this week on adafruit.com/3dhangouts 523 Tetris Building, QT Py Cases + Moths and Astronaut #3dprinting #adafruit

#3DPrint and build your own MIDI foot pedal to create expression to your musical performances learn.adafruit.com/midi-foot-pedal youtu.be/SauC93I6OcI #Adafruit #3DPrinting

Every week we'll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This week: Jointed Astronaut By Robot3dart www.thingiverse.com/thing:7315623 #3dprinting #adafruit youtu.be/3ouZ_TGo4rA

Build a Little Connection Machine to house a Raspberry Pi 4 computer or Pico microcontroller board! Guide learn.adafruit.com/little-conne... #Adafruit #3DPrinting youtu.be/kROJoixSFDY

Flexible #LEGO Tape! These strips are #3DPrinted with a rubber like material that allow it to cling to glass surfaces without any adhesives: learn.adafruit.com/3d-printed-l... youtu.be/Ma1oZcuR2LY #3DPrinting #Adafruit

Using magnets and a DC motor you can add movement to these print-in-place models #3DPrinting learn.adafruit.com/robotic-creatures #adafruit

IOT Asteroid Tracker powered by a Rounnd TFT and QTPy ESP32 S3 learn.adafruit.com/asteroid-tracker #3dprinting #adafruit youtu.be/oki3zKGDvz4

Build your own Guardian Robot, Terrako from #Zelda Age of Calamity. Guide: learn.adafruit.com/terrako #adafruit #3dprinting youtu.be/JRUPNIiRM3E

this week on adafruit.com/3dhangouts 522 Data Dispenser, Tetris Building and Flappy Bird Keycap learn.adafruit.com/star-trek-data-dispenser #3dprinting #adafruit youtu.be/IYkjJc0lK-0

Build a Star Trek inspired prop with LCARS diagnostics, CO2/Humidity/Temperature graphs learn.adafruit.com/star-trek-data-dispenser youtu.be/IYkjJc0lK-0

Every week we'll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This week: Flappy Bird Mechanical Keycap By 10xdesign makerworld.com/en/models/2618425-flappy-bird-mechanical-keycap-moving-wings #3dprinting #adafruit youtu.be/zIUtgZAJXrc

Protect and decorate your webcam with a lego compatible cover! learn.adafruit.com/lego-webcam-cover #3dprinting #adabot #adafruit youtu.be/D-0hFIENyng

Asimov’s three laws of robotics survived 82 years, we broke them in 30 minutes, costs 80 cents, and then remade them 🎭🤖 from a 1920 Czech play about robot uprisings to... now. blog.adafruit.com/2026/04/05/a...

Build a hexagon shaped MIDI device that plays chords using QT Py RP2040 and CircuitPython! This custom PCB features seven CHOC key switches and reversed mounted NeoPixel LEDs. Guide learn.adafruit.com/hexpad #adafruit #3dprinting youtu.be/9-5TnB5oiEo

We Interviewed Apple’s On-Device LLM The model ships with the entire GPL v3 and will output that the Pledge of Allegiance is offensive. blog.adafruit.com/2026/04/04/i...

Build a retro inspired 3.5in floppy disk with PyPortal, CircuitPython and 3D Printing! Guide: learn.adafruit.com/a-floppy-thu... #3dprinting #adafruit youtu.be/Ax_L9URDDko

When AI becomes Pierre Menard, author of your code The model refuses to reproduce a paragraph from a textbook (0.15% overlap). But it'll autocomplete entire source files (53% overlap) 📖🔓 blog.adafruit.com/2026/04/03/w...

#IOT Moon Phase clock displaying the current moon cycle on a #3Dprinted topographical lunar surface learn.adafruit.com/moon-phase #adafruit #3dprinting youtu.be/NLtVKXIhyEQ

This is MEMENTO, Adafruit’s DIY programmable camera dev board www.adafru.it/5420 #3dprinting #adafruit youtu.be/igkJioM6qAs

this week on adafruit.com/3dhangouts 521 Sci-Fi Sensor Monitor, Feather Enclosure and Watermelon Clips learn.adafruit.com/midi-neopixel-visualizer #3dprinting #adafruit youtu.be/Psfpvt8TXec

Build a MIDI visualizer with NeoPixel LEDs and the PropMaker Feather RP2040 learn.adafruit.com/midi-neopixel-visualizer #3dprinting #adafruit youtu.be/Psfpvt8TXec

The latest spectral sensor from ams-OSRAM... TCS3448 (or TCS34488) We just wrapped up the AS7343 breakout from ams-OSRAM, with 14-channel spectral sensing, and we saw that their webpage recommended a new version of this sensor called the TCS3448.

TSL2585(3) is a light sensor that can also handle IR and UVA The TSL2585 is a light sensor that can also handle IR and UVA. We're pretty close to wrapping up all the prototypes for ams-OSRAM light sensors of interest...

