The following instructions detail how to build a Solar Power Smart Head version 3. The Head will seek light and when it finds the brightest source it will go into a low current standby mode. This version also comes with an low power FLED circuit to indicate when the head is active.
Closed August 3rd, New Product
Solar botics
July 31, 2015
Before we jump to the new product announcements, we need to tell you that we will be closed on Monday August 3rd (wait, what, it's already August?!) to celebrate something called a National One of the Many Long Weekends Day - I mean Heritage Day. We will resume our regular activities of answering phones and shipping orders the next day. And for the products, we seem to have heaps of Grove stuff, so here's more to the pile:
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Grove - Temperature and Humidity Sensor $7.68 Measure temperature and humidity with the pre-calibrated Grove TempHumi sensor. |
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Grove - Electricity Sensor (AC) $6.36 The Grove Electricity sensor is a current transformer able to give your project the ability to measure up to 5A AC current. |
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Grove - HCHO Sensor $19.32 The Grove HCHO sensor is a Volatile Organic Compound detector, able to detect down to 1 PPM. |
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Grove - Gas Sensor (MQ3) $8.94 The Grove MQ3 sensor specializes in sensing alcohol vapor do 0.04mg/l. |
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Grove - Gas Sensor (MQ9) $9.72 The Grove MQ9 sensor specializes in sensing Carbon Monoxide, Methane, and Liquified Petroleum Gas vapour. |
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Please visit www.P65Warnings.ca.gov for more information. This item was manufactured prior to August 31, 2018.