One of the most popular BEAM Walkers ever built was Mark Tilden's VBug 1.1 - Spyder. We've recently had the opportunity to shoot a series of high-resolution detail pictures of this robot, which we're now making available to you!
We are going to continue with some nice Grove products and mix it up with other bits and pieces. More sensors, a SparkFun LiPo charger, and some raw parts round out this session.
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Grove - Moisture Sensor $6.36 This simple Grove moisture sensor is ideal for measuring soil dampness. |
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Grove - I2C Touch Sensor $19.38 This advanced Grove sensor breaks out into 4 touch sensor pads for finger proximity detection. |
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Grove - Light Sensor $3.78 Inexpensive and well designed, it's handy for general light intensity measurements. |
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Grove - Water Sensor $3.78 A simple but effective Grove water sensor. Expose the electrodes to a drop of water, and the signal drops very low. Can be used with both analog and digital ports. |
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SparkFun LiPo Charger Basic - Mini-USB $9.54 Simple, no-brainer method to charge up a single cell Li-Ion / LiPoly battery. |
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5mm RGB strobe LEDs $0.80 Quick and simple way to add cycling Red/Green/Blue LEDs to a project. |
One of the most popular BEAM Walkers ever built was Mark Tilden's VBug 1.1 - Spyder. We've recently had the opportunity to shoot a series of high-resolution detail pictures of this robot, which we're now making available to you!
These SCC2433b-MSE solar cells with the Miller Engine circuit on the back make it real easy to build a pulsing power source for your projects. These cells aren't quite as powerful as the SCC3733-MSE, but they're no slouches either! Check them out below!
Some of our favorite vendors reduced their offerings in thermal paste, so we searched out replacement inventory. We came across GD-2 being reviewed as a cost-effective alternative to more premium thermal pastes. So we've brought in some stock in 1, 7 and 15gram volumes. At 7.5W/MK, it's almost twice as effective as our budget thermal […]
Actually, it's been done, but not this nicely. Those guys at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have a nice report on their "microglider" project. They do some fine work! Bah. That picture is too small! Let's look at a BIG one! Ooo! And they have more big pictures here! This one is nice - […]
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