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Experimenting with Conductive Heater Fabric
Great for hyper color effects!
by Sophy Wong
This non-woven fabric is highly conductive, but with a resistance of 20 ohms/square inch, will heat up when current is applied. Let's look at a few ways to connect to it, how to power it, and what you can do with it!
Internet of Things Infrared Remote
Control your TV, Cable box, DVD over Wi-Fi using IR output
by Chris Young
Learn how to create an infrared remote to control your TV, Cable Box, or other device via a webpage over Wi-Fi. Layout your own custom pattern of buttons. Harness the power of an Adafruit Feather M0 Wi-Fi or Arduino MKR1000.
AM Radio Morse Code Paddle
Turn a Gemma M0 into a combination Morse code keyer and transmitter!
by John Park
This transmitter sends dots and dashes at the touch of the paddle over the AM airwaves. Made from a Gemma M0, wires, nails, conductive fabric (or aluminum foil), and a block of wood.
CircuitPlayground Minecraft Gesture Controller
Move your body to play Minecraft!
by Jen Fox
Use the Circuit Playground Express to make a gesture controller for Minecraft or your other favorite computer games!
Secret Hollow Book Intrusion Detector
Build your own safe hidden in plain sight to store valuables -- and rig an intrusion detector with Circuit Playground Express!
by John Park
This guide will show you how to make your own hollowed out book, and then show how to make a simple alarm with a Circuit Playground Express, or, even set up the Haven app on an old Android phone, just like Snowden would want you to!
How to Construct Crosswords & Word Searches
Use simple online tools and apps to make your own puzzles!
by John Park
We've filled our custom crossword puzzle and word search with fun STEAM/STEM, high-tech, and Adafruit terms. You can make your own to share with your students, classmates, and friends!
Arcade Coin-Op
Add a coin acceptor to your RetroPie arcade cabinet!
by John Park
Have you built a Picade or other retro cabinet and want to be able to insert coins to play? Add this programmable coin acceptor and you'll be able to relive the glory days of the arcade!
Giant Mechanical Keyboard
Make a huge keyboard to kill programs!
by C. Cunningham
Why settle for a single PANIC button? Make a giant three-button mechanical keyboard to kill rogue applications. Very satisfying!
Custom Milled PCB Pins
Make wearable art with your milling machine
by C. Cunningham
Turn your own custom designs into beautiful pins with a milling machine, paint, and epoxy resin.
Stream iPhone Sensor Data to Adafruit IO
Send iPhone sensor data to Adafruit IO!
by Trevor Beaton
In this guide, I'll take you through the steps necessary to stream your iOS iPhone or iPad sensor data to Adafruit IO using the Swift programming language. iOS mobile devices contains a handful of sensors such as Gyroscopic sensors, a Barometer, Magnetometer and much more. In this guide we'll be sending our Accelerometer sensor data to our Adafruit IO account feed. This guide doesn't require an extensive knowledge of Swift.
AtariFruit 2600 Joystick
Turn a classic Atari joystick into a wireless controller with the Feather nRF52 Bluetooth!
by John Park
You can cut the cord on the CX-40 joystick and enjoy wireless gaming with this classic controller! Using an nRF52 Feather as a BLE input device, you can play games on any iOS device that uses the iCade standard. Or, code it to work with many other systems!
Arduboy Game Controller Hack
Build a full-scale arcade controller for your pocket-scale Arduboy!
by John Park
An arcade joystick and buttons solder on to the Arduboy's test pads to bring cabinet-sized gameplay to the tiny, open source game machine! These methods can be used for assistive technology as well.
Joy Featherwing
Turn your Feather into a game controller!
by Dean Miller
A tiny joystick and buttons to put on your Feather board.
UFO Flying Saucer with Circuit Playground Express
Use the accelerometer tilt to control lights and sound on this fun flying saucer made with CircuitPython
by John Park
By embedding a Circuit Playground Express in a UFO made from a kit, or 3D printing, or even craft supplies, you can create an interactive model fit for filming cheesy 1950s sci-fi scenes!
AdaBox 005
Explore and use the contents of your AdaBox 005
by Tyler Cooper
You've consumed four AdaBoxes - the equivalent of a delicious, nutritious meal of DIY electronics. And now it's time for dessert. Pour yourself some coffee (or a nice cold glass of milk) because it is finally time for Raspberry Pi.
Mini Pinball Table with Gemma M0
Use CircuitPython and the Gemma M0 to control iPad pinball built into an extruded aluminum mini table!
by John Park
You can wire arcade buttons to the Gemma M0 which can be programmed in CircuitPython as a USB HID device (emulating keyboard strokes) to control any iCade compatible game on iOS! Plus, you can build your own stylish, rugged mini table using slotted aluminum extrusions and hardware! And, no soldering is required, just plug and play!
