Following the "Great Part Shortage of 2022," I had shut down Oak Dev Tech because things were getting so expensive to acquire that it didn't make sense to keep going. At least for that time it seemed true. With things improving with the parts availability, we're confident that we can get things going in a better direction this time. 2022 was hard in a lot of aspects, though we are very optimistic moving forward. Nature is healing as they say.

In this quick guide, we'll show you how to easily make a Rainbow Unicorn Wall Light! All you need is a microcontroller, some ultra skinny neopixel strips from Adafruit, a 3D printer and two colors of filament. Let's get started!

In this tutorial we will go over how to make a simple thermostat using the up coming CP Sapling Rev B and the BMP280 Pressure and Temperature sensor from Adafruit. This simple thermostat will display three simple colors to let you know what the temperature is inside you home or in a specific room. Let's get started!

​As always before we get started, if you have never used a CircuitPython board like the QT PY, be sure to check out Adafruit's learning site to quickly get started with your new board. --> Adafruit Learning Site: Getting Started With CircuitPython

2021 is already off to a roaring start and so is Oak Development Technologies. We have a few great updates to be sharing with you that will be happening over the next few weeks and months.

With our new CP Sapling, there is a world of possibilities that you can explore with the SAMD21 microcontroller. And thanks to the hard work of Adafruit, there is a ton of great examples that can be used to explore microcontroller functionality and make a few cool projects to impress your family this holiday season!

As always before we get started, if you have never used a CircuitPython board like the QT PY, be sure to check out Adafruit's learning site to quickly get started with your new board. --> Adafruit Learning Site: Getting Started With CircuitPython

It's that time again where we bring you new product announcements for Oak Development Technologies! We have a couple new products coming to the store by the end of the year!

In our last tutorial, we walked you through how to expand the output pins of the Adafruit Qt Py by using a 74HC595 Shift Register. In this tutorial, we'll help you take it a step further by adding a momentary button and a few extra lines of code to implemented a push button counter.

If you haven't seen the first tutorial, you can find it here: ​https://www.oakdev.tech/tutorials-new-products/tutorial-expanding-qt-py-outputs-with-74hc595  

The Adafruit Qt Py is an adorable development board with a lot of potential given the current price ($6 as of writing this). You might wonder with the small size, what if I need more outputs? In this tutorial we'll show you how you can expand the Qt Py's outputs using the 74HC595 serial shift register to drive a 7 segment display including the CircuitPython code to make it all work. 

As always before we get started, if you have never used a CircuitPython board like the QT PY, be sure to check out Adafruit's learning site to quickly get started with your new board. --> Adafruit Learning Site: Getting Started With CircuitPython

We want to make a point of highlighting the makers developing projects with ODT products, so we're starting these little posts called Project Spotlights. This week we are looking at the BLU Auto Shutoff USB Charger by foamyguy on Hackaday.io!

In our previous tutorial with the TPS22917 Acorn, we showed you how to get started with the module using Arduino and the Arduino Nano. In this tutorial, we'll show you how easy it is to get the TPS22917 integrated into your project, all while showing off the new SAMD21 development board the QT PY by Adafruit.