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• Firmware that uses unique dithering & colour correction algorithms to raise the bar for quality while getting out of the way of your creativity• Open source hardware for connecting cheap & popular WS2811 based LEDs to a laptop, desktop, or Raspberry Pi over USB• Fadecandy Server Software, which communicates with one Fadecandy board or dozens• It runs on Windows, Linux, & Mac OS, & on embedded platforms like Raspberry Pi• The Open Pixel Control protocol, a simple way of getting pixel data from your creative tools into the Fadecandy server• Libraries & examples for popular languages. We have Python & Processing already, with Javascript & Max coming soon•LEDs! Fadecandy works with Adafruit's popular WS2811/WS2812 LEDs. Each controller board supports up to 512 LEDs, arranged as 8 strips of 64 each• To view the Github Repository please click here• Join in the community & check out the discussion group• Also take a look at some of the amazing projects made with the Fadecandy Fadecandy, a Neo Pixel driver with built in dithering, that can be controlled over USB (Universal Serial Bus). Fadecandy is not just hardware! It is a kit of both hardware & software parts that make LED art projects easier to build & better-looking so sculptors & makers & multimedia artists can concentrate on beautiful things instead of reinventing the wheel. It's an easy way to get started & an advanced tool for professionals. It's a collection of simple parts that work well together. Fadecandy is designed to enable art that is subtle, interactive, & playful
- exploring the interplay between light, form, & shadow. If you’re tired of seeing project after project with frenetic blinky rainbow fades, you’ll appreciate how easy it is to create expressive lighting! It's also battle tested! The firmware was originally developed to run the Ardent Mobile Cloud Platform, a Burning Man project which used 2500 LEDs to project ever-changing rolling cloud patterns onto the interior of a translucent plastic sculpture. It used five Fadecandy boards, a single Raspberry Pi, & the effects were written in a mixture of C & Python. The lighting on this project blew people away, & it made me realize just how much potential there is for creative lighting, but it takes significant technical drudgery to get beyond frenetic-rainbow-fade into territory where the lighting can really add to an art piece instead of distracting from it.
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• Classic 3-axis accelerometer can tell which direction is down by measuring gravity or how fast the board is accelerating in 3D space• Magnetometer can sense where the strongest magnetic force is coming from (generally magnetic north)•I2C interface• Attaching it to the FLORA is simple: line up the sensor so its adjacent to the SDA/SCL pins & sew conductive thread from the 3V, SDA, SCL & GND pins. They line up perfectly so you will not have any crossed lines. Add motion & direction sensing to your wearable FLORA project with this high precision 3-axis Accelerometer+ Compass sensor. Inside are two sensors, one is a classic 3-axis accelerometer, which can tell you which direction is down towards the Earth (by measuring gravity) or how fast the board is accelerating in 3D space. The other is a magnetometer that can sense where the strongest magnetic force is coming from, generally used to detect magnetic north. By combining this data you can then orient yourself. We based this sensor on the latest version of this popular sensor, the LSM303DLHC. The sensor has a digital (I2C) interface. Attaching it to the FLORA is simple: line up the sensor so its adjacent to the SDA/SCL pins & sew conductive thread from the 3V, SDA, SCL & GND pins. They line up perfectly so you will not have any crossed lines. You can only connect one of these sensors to your FLORA, but you can connect other I2C sensors/outputs by using the set of SCL/SDA pins on the opposite side. Get started with the FLORA Accelerometer click here for the guide! It uses the same Arduino library as our conventional form LSM303 breakout. The example & library code will work 'out of the box' with FLORA. Simply download our library & connect the 3V/SCL/SDA/GND pins, install the library properly & upload our test program to read out accelerometer & magnetic field data. ...

