Well, it's been one of those weeks where we don't have anything to post, so... HEY LOOK! THE ARDY IS BACK! From now until the end of March, the ARDY bundle gets you the Arduino Experimenter's Kit with a free Ardweeny. Oh, and did we mention that we just took a picture of (almost) all […]
New: The Ardweeny BackPack!
Dave Hrynkiw
October 20, 2010
We've been playing with the Pick and Place machine, and thought about new projects. This one, besides just being plain handy, offered us a simple project to start adding surface-mount parts to!
The Ardweeny is proving to be a popular way to make a breadboard-friendly Arduino-clone, but after the prototyping is done, you still have to figure out how to get your Ardweeny into the real world.
Here's the new Ardweeny BackPack, in both plain and SMD LED version. Plug your Ardweeny into this carrier, featuring:
- Socket mount for easy Ardweeny moving/swapping
- Combination 4-pin header for Servo / Blink-M / I2C interfacing
- Low-dropout 5V regulator
- Temperature sensor (TMP36) mounting pad
- 2-position power jack (end or side-mount)
- #2 screw mounting holes
- SMT LED versions features 8 bottomside LEDs connected to digital pins 0-7 for easy POV (persistance of vision) or bargraph indication
One of our first tests was using an Ardweeny for a dual-scale thermometer, ranging -50 to +50ºC on an analog (servo) scale, and 18 to 32ºC on the bargraph, on a laser cut base. It's a work-in-progress, but the cutting files & Arduino source code are available on the resource page.
Oh, here's a picture of the POV in action!
MORE POSTS
Closed March 29
Ok, so tomorrow is apparently not a regular Friday, but a good one. I would say, that is a very honest thing to call it, because what else would you call a Friday that is a day off? Sure, it's good. So that's what we are doing on that day - being closed and away, […]
Everything's Under Control. Situation No...
You might be wondering what the heck happened with our site this morning. Our response would be, as the one and only Han Solo once said, "Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but uh... everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here now, thank you. How are you?" This morning we […]
Black Friday Sales 2021
We know, we know. It's more of a "Grey Wednesday" than actually Black Friday, but we couldn't help ourselves. We have over 25 items on sale for you, with discounts ranging from a handy lil' 5% to a whopping 30% off. What kind of items? We're glad you asked! Kits Marble Machine Kit (Battery, Solar, […]
Solarbotics has been operating for more than 25 years, bringing electronics know-how and supplies to both the electronics professional and hobbyist. We'll be happy to help you too!
Solarbotics, Ltd. is not responsible for misprints or errors on product prices or information. For more information, please see our Terms and Conditions.
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.