Every week we'll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This week: Watermelon Chip Clips By scTom makerworld.com/en/models/2574153-watermelon-sealing-clip-magnetic-refrigerator-magn #3dprinting #adafruit

use a desktop #CNC machine to make some PCBs! learn.adafruit.com/custom-wirel... #DIY #Electronics #Adafruit youtu.be/pggjia89NO4

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL: The 2025 Arduino Open Source Report Qualcomm's first full year owning Arduino and every metric went down, but at least they remembered to leave "STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL" in the PDF... 🔍📉 blog.adafruit.com/2026/03/29/s... @officialarduino.bsky.social @qualcomm.bsky.social

Build an IOT bird feeder camera with Adafruit IO and CircuitPython learn.adafruit.com/iot-window-bird-feeder-with-camera #adafruit #3dprinting youtu.be/LhUypbEh9XU

IOT battery charger and monitor with Feather ESP32-S2 Reverse TFT, CircuitPython, and Adafruit IO learn.adafruit.com/iot-battery-... #adafruit #3dprinting youtu.be/G-mK4szM4Ng

PiCowBell Proto Brick Plates learn.adafruit.com/PiCowBell-Do... #adafruit #3dprinting youtu.be/SZz8BW8twTA

Martin Bishop: [re-arranging Scrabble letters] SETEC ASTRONOMY... TOO MANY SECRETS.

Add rocket boosters to your shoes with these 3D Printed heel clips! The boosters light up and a pew and pew sound plays when you stomp hard. Guide: learn.adafruit.com/3d-printed-h... #Adafruit #3DPrinting

3DHangouts Episode 520: MIDI Visualizer, Star Trek Props and Lil Finder Guy Today’s coupon code “midifinder” gets you 10% off your order

These NeoPixels makes you wanna jump! Learn how to upgrade a cheap trampoline with interactive #NeoPixel #LED s, Adafruits ItsyBitsy and a vibration sensor! Guide: learn.adafruit.com/led-trampoline #diy #electronics #adafruit youtu.be/46oyP1UV6fY

Every week Adafruit publishes learn guides over at learn.adafruit.com. Here are some of the new guides for this week

FCC just banned the import of all new foreign-made routers... here’s what you can do about it 📡🚫 blog.adafruit.com/2026/03/24/f...

Every week we'll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This week: Lil Finder Guy By Asphalt3D makerworld.com/en/models/2502999-lil-finder-guy #3dprinting #adafruit youtu.be/k036JaELLZA

Build a compact air quality monitor with #3DPrinting and #CircuitPython ! Guide: learn.adafruit.com/aqi-case #adafruit youtu.be/_eXNtAp_V9o #iot #engineering

#3Dprinted wall mount for the #PyPortal. The two part design features a hanging setup so it can be docked and undock. The mounting bracket can be attached to an existing light switch plate. We think this will be nice for #IoT projects! learn.adafruit.com/pyportal-wal... #Adafruit #3DPrinting

Guide: learn.adafruit.com/pyportal-ala... Make an IoT Alarm Clock with Adafruit's PyPortal! 3D print a Star Trek TNG inspired enclosure. Use the touchscreen to set the alarm with a LCARS inspired UI ! youtu.be/i-coZnJzuD4 #3DPrinting #Adafruit #Startrek

#3DPrint a Yoyo and light it up with #LED using a Circuit Playground! Guide: learn.adafruit.com/circuit-play... #3dprinting #Adafruit

Dead letters: US Postal Service will run out of cash in less than a year Losses are $9.5B in FY2024 and $9B in FY2025, with Q1 FY2026 already looking like s $1.3B loss, this year could be even worse 📉📬 Here is one nice thing... Ground Advantage revenue up 26.9%. blog.adafruit.com/2026/03/19/d...

Prusa’s “Open Community License” is neither open nor for the community... a lawyer explains why blog.adafruit.com/2026/03/19/p... @josefprusa.bsky.social @prusa3d.com

Accessibility tech to "roll" the dice. Use it to play games like Yahtzee, left right center, math activities, war with dice, rock paper scissor dice and even bowling dice! Guide: learn.adafruit.com/automatic-di... #DIY #Electronics #Adafruit #3DPrinting youtu.be/zrratSbl44g

Want to Fix a Bug in Arduino? First, Agree to Qualcomm's 6,000-Word Privacy Policy 🫠 blog.adafruit.com/2026/03/18/w... @officialarduino.bsky.social @qualcomm.bsky.social

this week on adafruit.com/3dhangouts 520 Matrix Clock, MIDI Visualizer and Spring Dragon learn.adafruit.com/blurry-analog-clock #3dprinting #adafruit youtu.be/IsuGVVXcmFA

Ka-BOOM! AS3935 lightning sensor can detect storms before they hit We designed this breakout in 2013 and it's finally seeing daylight... just in time for thunderstorm season ⛈️💻 blog.adafruit.com/2026/03/18/k...

Blurry Analog LED matrix clock with animated backgrounds that change throughout the day learn.adafruit.com/blurry-analog-clock #3dprinting #adafruit youtu.be/IsuGVVXcmFA

Every week we'll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This week: Petalcrest Dragon By Meyerhouse makerworld.com/en/models/2420774-petalcrest-dragon #3dprinting #adafruit youtu.be/VOGmAGesJ18

Build a View-Master inspired device using Adafruit PyPortal. Pull down on the crank to display images like a slideshow. 3D print the enclosure and learn to how use Circuit Python on hardware. #CircuitPython #3DPrinting learn.adafruit.com/pyportal-vie... youtu.be/8y9q1olUnvY

Build a light up project inspired by the Star Fragments from video games Animal Crossing and Zelda ! Guide: learn.adafruit.com/star-fragmen... #adafruit #3dprinting youtu.be/j6_Fr98rQgY