Meta has unexpectedly breathed new life into its legacy Portal hardware by quietly unlocking ADB (Android Debug Bridge) developer access across the entire product lineup.

In a recent video update posted by Meta CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth on his Facebook Profile, he showcased a custom smart home hub he “vibe coded” using modern AI tools. He used the opportunity to announce that the very same developer tooling ecosystem utilized for Meta Quest headsets now officially supports Portal devices. This means users can finally repurpose their forgotten smart displays into powerful, customized Android devices.

Getting started with this modification is surprisingly straightforward and does not require complex hardware jailbreaks. Users simply need to navigate to the Portal’s Settings menu, find the Debug options, and toggle on USB Debugging or ADB access. From there, connecting the Portal to a computer via a high-quality USB-C cable (or removing the hidden rubber port plug on a Portal TV) unlocks full command-line capability. Once authorized through the standard Android SDK platform tools, users can instantly push apps using the adb install command.

This policy shift effectively transforms old hardware into a blank canvas for smart home enthusiasts and hobbyist developers. If you are looking to build your own dashboard or explore what is possible, you can check out the official walkthrough on the Meta Horizon OS Developer Blog or download starter blueprints directly from the Meta Quest Portal Samples GitHub Repository. Whether you want to sideload a Home Assistant panel or build a custom photo frame from scratch, these newly opened developer channels offer an excellent way to keep your Portal out of the landfill.

Rodrigo Copetti analyzes the PlayStation architecture:

Sony knew that 3D hardware could get very messy to develop for. Thus, their debuting console will keep its design simple and practical… Although this may come at a cost!

(The Playstation uses the) Sony CXD8530BQ, one of the two big chips this console houses. It’s what we would call a ‘System-on-Chip’ in today’s terms.

The resulting CPU core runs at 33.87 MHz. Like other MIPS R3000-based CPUs, the CW33000 supports configurations with up to four coprocessors. Sony customised it with three: System Control Coprocessor, Geometry Transformation Engine, and Motion Decoder.

See the full, well researched details on the website here and in book form here.

From the GitHub release page:

This is CircuitPython 10.3.0-alpha.3, an alpha release for 10.3.0. Further features, changes, and bug fixes will be added before the final release of 10.3.0.

Highlights of this release

• Add usb_audio.USBMicrophone and usb_audio.USBSpeaker, which provide audio source and sink USB devices.
• Add audiospeed.Resampler.
• Add audio_i2sin input audio stream; supported only on Espressif and RP2xxx.
• Fix Espressif camera support regression.
• Fix several Espressif BLE bugs.
• Other bug fixes.

Download from circuitpython.org

Firmware downloads are available from the downloads page on circuitpython.org. The site makes it easy to select the correct file and language for your board.

Installation

To install follow the instructions in the Welcome to CircuitPython! guide. To install the latest libraries, see this page in that guide.

Try code.circuitpython.org or the latest version of the Mu editor for creating and editing your CircuitPython programs and for easy access to the CircuitPython serial connection (the REPL).

Documentation

Documentation is available in readthedocs.io.

Port status

CircuitPython has a number of “ports” that are the core implementations for different microcontroller families. Stability varies on a per-port basis. As of this release, these ports are consider stable (but see Known Issues below):

• atmel-samd: Microchip SAMD21, SAMx5x
• cxd56: Sony Spresense
• espressif: Espressif ESP32, ESP32-C2, ESP32-C3, ESP32-C6, ESP32-C61, ESP32-H2, ESP32-S2, ESP32-S3
• nordic: Nordic nRF52840, nRF52833
• raspberrypi: Raspberry Pi RP2040, RP2350
• stm: ST STM32F4 chip family

These ports are considered alpha and will have bugs and missing functionality:

• analog: Analog Devices MAX32690
• broadcom: Raspberry Pi boards such as RPi 4, RPi Zero 2W
• espressif: ESP32-P4
• litex: fomu
• mimxrt10xx: NXP i.MX RT10xxx
• renode: hardware simulator
• silabs: Silicon Labs MG24 family
• stm: ST non-STM32F4 chip families
• zephyr: multiplatform RTOS, running on multiple chip families

Changes since 10.3.0-alpha.2

Fixes and enhancements

• Add audio_i2sin on Espressif and RP2xxx. It can act as an audio stream like other audio sources. #11064, #10990. Thanks @FoamyGuy.
• Add usb_audio.USBSpeaker. #11062. Thanks @FoamyGuy.
• Add usb_audio.USBMicrophone. #11058. Thanks @FoamyGuy.
• Add audiospeed.Resampler. #11057. Thanks @relic-se.
• Allow using an I/O expander pin or a DigitalInOut for the sdcardio.SDCard chip-select pin. #11053. Thanks @bablokb.
• Fix dotclockframebuffer GPIO expander pin validation. #11028. Thanks @makermelissa.
• Add mask arg to bitmaptools.alphablend(). #11027. Thanks @makermelissa.
• Fix stereo signal processing in audiofilters.Filter. #11025. Thanks @relic-se.
• Fix audiospeed.SpeedChanger. #11022. Thanks @todbot.
• Fix filesystem incorrectly reported as read-only for web and BLE workflows. #11048. Thanks @makermelissa.
• Return HTTP 409 instead of 500 on web workflow when filesytem is read-only. #11017. Thanks @makermelissa.
• Simplify startup message printing to fix suppressing messages from boot.py on the display. #11010. Thanks @dhalbert.
• Turn on __delattr__() and __setattr__() on most boards. #11007. Thanks @dhalbert.