Echo 2-XL
GIve your Amazon Echo a new persona.
by C. Cunningham
Repurpose a classic toy robot as a new face and voice for Alexa.
Zelda Thunder Helm
3D Print A Precious Gerudo Heirloom for Link Cosplay
by Ruiz Brothers
The Thunder Helm is a piece of armor from The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild.
NES Cart RetroPie Game Console
All-in-one game emulator/controller built inside a NES cartridge using Joy Bonnet and Raspberry Pi Zero!
by John Park
The Pi Zero is a great machine, capable of running RetroPie to manage old school game emulation. The Joy Bonnet is a very simple, plug-and-play way to add just the right controls. But you need a case, so embed it in an old cartridge for style and the ergonomics of a better grip!
Pinball Controller for iPad
Make a pinball controller for your iOS device using Teensy
by John Park
Virtual pinball is incredibly fun, but even more so with real, physical flipper buttons and a plunger. Use a Teensy in HID keyboard mode to send iCade-compatible commands to your iOS device over the Lightning connector.
The Humble Velocipede
Desktop walking machine
by Dano Wall
The Humble Velocipede is a small-scale adaptation of Theo Jansen's kinetic sculptures. This meditative toy is designed to scuttle over countertops with its human powered stride.
Mystery Box: Haunted Radio
Breathe spooky life into an old radio by adding a Feather microcontroller to read the dial and play mysterious sounds and music!
by John Park
Vintage radios can be beautiful, but many are beyond repair. Here's a guide to repurposing it as an eerie playback device that uses the original tuner dial, power knob, and speaker and grafts on a Feather ESP8266 Huzzah with Music Maker MP3 FeatherWing that can play creepy sound effects, and trigger a specific song when intrepid guests tune the dial to a specific frequency. Muhuwahahahahahaha!
CNC Joy Bonnet Case
Learn how to CNC mill a wooden case!
by Ruiz Brothers
Go from CAD, to CAM! Make a case out of a block of wood to make a classic looking project.
Coffee Detonator: The TNT Plunger Grinder
Use a high-voltage AC power source to trigger a Feather microcontroller-driven coffee grinder.
by John Park
This guide will show you how a magneto, generator, or other AC power source can be safely converted into a small DC signal easily read by an Arduino-compatible microcontroller. Then, the microcontroller can trigger a 120V relay to turn on any appliance!
CurieBot: Arduino 101 Mini Robot Rover
The powerful, 32-bit, Bluetooth enabled, three-layer robot of the future!
by John Park
Build your own mini robot with the Arduino 101 board. This smart little 'bot contains a 32-bit Intel Curie module, Bluetooth LE capabilities, and a 6-axis accelerometer/gyro! Drive it with your phone, or turn over the controls to this capable robot's own decision making!!
Adafruit Joy Bonnet for Raspberry Pi
The cutest little gaming helper ever
by Phillip Burgess
Pocket-sized fun is the name of this game, with the Joy Bonnet - our most fun Bonnet ever (no we didn't even think that was possible, either!) This Bonnet fits perfectly on top of your Raspberry Pi Zero (any kind) and gives you adorable hand-held arcade controls. Once you install our script onto your Pi, the controls will act like a keyboard, for easy use with any emulator or media player.
Photo Light Box
Build an inexpensive, collapsable photo light box for beautiful project photography
by John Park
Foam core, magnets, and small wooden blocks are all you need to make a great photo box for close-up object photography. You can even use the adjustable walls to block reflections on shiny objects.
Ninja Timer: Giant 7-Segment Display
Build a huge timer for an event or race. It's a digital segment display made from RGB NeoPixels!
by John Park
Laser-cut acrylic is layered to create large, sharp, segments that are backlit by NeoPixel strips, and controlled with an Arduino. Huge buttons for start and stop are wired in over CAT5 network cable.
Adafruit Arcade Bonnet for Raspberry Pi
A tiny emulator helper
by Phillip Burgess
Playing retro games is easy on a Raspberry Pi - and the pocket computer is pretty good at it too! All you need is a little help to connect buttons and a joystick up and you can custom design your own arcade console, desktop or stand-up machine, even just a simple controller box. It makes for a fun weekend project that will last all year. This Adafruit Arcade Bonnet is designed to make small emulator projects a little easier to build. Here's what you can look forward to!
NeoPix Arcade Kit - 1D Arcade Game System - Circuit Playground
Create 1D arcade games based on the Circuit Playground Board
by itaparcade
The NeoPix Arcade Kit is a 1D arcade game system to encourage young programmers to code. The NeoPix Arcade Kit comes with a preprogrammed Circuit Playground that includes our 1D Pong Game to immediately start exploring basic game programming concepts on the Circuit Playground. The Circuit Playground Board has a host of sensors to create a variety of handheld electronic gaming projects.