Now that the season of mass gift giving is (temporarily) over, publishing the details on this special gift for a wedding anniversary will not ruin a surprise. So I figured I'd share this personal project that uses simple but smart electronics.
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Solarbotics Herbie the Mousebot v2 Kit No turkey here; just a fast robot mouse. Medium soldering skill necessary to build this flashlight-chasing mousebot. |
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Solarbotics Turbot Tumbling Robot Kit This medium-complexity retro BEAM Robotics light-seeking tumbling robot is back for a limited time!
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Solarbotics Sumovore Mini-Sumo Kit For the original "robot fighting competition", the Sumovore kit robot kit. Recommended for competent solderers only.
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Solarbotics SolarSpeeder v2.0 Kit A Tesla may be electric, but does it carry it's own solar cell? This one does, and offers high speed bursts of solar-powered movement in the palm of your hand. Good beginner kit for learning basics of mechanical assembly and soldering.
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Solarbotics Photopopper Photovore V5.0 Kit Slightly more advanced than the SolarSpeeder is this robot kit. Solar-powered, light-seeking, obstacle-avoiding robots are still something you don't see everyday (but should!).
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Junkbots, Bugbots, and Bots on Wheels Book We wrote the book on... this book. Actually, Solarbotics' founder Dave Hrynkiw did write this guide to building simple, effective robots and gadgets out of techno-recycling. Get it dedicated & signed on request too!
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Created for workshops, this bundle of parts lets you create your own Arduino-based carpet-crawler with swiveling optical distance sensor feedback. Recommended for advanced builders.
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Solarbotics CMDR (Compact Motor Driver Robot) Shield Kit Stick a powerful Motor / Servo breakout board onto your Arduino-compatible.
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Solarbotics L298 Compact Motor Driver Kit All those L298 Motor breakout boards? Yeah, they're based on this - the original Compact Motor Driver. Ideal for driving up to 2 beefy motors for your electronics project.
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Solarbotics' Freeduino was one of the first Arduino-compatible semi-kits on the market. We've done the SMD soldering, you get to solder on the big parts.
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This complete robot is out-of-the-box ready to go. Parallax makes robot experimentation a quick and easy plug-in-and-go experience with wonderful documentation. Great beginner gift.
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MiP Robotic Platform
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SparkFun WeevilEye - Beginner Soldering Kit
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Micro Gripper Kit A - Straight Mount
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Ardumoto - Motor Driver Shield
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Solar Gearbox Kit - Six-Leg Walking Type
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Amphibious Solar Vehicle Kit
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Quick Starter Kit for Pi 2
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Robotic Beetle with Controller Kit
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Now that the season of mass gift giving is (temporarily) over, publishing the details on this special gift for a wedding anniversary will not ruin a surprise. So I figured I'd share this personal project that uses simple but smart electronics.
Bleh. It's the middle of the week. Two-and-a-half days down, and two-and-a-half more to go. For a little bit of inspiration (and a bit of distraction), check out this week's round of neat-o links from around the office: The Stream : The future of drone technology This YouTube video features some interesting discussion about Drones […]
Here's a tip submitted by Rick Steenblik regarding hacking our SCC3733 for less voltage, but more current: After using your SCC3733 solar cells for a couple of bots I noticed that they can be altered to provide about 3.3v at 80ma (in full sun) by cutting the bus connector on the back to electrically separate […]
Примечание переводчика: первый раз перевел - не поняли, второй раз перевел - не поняли, третий раз перевел - аж сам понял! (что электроника это круто), а они все нет... If you can't read the above sentence, don't worry - you can rest assured that your browser has not all of the sudden switched to Russian-o-vision. […]
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Please visit www.P65Warnings.ca.gov for more information. This item was manufactured prior to August 31, 2018.