The Western Canadian Robot Games are close at hand (umm... this weekend!), and in response to popular request, we're cranking up the SolarSpeeder contest again! Ever built a Solarbotics SolarSpeeder? Bring it down to the games, enter at our booth (free!), and we'll run a SolarSpeeder target race. Aim your racer at a 10cm (4") […]
New Product Friday: Raspberry SAFE, IR S...
Dave Hrynkiw
June 8, 2012
Friday! New stuff! Go!
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Solarbotics Raspberry SAFE $8.95 Now that you've waited a long, long while for your Raspberry Pi® board to arrive you'll want to protect your precious! Use the Raspberry SAFE to protect it from the harmful environment that is your desk. |
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I2C-It Sharp IR Distance Sensor (10 to 80cm range) $16.45 We've turned this excellent standard-range Sharp IR sensor into something faster, and I2C compatible. |
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I2C-It Sharp IR Long-range Distance Sensor (20 to 150cm range) $19.45 We've turned this excellent long-range Sharp IR sensor into something faster, and I2C compatible. |
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RFID Reader ID-12 (125 kHz) $29.95 This is a very simple to use RFID reader module with a built-in antenna. Power the module, hold up a card, and get a Serial string output containing the unique ID of the card. |
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RFID Reader Breakout Board $0.95 This is a simple breakout board breaks out the 2mm spaced pins from the ID-12 RFID reader out to two common 0.1" spaced headers. |
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5V 200mA Boost Converter $5.95 The NCP1402 is a 5V Step-up DC-DC converter. This breakout board will accept voltage inputs between 1 and 4 Volts and output a constant, low ripple 5V output capable of sourcing up to 200 mA. |
End of Friday! Weekend! Go!
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New BIOBug Footage
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Interesting Mini-sumo build
This mini-sumo design by Jeremy Bloyd-Peshkin features our wheels, and one of our favourite building materials, Sintra. We can't laser-cut sintra (PVC=bad stuff when burned), but milling it works well, as this builder shows. The asymmetric motor layout works, as proven by this contest-winning design (scroll to the bottom of the page).
Holiday Hours
This may come as a bit of a shock to you, but the hands that package your orders actually belong to humans. Sure, we may be a robot company, but robo-hands just aren't quite up to spec for what we need to do. So for the moment we're staffed by a contingent of mortals, and […]
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