Port and board-specific changes

Analog Devices

Broadcom

Espressif

• Fix camera support. #11059. Thanks @dhalbert.
• Turn on audiobusio.PDMIn on ESP32. Improve PDMIn documentation and compile options. #11056. Thanks @dhalbert.
• Fix crashes due to BLE reset bug on startup. #11051. Thanks @dhalbert.
• Fix slow BLE discovery. #11050. Thanks @dhalbert.
• Use a more recent cmake version. #11043. Thanks @bablokb.
• Validate arg for ParallelBus to prevent crashes. #11041. Thanks @dhalbert.
• Fix BLE advertising duration. Return bleio.adapter.connected as True earlier. #11036. Thanks @dhalbert.
• Remove obsolete lwip workaround. #11016. Thanks @dhalbert.

i.MX

Nordic

renode

RP2xxx

• Use irq_shared_handler() instead of isr_dma_0(). #11054. Thanks @dhalbert.
• Fix uses of PICO_RP2040 and PICO_RP2350 compile macros. #11019, #11014. Thanks @dhalbert.
• Switch back to using upstream Pico-PIO-USB library. #11015. Thanks @dhalbert.
• Turn off picodvi on boards without available pins. #11008. Thanks @dhalbert.

SAMx

SiLabs

Spresense

STM

Zephyr

• Pin protobuf version to prevent build issues. #11045. Thanks @tannewt.
• Update Zephyr version to post-4.4.0. #11011. Thanks @tannewt.

Individual boards

• senseBox MCU Eye: update name, pins, and flash. #11063. Thanks @sensebox.

Documentation changes

• Improve deep sleep and displayio.release_displays() documentation. #11038. Thanks @dhalbert.

Build and infrastructure changes

• Prevent duplicate builds on PR’s and releases. #11046. Thanks @dhalbert.
• Fix incorrect compressed translation qstr ids. #11037. Thanks @dhalbert.

Translation additions and improvements

New boards

• PCBCupid Glyph Mini 2040. #11034. Thanks @pcbcupid.
• PCBCupid GLYPH S3. #11042. Thanks @pcbcupid.
• Waveshare ESP32-S3-Tiny-N8R8. #11033. Thanks @stolen.

Known issues

• Native-code .mpy files are not working. This capability is currently enabled only on the winterbloom_sol board.
• See https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/issues for other issues, including issues still to be addressed for:
  • 10.2.x
  • 10.3.0
  • 10.x.x
  • 11.0.0
  • long term

Thanks

Thank you to all who used, tested, and contributed toward this release, including the contributors above, and many others on GitHub and Discord. Join us on the Discord chat to collaborate.

Kevin was messing around with the Raspberry Pi Pico RP2350 and PIO and at some point wanted to see if it could be hooked up to a Z80.

As a starter, I’ve been experimenting with seeing if I can get an RP2350 to see the Z80 address and data bus in any manner.

Of particular interest to me is the clock speed. In particular, what is the minimum clock speed possible?

I’m using the Arduino Pico core from Earl Philhower which makes it easy to build and download code to the RP2350, but I’m trying to stick to Pico C/C++ SDK functions rather than using the Arduino environment overlays.

Naturally this is a pretty crazy thing to be doing, but it is showing the basic idea.

See the video below and more in the article here.

If you ever used a computer in the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s, your first foray into programming was most likely with BASIC. How-To Geek’s David Delony presents the reasons why Python has taken its place as the language of choice for people learning to program.

1. Python is everywhere
2. It’s easy to get started with
3. There’s a lot of info available

Python is BASIC’s spiritual successor

Python is easy to get started with and powerful enough even for complex tasks like scientific computing. It’s no surprise that it’s emerged as a language of choice.

See the details in the yahoo!tech article here.

The 46-year-old BASIC09 programming language has new compiler support with a front-end having been developed for the LLVM compiler stack.

BASIC09 was developed in 1980 for the Motorola 6809 CPU running with the OS-9 operating system. With this LLVM compiler front-end, you can write BASIC09 code for modern software and hardware.

Boisy Gene Pitre wrote in the RFC announcement of this BASIC09 front-end:

“BASIC09 was a structured BASIC dialect used on OS-9/6809 and OS-9/68K systems, especially the Tandy Color Computer ecosystem. It has procedures, typed variables, arrays, control flow, and a compilation model that makes it a reasonable candidate for preservation through a modern compiler infrastructure.

Read more on Phoronix.

This STEAM challenge is happening at 5 Queens Public Library locations on July 8! Teens and parents of teens can register here.

• 3-4pm in Flushing
• 3-4pm at Far Rockaway Teen Library
• 3-4pm in East Flushing
• 3-4pm in Cambria Heights
• 4-5pm at Central Library

SciArt Exchange’s Design Your Habitat invites students to imagine what it takes to build a true community in space—not just a shelter or a spaceship. Teens will consider real challenges like exposure to radiation and microgravity, then design sustainable space habitats that support both survival (air, water, food, exercise, protection) and thriving (art, play, culture, connection).

See more Teen Tech Lab opportunities here.

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Lem at lmao.center writes:

I am something of an indecisive photographer and when I like an angle, I will take a lot of frames, from slightly different angles etc., looking for “the shot”. And since I am also a bit of a hoarder I never clear out my camera roll.

A wigglegram is a kind of stereo image you make by looping frames together, like as a GIF.

“Same shot from different angles”? You know what that sounds a bit familiar.

See how Lem took his photos and made wigglegrams in the post here.

In the early days of home computing, the VICModem was Commodore’s answer to getting users online. But in Canada, things got… complicated.

To get around strict telecom regulations and technical limitations, Commodore did something unique: they bundled the modem with a rotary dial telephone made by Northern Telecom—specially branded and only ever sold in Canada.

The Northern Telecom Commodore Phone is one of the most obscure and region-specific bits of Commodore history. Only available in Canada, and only sold with the VICModem, it’s a rare find today—especially in working condition, with the VIC-1605 adapter still intact.

Check out the entire story with many photos sourced by Dave at the Old Telephone Room site.

Check out the livestream right here inside this product page you won’t want to miss it because there will be a BEEEG DISCOUNT during the show!

