Unlike Sparkfun, who actually manage to find fake Atmel ICs, we just get strange batches. The Atmel ATMega328 is the power behind the Arduino/Freeduino/*duino, and we have to set up a programming system to burn the venerable Arduino Bootloader into these chips. We normally use an AVR STK500 in HVSP (high voltage serial programming) mode, […]
Friday New Product: MaKey Deluxe, Tiny L...
Solar botics
March 21, 2014
New stuff! See? Here it is, in the neat little boxes below:
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MaKey MaKey - Deluxe Kit $59.95 You may be the greatest living banana-pianist, but how will you ever know if you don't make yourself a banana piano? Good news, that project and countless others are easier than you think they are with MaKey MaKey. |
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Pololu Pushbutton Power Switch LV $5.95 The Pololu Pushbutton Power Switch is an alternative to bulky mechanical switches. Small switch with big current ability! |
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Tiny LED - Clear Blue $1.10 These amazing little LEDs glow brilliantly on 10mA, and are still visible on only 3mA current! |
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Parallax Wide Angle PIR Sensor $12.99 Check out this awesome PIR Motion Sensor, complete with infrared goodness! |
PS. We are great at stating the obvious.
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Odds and ends
Greetings, ye fine fellow travelers of yon internet. This week you'll find that we have three new and completely unrelated items to show off: 17010 3-AA Battery Holder - This three-cell holder has 9V-style snap connectors, and can create 4.5V with Alkaline batteries. 17390 Tact Switch - A push-button style switch that's compact, inexpensive and […]
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