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•RGB & clear light sensing elements• Onboard IR filter localised to the colour sensing photodiodes minimizes the IR spectral component of the incoming light & allows colour measurements to be made accurately• The filter means you'll get much truer colour than most sensors, since humans don't see IR•3, 800, 000:1 dynamic range with adjustable integration time & gain so it is suited for use behind darkened glass or fabric• Neutral 4150°K temperature LED with MOSFET driver provided to illuminate your subject & help you get consistent colour (can be turned off afterwards to save power) Your electronics can now see in dazzling color with this lovely color light sensor. We found the best color sensor on the market, the TCS34725, which has RGB & Clear light sensing elements. An IR blocking filter, integrated on-chip & localized to the color sensing photodiodes, minimizes the IR spectral component of the incoming light & allows color measurements to be made accurately. The filter means you'll get much truer color than most sensors, since humans don't see IR. The sensor also has an incredible 3, 800, 000:1 dynamic range with adjustable integration time & gain so it is suited for use behind darkened glass or fabric. To make sure you get consistent color, we specified a nice neutral 4150°K temperature LED with a MOSFET driver onboard to illuminate what you're trying to sense. The LED can be easily turned on during sensing & turned off afterwards to save power. Connect to a Flora via I2C & our example code will quickly get you going with 4 channel readings. A detailed tutorial is in the works, till then, check out the Arduino library & follow the tutorial to install. Sew up the sensor by connecting 3V to 3V Flora output, Ground to common ground, SCL to I2C Clock & SDA to I2C Data on your Flora. All the pins line up & you can chain another sensor such as a lux sensor or accelerometer. Restart the IDE & select the example Flora. All the pins line up & you can chain another sensor such as a lux sensor or accelerometer. Restart the IDE & select the example Flora sketch & start putting all your favorite fruit next to the sensor element! ...

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• Can be configured for different gain/timing ranges to detect light ranges from up to 0.1
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•-165 d Bm sensitivity, 10 Hz updates, can track up to 22 satellites on 66 channels• Only 20m A current draw•RTC battery-compatible
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• Output voltage increases with light on the sensor• Logarithmic response not only gives more sensitivity in low light, its also almost impossible to ""max-out"" the sensor• Dynamic range of 3 to 55, 000 Lux• Use indoors & outdoors without needing to recalibrate! Upgrade a project that uses a photocell with the GA1A12S202 analogue light sensor. Like a Cd S photo-cell, the sensor does not require a microcontroller, the analog voltage output increases with the amount of light shining on the sensor face. This sensor has a lot of improvements that make it better for nearly any project. The biggest improvement over plain photocells is a true log-lin relationship with light levels. Most light sensors have a linear relationship with light levels, which means that they're not very sensitive to changes in darkened areas & 'max' out very easily when there's a lot of light. Sometimes you can tweak a resistor to make them better in dark or bright light but its hard to get good performance at both ends. This sensor is logarithmic over a large dynamic range of 3 to 55, 000 Lux, so it has a lot of sensitivity at low light levels but is also nearly impossible to ""max out"" so you can use it indoors or outdoors without changing code or calibration. Since the sensor is fabricated on a chip, there are also fewer manufacturing variations, so you won't have to calibrate the sensor from one board to another. Using the sensor is easy as pie: connect the Vin to 2.3-6VDC, Gnd to ground & measure the analogue output on OUT. It will range up to 3V (at extremely bright outdoor sunlight). On an Arduino, just use analog Read () with the OUT pin connected to an analogue pin. For more information including graphs, power consumption, etc check out the datasheet On this breakout there’s a 68KO resistor from OUT to ground to turn the current into a voltage. ...

