wi-Fi Bundle , a veritable smörgåsbord (yum!) to begin building mesh networking for your IoT project. Particle Mesh means you can create local networks that collect data, share messages, and connect to the Internet through a Particle gateway. The bundle comes with three mesh-ready boards : the Argon, a powerful board...

Coming soon! Sign up to be notified when these come in Woohoo, it's time for a Particle Mesh party! And the Particle Xenon Kit is the most basic element (ha!) for your BLE mesh network. The Xenon is a low-cost mesh-enabled development kit that can act as either a standalone endpoint or repeater for Particle Mesh networks . It is based on the Nordic nRF52840, the BLE Cortex M4 with a ton of Flash, RAM and peripherals, including native USB...

Woohoo, it's time for a Particle Mesh party! And the Particle Boron LTE is bringing it with a double-dose of Bluetooth Low Energy and LTE Cellular - so you're covered for network connectivity, no matter where you are. The Boron LTE is a powerful LTE CAT-M1/NB1 enabled development kit that can act as either a standalone cellular endpoint or LTE enabled gateway for Particle Mesh networks . It is based on the Nordic nRF52840, the BLE Cortex...

Woohoo, it's time for a Particle Mesh party! And the Particle Argon is bringing it with a mix of Bluetooth Low Energy and Wi-Fi, your two most favorite 2.4GHz wireless protocols. The Argon is a powerful Wi-Fi enabled development kit that can act as either a standalone Wi-Fi endpoint or Wi-Fi enabled gateway for Particle Mesh networks. It is based on the Nordic nRF52840, the BLE Cortex M4 with a ton of Flash, RAM and peripherals, including...

This three-in-one Particle Ethernet Feather is a mix of our Ethernet 'wing and the Tripler 'wing. The form-factor is based around the Adafruit FeatherWing Tripler. The two side connectors allow you to plug in one Particle Mesh device along with a Feather accessory. The Ethernet FeatherWing is deisgned to be the fastest way to add wired connectivity to your Argon, Boron, or Xenon and turns any Particle Mesh dev kit into an Ethernet...

If you've got a modern ARM chip devboard you'll notice that it has one of those tiny 2x5 connectors on it. Those are SWD ports, and they're used when you need to program or debug an ARM chip like those on the Particle boards. So, say you want to get into the weeds on these chips, trace stracks, watch memory, or re-program the chip directly? You'll need one of these. The Particle Debugger gives you the power of professional...

Never be bored again with an adorable little arcade cabinet you can fit in your bag! This Raspberry Pi-powered kit combines our sharp PiTFT 2.8" display, mini thumbstick, mini arcade push buttons, and a whole bunch of components to create the most adorable arcade cabinet in the known universe . Comes as a big kit with lots of parts including all electronic components, the laser cut enclosure, and a blank SD card (you'll need to...

At first glance this appears to be an ordinary A to micro B USB cable. Plug it in to your device and power supply, and you get a colorful glitter of dozens of little LEDs embedded in the length of the cable. Can be used for data and charging. The LEDs are luminous but not too bright. Perfect for vampire makers, candy ravers, or maybe night owls who misplace their devices in the thick of night!

At first glance this appears to be an ordinary A to micro B USB cable. Plug it in to your device and power supply, and you get a colorful glitter of dozens of little LEDs embedded in the length of the cable. Can be used for data and charging. The LEDs are luminous but not  too  bright. Perfect for vampire makers, candy ravers, or maybe night owls who misplace their devices in the thick of night!

If you're like me, you've dreamed of being a dolphin - smoothly gliding through the water. Using your echo-location abilities to detect tasty fish treats. Until genetic modifications catches up with our desires, we'll just have to make do with this handy US-100 Ultrasonic Sonar Distance Sensor  and a pair of flippers. The US-100 is very similar to the popular HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensors, and even looks the same, but has a few...

Wanna dip your toes into the world of digital logic design - but a little intimidated of the complexity? You may find a friend in the TinyFPGA   BX , a FPGA development board that is designed from the ground up to be easy to use. Designed for makers and hobbyists, TinyFPGA BX puts you in control and takes the headache out of power delivery, clocking, configuration flash, and more. Its small form factor fits easily on a breadboard...

Power over Ethernet (PoE) can make your project wiring a breeze - instead of needing a wire for power and data, you can use one Ethernet cable for both! Simply attach the standoffs in the four corners of the HAT, then connect to the 40-pin header. Once the HAT is connected, you can power your Pi through the RJ-45 network connector. Compatible only with Raspberry Pi 3 B+ that has PoE pins For people with non-Pi 3 B+'s, or if you can't use...

For precision temperature sensing, nothing beats a Platinum RTD. Resistance temperature detectors (RTDs) are temperature sensors that contain a resistor that changes resistance value as its temperature changes, basically a kind of thermistor. In this sensor, the resistor is actually a small strip of Platinum with a resistance of 1000 ohms at 0°C, thus the name PT1000. Compared to most NTC/PTC thermistors, the PT type of RTD is much most...

