Questions tagged [adafruit]

Adafruit Industries is an open-source hardware company founded by Limor Fried in 2005.

Adafruit Industries is an open-source hardware company founded by Limor Fried in 2005.

The company designs and manufactures a number of electronics products, sells a wide variety of electronics components, tools, and accessories via its online storefront, and produces a number of learning resources, including written tutorials, introductory videos for beginners, and the longest running live video electronics show on the internet.

The name Adafruit comes from Fried's online moniker "ladyada", itself an homage to computer science pioneer Ada Lovelace. The company's goal is to get more people involved in technology, science and engineering. Project kits are designed to deliver practical systems—not simply academic exercises—and to encourage more women into the field.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adafruit_Industries

Official website: https://www.adafruit.com/

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How can I use Arduino NFC to receive a key from Android and respond if valid?

I try to create an Android app that sends a key to an Arduino NFC Shield. I am able to send the key from the mobile and turn on the LED on the Arduino. But I don't know how to make the NFC shield send back to the Android device a response: valid key…
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Calibrating Adafruit LSM303 in Arduino

I have an Adafruit LSM303 accelerometer and compass attached to an Arduino Uno. I used one of Adafruit's recommended calibration sketches (see below) and got the following output: Accel Minimums: -8.55 -10.16 -14.12 Accel Maximums: 9.89 11.26 …
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Adafruit Fona establishes connection with echo server, but doesn't send over any data

Using mbed OS and stm32 nucleo board with Adafruit Fona 3g, I am trying to send data to a server via 3g connection. I am using the .cpp file and .h file posted here: https://os.mbed.com/users/Nels885/code/Adafruit_FONA_3G/file/b18cfba4283a/ The code…
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Python Raspberry PI GPS Update Rate

I am currently trying to write a python (2.7) script based around the GPSd library to provide GPS speed data at an update rate of 10Hz using the adafruit Ultimate GPS raspberry Pi Hat (https://www.adafruit.com/product/2324) with time stamps also…
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How to refresh Adafruit 1306 OLED properly when displaying DHT11 temp data?

Temperature data is not updating on my OLED. The temperature number stays the same no matter what. I am using an ESP8266 with a DHT11 temp/humid sensor, an Adafruit ssd1306 oled, and 2 buttons. My code displays the temperature on a web server which…
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Adafruit 1.5" & 2.1" Monochrome 128x64 OLED Display Module not working SPI

I am following this tutorial. https://learn.adafruit.com/1-5-and-2-1-monochrome-128x64-oled-display-module/wiring-and-test For some reason i'm not getting any life from the oled screen. I have checked the voltages on all the pins and they are as…
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Sending data from a BLE enabled arduino to an iOS App

I'm working with an Adafruit Bluefruit Feather to build a device that collects data and then sends data to an iPhone, where it is read and processed. I've taken a look at countless examples that try to explain how to program the device but I seem to…
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Scratch + GPIO + Adafruit MotorHAT

I have a Raspberry PI2 with Adafruit MotorHAT, and two stepper motors attached to the hat. I have installed the Cymplecy GPIO7 on my Raspberry Pi 2, and I tried to control the stepper motors with it, but I cannot. I set the AddOn variable to…
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Adafruit Library Import Error in Thonny despite being added

I am currently working on a project where I need to convert a analog signal to a digital one therefore I am using an ADS1115 ADC Converter. This converter is connected to my Raspberry Pi Pico on a bread board. I am trying to run a basic test script…
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AttributeError: module 'board' has no attribute 'D18' - Adafruit - Python

I'm trying to connect my BeagleBone Black with DHT11 sensor. I'm following the Adafruit guide they provide, but on script run: import board import adafruit_dht import time stdin, stdout, stderr = bbb.exec_command('echo out >…
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Cant run my python project with kivy on raspberry [CRITICAL] [Window] Unable to find any valuable Window provider

am working on a python project for school, creating a graphical interface using kivy for naomi games, and integrat it with raspberry pi 3 and adafruit piTFT 3.5 screen. the project works perfectly on my pc, but on raspberry this is my logs…
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How to run thermal camera mlx90640 concurrently with countdown timers

The enclosed Python code for Raspberry Pi 4 runs separately each function without any problem countdown() and RunThermalCam(), but when running both functions concurrently the timers stop and camera image freeze. My understanding is camera is…
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SPI From AdaFruit Trinket to ST7789 Display

I am working with the ST7789 Display and my ultimate goal is to display images on the screen using the built in MicroSD slot. I have a AdaFruit Trinket 3v that I'm using for the primary logic but I cannot seem to figure out how to program the…
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Adafruit-PlatformDetect unable to detect board

Im trying to import board on a feather m4 expressx and getting the following error. Ive run the command it promoted me to do below and nothing changed. All libraries and software is updated. Im still getting the following error …
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Bodmer / TFT_eSPI touchscreen button "Destroy comand"

This question is specific to a library ,Bodmer's Tft_eSPI The author mentioned that he got the button code from Adafruit GFX Library, so they should be similar. My problem is a simple one: I want to make a simple button menu. I have figured out how…
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