Ohio mail-in voting: What to know

Ballot applications are automatically sent to all registered voters in Ohio this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. 

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McConnell warns voters to brace for delayed election results: 'It could happen'

Voters should be prepared for the possibility of having to wait several weeks to find out who wins this year's presidential election, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told "Special Report" Thursday.

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Amy Coney Barrett signed 2006 statement calling to end 'barbaric' Roe v. Wade legacy

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett signed onto a two-page newspaper ad in 2006 calling for the overturning of Roe v. Wade and slamming the landmark abortion rights case as "barbaric."

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Hinged X-Acto Case #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Shared by Grantisimo on Thingiverse:

A hinged case for the #1 X-Acto knife, with storage for spare blades. The spare blades go in the side slots and can be locked in with a small (25mm) piece of filament.

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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!

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CircuitPython 6.0.0 Beta 1 released!

From the GitHub release page:

This is the second beta release of CircuitPython 6.0.0. It is relatively stable overall. See port status below for more stability detail. This release includes a new canio API, support for the 128×64 OLED and many fixes. Please use 5.3.x if you need a stable version of CircuitPython.

Download from circuitpython.org

Downloads are available from circuitpython.org. The site makes it easy to select the correct file and language for your board. The downloads page is here. Downloads are no longer available from the GitHub release pages because of the large number of files for each release.

Installation

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

Try 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).

Port status

CircuitPython has a number of "ports" that are the core implementation for a variety of microcontroller families. Stability varies on a per-port basis. As of this release, atmel-samd, nrf, and stm for the F4 family are stable. cxd56, esp32s2, and stm for other chip families are being actively improved but may be missing functionality and have bugs. litex and mimxrt10xx are in an alpha state and will have bugs and missing functionality.

New features and improvements since 6.0.0 Beta 0

API changes and additions

• Add canio API for communicating over CAN BUS #3425 #3466 Thanks @dhalbert, @jepler and @siddacious
• The default speed of busio.I2C and board.I2C is now 100khz, not 400khz as before. Use busio.I2C to set the speed explicitly. #3471 Thanks @caternuson, @ladyada, @hierophect and @tannewt
• Add SH1107_addressing kwarg to displayio.Display to support the SH1107 used in the 128×64 OLED with the new library. #3450 Thanks @mdroberts1243 and @jepler

Fixes and enhancements

• Fix memory corruption with sharp display. #3497 Thanks @jepler
• Fix hang when using OnDiskBitmap with a file on an SDCard. #3449 Thanks to @foamyguy and @jepler
• Update TinyUSB to get MIDI SysEx fix. #3473 Thanks @mzero and @tannewt
• Pins in board now print with their board name. #3470 Thanks @askpatrickw

Board- and port-specific changes

• ESP32-S2:
  • Fix digitalio on pins that don’t default to GPIO and fix reading back output value. #3495 Thanks @tannewt
  • Fix connecting to wifi without scanning first. #3489 Thanks @astrobokonon
  • Fix SPI write_value support so SD cards work. #3448 Thanks @hierophect, @jepler and @emard
  • Fix time.time and time.localtime. #3451 Thanks @microdev1, @hierophect, @askpatrickw and @anecdata
  • Build and release UF2 files #3475 Thanks @tannewt
• NRF52: Fix SPI display issue caused by QSPI disable. #3453 Thanks @DavePutz, @jerryneedell, @cjsieh and @xiongyihui
• UnexpectedMaker FeatherS2: Pin mapping updates. #3463 Thanks @unexpectedmaker
• Wio Terminal: Turn on 40 pin connector. #3478 Thanks to @ansonhe97
• QT Py: Turn on NeoPixel and correct pinout. #3457 Thanks to @ladyada

Documentation

• Numerous translation additions and improvements. Thanks:
  • @wtuemura (Brazilian Portugese)
  • @bergdahl (Swedish)
  • @ciscorn (Japanese)
  • @fede2cr (Spanish)
  • @tawez, @dobra-dobra (Polish)
• Add design guide note about const() use. #3481 Thanks to @caternuson

Internals and build process

• Include port directories in translation process. #3491 #3486 Thanks to @jepler and @microdev1
• _and_ and _or_ no longer replaced in QSTRs. #3456 Thanks to @jepler

Full commit log is here.