Tune in for:

• • John Park’s newest product pick
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  • Live Demo

The live video will also be on YouTube LIVE, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter) and Facebook. LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat! Come on into the chat to participate in the conversation!!

Every Tuesday @ 4pm ET/1pm PT!

Engineers Australia hosted a series of events creating opportunities for learning, connection and celebration.

What you can expect from INWED 2026

Attendees can look forward to: 

• insightful discussions with leaders and engineers shaping innovation through Engineering Intelligence
• opportunities to build meaningful professional networks across disciplines and career stages
• exposure to real-world engineering challenges, solutions and success stories
• inspiration and motivation to support your own career growth, leadership and impact
• a chance to support future engineers through the Pay It Forward initiative.

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Andrei Cebotar is 37, lives in Moldova, and has Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

My hands get tired fast — by the end of the day I often can’t feel them at all. I can press one mouse button. That’s mostly what I have to work with. And yet I play games, I write, I have conversations online. This is how.

This isn’t a neutral roundup. These are the tools I use to access my computer and play games. Some of them are part of my daily routine, others I tried and eventually stopped using. What works for me may not work for everyone, but this is the setup I’ve built around my own needs.

• PlayAbility — my face is my controller
• Handy — I speak, it types
• Xbox Adaptive Controller — the foundation I build on
• Tobii Eye Tracker — useful, but I stopped using it
• Talon Voice — powerful, but not for me
• The combination is the point

None of these tools solves everything on its own. What actually works is layering them. Right now, on a typical day, I’m using PlayAbility for in-game actions, Handy for any text I need to write, and the Xbox Adaptive Controller for movement. Each covers what the others can’t.

See Andrei’s complete post here.

AI coding tools are raising new issues with how that “clean room” rewrite process plays out legally, ethically, and practically.

Those issues came to the forefront last week with the release of a new version of chardet, a popular open source python library for automatically detecting character encoding. The repository was originally written by coder Mark Pilgrim in 2006 and released under an LGPL license that placed strict limits on how it could be reused and redistributed.

Dan Blanchard took over maintenance of the repository in 2012 but waded into some controversy with the release of version 7.0 of chardet last week. Blanchard described that overhaul as “a ground-up, MIT-licensed rewrite” of the entire library built with the help of Claude Code to be “much faster and more accurate” than what came before.

“Now the process of rewriting is so simple to do, and many people are disturbed by this,” Italian coder Salvatore “antirez” Sanfilippo wrote on his blog. “There is a more fundamental truth here: the nature of software changed; the reimplementations under different licenses are just an instance of how such nature was transformed forever. Instead of combating each manifestation of automatic programming, I believe it is better to build a new mental model and adapt.”

Read more on Ars Technica.

Snakie is a clean, uncluttered IDE for writing MicroPython code and working with connected MicroPython devices. It is built on Electron so it runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and updates easily.

Grab the latest installer for your platform from the Releases page:

• Windows (x64) — Snakie.Setup.<version>.exe
• macOS (Apple Silicon) — Snakie-<version>-arm64.dmg
• macOS (Intel) — Snakie-<version>.dmg
• Linux (x64) — Snakie-<version>.AppImage or snakie_<version>_amd64.deb

Features: everything below ships in v0.1.0:

• Edit MicroPython code with syntax highlighting and auto-complete
• Connect to a MicroPython device over serial
• Upload code to the connected device
• Interactive shell (REPL) for live coding
•  Run & Stop buttons, with a one-click Clear Shell
• Browse files both locally and on the device (Thonny-style)
• Create / rename / delete files and folders on the device
• Tabbed interface for editing multiple files at once
• Flash MicroPython firmware to a device
• Variables and code-outline panels (collapsible)
• Built-in version control (Git, VS Code-style)
• Integrated LLM chat pane
• Update notifications when a new version is ready

See this project on GitHub.

Hey International friends, if you’re looking for a place to celebrate in person check out this map from WES to locate your closest INWED event

This library lets a CircuitPython board run a real MCP server directly on the device. The host computer is only used for deployment, serial logs, and testing.

Implemented HTTP endpoints:

• GET /: JSON status
• POST /mcp: MCP JSON-RPC over HTTP
• GET /mcp: method-not-allowed explanation
• DELETE /mcp: method-not-allowed explanation
• OPTIONS /mcp: permissive CORS
• GET /sse and POST /messages: legacy SSE compatibility when the installed adafruit_httpserver has SSEResponse

Found in the Obama White House Archives is a history of women pioneers in STEM, including some engineers, who changed the way our world is understood.

Today we are celebrating International Women in Engineering Day! German Professor and Author Anna Frebel, PhD, who is currently working at MIT, has shared some great advice for women are leaders or are looking to become leaders in STEM fields, via The Society of Women Engineers:

When you are encouraged to lean without a foundation, your instincts correctly sense the risk. You don’t lead; you wobble. Without strong roots, leaning too far puts you at risk of falling, or worse, failing. Before you can lead a lab, a clinic, or a technology organization, you have to make sure you understand the biggest roadblocks. That work begins with what I call leadership of self.

Here are the five shifts that help women in emerging STEM fields expand their goalposts and step forward with grounding rather than hesitation.

Read more here.

Software developers are soon going to have to take a lesson from Hemingway.

It’s not hard to be concise in code. You have to be, by design. Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, and the rest all love to be “spoken” to in Markdown.

We used to define our code with unit tests and specifications written for humans. Now, it’s all about the spec. And the spec needs to be both complete and concise.

It needs to be complete in the sense that if you leave something out or forget to define something, the agent will very likely fill in the gaps for you. Forget a feature or requirement, and the agent will go off confidently and almost certainly in the wrong direction.

At the same time, you need to be concise. Because if you are too effusive, you may give the agent ideas that you don’t want it to have. If you write like Fitzgerald — lush and expansive —  the agent will be off and running in a direction you can’t be sure about.

Check it out on InfoWorld.