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• Super small, only 1.1"" / 28mm diameter & 0.28"" / 7mm thick• Easy-to-sew or solder pads for embedding in your wearable project• Low cost enough, you can use one for every weekend project•ATtiny 85 on-board, 8K of flash, 512 byte of SRAM, 512 bytes of EEPROM• Internal oscillator runs at 8 M Hz• Ultra low power, draws only 9 m A while running•USB bootloader with a nice LED indicator looks just like a USBtiny ISP so you can program it with the Arduino IDE• Mini-USB jack for power and/or USB (Universal Serial Bus) uploading, you can put it in a box or tape it up & use any USB (Universal Serial Bus) cable for when you want to reprogram• We really worked hard on the bootloader process to make it rugged & foolproof•~5.25K bytes available for use (2.75K taken for the bootloader)• Power with either USB (Universal Serial Bus) or external output (such as a battery)
- it'll automatically switch over• On-board green power LED & red pin 1 LED• Reset button for entering the bootloader or restarting the program.•3 GPIO
- The 3 independent IO pins have 1 analog input & 2 PWM output as well.• Hardware I2C capability for breakout & sensor interfacing.GEMMA is a tiny wearable platform board with a lot of might in a 1"" diameter package. Powered by a Attiny 85 & programmable with an Arduino IDE over USB (Universal Serial Bus), you'll be able to realize any wearable project! The Attiny 85 is a fun processor because despite being so small, it has 8K of flash, & 5 I/O pins, including analog inputs & PWM 'analog' outputs. Adafruit have designed a USB (Universal Serial Bus) bootloader so you can plug it into any computer & reprogram it over a USB (Universal Serial Bus) port just like an Arduino (it uses 2 of the 5 I/O pins, leaving you with 3). In fact they even made some simple modifications to the Arduino IDE so that it works like a mini-Flora. Even though you can program GEMMA using the Arduino IDE, it's not a fully 100% Arduino-compatible. There are some things you trade off for such a small & low cost microcontroller!•GEMMA does not have a Serial port connection for debugging so the serial port monitor will not be able to send/receive data• Some computers' USB (Universal Serial Bus) v 3 ports don't recognize the GEMMAs bootloader. Simply use a USB (Universal Serial Bus) v 2 port or a USB (Universal Serial Bus) hub in between• We do not have full Windows 8 driver compatibility tested. At this time we only have it working with Mac, Linux or Windows 7/XPFor more information about GEMMA, check out Adafruits Learning guide please click here

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• Typical accuracy of ±2%• Operating range that's optimized from 5% to 95% RH• Operation outside this range is still possible
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•I2C-controlled• Works with both Raspberry Pi & Arduino• Great basic barometric pressure sensor at 1.5h Pa / 50m altitude resolution•500-1150 h Pa (up to 10km altitude)• Fully tested & assembled breakout board• All headers included (to solder yourself) This pressure sensor from Freescale is a great low-cost sensing solution for measuring barometric pressure. At 1.5 h Pa resolution it's great for basic barometric pressure sensing. The sensor is soldered onto a PCB with 10K pull-up resistors on the I2C pins. This chip is good for use with power & logic voltages ranging from 2.4V to 5.5V so you can use it with your 3V or 5V microcontroller. There's a basic temperature sensor inside but there's no specifications in the datasheet so we're not sure how accurate it is. Using the sensor is easy. For example, if you're using an Arduino, simply connect the VDD pin to the 5V voltage pin, GND to ground, SCL to I2C Clock (Analog 5 on an UNO) & SDA to I2C Data (Analog 4 on an UNO). Then download Adafruit's MPL115A2 Arduino library & example code for temperature, pressure & basic altitude calculation. Install the library, & load the example sketch. Immediately you'll have the temperature, pressure & altitude data printed in the serial console. The MPL3115A2 has a typical 1.5 Pascal resolution, which can resolve altitude at 0.3 meters (compare to the BMP180 which can do 0.17m). It has some upsides compared to the BMP180, such as interrupt outputs for ultra-low power usage, & its also a heck of a lot easier to read altitude with a built in altimeter calculation
- no calibration reading & calculating required. As a bonus, there's even a fairly good temperature sensor with ±1°C typical accuracy (±3°C max). This chip likes to be used with 2-3.6V power & logic voltages, so we placed it on a breakout with a 3V regulator & logic level shifting. Its easy to use with any Arduino or microcontroller that has i 2c capability. This chip looks & sounds a whole lot like the MPL115A2 but this is the precision version, which can act as an altitude-sensor as well as barometer Using the sensor is easy. For example, if you're using an Arduino, simply connect the VDD pin to the 5V voltage pin, GND to ground, SCL to I2C Clock (Analog 5 on an UNO) & SDA to I2C Data (Analog 4 on an UNO). Then download Adafruit's MPL3115A2 Arduino library & example code for temperature, pressure & basic altitude calculation. Install the library, & load the example sketch. Immediately you'll have the temperature, pressure & altitude data printed in the serial console.
