New Stuff!

Dave Hrynkiw
February 5, 2003

We've been busy little elves at Solarbotics. New to our product listing is a fair number of parts and ICs that have been requested of us. Like what? Wellll...:

You always need new chips. Especially when somebody on the BEAM list has made something cool:

  • LM324 Op-amp (happy now, Bruce?)
  • LM393 Dual comparator
  • LM386 Audio op-amp
  • LM339 Quad comparator

And you can't have new chips without new chip carriers!:

  • DC8Pin - 8 pin dual inline IC carrier (for the LM386, 8212, and LM393)
  • DC16Pin - 16 pin dual inline IC carrier (for the L293D and 74AC139)
  • DC20Pin - 20 pin dual inline IC carrier (for the 74xx240 and 74xx245)

And what fun is it if you can't put your new ICs and carriers on a robot with a new motor?:

  • RM2 - High power drop-in replacement motor for the GM2/GM3 gearmotors
  • TPM2 - A new, less expensive alternate to the old TPM tiny pager motor!
  • RPM2 - The Namiki 1701 replacement; comparable performance for less money!

Ummm... That's it. For now. We now return you back to your regular programming schedule.

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July 28, 2004
New GM10 wheels and combo deal!

Today we are happy to finally bring colours to our GM10 Pager Gear motor wheels! Now available in Black, Red, Blue, Yellow and Light Grey. What's a motor and a wheel without a motor/wheel deal where you can get a GM10 pager gear motor with a wheel at a special price?

April 25, 2011
Looking for additions to our own IT Crow...

(Thanks for the interest - welcome Chris to the team!) Our IT task at Solarbotics have grown beyond "Did you try turning it off and then on again?", so we're in the hiring market for an IT Guru & website manager. Please, we're only interested in applicants that can work here, in Calgary, Alberta. Sorry, […]

March 5, 2002
LANL 2002 Workshop Announced!

We're happy to finally officially announce the opening of registration to the 2002 Los Alamos National Laboratories BEAM Workshop!Coming into it's 10th year (10 years? already? Wow...), Solarbotics has been a participant right from the beginning. If you're in the New Mexico area, or are dedicated enough to come out on your own, come to […]

February 9, 2011
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).

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