John Park’s Product Picks of the Past

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Every Tuesday at 4pm ET, John Park demos his favorite new products for the Adafruit Community. We've compiled all of his favorite products for you in this handy guide. Catch up on previous weeks here!

December 2022

Overhead shot of STEMMA QT breakout board with eight JST-SH ports wired up to four black, rectangular VCNL light sensors. All their indicator LEDs are lit up green.
Adafruit PCA9548 8-Channel STEMMA QT / Qwiic I2C Multiplexer
$6.95
Adafruit 5x5 NeoPixel Grid BFF Add-On for QT Py and Xiao
$9.95
Adafruit NeoPixel Driver BFF Add-On for QT Py and Xiao
$3.95

November 2022

Angled shot of long, skinny prototyping breakout board.
Adafruit PiCowbell Proto for Pico - Reset Button & STEMMA QT
$1.95
Adafruit EYESPI Breakout Board - 18 Pin FPC Connector
$1.95
Adafruit ENS160 MOX Gas Sensor - Sciosense CCS811 Upgrade
$21.95

October 2022

Adafruit HalloWing M0 Express
$34.95
Adafruit TCA8418 Keypad Matrix and GPIO Expander Breakout
$5.95
Angled shot of Adafruit LED Glasses Driver.
Adafruit LED Glasses Driver - nRF52840 Sensor Board
$24.95
ESP32-S3 Feather with 4MB Flash 2MB PSRAM
Adafruit ESP32-S3 Feather with 4MB Flash 2MB PSRAM
$17.50
Analog Mini Thumbstick Breakout Board PCB
Analog Mini Thumbstick Breakout Board
$1.50

September 2022

Overhead shot of dozens of different sized and colored packs of tactile switches.
Tactile Switch Assortment - 25 Different Buttons - 10 pcs each
$19.95
Quad Alphanumeric Display - Red 0.54" Digits w/ I2C Backpack
$9.95
Quad Alphanumeric Display - Blue 0.54" Digits w/ I2C Backpack
$13.95
Quad Alphanumeric Display - White 0.54" Digits w/ I2C Backpack
$13.95
Quad Alphanumeric Display - Yellow 0.54" Digits w/ I2C Backpack
$10.50
Quad Alphanumeric Display - Pure Green 0.54" Digits w/ Backpack
$13.95
Hook-up Wire Spool Set - 22AWG Solid Core in box with 10 colorful wires coming out.
Hook-up Wire Spool Set - 22AWG Solid Core - 10 x 25ft
$29.95
Hook-up Wire Spool Set in box with 6 colorful wires coming out
Hook-up Wire Spool Set - 22AWG Solid Core - 6 x 25 ft
$15.95
Trinket M0 Powered NeoPixel Goggle Kit Pack
$39.95

August 2022

Triple prototyping feather wing PCB with socket headers installed
FeatherWing Tripler Mini Kit - Prototyping Add-on For Feathers
$8.50
Motorized Slide Potentiometer - 10KΩ Linear with 5V DC Motor
$24.95
Angled shot of three blue step-switches with LEDs.
Step Switch with LED - Three Pack of Blue Plastic with Red LED
$4.50
Adafruit PCF8574 I2C GPIO Expander Breakout
$4.95

July 2022

Hand holding small Adafruit DotStar High Density 8x8 Grid - 64 RGB LED Pixel Matrix
Adafruit DotStar High Density 8x8 Grid - 64 RGB LED Pixel Matrix
$24.95
Angled shot of an Assembled Terminal Block Breakout FeatherWing for all Feathers with black headers.
Assembled Terminal Block Breakout FeatherWing for all Feathers
$14.95
Assembled MintyBoost kit in mint tin with top open, charging an iPhone.
MintyBoost Kit
$19.50
Adafruit NAU7802 24-Bit ADC - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
$5.95

June 2022

Adafruit NeoPixel 332 LED-per-Meter Silicone Bead LED Strip
$37.50
Adafruit TSC2007 I2C Resistive Touch Screen Controller
$4.95
Angled shot of a Adafruit Universal USB / DC / Solar Lithium Ion/Polymer charger connected to a solar panel and 3 AAA batteries.
Adafruit Universal USB / DC / Solar Lithium Ion/Polymer charger
$14.95

May 2022

Adafruit ESP32-S2 TFT Feather powered on by a USB- C power source displaying the product tittle in a red, yellow, green, white and blue.
Adafruit ESP32-S2 TFT Feather - 4MB Flash, 2MB PSRAM, STEMMA QT
$24.95
Adafruit LiIon or LiPoly Charger BFF Add-On for QT Py
$4.95
Angled shot of small square purple dev board.
Adafruit QT Py ESP32-S2 WiFi Dev Board with STEMMA QT
$12.50
Angled shot of ANM rotary encoder.
ANO Directional Navigation and Scroll Wheel Rotary Encoder
$8.95
Adafruit Joy FeatherWing for all Feathers
$9.95