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The IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) was officially formed in 1994 as a committee of the IEEE Board. WIE’s mission is to connect and support women and girls in STEM fields, and to facilitate their recruitment and retention. See their Women in Engineering Highlights, calendar of events and more Via WIE

IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) is a global network of IEEE members and volunteers dedicated to promoting women engineers and scientists andIEEE WIE Logo with tagline, Innovate, Lead, Inspire inspiring girls around the world to follow their academic interests in a career in engineering and science.

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Instructables user lennoxlow made the happiest little dancing hotkeys that generate personalized meme compilations. They are just too cute:

Then I built a second one, because I also wanted to trigger more ridiculous scripts.

Feature creep set in and I needed to make them wireless so I could use them anywhere in the house – communicating over WiFi and serial to my PC, but also with each other.

Oh. And they had to dance. Because why not.

I called them “QuickKeys”

Read more

This project is giving us Macropad and NeoKey vibes!

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From the Editor:

Welcome to the latest Python on Microcontrollers newsletter! “Pass the sunscreen” I ask, as I contemplate going out to sunny Lake Michigan. I did find a great selection of Python news for folks before grabbing the picnic basket. People don’t know how AI might work with their coding. The human concentrating on the spec seems to be an important part of the process. And when AI helps you, what kind of software licensing applies?

A couple of goodies: An MCP server is now available for CircuitPython while a new editor has been launched for MicroPython. There are some Raspberry Pi items this week and a well-balanced group of MicroPython and CircuitPython projects to look over. I hope you all have a great week. – Anne Barela, Editor

We’re on Discord, Twitter/X, BlueSky and for past newsletters – view them all here. If you’re reading this on the web, please subscribe here. Here’s the news this week:

Code like Hemingway

Software developers are soon going to have to take a lesson from Hemingway. It’s not hard to be concise in code. You have to be, by design. Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, and the rest all love to be “spoken” to in Markdown. We used to define our code with unit tests and specifications written for humans. Now, it’s all about the spec. And the spec needs to be both complete and concise – InfoWorld.

A CircuitPython MCP Server

Frederick Blais has created an open source CircuitPython MCP Server, a minimal set of MCP JSON-RPC server helpers for CircuitPython projects using adafruit_httpserver – GitHub.

A New Raspberry Pi Desktop Style Refresh

What is currently known as the Raspberry Pi Desktop has been around for over a decade now – it started out as a customised version of the LXDE desktop, and over the years has slowly evolved into something with almost entirely different underpinnings, based on Wayland and labwc. Now comes real change – Raspberry Pi News. Via Adafruit Blog.

“We are now ready to roll changes out for beta testing. If you update your system from the beta repository, you ought to notice no differences at first, but the components which enable the new desktop will be installed and ready to use. The biggest change in the new desktop is the introduction of an icon dock, in addition to the existing taskbar. Two new plugins have been added which are intended to be used in the dock – one is a graphical application launcher, and the other an icon-based combined quick launcher and task list.”

Snakie: A Modern, Cross-Platform MicroPython Editor

Snakie is a modern, cross-platform MicroPython editor by Kevin McAleer. It has a clean, uncluttered IDE for writing MicroPython code and working with connected MicroPython devices. It is built on Electron, so it runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and updates easily – GitHub.

BASIC Ruled the ’80s. Here’s Why Python Quietly Became the New Gateway to Coding

If you ever used a computer in the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s, your first foray into programming was most likely with BASIC. Here are the reasons why Python has taken its place as the language of choice for people learning to program – yahoo!tech.

AI Can Rewrite Open Source Code, But Can It Rewrite the License, Too?

AI coding tools are raising new issues with how that “clean room” rewrite process plays out legally, ethically, and practically. Those issues came to the forefront last week with the release of a new version of chardet, a popular open source python library for automatically detecting character encoding – Ars Technica.

Linux Kernel 7.1 Officially Released

The Linux Kernel 7.1 has been officially released. It introduces a new NTFS file system implementation and a new Landlock access right for pathname UNIX domain sockets – 9to5Linux.

Latest Raspberry Pi OS Release Is Powered by Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS – 9to5Linux.

This Week’s Python Streams

Python on Hardware is all about building a cooperative ecosphere which allows contributions to be valued and to grow knowledge. Below are the streams within the last week focusing on the community.

CircuitPython Deep Dive Stream

Last Friday, Tim filled in for Scott and spoke about the usb_audio core module.

You can see the latest video and past videos on the Adafruit YouTube channel under the Deep Dive playlist – YouTube.

CircuitPython Parsec

John Park’s CircuitPython Parsec this week is on LCD Character Marquee Scroll – Adafruit Blog and YouTube.

Catch all the episodes in the YouTube playlist.

Deep Dive with Tim

Last week, Tim was looking into USB Audio in TinyUSB.

You can see the latest video and past videos on the Adafruit YouTube channel under the Deep Dive playlist – YouTube.

CircuitPython Weekly Meeting

CircuitPython Weekly Meeting for June 15, 2026 (notes) on YouTube.

Project of the Week: Taking High Quality Motion-triggered Images Using a Raspberry Pi HQ or Global Shutter Camera

John Beale has posted high quality motion-triggered images using a Raspberry Pi HQ or global shutter camera along with Python. It is possible to estimate a vehicle’s speed using a pair of images taken from the side, if you know the camera-vehicle distance and therefore the image scale in mm per pixel, and the image frame rate – GitHub. Via Adafruit Blog.

Popular Last Week

What was the most popular, most clicked link, in last week’s newsletter? The Raspberry Pi everyone stopped talking about is still worth buying.

Did you know you can read past issues of this newsletter in the Adafruit Daily Archive? Check it out.

New Notes from Adafruit Playground

Adafruit Playground is a new place for the community to post their projects and other making tips/tricks/techniques. Ad-free, it’s an easy way to publish your work in a safe space for free.

eInk Calendar With No Soldering – Adafruit Playground.