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Adafruit FLORA Wearable Electronic Platform: Arduino-compatible

•Built-in USB support. Just plug it in with a mini USB to program it. The FLORA has USB HID support, so it can act like a mouse, keyboard, MIDI, etc. to attach directly to cell phones•Onboard reset button to reboot the system•Onboard polarized 2 JST battery connector with protection schottky diode for use with external battery packs from 3.5 v to 16 v DC in•Can be used with LiIon/LiPoly, LiFe, alkaline or rechargeable NiMh/NiCad batteries of any size•The FLORA does not have a LiPo charger included by design, this allows safe use with multiple battery types and reduces risk of fire as it is not recommended to charge these batteries on fabric•Onboard power switch connected to 2 A power FET for safe and efficient battery on/off control•Onboard 3.3 v 100 mA regulator with
protection diode and USB fuse so that power is consistent and can power common 3.3 v modules and sensors•4 indicator LED's: power good, digital signal LED for bootloader feedback, data rx/tx•Fabric friendly. The FLORA does not use FTDI headers (built in USB support) headers of any kind sticking out can grab and tear fabric.•14 sewing tap pads for attachment and electrical connections. Data buses are interleaved with power and ground pads for easy module and sensor attachments without worrying about overlapping traces which are not possible with conductive thread•Download the Arduino IDE with FLORA Drivers hereThe FLORA is small (1.75" diameter, weighing 4.4 grams). The FLORA family also has the best stainless steel threads, sensors, GPS modules and chainable LED NeoPixels,
perfect accessories for the FLORA main board. The FLORA has built-in USB support. Built in USB means you plug it in to program it, it just shows up - all you need is a Mini-B USB cable, no additional purchases are needed! We have a modified version of the Arduino IDE so Mac & Windows users can get started fast - or for power-users we have instructions on how to modify an existing Arduino IDE install. The FLORA has USB HID support, so it can act like a mouse or keyboard to attach directly to computers. FLORA has a small but easy to use onboard reset button to reboot the system. The power supply is designed to be flexible and easy to use. There is an onboard polarized 2 JST battery connector with protection schottky diode for use with external battery packs from 3.5 v to 16 v DC in. Can
be used with LiIon/LiPoly, LiFe, alkaline or rechargeable NiMh/NiCad batteries of any size. The FLORA does not have a LiPo charger included by design, this allows safe use with multiple battery types and reduces risk of fire as it is not recommended to charge these batteries on fabric. We suggest one of our micro-lipo chargers if you want to use LiPo batteries with FLORA. FLORA has onboard power switch connected to 2 A power FET for safe and efficient battery on/off control. Often FETs are not included in wearable board designs which leads to switch failure as small SMT switches are rated for only 20 mA current use. The FLORA has an onboard 3.3 v 150 mA regulator with a protection diode and USB fuse so that the microcontroller voltage is consistent and can power common 3.3 v modules and
sensors. The FLORA power system is specifically designed to allow easy control and power of a large quantity of addressable NeoPixels. Flora can easily drive 50 pixels directly from the onboard power supply, or up to 500 with the pixels externally powered by a separate 5 V supply. FLORA is fabric friendly-- all the components on board are flush to the PCB and won't snag delicate garments (it does not use FTDI headers). FLORA is extremely beginner-friendly - it is difficult to destroy the FLORA by connecting a battery backwards due to polarized connector and protection diodes. The on-board regulator means that even connecting a 9 V battery will not result in damage or tears. The FLORA has 4 indicator LED's: power good, digital signal LED for bootloader feedback, data rx/tx. Also onboard
is an ICSP connector for easy reprograming for advanced users. There are 14 sewing tap pads for attachment and electrical connections. Data buses are interleaved with power and ground pads for easy module and sensor attachments without worrying about overlapping traces which are not possible with conductive thread. The FLORA works with the Adafruit-fixed Leonardo-like bootloader and will work with any future released Leonardo-compatible bootloader. FLORA is currently using our bootloader and Adafruit USB vendor ID.

