Freezer Burn is an Alberta Regional Burning Man celebration annually creating a temporary community out on the prairie. A few of us here at Solarbotics attend, and having access to all of the neat technology, we make an effort to bring special projects to the festival. Lit up projects work well since the event is […]
Freeduino, Freeduino, Freeduino!
Dave Hrynkiw
June 29, 2009
The whole 'duino thing is just so much to say, we've got to do it three times. Blame Jerome, our intern...
We've got Freeduino version 2.2 back from the assembly line today, and all tests out beeeautifully! New features include an SMD-mounted 16MHz crystal, better power-consumption circuit routing (for battery-operated projects), and "hacking pads" for using the FTDI "Bit-Bang" method of burning bootloaders (instructions in the manual).
It's 100% Arduino-compatible, made in Canada, and back in stock!
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We will be at the Calgary Comic Expo!
The Calgary Comic Expo starts this week! If you have not bought your tickets yet, you can do so by clicking here. Keep updated on our Facebook and Instagram for live streams and media coverage of the event! Our booth is #1113.
New Wheels
Remember those bad-boy wheels you saw on Strongbad? Well, they're now available! But be warned - we don't have the sleeve to fix the 2mm shaft to 1/8" hole diameter gap, so you'll have to improvise something yourself. Otherwise, your robot will have a bit of a lope to its roll!
Robosapien video on solarbotics.net
Well, Solarbotics went to "Neeewwww Yorrrrk City" to the Toy Fair, and met up with Mark Tilden. He was kind enough to give us an exclusive interview / demonstration of the production-level version of the Robosapien. See the four videos at solarbotics.net! Update: The link got slashdotted, so we're pretty heavy on our bandwidth bills […]
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