Internet of Things (IOT), Wearable, Machine to Machine Learning, Sensor and Data Technologies

from New Products 9/26/2018 Featuring Adafruit #MPRLS Ported #Pressure #Sensor! by Jessie Mae Browse through all that’s new here ! NEW PRODUCTS THIS WEEK Peristaltic Liquid Pump with Silicone Tubing – 5V to 6V DC Power : Move fluid safely from here to there with this very nice Peristaltic Pump that works with 5V or 6V power. Unlike most liquid pumps, this is a peristaltic type – the pump squishes the silicone tubing that contains the liquid instead of impelling it directly . The upshot? The pump never touches the fluid which makes this an excellent choice for any food/drink/sterile-based pumping such as for making drink-bots or gardening robots! The pump is basically a geared down DC motor, so it has a lot of torque. Inside the pump is a ‘clover’ pattern of rollers. As the motor turns, the clover presses on the tube to press the fluid though. The pump does not need to be primed and in fact can self-prime itself with water a half meter with ease. You can PWM the motor to speed

from Subscribe to the Adafruit Youtube channel! #Youtube #AdafruitLearnSystem by Jessie Mae Are you subscribed to the Adafruit Youtube channel? If you’re not already subscribed, click here! http://adafru.it/subscribe . It’s a free and easy way to keep up with our newest episodes. Here’s some of what we’re up to. Electronics Show and Tell Wednesdays 7:30pm G+ Hangout On-Air Electronics show and tell with G+ On-Air hangouts every Wednesday at 7:30pm ET. Want to show a project on an upcoming show and tell? Leave a comment on the show and tell announcement on Adafruit’s G+ page: https://ift.tt/15IF4UZ Adafruit Ask an Engineer LIVE 8pm Wednesday! Every Wednesday night at 8pm ET join us for our weekly live video & chatroom! Visit http://adafruit.com/ask for more info. You can ask anything about electronics, kits at Adafruit or just stop in to meet other makers who are building cool things! At the end of the chat we give away a kit from Adafruit to the winner of our trivia que

from New Products 9/26/2018 Featuring Adafruit MPRLS Ported Pressure Sensor Breakout – 0 to 25 PSI! (Video) by Angelica New Products 9/26/2018 Featuring Adafruit MPRLS Ported Pressure Sensor Breakout – 0 to 25 PSI! ( Video ) Peristaltic Liquid Pump with Silicone Tubing – 5V to 6V DC Power ( 0:16 ) Convex Plastic Lens with Edge – 40mm Diameter ( 1:29 ) Miniature Reflective Infrared Optical Sensors – 5 Pack – ITR20001/T ( 2:08 ) Pimoroni HyperPixel – 4.0″ Hi-Res Display for Raspberry Pi – Non-Touch ( 3:13 ) Pimoroni HyperPixel – 4.0″ Hi-Res Display for Raspberry Pi ( 3:13 ) Quick 861DW Hot Air Soldering Rework Station w/ Three Nozzles ( 4:46 ) Adafruit #ElectronicHalloween Halloween Sticker Sheet Set 1 ( 5:55 ) Adafruit #ElectronicHalloween Halloween Sticker Sheet Set 2 ( 5:55 ) Adafruit #ElectronicHalloween Halloween Cards (set of 5) ( 6:30 ) Adafruit VEML6075 UVA UVB and UV Index Sensor Breakout ( 8:12 ) Adafruit MPRLS Ported Pressure Sensor Breakout – 0 to 2

Today is Save the Koala Day and a perfect time to to tell you about some noteworthy and ground-breaking research that was made possible by AWS Research Credits and the AWS Cloud. Five years ago, a research team led by Dr. Rebecca Johnson (Director of the Australian Museum Research Institute ) set out to learn more about koala populations, genetics, and diseases. As a biologically unique animal with a limited appetite, maintaining a healthy and genetically diverse population are both key elements of any conservation plan. In addition to characterizing the genetic diversity of koala populations, the team wanted to strengthen Australia’s ability to lead large-scale genome sequencing projects. Inside the Koala Genome Last month the team published their results in Nature Genetics . Their paper ( Adaptation and Conservation Insights from the Koala Genome ) identifies the genomic basis for the koala’s unique biology. Even though I had to look up dozens of concepts as I read the paper, I

from Ultimaker 3 door clip and stand #3DThursday #3DPrinting by Ben Shared by Airtibi on Thingiverse : Simple clip and stand for Ultimaker3. It can be placed with the standard screws and can be good for Extended version as well, but bigger size of plexiglass needed. During printing the clips, it can be placed as planned, so no support needed. 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 3

from Lego Micro Marble Track #3DPrinting #3DThursday by Jessie Mae Jooxoe3i shared this project on Thingiverse! a lego-compatible micro-marble-track construction system designed for small ball-bearings, with a diameter less than 6mm = the track diameter. for best results look for ones with 4.8mm diameter – the lego-stud diameter (standard 608 bearings contain some which are slightly smaller, but still in the right ballpark – got any unused fidget-spinners around?) See 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? An

from Triple Box #3DThursday #3DPrinting by Ben Shared by rodrim on Thingiverse : This is a remix of these great boxes: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2873578 Thanks Pascal Merkli for sharing! It´s just three of the Blue Box combined with independent lid and a solid floor to optimize print time. 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! The Adafruit Learning System has dozens

from Lego Compatible type A Frame towbar #3DPrinting #3DThursday by Jessie Mae telboy2002 shared this project on Thingiverse! A Frame towbar, Lego compatible See 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!