Breaking changes since 5.x

• i2cslave is now i2cperipheral and the class in it is changed as well.
• The stop kwarg has been removed from I2C.writeto(). If no stop is desired, then use writeto_then_readfrom.
• The default speed of busio.I2C and board.I2C is now 100khz, not 400khz as before. Use busio.I2C to set the speed explicitly. #3471 Thanks @caternuson, @ladyada, @hierophect and @tannewt

New boards since 6.0.0 Beta 0

• Adafruit QT Py Haxpress #3476 Thanks @jepler and @ladyada
• Adafruit Metro ESP32S2 #3495 Thanks @tannewt and @ladyada

Known issues

• Nothing major.
• See https://ift.tt/2j1euBi for other issues.

Thanks

Thank you to all who used, tested, and contributed since 6.0.0 Beta 0, including @anecdata, @ansonhe97, @askpatrickw, @astrobokonon, @bergdahl, @caternuson, @ciscorn, @cjsieh, @cwalther, @DavePutz, @dobra-dobra, @emard, @fede2cr, @foamyguy, @hierophect, @jepler, @jerryneedell, @ladyada, @mdroberts1243, @microdev1, @siddacious, @tannewt, @tawez, @unexpectedmaker, @wtuemura, @xiongyihui and many more on Discord. Join us on the Discord chat to collaborate.

Documentation

Documentation is available in readthedocs.io.

This release is based on MicroPython 1.9.4 @25ae98f. Support upstream MicroPython by purchasing a PyBoard (from Adafruit here) or sponsoring MicroPython on GitHub.

Translations

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!

Troubleshooting

Check out this guide for info on common problems with CircuitPython. If you are still having issues, then post to the Adafruit Support Forums and join Discord.

Assets

Builds are no longer stored as assets on this release page, because there are too many of them. Please see the Download from circuitpython.org section above.

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NEW PRODUCT – 64×64 RGB LED Matrix – 3mm Pitch – 192mm x 192mm

NEW PRODUCT – 64×64 RGB LED Matrix – 3mm Pitch – 192mm x 192mm

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Wintertime can be rough in the city. The sky is gray. The weather is unpredictable. So slough off those seasonal blues with some Times Square razzle dazzle from this sweet, ultra-high-density 64×64 RGB LED Matrix. These panels are typically used to make video walls. Here in New York, we see them on the sides of buses and on top of taxi cabs displaying animations or video advertisements. We thought they looked really cool, so we picked up a few boxes of them from a factory. They have 4,096 bright RGB LEDs arranged in a 64×64 grid at a 3mm pitch.

WARNING! These 64-pixel tall matrices use a non-standard 5-address multiplexing system!

Many add-ons or drivers use only a 4-address (ABCD) setup. You can use these matrices with our RGB Matrix Bonnet for Raspberry Pi, RGB Matrix HAT (you’ll need to connect a solder jumper), or Matrix Portal (ditto, jumper required). Other libraries such as our Arduino shield with Adafruit library or our HDMI driver boards don’t support 5-address multiplexing!

The SmartLED Shield in combination with the Teensy 3.5/3.6 has the hardware for driving these 5-address panels, and enough RAM to refresh the 4096 pixels, however, the power plug must be manually soldered/adapted because the shield overlaps it.

Full Kit Contents:

• 64×64 RGB panel
• IDC ribbon cable (~16cm)
• power cable (~50cm)

There may be slight variations between each product based on what supplier we use, but the overall shape/use/functionality is identical.

Note: This does not include 4 mounting screws and mini-magnets, however, we do have them available separate here!

In stock and shipping now!

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October 1 COVID-19 Test Results

The US is now mostly reporting 700 thousand to 1 million tests per day. Based on the experience of other countries, the percent positive needs to be well under 5% to really push down new infections (probably close to 1%), so the US still needs to increase the number of tests per day significantly (or take actions to push down the number of new infections).

There were 805,559 test results reported over the last 24 hours.

There were 45,694 positive tests.

847 Americans deaths from COVID have been reported in October. See the graph on US Daily Deaths here.

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This data is from the COVID Tracking Project.

The percent positive over the last 24 hours was 5.7% (red line is 7 day average).

For the status of contact tracing by state, check out testandtrace.com.

And check out COVID Exit Strategy to see how each state is doing.

The second graph shows the 7 day average of positive tests reported.

The dashed line is the June low.

Note that there were very few tests available in March and April, and many cases were missed (the percent positive was very high - see first graph). By June, the percent positive had dropped below 5%.

If people stay vigilant, the number of cases might drop to the June low towards the end of October (that would still be a large number of new cases, but progress).

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