Cool! We've found some SC3782 (37x82 mm) solar cells! Since Panasonic ain't making these anymore, and there aren't many of these left, you'll only find them here at Solarbotics until they're all sold out. Get'em while they're hot!
SparkFun Electric Imp Breakout $17.48 The SparkFun Electric Imp breakout board makes it easy to experiment with your Electric Imp IoT project. |
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ESP-12F AP+STA Remote Serial Port WIFI Controller / Module $9.38 The ESP8266 (ESP-12F AP+STA) is a nice "Internet of Things" microcontroller with Wifi (or as a Wifi bridge for your project) |
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Adafruit Metro Mini 328 - 5V 16MHz $20.18 Tiny breadboard-friendly UNO-compatible development board. |
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SparkFun Pi Wedge (Preassembled) $14.25 The Raspberry Pi series of "single board computers" all have a 40-pin GPIO breakout, but it isn't breadboard friendly. Use the Pi Wedge to bring these lines out to your breadboard. |
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HDMI Male To DVI-D Female 24+1 DVI Converter Adapter for LCD Monitor $6.68 HDMI Male to DVI-D Female Video Adapter. |
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5VDC 40mm Raspberry Pi Cooling Fan $3.98 This 40mm square x 10mm deep 5V fan is ideal to mount to our Pi SAFE to keep your Raspberry Pi cool. |
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Mini/Micro to HDMI converter $4.44 2 in 1 HDMI Female to Mini Micro HDMI Male V1.4 90 Degree Converter Adapter. |
Cool! We've found some SC3782 (37x82 mm) solar cells! Since Panasonic ain't making these anymore, and there aren't many of these left, you'll only find them here at Solarbotics until they're all sold out. Get'em while they're hot!
We were pleased to see the Kickstarter for Ringo, the Photopopper-ish but much smarter version of our own ~17 year old design robot kit. The video showcases some pretty cool behaviors, and is easily one of those projects where we think "Jee, why didn't we do that?"
We like to have some play time at Solarbotics, and the "Bare Bones Photovore" is the results of one of these play sessions. It's a very simple (amongst the simplest, we'll hazard to say) light-seeking solar-powered robot, and find it easy to build using the Bicore Experimenter's PCB.
Here's a link to a Smalltimes article where they interview Mark (and a few others) about using MEMS (or Micro Electromechanical Systems) in the toy industry. Read More...
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