I grabbed a big hardware kit from Maker’s Supply and have been wondering what to do with the parts. Light effects would be really cool for some projects but the power distribution board and available switches don’t look like they would allow cams to actuate since the pushbuttons are locking.
(Note to @MakerWorld - momentary pushbuttons would allow cam actuation to use a gearmotor and cam profiles for logic)
Anyway, as ideas bubbled up I went back to an old favorite - Adafruit.com.
The Arduino stuff proper looks like it’s being phased out but I’ve done a few projects with the Trinket M0 and SPI and I2C connections to other boards. One is a 12 channel PWM LED driver board that I use to light up “fireflies” in a bottle that a little garden statue holds. They light up randomly and in unison like actual fireflies under program control. But there are also touch sensors, servo drivers, etc.
These boards are a little complex to use but they are designed to be easy to use and Adafruit is heavy into STEM education. There’s lots of resources there that explain pretty much how to do everything, soldering tutorials, etc.
Partnered with Maker’s Supply pieces, it opens up a big world of things you can do.
And just found this there about their modular interface - StemmaQT -
What is Stemma QT? #adafruit #stemma
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