May issue of Discover Magazine

We're back from the Open Source Hardware Summit and the Maker Faire! Did lots; learned lots; got lots of touristy things done too. One of the main highlights was meeting and listening to talks by three of the principle members of the Arduino team.  They took pity on English-speakers, and named the new revision the […]

Because we use their great products while making robots, we've also carried Sherline products almost since we started Solarbotics. But the time has come to start cutting things that aren't core to our business, and the Sherline machine tools definitely take valuable time from open-source hardware hacking, lasering, and pick'n'placing. For 1 week only, we're […]

This is a quick note to announce our holiday schedule, which is going to be as follows. At Solarbotics: Friday, December 22 - Offices open til 4pm Monday, December 25 - Tuesday, December 26 -- Closed Wednesday, December 27 & Thursday, December 28 - Offices open 9am to 5pm Friday, December 29 - Offices open til 4pm Monday, January 1 - […]

Seeed One Wire Temperature Sensor $7.97 For simple and easy temperature measurement using the 1-wire protocol with a prepared DS18B20 sensor. Adjustable IR Reflection Sensor (3-80cm) $9.32 This panel/plate mount IR reflection sensor has a 3-80cm threshold detection range. Grove - High Temperature Sensor $12.02 This isn't a plain outdoor thermometer - it has a […]