April 2022

Angled shot of a Adafruit Metro M4 feat. Microchip ATSAMD51.
Adafruit Metro M4 feat. Microchip ATSAMD51
$27.50
Angled shot of power serial add-on board.
Adafruit PiUART - USB Console and Power Add-on for Raspberry Pi
$6.95
Adafruit DVI Breakout Board - For HDMI Source Devices
$1.95

March 2022

Adafruit Mini PiTFT - 135x240 Color TFT Add-on for Raspberry Pi
$9.95
Adafruit FeatherWing OLED - 128x64 OLED Add-on For Feather
$14.95
Angled shot of black rectangular breakout board with vertical light sensor.
Adafruit Right Angle VEML7700 Lux Sensor - I2C Light Sensor
$4.95
Adafruit NeoPixel LED Strip w/ Alligator Clips - 30 LEDs/meter
$14.95

February 2022

Angled shot of black rectangular microcontroller "Feather RP2040"
Adafruit Feather RP2040
$11.95
Adafruit LED Arcade Button 1x4 - STEMMA QT I2C Breakout
$9.95
Angled shot of USB serial converter breakout board.
Adafruit CP2102N Friend - USB to Serial Converter
$5.95
Angled shot Adafruit MCP23017 I2C GPIO Expander Breakout
Adafruit MCP23017 I2C GPIO Expander Breakout
$5.95

January 2022

Adafruit ATtiny817 Breakout with seesaw - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
$4.95
Adafruit STEMMA Non-Latching Mini Relay - JST PH 2mm
$6.95
Angled shot of short black microcontroller.
Adafruit KB2040 - RP2040 Kee Boar Driver
$8.95
USB LiIon/LiPoly charger.
USB LiIon/LiPoly charger
$12.50

December 2021

Adafruit MacroPad RP2040 Starter Kit - 3x4 Keys + Encoder + OLED
$49.95
Angled shot of a Adafruit CRICKIT FeatherWing for any Feather
Adafruit CRICKIT FeatherWing for any Feather
$29.95

November 2021

Angled shot of Adafruit Perma-Proto Full-sized Breadboard PCB.
Adafruit Perma-Proto Full-sized Breadboard PCB - 3 Pack!
$19.95
Adafruit 1.69" 280x240 Round Rectangle Color IPS TFT Display
$17.50
Angled shot of a Adafruit Non-Latching Mini Relay FeatherWing.
Adafruit Latching Mini Relay FeatherWing
$7.95
Adafruit STEMMA Speaker - Plug and Play Audio Amplifier
$5.95

October 2021

Adafruit PyRuler - Engineer Reference Ruler with CircuitPython
$11.95
Adafruit Push-button Power Switch Breakout Board plugged into a full-size breadboard and a white person's finger pressing on the button.
Adafruit Push-button Power Switch Breakout
$5.95
Adafruit DRV2605L Haptic Motor Controller - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
$7.95

September 2021

Angled shot of PowerBoost 1000 Charger.
PowerBoost 1000 Charger - Rechargeable 5V Lipo USB Boost @ 1A
$19.95
Angled shot of a Adafruit Prop-Maker FeatherWing.
Adafruit Prop-Maker FeatherWing
$9.95
Top down view of a Adafruit Stereo FM Transmitter with RDS/RBDS Breakout next to a 11-pin header and under blue string coiled up.
Adafruit Stereo FM Transmitter with RDS/RBDS Breakout - Si4713
$19.95
Adafruit NeoTrellis RGB Driver PCB for 4x4 Keypad
$12.50
Adafruit NeoPixel NeoMatrix - 64 RGBW - Natural
$44.95

August 2021

NeoKey 5x6 Ortho Snap-Apart Mechanical Key Switches w/ NeoPixel
$29.95
Angled shot of a Adafruit PyBadge for MakeCode Arcade, CircuitPython, or Arduino.
Adafruit PyBadge for MakeCode Arcade, CircuitPython, or Arduino
$34.95
Adafruit BrainCraft HAT - Machine Learning for Raspberry Pi 4
$44.95
Adafruit ItsyBitsy RP2040
$9.95

July 2021

Front of E-Ink display with monochrome graphic and "2.13 inch E-Ink Monochrome" text
Adafruit 2.13" Monochrome eInk / ePaper Display with SRAM
$22.50
Angled shot of Adafruit I2C Memory Breakout Board.
Adafruit 24LC32 I2C EEPROM Breakout - 32Kbit / 4 KB - Stemma QT
$3.95
Music Maker FeatherWing w/ Amp - MP3 OGG WAV MIDI Synth Player - Stereo 3W Amplifier.
Music Maker FeatherWing w/ Amp - MP3 OGG WAV MIDI Synth Player
$24.95
Adafruit SHARP Memory Display Breakout - 2.7" 400x240 Monochrome
$44.95

June 2021

NeoKey FeatherWing - Two Mechanical Key Switches with NeoPixels
$4.50
Adafruit Slider Trinkey - USB NeoPixel Slide Potentiometer
$9.95
NeoKey 1x4 QT I2C - Four Mechanical Key Switches with NeoPixels
$9.95
Adafruit Trinkey QT2040 - RP2040 USB Key with Stemma QT
$7.95

