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Flora

FLORA is Adafruit's fully-featured wearable electronics platform. It's a round, sewable, Arduino-compatible microcontroller designed to empower amazing wearables projects.

A Color Sensing Glove That Sends the HEX Code to a Computer Program

“Wouldn’t it be cool to see something on our desk or nearby, a color that we like, and add it directly to our projects on our computer? Now you can! You can make this hand-worn wearable that uses a …

Breathe Light Anxiety Device With Heart Rate Monitor

“With the world getting busier, everyone is in an increasingly high-stress environment. College students are at an even higher risk of stress and anxiety. Exams are especially high-stress periods for students, and smartwatches with breathing exercise settings aren’t typically …

Haptic Glove for the Blind

“The Haptic glove is a device for the blind and/or visually impaired that provides the wearer with information about obstacles in their immediate surroundings. The glove uses two ultrasonic sensors that report the distance and orientation of objects. Depending …

Wearable Heart Rate Badge

“This heart rate badge was created using Adafruit and Bitalino products. It was designed not only to monitor the heartrate of the user, but to also provide real time feedback through the use of different colored LEDs for different ranges …

Circuit Playground Bike Light

“In this guide we will use our Circuit Playground to create a customizable bike light. We’ll look at how we define colors in code and use that to make some fun animations with the NeoPixels. We’ll provide some …

Neopixel Ampli-Pelz Tuxedo Lights

“Will you be king of the prom or just prince? Bask in the purple glow or in any color of the rainbow. Mod your tuxedo jacket(rented or not), regular suit jacket or blazer lapels to light up. For partying …

Flora SmartWatch

“My first creation, a smart watch.”

transmission: A Creativity Measurement System

“It can be too easy to get stuck overthinking your ideas and letting your gears grind without making any progress. As makers, designers, engineers, hobbyists, etc. it is crucial for us to get out of our heads and sketch out …

LED Fiber Optic Jellyfish Skirt

“Because the effect of fiber optics is so fascinating I was thinking about making an outfit for Burning Man with fiber optics and RGB LEDs. It took me some time until I came up with a design and figured out …