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!
Today we have some fun stuff to play with, mainly Sandbox and Trinket, and their accessories:
Sparkfun Tool Bag Kit $34.95 A portable tool bag that includes everything to get you started. |
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Sparkfun Digital Sandbox $74.95 The Digital Sandbox makes learning how to program microcontrollers a snap! Walk through 13 unique and interesting experiments with drag and drop programming and no soldering required. |
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Sparkfun Digital Sandbox Add-On $14.95 Add 3 more awesome experiments to the Digital Sandbox Learning platform! |
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Adafruit Pro Trinket LiIon/LiPoly Backpack Add-onn $4.95 Charge and power your Pro Trinket with this LiIon/LiPoly Backpack Add-on board by Adafruit. |
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PowerBoost 1000 Basic - 5V USB Boost @ 1000mA from 1.8V+ $14.95 This 4A capable PowerBoost 1000 can turn almost any battery voltage below 5.5V into a steady 5.2V to power your USB devices. |
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!
In our continuing quest to find the successor to the Sunceram throne, we invite you to welcome the SCC2433a solarcell! It's the little brother to the SCC3733, with similar polycrystalline & epoxy construction. It's quite the power-house in direct sunlight, but be warned - the cell arrangment is skewed in favour of current generation, not […]
Lithium Ion (LiPoly) Battery - 110mAh 3.7V $8.34 Lithium polymer battery, but darn small! 3.7V 110mAh LiPoly battery for E-Textiles $8.34 What makes this battery special for E-textiles? Built-in current limiting for safety. SparkFun Pi Wedge B+ $9.55 A prototyping Wedge for Raspberry Pi B+ that allows you to use a shield and a protoboard […]
May long weekend is upon us up here in Canada, with Victoria Day being Monday. Ahhh, time to melt the igloo, unshovel the lawn mower and scrape away the ice so we can plant snow-peas! (Joke - it's actually quite nice here in Calgary right now...) Anyway, any orders received after 2pm today will not […]
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