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• Built-in USB (Universal Serial Bus) support. Just plug it in with a mini USB (Universal Serial Bus) to program it. The FLORA has USB (Universal Serial Bus) HID support, so it can act like a mouse, keyboard, MIDI, etc. to attach directly to cell phones• Onboard reset button to reboot the system• Onboard polarized 2 JST battery connector with protection schottky diode for use with external battery packs from 3.5 v to 16 v DC in• Can be used with Li Ion/ Li Poly, Li Fe, alkaline or rechargeable Ni Mh/ Ni Cad batteries of any size• The FLORA does not have a Li Po charger included by design, this allows safe use with multiple battery types & reduces risk of fire as it is not recommended to charge these batteries on fabric• Onboard power switch connected to 2 A power FET for safe & efficient battery on/off control• Onboard 3.3 v 100 m A regulator with protection diode & USB (Universal Serial Bus) fuse so that power is consistent & can power common 3.3 v modules & sensors•4 indicator LED's: power good, digital signal LED for bootloader feedback, data rx/tx• Fabric friendly. The FLORA does not use FTDI headers (built in USB (Universal Serial Bus) support) headers of any kind sticking out can grab & tear fabric.•14 sewing tap pads for attachment & electrical connections. Data buses are interleaved with power & ground pads for easy module & sensor attachments without worrying about overlapping traces which are not possible with conductive thread• Download the Arduino IDE with FLORA Drivers here The FLORA is small (1.75" diameter, weighing 4.4 grams). The FLORA family also has the best stainless steel threads, sensors, GPS modules & chainable LED Neo Pixels, perfect accessories for the FLORA main board. The FLORA has built-in USB (Universal Serial Bus) support. Built in USB (Universal Serial Bus) means you plug it in to program it, it just shows up
- all you need is a Mini-B USB (Universal Serial Bus) cable, no additional purchases are needed! We have a modified version of the Arduino IDE so Mac & Windows users can get started fast
- or for power-users we have instructions on how to modify an existing Arduino IDE install. The FLORA has USB (Universal Serial Bus) HID support, so it can act like a mouse or keyboard to attach directly to computers. FLORA has a small but easy to use onboard reset button to reboot the system. The power supply is designed to be flexible & easy to use. There is an onboard polarized 2 JST battery connector with protection schottky diode for use with external battery packs from 3.5 v to 16 v DC in. Can be used with Li Ion/ Li Poly, Li Fe, alkaline or rechargeable Ni Mh/ Ni Cad batteries of any size. The FLORA does not have a Li Po charger included by design, this allows safe use with multiple battery types & reduces risk of fire as it is not recommended to charge these batteries on fabric. We suggest one of our micro-lipo chargers if you want to use Li Po batteries with FLORA. FLORA has onboard power switch connected to 2 A power FET for safe & efficient battery on/off control. Often FETs are not included in wearable board designs which leads to switch failure as small SMT switches are rated for only 20 m A current use. The FLORA has an onboard 3.3 v 150 m A regulator with a protection diode & USB (Universal Serial Bus) fuse so that the microcontroller voltage is consistent & can power common 3.3 v modules & sensors. The FLORA power system is specifically designed to allow easy control & power of a large quantity of addressable Neo Pixels. Flora can easily drive 50 pixels directly from the onboard power supply, or up to 500 with the pixels externally powered by a separate 5 V supply. FLORA is fabric friendly-- all the components on board are flush to the PCB & won't snag delicate garments (it does not use FTDI headers). FLORA is extremely beginner-friendly
- it is difficult to destroy the FLORA by connecting a battery backwards due to polarized connector & protection diodes. The on-board regulator means that even connecting a 9 V battery will not result in damage or tears. The FLORA has 4 indicator LED's: power good, digital signal LED for bootloader feedback, data rx/tx. Also onboard is an ICSP connector for easy reprograming for advanced users. There are 14 sewing tap pads for attachment & electrical connections. Data buses are interleaved with power & ground pads for easy module & sensor attachments without worrying about overlapping traces which are not possible with conductive thread. The FLORA works with the Adafruit-fixed Leonardo-like bootloader & will work with any future released Leonardo-compatible bootloader. FLORA is currently using our bootloader & Adafruit USB (Universal Serial Bus) vendor ID.

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