Desk of Ladyada - Ruxpin Rock-out & Prop-Maker Prepping
Channel: Adafruit Industries
Date: 12/06/2023

Last week we were visiting out of town family so we didn't have a Desk of Ladyada - this week we're back to follow up on what we got done in the last 2 weeks! In our last episode we were wrestling with the Teddy Ruxpin hack without much success - but on Wednesday morning we were able to get audio playing on the bear! this week we'll look at what worked and what didn't, including how to get very old Android apps running - a handy technique for software preservation - and how we're slowly-but-surely making it a lot easier to replicate the same work by backtracking piece by piece from requiring a Nexus 7 to possibly being able to do the whole thing on a desktop computer. we learned a toooooon on this quest, and as we hack more toys it's likely we'll be able to reuse a lot of it. We're also working on getting our Prop-Maker Feather tester wrapped up so that we can put this cool new board in stock ASAP.

The Great search - Analog Magnetic Proximity Sensor
https://www.digikey.com/short/vdmfzvr9

This Great Search is by special request! Viewer 2231puppy has asked us to find them a part on DigiKey and we're happy to oblige! They tweeted: "@adafruit If you haven't already picked out a category for The Great Search tonight, I'd love to see one on analog hall effect sensors for detecting magnet proximity. Thanks!" ( https://twitter.com/2231puppy/status/1668000481686290433) No problem, there's thousands of magnetic sensors available, with different outputs and configurations. Let's go looking for one with analog/ratiometric output, wide power voltage range, and through-hole packaging for quick prototyping - We'll show you how to find the perfect one on DigiKey tonight!

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