Last summer during a Solarbotics Robotics for Educators session, one of the teachers noted something about many of the mainstream robotics and electronics learning platforms commonly used in classrooms. He said that those platforms suffered from the Black Box Effect. This effect was where the “black boxes,” the controllers, were plugged into the computer and […]
Friday New Product: Kossel Pro, SketchBo...
Solar botics
July 24, 2015
Today we have two superstars - the Kossel Pro 3D Printer and the SketchBoard. Both are relatively new add-ons to the Solarbotics website.
Initially created as a Kickstarter project and designed around the OpenBeam aluminum extrusion system, Kossel Pro is now available for purchase. It comes with a spool of 1.75mm PLA filament (random color) and a laser cut spool holder, as well as free shipping to Canada & the US. Scroll below to see some of the new specialty filament too.
The Solarbotics Sketchboard is a open-and-use device just like the Arduino Uno, but manufactured by Solarbotics and incorporating the additional features of the Freeduino.
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The Solarbotics SketchBoard $22.00 A fully assembled surface mount Arduino-compatible. |
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Kossel Pro 3D Printer Kit with HBP |
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1.75mm Thermochromic PLA Filament Grey To Natural - 0.5kg $36.00 1.75mm 0.5kg spool of thermochromic PLA changing from grey to natural/off white as temperatures rise and fall. |
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eSun 1.75mm PLA filament - Luminous Blue - 1kg Spool $36.00 1.75mm PLA filament for 3D printing. PLA is an excellent general purpose filament with a great finish, very rigid and biodegradable. Oh, and it also glows in the dark! |
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1.75mm Thermochromic PLA Filament Blue To Natural - 0.5kg $36.00 1.75mm 0.5kg spool of thermochromic PLA changing from blue to natural/off white as temperatures rise and fall. |
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eSun 1.75mm Flexible PLA Filament - White - 1kg $36.00 1.75mm 1kg spool of soft, flexible white PLA filament. |
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eSun 1.75mm Wood Infused PLA Filament - 0.5kg $36.00 1.75mm 0.5kg spool of wood infused PLA filament that smells like a campfire when printing. |
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eSun 1.75mm Bronze PLA Filament - 0.5kg $30.00 1.75mm 0.5kg spool of bronze powder infused PLA filament, not recommended for nozzle sizes under 0.3mm. |
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Solarbotics at the MAKEr Faire!
We're gonna be at the MAKEr Faire this May! Come by our booth where we'll be populating our MSE-style solar cells and attaching them to junk salvaged from Michael Shiloh's Play Day Area!
As with baking...
...DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE OVEN. You'll burn the cookies while eating the dough! Just got a new LOUD oven timer to make sure somebody is standing over the PCBs when the timer is about up. Pick and place machines tend to drown out gentle oven beeps!
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Warning: This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.
Please visit www.P65Warnings.ca.gov for more information. This item was manufactured prior to August 31, 2018.