Circuit Playground Express & CircuitPython fidget spinner tachometer with Tony D!: A New video by Adafruit Industries
Circuit Playground Express & CircuitPython fidget spinner tachometer with Tony D!
Live stream to http://ift.tt/1RCEQ5c showing how to build a CircuitPython-powered tachometer with Circuit Playground Express and how to use it to measure the speed of a fidget spinner. Followup to the Arduino version of this project here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-PVGTwXKFU
Links mentioned in the video:
– Pt. 1 video with Arduino version and breakdown of the frequency detection algorithm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-PVGTwXKFU
– Circuit Playground Express board: http://ift.tt/2pNPIJ1
– Circuit Python & Windows 10 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD5lkDypVSo
– Visual Studio Code configuring terminal: http://ift.tt/2bJOnZv
– Python download: http://ift.tt/1fWWeAB
– PySerial tools: http://ift.tt/2twp7Rn
– Circuit Python home: http://ift.tt/2rS0qeU
– Circuit Python API docs: http://ift.tt/2sasVHm?
– Circuit Python NeoPixel module: http://ift.tt/2lZ9z2q
– Full fidget spinner tachometer CircuitPython code: http://ift.tt/2tvYEDC
Acknowledgements:
– Music: bartlebeats
– Intro shuttle footage: NASA
– Intro fonts: Typodermic
– Intro inspiration: Mr. Wizards’s World
– Matrix background: cool-retro-term & cmatrix
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