Have you put up with mainstream, uninspiring, low-tech tree ornaments for too long? This season why not deck the halls with codes of holly? This DIY Ornament Kit is just the right size (6 cm diameter) for a Circuit Playground Express, 500mAh LiPoly battery, and however you'd like to dress up your ornament! Your local hobby shop fluff puff balls and other materials will diffuse those on-board LEDs nicely. Of course you can very easily see the...

Have you put up with mainstream, uninspiring, low-tech tree ornaments for too long? This season why not deck the halls with codes of holly? This DIY Ornament Kit is just the right size (7 cm diameter) for a micro:bit, a 2xAAA battery pack, and however you'd like to dress up your ornament! Your local hobby shop fluff puff balls and other materials will diffuse those on-board LEDs nicely. Of course you can very easily see the LED grid on your...

We really dig the retro-futuristic look of this Chunky Power Switch.  Reason one, it looks like it belongs on the USCSS Nostromo from Alien.  Reason two, it's a great switch! You may have seen similar switches for machinery and robotics. It has a hefty metal box, two well labeled buttons, and a hole for a power cord to go through. A thumbscrew allows fast access to the inner wiring. You can connect/disconnect up to three pairs...

We've got our Circuit Playground friends on lunchboxes, posters, puzzle, enamel pins, PCB coasters, we can't stop accessorizing with this maker-friendly motley crew friendly electronic pals. Peep this super-special character lanyard designed by artist Bruce Yan. We dig the vibrant colors and handy double-hooks (perfect for toting around your HalloWing M0 Express!) It feels great, and very durable, so you can show...

Analog panel meters are arguably not as blingy or flashy as LEDs, but their simplicity adds a touch of elegance and makes them easier to read quickly. This  Large 5V Analog Panel Meter  is about handheld-size, with one screw to open up the panel and replace the backing paper, if you like. Even though it's designed for analog signals, you can use it with digital signals too! Simply send it a PWM signal from a 5V logic...

Analog panel meters are arguably not as blingy or flashy as LEDs, but their simplicity adds a touch of elegance and makes them easier to read quickly. This Large 3V Panel Meter  is about handheld-size, with one screw to open up the panel and replace the backing paper, if you like. Even though it's designed for analog signals, you can use it with digital signals too! Simply send it a PWM signal from a 3V logic microcontroller....

Add some easy-listenin' tunes to your Raspberry Pi using this basic audio bonnet. It'll give you stereo line out from a digital I2S converter for a good price, and sounds nice to boot! This bonnet features the UDA1334A I2S Stereo DAC, a perfect match for any I2S-output audio interface. It's affordable but sounds great - music to our ears. It's the exact same size as a Raspberry Pi Zero but works with any and all Raspberry Pi...

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! So if you find yourself wanting a companion, consider the robot. They're fun to program, and you can get creative with decorations. With that in mind, we designed the Adafruit Crickit HAT -...

Do you gravitate towards more visual, hands-on projects? Have you ever wanted to build your own tablet but never knew where to begin? Now's your chance! With the award-winning  Kano Complete Computer Kit  and storybook, you’ll not only build your own powerful computer, you’ll understand how you brought it to life!  Kano's kit comes with a Raspberry Pi 3, an HD screen, wireless keyboard, DIY...

The Pimoroni Picade Cabinet is a stylish, retro, and fun arcade cabinet for your Raspberry Pi! The Picade Cabinet comes in kit form for you to build at home. All parts, panels, and components are included - you just need to supply the Raspberry Pi and power adapter. We highly recommend using a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ as the extra processing power gives great performance in many emulators. This is the desktop arcade cabinet version of the...

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...

The Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ is the latest board for the minimalist Pi fan. Like the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+, it boasts a 64-bit quad core processor running at 1.4 GHz, dual-band 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz wireless LAN, and Bluetooth 4.3/BLE. This low-cost Pi uses the same processor as the model 3 B+, but does away with the Ethernet jack and three of the USB ports. It's still compatible with all Pi operating systems and software, and has the exact...

You've heard about CircuitPython and maybe you want to get started fast with a breadboard-friendly microcontroller board! We recommend the ItsyBitsy M4 - a super fast chip with tons of GPIO, analog inputs & outputs, with so much RAM that you'll never have to worry about running out of memory. And what better way to get acquainted with ItsyBitsy M4 than with this handy  CircuitPython Starter Kit ?  Small, powerful, with a...

Most low cost soil sensors are resistive style, where there's two prongs and the sensor measures the conductivity between the two. These work OK at first, but eventually start to oxidize because of the exposed metal. Even if they're gold plated! The resistivity measurement goes up and up, so you constantly have to re-calibrate your code. Also, resistive measurements don't always work in loose soil. This design is superior with a...