News From Around the Web

Mighty Mini Media Controller is a CircuitPython USB HID media controller built from an RP2040 board and a rotary encoder. Plug it into any computer and it works instantly as a media keyboard, no drivers required. Rotate the encoder to raise or lower volume. Press down for play/pause. All pins and timing constants are configurable at the top of code.py. It works on Windows, macOS, Linux, and ChromeOS – Keep Everything Yours. Via Reddit.

Simulating Micro:bit swarms with MicroPython – headtilt.me and GitHub. Via Mastodon.

Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.10 adds Pi Connect for Organization Support, CM5 secure boot re-provisioning, accessibility updates, and write fixes – Linuxiac. Via BlueSky.

Setting up Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W with live debugging – YouTube.

LCD1602 bigfont number displays large fonts on an LCD1602 display with MicroPython – hackster.io.

A fleet of obstacle-avoiding robots using MicroPython on RP2040 boards – YouTube.

Pico Commander is a $15 open-source macro pad built on the Raspberry Pi Pico running CircuitPython. It requires zero drivers (acts as a standard USB HID Keyboard) and is configured entirely through a visual offline web editor – hackster.io.

A Raspberry Pi tutorial on Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) with MicroPython – YouTube.

Macropad With digital stereo audio Using Pimoroni Keybow 2040 and MAX98357A audio board (HID + MIDI Capable) – Instructables.

Computer vision and projection mapping in Python on Raspberry Pi – DigiKey.

The Interactive Musical Game Board is an assistive technology device running CircuitPython designed for students with physical and cognitive disabilities at the Campus School to enjoy music by pressing buttons. The board features 9 100mm arcade buttons (8 blue and 1 red) each triggering colorful NeoPixel LED light feedback and cheerful audio playback through a speaker when pressed – Instructables.

The Smart Beehive Winter Monitor is a CircuitPython sensor pod that watches the inside of a beehive and alerts the beekeeper hours before condensation forms. It runs on an ESP32-S3 Feather, sleeps between readings, publishes to a free Adafruit IO dashboard over WiFi, and computes the dew-point spread, the leading indicator that humidity alone can’t show – Instructables.

Everything Security that was presented at PyCon US 2026 – Python Software Foundation Blog.

CrankGPT runs AI on a hand crank, no battery needed. Europe-based Squeez Labs built it around a Raspberry Pi 5 and a 20W hand-crank generator – X.

What are git worktrees, and why should I use them? – GitHub Blog.

DietPi 10.5 Enables KMS/DRM Graphics System by Default for Raspberry Pi SBCs – 9to5Linux.

Saving family football footage with a Raspberry Pi and a 1928 projector – Raspberry Pi News and YouTube.

New

The Orange Pi 6 is built around the CIX CD8180 processor. This chip combines four Cortex-A720 performance cores, four Cortex-A720 medium cores, and four Cortex-A520 efficiency cores for a total of twelve Arm CPU cores. Display connectivity includes HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort 1.4, eDP, and DisplayPort output over USB-C. Memory options include 8GB, 16GB, and 24GB of LPDDR5.

There are two PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 Key-M slots for NVMe SSDs, a microSD card slot and onboard SPI flash. The board includes dual 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet ports and an M.2 Key-E slot for an optional Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4 module. Additional connectivity includes USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 ports, dual full-function USB Type-C connectors, dual MIPI CSI camera interfaces, audio input and output, and a 40-pin GPIO header – hackster.io.

ARK Electronics has recently featured the ARK Just A Pi, a compact carrier board for the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5. The board provides USB, Ethernet, CSI camera, UART, PCIe, HDMI, and GPIO connectivity in a small form factor intended for integration with autopilot and embedded systems – LinuxGizmos.

New Boards Supported by CircuitPython

The number of supported microcontrollers and Single Board Computers (SBC) grows every week. This section outlines which boards have been included in CircuitPython or added to CircuitPython.org.

This week there were no new boards added.

Note: For non-Adafruit boards, please use the support forums of the board manufacturer for assistance, as Adafruit does not have the hardware to assist in troubleshooting.

Looking to add a new board to CircuitPython? It’s highly encouraged! Adafruit has four guides to help you do so:

• How to Add a New Board to CircuitPython
• How to add a New Board to the circuitpython.org website
• Adding a Single Board Computer to PlatformDetect for Blinka
• Adding a Single Board Computer to Blinka

New Adafruit Learning System Guides

The Adafruit Learning System has over 3,200 free guides for learning skills and building projects including using Python.

Video Feedback with Raspberry Pi from Tim C

Prop It Game from Ruiz Brothers and Liz Clark

Cluetooth Scanner from John Park

CircuitPython Libraries

The CircuitPython library numbers are continually increasing, while existing ones continue to be updated. Here we provide library numbers and updates!

To get the latest Adafruit libraries, download the Adafruit CircuitPython Library Bundle. To get the latest community contributed libraries, download the CircuitPython Community Bundle.

If you’d like to contribute to the CircuitPython project on the Python side of things, the libraries are a great place to start. Check out the CircuitPython.org Contributing page. If you’re interested in reviewing, check out Open Pull Requests. If you’d like to contribute code or documentation, check out Open Issues. We have a guide on contributing to CircuitPython with Git and GitHub, and you can find us in the #help-with-circuitpython and #circuitpython-dev channels on the Adafruit Discord.

You can check out this list of all the Adafruit CircuitPython libraries and drivers available.

The current number of CircuitPython libraries is 570!

Updated Libraries

Here is this week’s updated CircuitPython library:

• adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_ADS1x15

What’s the CircuitPython team up to this week?

What is the team up to this week? Let’s check in:

Dan

I continued fixing more issues for the CircuitPython 10.3.0 release. The fixes included more Espressif BLE fixes, some clarifications on PDMIn on Espressif, and fixing a regression in camera support when we upgraded to ESP-IDF 6.

