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New Product: LEDs & Wire
Solar botics
August 25, 2016
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Individually mounted WS2812B LED - Black or White $1.62 Super-tightly PCB-mounted WS2812B addressable LEDs, available in white or black trim. |
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SuperFlex Wire 6M on Bobbin $5.85 This 6M bobbin of 26AWG Superflex wire is a soft and supple, ideal for wearable technology. |
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Superflex 4.5m 90 LED Strand, 5cm Spacing $6.28 90 tiny LEDs of various types, on a 4.5M (14.75') length of particularly supple Superflex wire strand. Excellent for adding a string of bling to your project. |
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Superflex 3m 90 LED Strand with 3xAA Battery Box $13.95 Here's a simple battery-powered, portable and flexible LED string solution. 3 meter, ~3cm spacing, powered by 3AA cells. Ideal for quick "BLING" effect! |
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Slow flash RGB 3mm LEDS $0.45 RGB 3mm LED with built-in controller to cycle colors in a slow, relaxed manner. |
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Red LED Laser Diode Module $1.35 Compact, inexpensive, and LASER. Enough said. |
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Grove - Circular LED Array $19.00 Grove-compatible circular 24 LED array, ideally used with a rotary encoder input. |
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Circuit: Herbie by Randy Sargent
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!
Moving ActiveTech
As some of you know, ActiveTech is changing locations and merging operations with Solarbotics. The retail store is going to take the space where the former RnD lab was, and we've been working hard to prepare that area for the move-in.
U.S. Elections and Sumobots
For all of you politically inclined, here's the latest news on the U.S. election process. The results will be known tomorrow, but for now - the fight is on! These sumorobots are totally autonomous. "No Radio control and no preset behavior. Or lobbyists." - as the author of the video puts it.
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Warning: This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.
Please visit www.P65Warnings.ca.gov for more information. This item was manufactured prior to August 31, 2018.