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.
The vPlayer, from Kevin Darrah, combines a 1.69 inch touch screen with the ESP32-S3 to create a programmable network-connected display that can show various information including system stats, live images, and videos from the Internet.
An experiment using e-paper displays to show current weather, integrating hardware like ESP32 and Cloudflare Workers for software layers.
ESP32 Music streaming based on Squeezelite, with support for multi-room sync, AirPlay, Bluetooth, Hardware buttons, display and more.
Dog is a chess program for ESP32 microcontrollers, licensed under the MIT license.
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.
A tool for flashing devices like t-embed-cc1101 ,M5Stack, Lilygo, CYD ESP32, and Generic boards by putting them into download mode and selecting the appropriate version and device.
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.
Volos uses the ESP32 microcontroller's USB host capabilities to build a word processor that interfaces with a USB keyboard, showcasing the chip's potential for complex USB tricks.
A step-by-step guide on how to flash the prerelease 1.7.0 for Nerdminer V2, including downloading required files, using the esptool-js Flash Tool, and troubleshooting tips.