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CircuitPython Goes Turbo With Precompiled Functions

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/09/14/circuitpython-goes-turbo-with-precompiled-functions/

Damn. The shipping for the #pimoroni Badgeware Tufty from #adafruit is between a third and just over half of the price of the Tufty itself as UPS is the only shipping option (afaics). Probably because of the battery. Pity they don't have a pickup window as their factory is less than a mile and a half from me

📜🚀 #Adafruit gets a love letter from big-shot lawyers on behalf of some startup nobody's heard of. Looks like someone's trying to make a quick buck off the maker community's creativity. 🙄💰
https://blog.adafruit.com/ #LoveLetter #MakerCommunity #LegalIssues #StartupDrama #HackerNews #ngated

I wrote up a bit about the two (!) alt controllers I made for this game jam: one looks like a keyboard but is actually a tilt controlled WASD pad; the other one looks like 5 toggle switches but actually is a keyboard. Sort of.

https://nextlevelbanana.com/blog/two-new-alt-controllers

#altcontrol #altctrl #arduino #adafruit

New Macropad Hotkeys II release is out! If you need a configurable macropad for DaVinci Resolve, Audacity, Zoom, BG3, whatevs - this release should be what you need. Configure multiple pages of hotkey macros to scroll through, with starter configs in the wiki:

https://github.com/deckerego/Macropad_Hotkeys

Built for the @adafruit Macropad!

#rp2040 #adafruit #macropad #keyboards #davinci_resolve

The Jell-O Glow Tensegrity Toy You Didn’t Know You Needed - If you’re looking to add a pop of glowing whimsy to your workspace, check out this... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/30/the-jell-o-glow-tensegrity-toy-you-didnt-know-you-needed/ #levitation #tensegrity #ledstrand #ledhacks #toyhacks #adafruit #gravity #jell-o #noods #art #led

What is the best #cellular #soc ?
#baseband #ss7 #firmware #broadband #5G #LTE

Something like this for the #mechaComet phone ... #crowdsupply #kickstarter

n258 5G mmwave - but Quectel is on the list and this hat is bulky (even minus casing) https://selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/media/letters/letter-treasury-and-defense-secretaries-chinese-military-company-quectel

https://www.waveshare.com/wiki/RM520N-GL_5G_Router

#sixfab #adafruit #pihat #rpi #Quectel

I’ve had an Adafruit Macropad for a little over 3 years, and while I was working from home at the start of that period it was permanently on, connected to my MacBook Pro on my desktop, with a variety of shortcuts configured for driving different apps that I used day-to-day. My configuration is on GitHub.

More recently, I have not been using it nearly as much.

Last weekend for our Makeroni meetup, I pulled it out of my kit bag and started to tinker some more. I have a variety of additional Qwiic / StemmaQT controls and sensors that I wanted to play with, so I updated to the most recent stable build of CircuitPython and started to have a look at them.

I also noticed that it is a nice size to act as a companion device to the MNT Pocket Reform…

I noticed a problem – there was some burn-in on the OLED display where it had been mostly always-on in the past (lesson learned, to manage the screen output more carefully!) – but fortunately, Adafruit have done a lovely job of making that easy to replace. I also think it might be nice to have that screen wedged up at a slight angle to aid readability.

I have a notion that I can 3D print a case to more-or-less match the look of my Hyper Purple laptop. I don’t have an identical colour of filament, but I do have a range of options. I also ordered a bunch of different knobs for the potentiometer, and some alternate keycaps, so that I can make the look a bit more consistent as well.

I don’t have a final case design yet (and I need to spend some time properly learning FreeCAD and/or Fusion360, really), and I also haven’t finished modifying the macros code to match what I’m using on Debian on the Pocket Reform, but this is just some work-in-progress.

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https://andypiper.co.uk/2024/08/30/keypad-hacking/

#Blaugust2024 #100DaysToOffload #3dPrinting #adafruit #circuitpython #hardware #keypad #macropad #maker #mntPocketReform #pocketreform #rp2040 #Technology