May 2021

NeoKey Socket Breakout for Mechanical Key Switches with NeoPixel
$1.75
Adafruit I2C Stemma QT Rotary Encoder Breakout with NeoPixel
$5.95
Adafruit NeoKey Trinkey - USB NeoPixel Mechanical Key Switch
$6.95
Adafruit Rotary Trinkey - USB NeoPixel Rotary Encoder
$6.95

April 2021

Adafruit SCD-30 - NDIR CO2 Temperature and Humidity Sensor
$58.95
Adafruit Mini GPS PA1010D wired up to a Feather with OLED via QT cable
Adafruit Mini GPS PA1010D - UART and I2C - STEMMA QT
$29.95
Adafruit AMG8833 IR Thermal Camera Breakout
$44.95
Adafruit QT Py RP2040
$9.95
Close-up of NeoTrinkey PCB inserted into a laptop. The LEDs emit rainbow colors.
Adafruit Neo Trinkey - SAMD21 USB Key with 4 NeoPixels
$6.95

March 2021

Adafruit AW9523 GPIO Expander and LED Driver Breakout
$4.95
Angled shot of Adafruit PCF8591 Quad 8-bit ADC + 8-bit DAC - STEMMA QT / Qwiic.
Adafruit PCF8591 Quad 8-bit ADC + 8-bit DAC - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
$6.50
Adafruit VCNL4040 Proximity and Lux Sensor
Adafruit VCNL4040 Proximity and Lux Sensor - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
$5.95
Monochrome 1.3" 128x64 OLED graphic display - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
$19.95

February 2021

Angled shot of black, rectangular, digital potentiometer breakout board.
Adafruit DS1841 I2C Digital 10K Potentiometer Breakout
$5.95
Adafruit LTR390 UV Light Sensor - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
$4.95
Angled shot of black square breakout board.
INA219 High Side DC Current Sensor Breakout - 26V ±3.2A Max
$9.95
Adafruit TMP117 ±0.1°C High Accuracy I2C Temperature Sensor
$11.50
Angled shot of light sensor breakout.
Adafruit TSL2591 High Dynamic Range Digital Light Sensor
$6.95

January 2021

Adafruit Wii Nunchuck Breakout Adapter
$2.95
Adafruit MCP2221A Breakout - General Purpose USB to GPIO ADC I2C
$6.50
Adafruit MPR121 12-Key Capacitive Touch Sensor Gator Breakout
$6.95
Angled shot of black, square-shaped DAC breakout board.
Adafruit MCP4728 Quad DAC with EEPROM
$7.50
Angle shot of Raspberry Pi Pico RP2040
Raspberry Pi Pico RP2040
$4.00

December 2020

Angle shot of breakout
Adafruit LTC4311 I2C Extender / Active Terminator
$9.95
Adafruit PMSA003I PM2.5 Air Quality Breakout
Adafruit PMSA003I Air Quality Breakout
$44.95
Angled shot of black, rectangular light sensor breakout.
Adafruit AS7341 10-Channel Light / Color Sensor Breakout
$15.95
Angled shot of a Adafruit TLV493D Triple-Axis Magnetometer.
Adafruit TLV493D Triple-Axis Magnetometer - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
$5.95

November 2020

Top view of Adafruit LC709203F LiPoly / LiIon Fuel Gauge and Battery Monitor powered by a Lipoly battery and an OLED display.
Adafruit LC709203F LiPoly / LiIon Fuel Gauge and Battery Monitor
$6.95
Adafruit Grayscale 1.5" 128x128 OLED Graphic Display
$22.50
Top down view of a Adafruit LIS3DH Triple-Axis Accelerometer.
Adafruit LIS3DH Triple-Axis Accelerometer (+-2g/4g/8g/16g)
$4.95
Adafruit ST25DV16K I2C RFID EEPROM Breakout - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
$3.95

October 2020

Adafruit BH1750 Light Sensor with STEMMA QT / Qwiic
Adafruit BH1750 Light Sensor - STEMMA QT / Qwiic
$4.50
Adafruit QT Py - SAMD21 Dev Board with STEMMA QT
$7.50
Angled shot of a Adafruit APDS9960 Proximity, Light, RGB, and Gesture Sensor.
Adafruit APDS9960 Proximity, Light, RGB, and Gesture Sensor
$7.50
Adafruit BME680 - Temperature, Humidity, Pressure and Gas Sensor
Adafruit BME680 - Temperature, Humidity, Pressure and Gas Sensor
$18.95

September 2020

Adafruit BMP280 I2C or SPI Barometric Pressure & Altitude Sensor - STEMMA QT
Adafruit BMP280 I2C or SPI Barometric Pressure & Altitude Sensor
$9.95
Adafruit VL53L0X Time of Flight Distance Sensor - ~30 to 1000mm
$14.95
Adafruit AHT20 - Temperature & Humidity Sensor Breakout Board
Adafruit AHT20 - Temperature & Humidity Sensor Breakout Board
$4.50
Angled shot of a Adafruit 9-DOF Absolute Orientation IMU Fusion Breakout.
Adafruit 9-DOF Absolute Orientation IMU Fusion Breakout - BNO055
$29.95