Adafruit Weekly Editorial Round-Up: Adafruit AR Update, Essential Sci-Fi, RGBMatrix on Adafruit Feather RP2040, Circuit sculptures and more!

ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UP

We’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging from learn guides to blog articles, videos, and more.

BLOG

Adafruit AR Update #11 #RaspberryPi #Teensy

We’ve recently added the Teensy 4.1 and Raspberry pi-400 to our list of third-party boards that can be recognized by our Board Scanner Mode in Adafruit AR. Scan your Teensy 4.1, Raspberry pi-400, or Raspberry pi Pico to reveal an AR overlay of the boards pinouts and power pins.

Not aware of our Adafruit AR app? The Adafruit AR app is an awesome way to not only see some cool things happen in AR, but also informs you about Adafruit devices and electronic info.
Here you can meet our virtual Adabot, that gives you some electronic tips and facts. Adafruit AR also has interactive overlays on real-life microcontroller boards and displays 3D models, guides, & videos too!
Download Adafruit AR today!

More BLOG:

• Turning on a 40 Year Old SWTPC 6809 Computer
• The world’s biggest battery looks nothing like a battery
• 18 Essential Sci-Fi and Fantasy Films Directed by Women #SciFiSunday #ScienceFiction #WomensHistoryMonth
• The Amazing Practical Effects of Ghost in the Shell #cyberpunk

LEARN

UPDATED GUIDE: RGBMatrix on Adafruit Feather RP2040 @Adafruit @CircuitPython

With its generous 264kB of RAM, the Raspberry Pi RP2040 is perfect for driving RGB matrix displays. To make it easy, you can use the Adafruit Feather RP2040 together with the Adafruit RGB Matrix Featherwing Kit. We’ve added a new page showing the code you’ll need to get those pretty, pretty lights going:

Learn more!

More LEARN

• Circuit sculpture uses soldered brass rods as components in electronic circuits
• RGBMatrix creates brilliant light displays
• Retroreflective Greenscreen Light Ring QT Py Controller
• Build your own mini thermal camera

Browse all that’s new in the Adafruit Learning System here!