Solarcell Analysis - part 1

Here's a tip submitted by Rick Steenblik regarding hacking our SCC3733 for less voltage, but more current: After using your SCC3733 solar cells for a couple of bots I noticed that they can be altered to provide about 3.3v at 80ma (in full sun) by cutting the bus connector on the back to electrically separate […]

It's cool. Well, not quite. But it's smoking. Umm,  that's not right, either. It's anti-smoking. Whoever redesigned their 493 smoke absorber did a pretty good job - it's much better than it was before! And Hakko even posted a cool video showing how good it is (sorry, can't embed the video here).

Solarbotics will be at the Calgary City Teachers' Convention Thursday & Friday February 11-12, 2016. We will demo a variety of educational kits for teachers to use in classrooms, including introductory kits to develop skills in programming, mechanical construction, and soldering. Come put a face to the name at booth 326 and find out how […]

It's Friday again, and it's been a busy (two) weeks since there was a new product. Wait no more, here it is. 4-Conductor LED Strip Clamp $0.95 Reduce the crazy soldering mess with these super useful RGB LED strip clamps! LilyTwinkle ATtiny85 $6.95 A preprogrammed controller board that can make your wearable project sparkle and […]