We've got nice cases for many of our beloved boards, but the Circuit Playground Express has been left out of couture enclosure game. Enter Ada-friend Mike Doell to the rescue! This minimal but elegant acrylic case will turn your board into an electronic snowflake. The enclosure is designed to snap together securely with no tools required. You can still press all the buttons and slide the switch thanks to a clever plastic widget fitted...

We sure love the ATmega328 here at Adafruit, and we use them a lot for our own projects. The processor has plenty of GPIO, Analog inputs, hardware UART SPI and I2C, timers and PWM galore - just enough for most simple projects. When we need to go small, we use a Metro Mini, but when size isn't as much of a concern, and a USB-serial converter is required, we reach for an Adafruit METRO . METRO is the culmination of years of playing with AVRs:...

What did the lanyard say to the hat? "You go on ahead, I'll hang around." Terribly good puns aside, we've got a Double-Hook Lanyard in classic Adafruit black. This lanyard is a fantastic accessory for turning your HalloWing M0 Express into a display badge!

Jam-packed with analog and digital inputs, outputs, and a relay, Pimoroni's automation:bit is the perfect micro:bit add-on for controlling smart home, automation or even small robotics projects. It gives you power to control and control over power, whether it's to turn on and off lamps, fans, solenoids, smart sprinkler systems, etc. Comes fully assembled, just plug your micro:bit into the slot and use the ready-to-go MakeCode...

Is your favorite robot currently in a mid-life crisis? Does it need a new purpose or perhaps, direction?  Well now you can find your way with the affordable and easy to use Slamtec RPLIDAR A1 You may have heard of LIDARs when people talk about self-driving cards. A LIDAR is a sensor that can detect distance precisely, using a laser. Unlike Time-of-Flight sensors, LIDARs are incredibly fast. Unlike sonar/ultrasonic sensors, they're...

We've been stocking some options in conductive copper foil and nylon tape recently, but sometimes a project needs material that's more analog . Enter this nice chunky spool of Rainbow Crafting Yarn ! You can use this material to decorate your robot, or of course as a colorful twin in guides such as the Crickit Mini Golf Course or the Carnival Swing Ride Yarn is made of cotton, you could use it for knitting too!

If you're a DIY enthusiast who likes to micro -manage your project's connections, here is a 5-pack of some micro USB connectors! They're sturdy metal with 4 through-hole mounting tabs, its really hard to rip these off a PCB. In an SMT line you can just paste over the through holes and the pads will solder in place. We use this connector for all our micro B USB boards (Feather, Circuit Playground, etc.) So if you...

Hear the good news! This speaker is a great addition to any audio project where you need a 4 Ohm impedance and 3W or less of power. At 40mm diameter it has a more square-ish shape, but a smaller face. Sound quality and volume are nicely sandwiched between our Thin Plastic Speaker with Wires and the honkin' 20W 4 Ohm Full Range Speaker. This bite-sized speaker comes with two long color-coded wires to solder to or plug into a...

So you've got a cool/witty name for your band, a Soundcloud account, a 3D-printed Daft Punk helmet... so what could be missing from your road to stardom? The NeoTrellis M4 Kit Pack , of course! The NeoTrellis M4 is an all-in-one USB + NeoPixel + Elastomer + Audio board. It's powered by our new favoritest-chip-in-the-world, the SAMD51, a Cortex M4 core running at 120 MHz. This chip has a speedy core with CircuitPython and...

So squishy! These silicone elastomer keypads are just waiting for your fingers to press them. Go ahead, squish all you like! (They're durable and easy to clean, just wipe with mild soap and water) These are just like the light up rubber buttons you find on stuff like appliances and tools, but these are open source and easy to integrate into your next NeoTrellis project! Each button is 10mm x 10mm square and 10mm tall . There is 5mm of grid...

We got a big ol' blender and tossed in an ItsyBitsy M4, two NeoTrellis boards and an electret mic amp - turned on the 'mix' button and out came the NeoTrellis M4 - a super fun dev board for anyone who likes to squish buttons, see pretty lights and maybe make a tune or two. The NeoTrellis M4 is an all-in-one USB + NeoPixel + Elastomer + Audio board. It's powered by our new favoritest-chip-in-the-world, the SAMD51, a Cortex M4 core...

So you've got your Adafruit NeoTrellis M4, a cool/witty name for your band, a Soundcloud account, a 3D-printed Daft Punk helmet... so what could be missing from your road to stardom? The NeoTrellis M4 Enclosure , of course! A super-specifically laser-cut enclosure that turns your 'Trellis into a handheld light/music maker!  Includes: 3 x Clear Acrylic Cutouts1 x Black Acrylic Cutout5 x M3 Black nylon hex...

