Every year a group of my friends have an engineering Secret Santa. The rules are simple: make something cool for under $20 that requires engineering to complete. In years past we’ve seen Google cardboard VR headsets that are 6DOF, match stick rockets, 3D printed fans that explode when used, 3D printed rockets with cardboard launch […]
New Product and Day Off
Solar botics
April 17, 2014
It's a short week this week, so new product is coming early. We are closed Friday April 18th, which is hence called Good Friday.
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LilyPad Arduino SimpleSnap with LiPoly cell $29.95 This is the LilyPad Arduino SimpleSnap Board. It's controlled by an ATmega328 with the Arduino bootloader. It has fewer pins than the LilyPad Arduino Main Board, a built in battery, and button snap connectors! |
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3mm Red LED with internal resistor - 5V $0.35 A red 5 volt LED where the resistor is built right into the plastic. No more messy current limiting resistors! |
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5V RGB Addressable LED strip, 1M (144 per meter) $59.95 With 144 pixels per strip, this is easily the king stripxel of the techno-color jungle. |
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Sumovore gets 'Best Engineered' Award at...
Solarbotics came back from the 2003 Seattle Fall Robothon with a 'Best Engineered' award for our Sumovore Mini-sumo kit! We'll get a picture of it up online shortly, but in the meanwhile, take a boo at our pictures of our trip there! Read More...
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