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We really like the Adafruit Trellis keypad, and realized that it would be a great Monome.  Then it occurred to me...my daughter loves blinking lights and music, how cool would it be to make her a Baby DJ Monome for playing...

So you're looking to get some nice LED backlight, but aren't looking to spend hundreds of dollars? You're in luck. With Chicago Electronic Distributors and some household items you can do just that! Though I'm an IT guy, I'm no...

We are very excited to dip our toe into the wonderful world of robotics!  For now, we have an analog feedback servo and micro servo working using the Adafruit Motor Stepper Servo Shield for Arduino.   Some good advice is...

We have been wanting to play with the Adafruit CC3000 WiFi device for Arduino, which is available as a Shield or a Breakout.  With this device, you can add WiFi capability to your Arduino projects! A friend of Chicago Electronic...

We've itching to get the chance to play with the Adafruit Trinket, which is a tiny microcontroller that is only 3 cm by 1.5 cm (1 inch by 0.5 inch).  We were playing around with our little Piezo speakers and thought...

Things are great here at Chicago Electronic Distributors.  We now offer a comprehensive package of inventory from Adafruit Industries and other great vendors, and we are now selling on 3 platforms: this site, Amazon and our eBay store. We've been so busy we...

So I have to admit that I am a late comer to the #maker revolution.  I literally had no idea that Arduino existed until January 2013.  How sad is that?  I suppose my family, career, and automotive hobby kept me...