We've been having fun playing with the L293D driver chip. It's one of those things to see how much you can make it do by itself (like with any BEAM application!). Grant McKee has been experimenting with some simple additions to the chip to make it (unto itself) a suitable brain for a simple mini-sumo […]
New Vibe Motors!
Dave Hrynkiw
September 21, 2006
We've finally come upon a suitable replacment for the venerable, discontinued VPM vibrating pager disk motor. Ah, it was a splendid device, but it sure was easy to break those motor leads...
Ah! But the new VPM2 has wires prebonded to the motor, and it's slightly smaller too! We welcome our new vibrating disk motor overlords to Solarbotics...
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Phone Support Unavailable
Due to a shortage of staff and the Calgary Mini Maker Faire this weekend, we will unfortunately be unable to take your calls at this time. Sales & support can still be reached at sales@solarbotics.com & support@solarbotics.com, however responses may be a bit delayed.
Christmas/New Years Holiday Hours
Happy holidays! This is a quick note to announce our holiday schedule, which is going to be as follows: Friday, December 23 - Offices open til 2pm Saturday, December 24 - Tuesday, December 27 -- Closed Wednesday, December 28 - Thursday, December 29 - Open Friday, December 30 -- Offices open til 4pm Saturday, […]
Early Monday New Product Post: Now with ...
We apologize for the late Friday Product Post - Friday night our brains were temporarily eaten out by rabid flying honey badger monkeys. The brains are now successfully returned into place, and here's the freshly renamed Early Monday Product Post. Oh, look, text! It has letters! And words. And sentences. And clauses. And everything a […]
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