Adafruit shares their top ten new products released in 2024, featuring innovative electronics and DIY gadgets.
1. **Raspberry Pi Pico 2W** - An update from Raspberry Pi Foundation that brings significant performance and feature improvements while retaining compatibility with the earlier Raspberry Pi Pico series.
2. **Adafruit CH334F Mini 4-Port USB Hub Breakout** - A USB 2.1 hub chip that converts one high-speed port into four, useful for connecting more than one USB device.
3. **Adafruit I2S MEMS Microphone Breakout – ICS-43434** - A tiny and purely digital MEMS microphone that offers good sound detection and conversion capabilities.
4. **Adafruit I2C Stemma QT Rotary Encoder Breakout with Encoder** - A user-friendly rotary encoder breakout that tracks pulses and pins for instant rotary feedback.
5. **Adafruit bq25185 USB / DC / Solar Lithium Ion/Polymer charger** - A flexible charger board that works with various types of batteries and power sources.
6. **Adafruit Feather RP2350 with HSTX Port** - A battery-powered development board that allows use of any FeatherWings and is packed with goodies.
7. **Adafruit USB Type C Plug Breakout** - A plug that provides the basics of USB C, with a stable semi-through hole mounting configuration.
8. **USB C Small Round Panel Mount Extension Cable** - A compact and easy-to-install panel-mount USB C cable that can fit into various holes.
9. **Adafruit HDC3022 Precision Temperature & Humidity Sensor** - A high-accuracy sensor for temperature and humidity measurement, upgraded with a PTFE filter cover.
10. **Adafruit Pixel Shifter – For Addressable LEDs** - A solution to address voltage level expectations for NeoPixel-compatible pixels, ensuring stable behavior without flickering or weird behavior.
1. **Raspberry Pi Pico 2W** - An update from Raspberry Pi Foundation that brings significant performance and feature improvements while retaining compatibility with the earlier Raspberry Pi Pico series.
2. **Adafruit CH334F Mini 4-Port USB Hub Breakout** - A USB 2.1 hub chip that converts one high-speed port into four, useful for connecting more than one USB device.
3. **Adafruit I2S MEMS Microphone Breakout – ICS-43434** - A tiny and purely digital MEMS microphone that offers good sound detection and conversion capabilities.
4. **Adafruit I2C Stemma QT Rotary Encoder Breakout with Encoder** - A user-friendly rotary encoder breakout that tracks pulses and pins for instant rotary feedback.
5. **Adafruit bq25185 USB / DC / Solar Lithium Ion/Polymer charger** - A flexible charger board that works with various types of batteries and power sources.
6. **Adafruit Feather RP2350 with HSTX Port** - A battery-powered development board that allows use of any FeatherWings and is packed with goodies.
7. **Adafruit USB Type C Plug Breakout** - A plug that provides the basics of USB C, with a stable semi-through hole mounting configuration.
8. **USB C Small Round Panel Mount Extension Cable** - A compact and easy-to-install panel-mount USB C cable that can fit into various holes.
9. **Adafruit HDC3022 Precision Temperature & Humidity Sensor** - A high-accuracy sensor for temperature and humidity measurement, upgraded with a PTFE filter cover.
10. **Adafruit Pixel Shifter – For Addressable LEDs** - A solution to address voltage level expectations for NeoPixel-compatible pixels, ensuring stable behavior without flickering or weird behavior.
Waveshare has launched the Double Eye LCD module, featuring two 0.71-inch round IPS displays with 160×160 pixels of resolution and 65K color depth, aimed at applications like wearables, robotics, and IoT devices.
Wokwi offers a range of simulators for various microcontrollers and platforms, including Arduino, ESP32, STM32, and Raspberry Pi. It also provides tools for VS Code, CI, and JetBrains, and features a variety of IoT and simulation projects, as well as a selection of Arduino projects.
A Trinket for The Pawn Shop, interacting with an OLED screen and an LED strip, displaying messages and scanning for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices.
A Flasher utility for DIY miners to flash NerdMiner firmware onto various boards, such as LILYGO S3 Dongle, LILYGO T-Display-AMOLED, ESP32-WROOM, LILYGO T-QT, TDisplay v1.14, ESP32-2432S028R, and M5-StampS3. The flashing process should take less than one minute.
Track Bitcoin prices automatically with an ESP32 and an OLED display using MicroPython or Arduino.
/u/BesBesCat writes:
```
JSONVar getBTC() {
String serverPath = "http://api.coindesk.com/v1/bpi/currentprice.json";
jsonBuffer = httpGETRequest(serverPath.c_str());
JSONVar myObject = JSON.parse(jsonBuffer);
return myObject;
}
// Use Coindesk's API instead.
```
/u/BesBesCat writes:
```
JSONVar getBTC() {
String serverPath = "http://api.coindesk.com/v1/bpi/currentprice.json";
jsonBuffer = httpGETRequest(serverPath.c_str());
JSONVar myObject = JSON.parse(jsonBuffer);
return myObject;
}
// Use Coindesk's API instead.
```
CodeCell is a tiny, Arduino-compatible module with an ESP32-C3, sensors (light, proximity, optional motion), and USB-C charging. Perfect for robotics, wearables, and IoT projects.
Arduino IDE extension to get a more meaningful explanation of the stack traces and backtraces on ESP8266/ESP32
The SQFMI Watchy is a fully open-source, hackable ePaper watch based on the ESP32 with a crisp, glare-free 1.54" 200x200 ePaper display which can be programmed using the Arduino IDE and lots of your favourite Arduino/ESP libraries!
Watchy is a customizable watch face platform with various watch faces and a feature to create your own watch face
