Herbie the Mousebot and Photopopper 5.0 ...

We're very excited to announce these new "baby" versions of the popular GM2 and GM3 gearmotors. These junior versions offer a 120:1 gear reduction ratio, built-in safety clutch, and 146rpm with 20in*oz torque at 5V drawing onlyh 90mA (620mA at stall). Take a look at them in the motors section of our website! The new […]

We are going to continue with some nice Grove products and mix it up with other bits and pieces. More sensors, a SparkFun LiPo charger, and some raw parts round out this session.

Boy oh boy, it's been a busy week for PICAXE stuff. We actually got a big ol' shipment in late last week, which included the new 40X2 chips.  And by now we've receiveded everything, including even more X2 chips. But this time they're of the 28-pin variety. (Don't worry,  the 28X1's haven't gone the way […]

Hah! I told you! I told you! But did you believe me? NooOooOoooooOooo. What am I blathering on about, you ask? Well, we finally now have all the PICAXE Starter Packs available with USB cables instead of serial. There are four new bundles in total: PICAXE-08 Starter Pack (USB) PICAXE-18 Tutorial Kit (USB) PICAXE-18 Starter […]