Tim

The Raspberry Pi video feedback guide I mentioned last week is now wrapped up and published. Next I am looking into USB Audio protocols. The goal is to enable CircuitPython to act as USB Audio output/input devices like a microphone or speaker. I’ve started with the input/microphone side. The CircuitPython device gets seen as a USB microphone by the computer it is connected to and Python code can control what sound gets sent into the channel with synthio and other audio APIs. I started by adapting existing examples from TinyUSB and then porting the functionality into a CircuitPython module using the lessons learned. I will demonstrate the new functionality with a morse code paddle project.

Liz

This week I am starting to document the CircuitPython chiptune player project. I have written a CircuitPython helper library that emulates the AY8912 sound generator using synthio. It also decodes VGM (video game music) sound files. Noe is working on an enclosure and we will wrap everything up next week.

Upcoming Events

The next MicroPython Meetup in Melbourne will be on June 24 – Luma. You can see recordings of previous meetings on YouTube.

EuroPython 2026 is coming to Kraków, Poland 13-19 July, 2026. Join thousands of Python enthusiasts for a week of learning, networking, and community.

Other Events This Year

• PyOhio 2026 is from 25 July through 26 July, 2026 this year in Cleveland, USA.
• HOPE 26 Conference is from August 14th through 16th at the New Yorker Hotel, NY, NY.
• PyCon AU 2026 will be 26 Aug. 2026 – 30 Aug. 2026 in Brisbane, Australia

If you know of virtual events or upcoming events, please let us know via email to cpnews(at)adafruit(dot)com.

Latest Releases

CircuitPython’s stable release is 10.2.1 and its unstable release is 10.3.0-alpha.2. New to CircuitPython? Start with our Welcome to CircuitPython Guide.

20260619 is the latest Adafruit CircuitPython library bundle.

20260616 is the latest CircuitPython Community library bundle.

v1.28.0 is the latest MicroPython release. Documentation for it is here.

3.14.6 is the latest Python release. The latest pre-release version is 3.15.0b2.

4,519 Stars Like CircuitPython? Star it on GitHub!

Call for Help – Translating CircuitPython is now easier than ever

One important feature of CircuitPython is translated control and error messages. With the help of fellow open source project Weblate, we’re making it even easier to add or improve translations.

Sign in with an existing account such as GitHub, Google or Facebook and start contributing through a simple web interface. No forks or pull requests needed! As always, if you run into trouble join us on Discord, we’re here to help.

38,946 Thanks

The Adafruit Discord community, where we do all our CircuitPython development in the open, reached nearly 39k humans – thank you! Adafruit believes Discord offers a unique way for Python on hardware folks to connect. Join today at https://adafru.it/discord.

ICYMI – In case you missed it

Python on hardware is the Adafruit Python video-newsletter-podcast! The news comes from the Python community, Discord, Adafruit communities and more and is broadcast on ASK an ENGINEER Wednesdays. The complete Python on Hardware weekly videocast playlist is here. The video podcast is on iTunes, YouTube, Instagram, and XML.

The weekly community chat on Adafruit Discord server CircuitPython channel – Audio / Podcast edition – Audio from the Discord chat space for CircuitPython, meetings are usually Mondays at 2pm ET, this is the audio version on iTunes, Pocket Casts, Spotify, and XML feed.

Contribute

The CircuitPython Weekly Newsletter is a CircuitPython community-run newsletter emailed every Monday. To contribute your content, please email your news to cpnews (at) adafruit (dot) com with information and link(s) to your content.

Join the Adafruit Discord or post to the forum if you have questions.

Every June 23 is International Women in Engineering Day. To share some inspiration and help get the word out we will be posting to the Adafruit blog all day!

The theme for 2025 is Engineering Intelligence

Under the 2026 theme, Engineering Intelligence, we are bringing together organisations, educators, industry leaders, and communities to showcase the expertise, creativity, and leadership women bring to engineering every day.

Join us as we celebrate, inspire, and help shape a more inclusive future for engineering worldwide.

Find your closest INWED event here!

When maker Cameron Paczek moved into a new home directly beneath the take-off path of San Francisco International Airport (SFO), his visits to FlightRadar24 increased significantly. During SFO departure pushes, planes fly just 600–800 feet above his house every couple of minutes. The shaking of the house quickly became his cue to run outside and catch a glimpse of the aircraft before inevitably turning to the online flight tracker to see what he’d missed.

See more! and see the project on GitHub

Be sure to check out our posts, tutorials and new Raspberry Pi related products. Adafruit has the largest and best selection of Raspberry Pi accessories and all the code & tutorials to get you up and running in no time!

Video game consoles have a long history with web browsers. From the advent of the World Wide Web, consoles have been trying to get online. Browsers on video game consoles were initially very much an attempt to provide a cheap gateway to the web for a casual audience lacking technical expertise, though as time progressed they’ve become a greater and more integrated part of systems.

Declan Chidlow takes a look at browsers on video game consoles in detail, though only covers official web browsers. Many consoles have browsers installable via custom firmware and homebrew, but they’re beyond the scope of this post, as are non-web systems such as Satellaview and online services that didn’t provide a browser, such as XBAND, Sega Meganet, and Sega Channel.

Check out the list in the compendium here.

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Ariel taught me the joys of a good collection. Seeing a collection in action? Wowie zowie! Cheers to Log’s Carving Club for sharing this gem on YouTube:

What are the different Dremel bits and burrs for? How do you use different Dremel bits? Hopefully in this Dremel bit guide, I’ll answer those questions.

I live in an area with a lot of air traffic. Often my children ask me, or I find myself wondering, where the airplanes overhead are going, and from where they came. This project from Italian maker Danilo Cannas seems like a perfect fit for me to try out:

A 3D-printed desk gadget that shows the aircraft flying closest to your home in real time — with a military-style radar, live weather, an NTP clock, and flight intel (airline, route, ETA).