Copper tape can be an interesting addition to your toolbox. The tape itself is made of thin pure copper so it's extremely flexible and can take on nearly any shape. You can solder to it, and the tape itself can carry current just like a wire. On the back is an electrically conductive adhesive. The adhesive can't carry significant current, but it is very handy for sensing applications where you don't want to solder the copper tape....

This cable will let you turn a JST PH 4-pin cable port into 4 individual wires with high-quality 0.1" male header plugs on the end. We're carrying these to match up with any of our boards with 'STEMMA' connectors on them such as the Hallowing or Trellis M4. Can also be used with any STEMMA breakouts! This one has header pins, so it could be used to connect to socket header or breadboards. The wires are even color...

This cable will let you turn a JST PH 4-pin cable port into 4 individual wires with high-quality 0.1" female sockets on the end. We're carrying these to match up with any of our boards with 'STEMMA' connectors on them such as the Hallowing or Trellis M4. Can also be used with any STEMMA breakouts! This one has socket pins, so it could be used to connet to wires or headers. The wires are even color coded: Black for GNDRed for...

With our fun assortment of conductive materials, cosplay and wearables have never been easier to craft!  This  Conductive Nylon  tape goes great with our other interesting materials, such as copper tape, ITO glass or plastic, conductive inks, etc. We found that the metallic nylon fabric has some great improvements over plain copper tape. First of all  it doesn't crack when bent or twisted!...

With our fun assortment of conductive materials, cosplay and wearables have never been easier to craft!  This Conductive Nylon tape goes great with our other interesting materials, such as copper tape, ITO glass or plastic, conductive inks, etc. We found that the metallic nylon fabric has some great improvements over plain copper tape. First of all it doesn't crack when bent or twisted! So you can make all sorts of odd shapes and...

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...

The Adafruit Feather series gives you lots of options for a small, portable, rechargeable microcontroller board. Perfect for fitting into your next prop build! This FeatherWing will unlock the prop-maker inside all of us, with tons of stuff packed in to make sabers & swords, props, toys, cosplay pieces, and more. We looked at hundreds of prop builds, and thought about what would make for a great low-cost (but well-designed) add-on for our...

Here is the perfect kit for mounting a convex lens (glass or plastic) to your HalloWing! This holder has been laser-cut specifically for lenses with a lip-edge, so we can't guarantee it'll fit with any ol' convex lens. But it does work great with ours. And of course, the mounting hardware is included so you can snap it right onto your HalloWing. Takes less than five minutes to assemble, you just need a screwdriver. Please note: It...

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...

Make a nice portable power pack with this 4 x AA battery holder. It fits any alkaline or rechargeable AA batteries in series. There's a snap on cover and an on/off switch which can be handy when wiring to something without a switch. New ! We now have 0.1" headers on ends of these cables so you can plug them into a breadboard or headers with ease! Of course, you can still always solder to them or cut the ends off. The four batteries are...

Pimoroni has taken all the great features of the Picade PCB and crammed them onto this super Picade X HAT . It's the best, easiest way to make a super-sweet arcade system using any Raspberry Pi. Simply pop it onto your Pi,  plug your Pi power supply into the micro-USB connector on the Picade HAT  (it back-powers your Pi through the GPIO, so no need for a separate power supply), wire up your controls to the terminal...

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...

Lithium ion polymer (also known as 'lipo' or 'lipoly') batteries are thin, light and powerful. The output ranges from 4.2V when completely charged to 3.7V. This battery has a capacity of 400mAh for a total of about 1.9 Wh. If you need a larger (or smaller!) battery, we have a full range of LiPoly batteries. The batteries come pre-attached with a genuine 2-pin 25mm long JST-PH connector as shown and include the necessary...

Bosch has been a leader in barometric pressure sensors, from the BMP085. BMP180, and BMP280... now we've got the next generation, the Adafruit BMP388 Precision Barometric Pressure sensor . As you would expect, this sensor is similar to its earlier versions but even better . The BMP388 has better precision than ever, which makes it excellent for environmental sensing or as a precision altimeter . It can even be used in either I2C and SPI...

Get your 'bot rolling with this durable and smooth steel ball caster. We like the size (not too big, not too small) and surprisingly fluid motion of this caster. It's also really easy to attach, with two screw mounts that will allow you to attach it to any chassis material.  Note that it doesn't come with any mounting hardware , use 4-40 or M3 screws to attach to whatever you like. Matches with our purple metal chassis, but can...

Get your 'bot rolling with this durable and smooth steel ball caster. We like the size (not too big, not too small) and surprisingly fluid motion of this caster. It's also really easy to attach, with two screw mounts that will allow you to attach it to any chassis material. Note that it doesn't come with any mounting hardware , use 4-40 or M3 screws to attach to whatever you like. Matches perfectly with our purple metal chassis, but...

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...