Although not a true BEAM robot, this simple schematic by Randy Sargent is small, simple, slick, and effective. My own version uses a pair of pager motors and three cells from a 9V rechargeable battery. Hard to get any simpler than this device!
Friday New Product: Ribbon Cable, RGB LE...
Solar botics
November 8, 2013
We got some sticks for sale today. Some are bendable sticks. You can use them as a belt and if you are near the hydroelectrostation dam you can put the power wire into water and that will pick up some leftover electricity and you get a glowing belt. Now other things are measuring devices. You can measure things in non-traditional units.
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3-pin Ribbon cable connector (WS2812 compatible) $1.25 Secure, locking, high-current 3-conductor connectors ideal for the New Stripxel WS2812b. |
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5V RGB LED Stripxels WS2812B (30 per meter) $17.00 There's a new style of RGB Strip LED now, with an embedded controller chip in each LED - the WS2812B! |
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5V RGB LED Stripxels WS2812B (72 per meter) $30.00 There's a new style of high density RGB Strip LED now, with an embedded controller chip in each LED - the WS2812B! |
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Modified Openbeam Sale - 74.9cm long, 3/16" holes $7.00 What do you do with returned modified Openbeam? Find it a good home! |
My height is is 2.30975 OpenBeam extrusions. Or many 3-pin ribbon cable connectors.
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