See more details on Instructables and Github.

Allison Ameduri shared NYPL Teen Reading Ambassadors’ recommendations for kids ranging from 3 to 14 that “highlight LGBTQ+ voices and stories”:

Featuring both nonfiction and fiction, these titles invite kids to learn about LGBTQ+ history, as well as LGTBQ+ experiences that all younger readers can relate to in their daily lives.

Read more about the recommendations and borrow Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle, Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag, Rainbow Revolutionaries: Fifty LGBTQ+ People Who Made History, Rick, The Best at It, The Deepest Breath, Ciel, The Pants Project and Thanks a Lot, Universe

ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UP

We’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging from learn guides to blog articles, videos, and more.

BLOG

Open for Business, Open for the Future

Check out the full post here!

LEARN

Dragon Kite Poi with Animated Lights and WLED

Fill the night sky with flaming dragons

See the full guide here!

YOUTUBE

Looking Into USB Audio in TinyUSB

See more on YouTube!

Catch up with us on the blog, in the Adafruit Learning System, and on YouTube.

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NYPL staff have once again put together a fantastic reading list, this time to honor Juneteenth:

The books below, both fiction and nonfiction and for a span of age groups, delve into the Juneteenth holiday directly or take place during the joyous, yet tumultuous time period as slavery officially ended and freed Black people faced new forms of economic, legal, and societal barriers rooted in racism.

The list provides reads for kids, teens and adults. Here’s a link to a recommended reading list exploring slavery and memory in the United States curated by Penguin Classics and The Lapidus Center at the Schomburg Center.

WLED 16 is the biggest LED control software upgrade in years, bringing powerful new creative tools to your LEDs. If you’ve been happily using WLED 0.14 or 0.15, this update adds major improvements for LED strips, matrices, wearables, sculptures, and interactive art.

This guide is an overview of the new features in WLED 16 — not a step-by-step setup tutorial, but a tour of what’s now possible.

A Whole New Creative Engine

WLED 16 isn’t just “more effects.” The underlying animation system has been upgraded, making it easier to layer effects, create transitions, work with pixel art, and animate LED matrices in much more sophisticated ways than before.

True Segment Layering

One of the biggest changes is true segment layering.

In earlier versions of WLED, segments mostly worked side-by-side: one section of LEDs could do one effect while another section did something else. In WLED 16, effects can now be stacked and blended together.

This means you can combine effects almost like layers in Photoshop or video editing software. Add sparkle over gradients, blend movement effects together, or build much richer animations without needing custom code. For artists and costume makers, this opens up a huge amount of creative flexibility.

New Transition Effects

Preset transitions got a major upgrade.

Instead of simple fades, WLED 16 introduces more dynamic transitions like pushes, shifts, and blended animations between presets. This makes playlists and preset changes feel smoother and more intentional, especially for installations, performances, and mood lighting.

Particle Effects System

WLED 16 adds an entirely new particle system, which powers a collection of more advanced animations.

Think drifting sparks, motion trails, bursts, flowing particles, and more organic movement styles. These effects feel more alive and less repetitive than classic looping LED animations, especially on matrices and mapped installations.

GIF Support

Yes — WLED can now display GIFs.

If you’re using an LED matrix, WLED 16 can play animated GIFs directly on your display. This makes pixel-art animation dramatically easier and opens the door to animated badges, signs, costume elements, retro gaming graphics, emoji displays, and tiny art installations.

PixelForge Tools

To go along with GIF support, WLED 16 introduces PixelForge, a new toolbox for creating and editing pixel graphics.

PixelForge includes tools for painting LEDs, creating animations, and working with GIF content designed for LED matrices. If you’ve ever wished WLED had a lightweight pixel-art workflow built in, this is one of the biggest additions in the release.

Custom Fonts for Scrolling Text

Scrolling text got a serious upgrade.

WLED 16 supports custom fonts, including a font editor for creating your own styles. That means displays no longer have to use the same built-in lettering — perfect for signs, cosplay props, convention badges, or themed installations.

Better Matrix and Pixel Art Features

If you build LED matrices, WLED 16 is especially exciting.

Between GIF playback, PixelForge, font tools, and improved 2D capabilities, matrices now feel much more like programmable displays instead of “LED grids with effects.” Pixel art, icons, scrolling messages, and animated graphics are easier to create and display than ever before.

Improved Stability and Recovery

Behind the scenes, WLED 16 also includes important technical improvements.

The platform has been updated to newer ESP32 foundations and now includes boot-loop recovery, helping devices automatically recover if a bad setting or unstable configuration causes crashes. That’s especially helpful when experimenting with ambitious installations or lots of presets.

Should You Upgrade?

If you mainly use simple strip effects, WLED 15 is still perfectly capable. But if you work with matrices, costumes, art installations, pixel mapping, wearables, or custom animations, WLED 16 is a major leap forward.

The biggest takeaway: WLED is evolving from “LED controller software” into a creative animation platform for addressable lighting.

WLED runs on a handful of Adafruit’s boards, most notably the Sparkle Motion line of controllers which were designed by Ladyada to be compatible and easy to use with WLED.

Read more at WLED 16: What’s New

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Scroll text on the LCD Character display with the move_left and move_right commands.

code example
To learn about CircuitPython: https://circuitpython.org

The Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum will host its largest-ever Juneteenth Freedom Celebration today from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Via Smithsonian

The Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum will host its largest-ever Juneteenth Freedom Celebration Friday, June 19, anchored by a high-energy nighttime roller rink experience alongside live music and family activities. The free, full-day event, “Power in the Past, Strength in the Future,” runs from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and transforms the museum grounds into a vibrant, block party-style celebration with extended gallery hours.
While the museum has hosted Juneteenth events since 1989, this year’s expanded program introduces a signature “Juneteenth Late Skate,” connecting the cultural legacy of Black roller skating traditions with a contemporary, community-centered experience.
The celebration is presented in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage’s “Spotlight 250 Programs” and the Smithsonian’s Our Shared Future: 250 campaign.
“The Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum is excited to continue our long-standing tradition of commemorating Juneteenth with the local community,” said Katelynd Anderson, the museum’s interim director. “Our theme this year, ‘Power in the Past, Strength in the Future,’ invites visitors to connect with each other and celebrate our shared history as we all look forward to the nation’s Semiquincentennial in July.”