The Altair 8800 computer that I built in 1977 had just 4 kilobytes of memory. Today I was able to use an EC2 instance with 12 terabytes (12 tebibytes to be exact) of memory, almost 4 billion times as much! The new Amazon EC2 High Memory Instances let you take advantage of other AWS services including Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) , Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) , AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) , Amazon CloudWatch , and AWS Config . They are designed to allow AWS customers to run large-scale SAP HANA installations, and can be used to build production systems that provide enterprise-grade data protection and business continuity. Here are the specs: Instance Name Memory Logical Processors Dedicated EBS Bandwidth Network Bandwidth u-6tb1.metal 6 TiB 448 14 Gbps 25 Gbps u-9tb1.metal 9 TiB 448 14 Gbps 25 Gbps u-12tb1.metal 12 TiB 448 14 Gbps 25 Gbps Each Logical Processor is a hyperthread on one of the 224 physical CPU cores. All three si

from GoPro tripod mount #3DThursday #3DPrinting by Ben Shared by fns720 on Thingiverse : This is a GoPro compatible tripod mount. 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! The Adafruit Learning System has dozens of great tools to get you well on your way to creating incredible works of engineering, interactive art, and design with your 3D printer! If you’ve made a cool project tha

from Modular Combat Spinning Top (no support needed) #3DPrinting #3DThursday by Jessie Mae Aravon shared this project on Thingivere! The spinning top is modular. You can easily design your own discs and tips. The default is three layers, upper disc, lower disc and the tip. 11mm thick each. The core diameter is 10mm. You can easily create thread with Fusion 360 (it’s the way I made them). Just screw them together. For combat fun and fairness, the largest disc diameter should be around 5cm. A very rough arena is included. It is one quarter of a circle. So print 4 of them and glue them together. Need lots of sanding, so be warned. I recommend you create your own arena. All pieces can be printed in just PLA. Of course you can try out other materials. A good mechanical experiment. See 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 electroni

from 3D printed robotic lawn mower #3DThursday #3DPrinting by Ben Shared from the Reprap-Windturbine.com : Automatic lawn mowers are very modern, and very useful, because they take a lot of work from you. Unfortunately, but they are also very expensive! With this download project you can build your own robotic lawn mower at a fraction of the cost that one would have to apply for a commercial one. The 3d printed robotic lawn mower works on the same principle as its commercial counterparts, which can be bought for a lot of money at most hardware stores. It drives in the inner space of a “boundary wire fence” (BWF). If it comes close to this it stops, turns and then it goes on mowing your lawn continuously. The robotic lawn mower is well tested for a lawn size up to 500m². If your lawn is bigger you need a second battery or you should print a second robotic lawn mower. In addition to a 3D printer and the needed filament (ABS and PLA) for printing the parts, only a few tools and r

from Launching a #SpaceX-style Electric Rocket w. Ivan Miranda #3DPrinting #3DThursday by Jessie Mae James Bruton shared this collaboration on Youtube! That’s right, I’m doing a #SpaceX-style rocket collaboration with Ivan Miranda: https://www.youtube.com/user/superazote The brief we set each other was to design electric rockets that could land upright again and be reusable – just like Elon Musk’s company SpaceX. We’re both using Electric Ducted Fans (EDFs) and various control methods. In this part, I show the CAD design, the build and wiring as well as some of the coding that went into the gyroscopic flight control and flight stability systems. The Arduino autonomously controls the rocket stabilisation but rather than have a rocket drone, there’s also manual control and override built-in as well. See 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

from Chameleon Eye Shades #3DPrinting #3DThursday by Jessie Mae onebeartoe shared this project on Thingiverse! These shades are inspired by the chameleon’s eyes. They sorta work, and are fun to wear. The lens part is from swithborg: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2989760 There are sew tabs on each end of the model. An eleastic strap was sewn to the printed model in the pictures for fastening to a head. Postprint, apply some E6000 or similar adhesive to the inner nose bridge area to avoid the edges touching skin. What ever nose buffer is used make sure to let it dry before letting it touch a person’s skin. See 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

from NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit VEML6075 UVA UVB and UV Index Sensor Breakout by Angelica NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit VEML6075 UVA UVB and UV Index Sensor Breakout This little sensor is a great way to add UVA and UVB light sensing to any microcontroller project. The VEML6075 from Vishay has both true UVA and UVB band light sensors and an I2C-controlled ADC that will take readings and integrate them. The sensor also comes with calibration registers so you can easily convert the UVA/UVB readings into the UV Index. Compared to our other UV sensors, this one actually does a pretty good job of getting accurate UV data. Unlike the Si1145, it has a real UV sensor, and in contrast to the VEML6070, it has dual band senors and an Index calculation algorithm. So far this is the best UV sensor we’ve got! This UV sensor works great with 3 or 5V power or logic, it’s nice and compact, and it’s easy to use with any I2C-capable microcontroller. We have  example code and libraries for Arduino  and  Circu