On Gareth Brawyn’s Tips of the Week column on Makezine, there’s this cool idea for quick casting metal using kinetic sand and a tin alloy. If you’re hot on making IOT projects, it’s a solid looking and fiercely open platform. In addition to the existing free plan, users can now subscribe for $10/mo to open up unlimited feeds and dashboards and two months of data storage. The big upshot of that is the ability to work with servos, but also helps with some LEDs, and for buzzing piezos speakers and other stuff.Īdafruit also announced an update to their IOT cloud platform, Adafruit IO. There are a number of bug fixes and updates, including a new pulseIO protocol that allows you to do to send or receive pulse-width-modulation signals over a digital pin. The updated software can be downloaded from Github. If you’re unfamiliar, this is a barebones version of the Python programming language that’s compatible with a growing range of project boards made by Adafruit. Adafruit’s Circuit Python API has been updated to version 2.1. I don’t have any big projects I want to talk about this week, but there’s some news to share and lots of useful tips, so let’s get right into it.įirst up some news. If you need a reminder that humanity might not be doomed, I’m telling you, go find your nearest Maker Faire. I saw a lot of friends and met a lot of new people too, and walked away with some new project ideas. East Bay Mini Maker Faire was beautiful this past Sunday. It’s Wednesday, I’m Donald Bell, and it’s time for another Maker Update. This week on Maker Update, an update for Circuit Python, Adafruit IO Plus, casting metal in Kinetic sand, a 3D printed tape measure tool, reusing vintage voltmeters, and hacking with SLA batteries. Get Maker Update weekly emails (w/bonus links!) Texoma Mini Maker Faire Wichita Falls, Texas Soldering Clean Wire Splices by bekathwiaĮxpertPower 12V 7 Amp EXP1270 Rechargeable Lead Acid Battery Reusing Old Meters by The Post Apocalyptic Inventor Show Notes NewsĪdafruit IO Plus! The Adafruit IO Subscription Plan This week’s Cool Tool is a 12v SLA battery. This week on Maker Update, an update for Circuit Python, Adafruit IO Plus, casting metal in Kinetic sand, a 3D printed tape measure tool, and reusing vintage voltmeters.
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