Learn more

Mr. Miao was intrigued by the possibility of moving to Detroit, but wanted to see if he would be able to procure the components he needed to build drones locally.

“If you are DJI and you are in Shenzhen, you walk downstairs and have 150 options for every single component,” he said. “In the United States, you walk downstairs and there are quite literally zero to one options.”

He sent his vice president of engineering, Jatin Kolekar, to scout auto suppliers to see if they might be able to make the components that Birdstop needed. Mr. Kolekar determined that backup cameras for cars and small electric motors and batteries for systems like windshield wipers could be repurposed for the drone industry.

Import restrictions may give them a leg up.

Recent federal restrictions on new models from DJI, the Chinese company that makes at least 80 percent of the hobbyist and commercial drones that Americans fly, have created an opening for domestic manufacturers.

The ambition is here, but this is still in an early phase. For now, read the full article in here.

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Checkout the sixth annual Broadway Celebrates Juneteenth event, this is a free outdoor concert happening Today, June 19, from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM in Times Square!

The Broadway Celebrates Juneteenth concert will feature soon to be announced cast members from: Aladdin; & Juliet; Buena Vista Social Club; CATS: The Jellicle Ball; The Great Gatsby; Hadestown; Hamilton; Joe Turner’s Come and Gone; The Lost Boys; MJ; Moulin Rouge! The Musical; Ragtime; SIX: The Musical; Titaníque; Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York); Wicked; as well as the upcoming show Wanted; and the return of the kids from Young Gifted and Broadway. All performances will be accompanied by live music provided with help from The Music Performance Trust Fund and the Film Funds.

Learn more!

NYPL is always the first place we check when looking for high quality, incredibly thoughtful events. Explore upcoming NYPL events celebrating Juneteenth here.

Juneteenth is recognized as a federal holiday commemorating the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation. The NYC Parks Department has activities event and more planned throughout the city. Year round you can visit Juneteenth Grove inside Brooklyn’s Cadman Plaza Park.

Join us and our partners and friends in celebrating Juneteenth at concerts, workshops, Urban Park Ranger tours, and other celebrations at parks across New York City!

Find an NYC Parks event here!

Here is my next addition to the cat helmet series. This version of the Loki helmet is a pretty natural fit for a cat

download the files on: https://makerworld.com/en/models/2873592-loki-style-cat-helmet

Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord

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Shop for parts to build your own DIY projects http://adafru.it/3dprinting

3D Printing Projects Playlist:

3D Hangout Show Playlist:

Layer by Layer CAD Tutorials Playlist:

Timelapse Tuesday Playlist:

Connect with Noe and Pedro on Social Media:

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Every week we’ll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This Week:

Gliding Manta Ray
By Armengol13
makerworld.com/en/models/2909692-gliding-manta-ray-just-drop-go
Bambu X1C
PolyMaker PLA
6hr 38mins
X:154 Y:155 Z:21mm
.2mm layer / .4mm Nozzle
10% Infill / 1mm Retraction
200C / 60C
68g
230mm/s

Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord

Adafruit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adafruit

Shop for parts to build your own DIY projects http://adafru.it/3dprinting

3D Printing Projects Playlist:

3D Hangout Show Playlist:

Layer by Layer CAD Tutorials Playlist:

Timelapse Tuesday Playlist:

Connect with Noe and Pedro on Social Media:

Noe’s Twitter / Instagram: http://instagram.com/ecken

Pedro’s Twitter / Instagram: http://instagram.com/videopixil

Shared by Hamstah on MakerWorld:

A print-in-place planetary gear spinner that rotates freely straight off the plate. Two profiles included — standard and heavy outer ring (43g) for added inertia

Download the files and learn more

Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

A modern 3D-printed ambient lamp where flowing inner layers create a soft, warm glow effect. Designed for the Bambu LED Kit 001 and updated April 2026 with a frame redesign that integrates the LED kit and improves component tolerances. By JANBERRY DESIGN

download the files on: https://makerworld.com/en/models/2571932-design-lamp-the-wave

Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord

Adafruit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adafruit

Shop for parts to build your own DIY projects http://adafru.it/3dprinting

3D Printing Projects Playlist:

3D Hangout Show Playlist:

Layer by Layer CAD Tutorials Playlist:

Timelapse Tuesday Playlist:

Connect with Noe and Pedro on Social Media:

Noe’s Twitter / Instagram: http://instagram.com/ecken

Pedro’s Twitter / Instagram: http://instagram.com/videopixil

Shared by Zonique2k on MakerWorld:

A hybrid fidget that combines a gyro and a gear spinner in a single print-in-place model. Smooth balanced spin with no assembly required

Download the files and learn more

Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

A compact snap-fit case for the ESP32-C3 Super Mini board. Slide the board into the bottom, apply light pressure near the USB port until it snaps, then slide on the top. Designed for boards with pins soldered on the top face

download the files on: https://makerworld.com/en/models/435147-esp32-c3-super-mini-case

Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord

Adafruit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adafruit

Shop for parts to build your own DIY projects http://adafru.it/3dprinting

3D Printing Projects Playlist:

3D Hangout Show Playlist:

Layer by Layer CAD Tutorials Playlist:

Timelapse Tuesday Playlist:

Connect with Noe and Pedro on Social Media:

Noe’s Twitter / Instagram: http://instagram.com/ecken

Pedro’s Twitter / Instagram: http://instagram.com/videopixil

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