It's really nice to receive pics of projects people have built out of our book "Junkbots". Here's one of the latest: the Pendulum by Christopher Pepe. Nice magnetic suspension mechanism! Read More...
Friday New Product: New Netduino and Rov...
Solar botics
March 22, 2013
Yaaaay, we finally have some new stuff to show off! Firstly, Secret Labs have released Netduino 2 and Netduino Plus 2 with some welcome upgrades. Netduino became even faster with more code space, and we have them in stock! Here's what else we have:
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Netduino Go Starter Kit $99.95 Love the Netduino but not a big fan of pulling out the ol' soldering iron when it comes to prototyping with it? The Netduino Go Starter Kit gives users the ability to interface Godbus modules to the Go for quick and easy plug-and-play projects. |
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Roving Networks RN-XV Wi-Fi Module - UFL connector $34.95 What a sweet idea! A 802.11b/g wifi module with a XBee plugin footprint! This model features a UFL antenna connector. |
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Roving Networks RN-XV Wi-Fi Module - SMA connector $34.95 A 802.11b/g wifi module with a XBee plugin footprint! This model features a SMA antenna connector. |
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Roving Networks RN42-XV Class 1 Bluetooth - XBee Compatible $20.95 Easily add Class 1 Bluetooth to any of your Xbee enabled projects! This module allows your project to be up to 20 meters away. |
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Roving Networks RN41-XV Class 2 Bluetooth - XBee Compatible $28.95 Easily add Class 2 Bluetooth to any of your Xbee enabled projects! This module allows your project to be up to 100 meters away. |
Mmmmm, red stuff... Isn't it pretty? Nice red PCBs! Personally, I would use them as very expensive and uneven tiles... Or very bumpy guitar picks... Well, we will let you figure out what kind of cool projects you can do with those and maybe even share them with us if you'd like!
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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!
CES - Mark's new bots
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1748603,00.asp Need I say more? (Except "Thx for the lead, Wolfgang") (For those who don't know, Mark Tilden is the founder of BEAM technology, and now designs toys for Wow-Wee toys. These are his followups to the very popular "RoboSapien")
New Inexpensive Gearmotors!
Woohoo! We're thrilled to announce that Solarbotics is the exclusive importer for these Mark Tilden-designed gearmotors. 224:1 ratio, lots of torque, modifiable - these are idea for high-torque applications like walkers and turbots. Check the "New Items" listing on the left side for details, or view them directly here: GM2 (offset) or GM3 (90 degree) […]
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