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This video is a little bit scary and a little bit romantic – a perfect representation of NYC. Via Ufunk:
Here is VORTEX, a beautiful contemplative walk through the streets of New York, mixing ethereal music and mesmerizing images. An amazing video created in 48h, only using an iPhone 8 and a Freefly MoVI stabilizer. After BALANCE, also shot in New York, a new captivating video directed by Tim Sessler.
Read more and see more from Tim Sessler on vimeo
Regeneration complete!
Via BBC News.
“It’s more than an honour to play the Doctor. It means remembering everyone I used to be, while stepping forward to embrace everything the Doctor stands for: hope. I can’t wait,” she added.
Lots to look forward to in 2018! What tops your list?
Check out this wonderful round-up from Tor.com.
While 2017 was certainly a banner year for movies and television—it brought us Wonder Woman, American Gods, and Spider-Man: Homecoming, to start—we would argue that 2018 is looking even brighter. J.J. Abrams adds another mysterious chapter to the Cloverfield saga, Philip K. Dick gets an anthology series, and the Incredibles finally get back into their supersuits. Between Annihilation and A Wrinkle in Time alone, next year will be truly mind-expanding.
We were surprised at how long this list was, from the aforementioned big movies to the return of such beloved series as The Good Place, Star Trek: Discovery, The Handmaid’s Tale, and much more. We’ve got a lot to look forward to next year.
Happy 2018 from all of us here at Adafruit to all you Doers, Makers, Hackers, Artists & Engineers. Stay safe out there!
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Check out our new Welcome to CircuitPython! guide!
Documentation is available in readthedocs.io.
Here are all the changes since 2.1.0. This release is based on MicroPython 1.9.2. Support upstream MicroPython by purchasing a PyBoard (from Adafruit here).
Thank you to all who used, tested, contributed, helped out, and participated on GitHub and/or discord:
@mrmcwethy, @stewmystre, @deshipu, @jerryneedell, @dastels, @kattni, @ladyada, @tannewt, @dhalbert, @tdicola, Andon, NorthernPike, willingc, brad, Kurt H, hukuzatuna, Janisku7, cater, onebeartoe, JohnPark, Teevo, process1183, siddacious, Cruadeium, adafruit, microwattbott, cyrborg5, Factory Factory, jramsdale, Pedro, pcurryinahurry, adamwolf, Olanskyl, HappyDay, Raiden, TechGuy12, dobra-dobra, MattBoston, donalus, cartere, Azure Skies, CGrover, ntoll, petroochio, donalus, mpalemuse, BravoDelta, ogredrew, cascade, Darragh, BWingZero, histo, TG-Techie, ericwertz, Jack, Dao20, fede2, oldcrow, waldo, ryespy, nis, chalkers, Skr0d, Billy, Dad, Instinctive, ATMakers, Cat, sommersoft, Coldreactor, BillOwens, tastemakerchuck, CrimsonKringle, Al Bee, vj pussycat, Daikojun, rocketcoder, Ringo, and surely more we have missed. Join us on the Discord chat to collaborate.
To install follow the instructions in our Welcome to CircuitPython! guide. To install the latest libraries, see this page in that guide.
All builds except ESP8266 are available as both UF2 and bin files here along with test builds.
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We’re excited for the Holiday Season here at Adafruit and we can’t wait to share that excitement with you! Tune into the Adafruit Blog for six weeks of hand picked Adafruit Holiday Gift Guides featuring Adafruit products, projects and more starting Monday November 13.
Still not sure if you’re on the right gift giving track? Gift Certificates are the perfect cyber-present for the electronics geek in your life and are available at any time. When in doubt contact us!
Adafruit offers exciting deals and free items when you shop with us.
For orders of $99 or more – a free Adafruit Perma-proto half-size breadboard
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For orders of $200 or more – free UPS ground shipping (*Continental USA only)
For orders of $249 or more – a free Adafruit Gemma M0
For orders of $299 or more – a free Adafruit Circuit Playground Express
If you love CircuitPython, then you’ll love this promotion! The Trinket M0, GEMMA M0, and Circuit Playground Express are all great boards for getting going with CircuitPython.
Here are your 2017 shipping deadlines for ordering from Adafruit. Please review our shipping section if you have specific questions on how and where we ship worldwide for this holiday season.
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Inspired by Simple Simon, AdaBox subscriber Ron wrote on the forums about this simple and fun Reaction Game for the Circuit Playground Express!
Adabox006 delivered my first CPx. I recently purchased the Feather M0 Express but hadn’t even put headers on it yet so the CPx was my first real chance to play with it and Circuit Python. I pretty quickly had the idea to use the 10 neopixels to create a game that tested reaction time and it was quite simple to do. Below I will described what I used, link to a video of the game in action, as well as link to the readme and code.py on Github.
The BOM is trivial as it only requires the CPx and a power source. You can power it from a USB cable but that’s not very convenient since you need to hold it in your hand and react quickly. I power mine with a small lipo battery I attached to the back of the CPx using Scotch double-sided tape but it can also be powered using the AAA holder that came with Adabox006.
- The neopixels will cycle counter clockwise. All will be blue except one which will be red which is the player’s target
- The object of the game is to touch the pad A7 right when the one LED changes to red (random for each game)
- When first started the neopixels will all flash blue except for #1 being RED indicating the initial difficulty setting of 1 (easiest)
- Press push button B to start the game. It will turn off all of the neopixels for 1 second so you can prepare then begin cycling until you touch A7
- If you get it right a little victory tone set is played and all the neopixels turn GREEN
- If you miss then there is a sadder tone and the neopixels go RED
- You can hit push button B to play again
- If you want to increase the difficulty press push button A. Difficulty is 1 to 5 and the number of RED neopixels shows the current difficulty setting
- Difficulty 5 has the game run as fast as it can
Read more here and check out the code repository here on GitHub.
As 2017 winds to a close enjoy these updated guides in the Adafruit Learning System now with CircuitPython code:
Adafruit Analog Accelerometer Breakouts
Adafruit LSM9DS0 Accelerometer + Magnetometer + Gyroscope and Adafruit LSM9DS1 Accelerometer + Magnetometer + Gyroscope
YouTuber Tom Scott shares this video explaining the Pulfrich effect. You are going to look a little silly trying to cover one eye with a pair of sunglasses but it does work! Grab a pair of sunglasses and try it for yourself.
Via YouTube:
Hold on tight, because with a stabilised camera shot and a pair of sunglasses, you’re about to see a video that works in both 2D and 3D at the same time. The technique’s called the Pulfrich Effect, and this is how it works.
The BBC’s terrible 90s Doctor Who special, Dimensions in Time, can be seen here, complete with its Noel Edmonds-filled framing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQCeM…
We hope you enjoy looking through these photos as much as we have! From National Geographic:
National Geographic’s 57 best images of the year—curated from 88 photographers, 112 stories, and nearly 2 million photographs.
We #celebratephotography here at Adafruit every Saturday. From photographers of all levels to projects you have made or those that inspire you to make, we’re on it! Got a tip? Well, send it in!
If you’re interested in making your own project and need some gear, we’ve got you covered. Be sure to check out our Raspberry Pi accessories and our DIY cameras.
Very cool video from ZY Productions on YouTube:
Today I explain how DSLR Autofocus works, and what exactly all those different types of AF points are about
We #celebratephotography here at Adafruit every Saturday. From photographers of all levels to projects you have made or those that inspire you to make, we’re on it! Got a tip? Well, send it in!
If you’re interested in making your own project and need some gear, we’ve got you covered. Be sure to check out our Raspberry Pi accessories and our DIY cameras.
