Category Archives: Gadgets
4tronix Robo:bit Robotics Controller Board for BBC micro:bit
4tronix Robo:Bit for BBC micro:bit and Accessories – 4tronix ROBOBIT, The Robo:Bit robotics controller (75-0133) is a ready-assembled robotics controller board that’s ready to be used with your BBC micro:bit, just add battery power (3 or 4 AA is ideal, but not included) and motors of your choice to make your own DIY robot. Use
4tronix Robo:bit Fixing Pack
4tronix Robo:Bit for BBC micro:bit and Accessories – 4tronix RBITM, The Robo:Bit fixings pack (75-0136) contains screws, hexagonal pillars and a Pololu caster. This allows you to fit standard yellow motors (not included) and immediately get a robot working. 4tronix Robo:bit Fixing Pack
4tronix McRoboFace
4tronix Robo:Bit for BBC micro:bit and Accessories – 4tronix MCFACE, We all like adding blinky LEDs to our electronic creations, whether it is a robot, weather station or something that reads and displays sensor data. Now with McRoboFace you can add emotions to everything at the same time as adding blinkies. All the 17 RGB
BBC micro:bit Pocket Sized Codable Computer
BBC Micro:bit Pocket Sized Codeable Computer – microbit BBC Micro:bit, This is the micro:bit only – ideal for those that already have their own USB cables and are thinking of making their own power supply. Buying this way can offer a saving over the Complete Package if you don’t need the extra items. BBC micro:bit
BBC micro:bit Pocket Sized Codeable Computer Starter Kit
BBC Micro:bit Pocket Sized Codeable Computer – microbit BBC Micro:bit Kit, Our complete micro:bit package contains everything you need including the micro:bit itself, USB download cable, battery box and batteries. Unlike the original batch of micro:bits, our kit is supplied with our switched battery holder which means you don’t need to remove a battery or
4tronix Bit:Bot Robot for BBC micro:bit with Addressable LEDs
4tronix Bit:Bot Robot for BBC micro:bit / Ultrasonic Distance Sensors – 4tronix Bit:Bot, The Bit:Bot Robot is a feature-packed little robot that is almost ready to go, requiring no soldering, no wires and nothing more than a screwdriver to complete it.The Bit:Bot turns your micro:bit from a stand-alone programmable computer to an awesome mobile robot
4tronix Soldered Ultrasonic Sensor for Bit:Bot
4tronix Bit:Bot Robot for BBC micro:bit / Ultrasonic Distance Sensors – 4tronix BITSONP, These ultrasonic distance sensors bring more functionality to your Bit:Bot. The sensor is ready-soldered, just attach to your Bit:Bot with the screws provided and off you go. When fitted you just use Microsoft PXT (or MicroPython with some awkward code) to read
Arduino Ethernet Shield 2 A000024
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Arduino 4 Relay Shield A000110
Arduino Relay Shields – Arduino A000110, The Arduino 4 Relays shield is designed as a solution for driving those high power loads that cannot be driven by Arduino’s digital IOs due to current and voltage limits. The shield features 4x relays, with each relay providing 2 pole changeover contacts (NO and NC). The 2 changeover
Arduino GSM Shield 2 with Antenna Connection A000106
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Arduino USB Host Shield A000004
Arduino Programmers, USB and ICs – Arduino A000004, The Arduino USB Host shield lets your Arduino control USB peripherlas such as HID devices, mass storage, Android ADK devices and others. It complies with USB Specification Revision 2.0 (full-speed 12Mbps peripheral, full-/low-speed 12Mbps/1.5Mbps host) though actual throughput will depend on the Arduino. The on-board MAX3421E USB
Arduino Wireless SD Shield A000065
Arduino Breakout and Prototyping Boards – Arduino A000065, The Arduino Wireless SD shield brings wireless communication to the Arduino with its XBee compatible socket. The socket supports the XBee modules from Digi but can use any module with the same footprint. Wireless range is up to 30m indoors and up to 100m line of sight
Adafruit 1857 Small 1.2″ 8×8 Bright Square LED Matrix with I2C Bac…
Adafruit Small 1.2″ 8×8 Bright Square LED Matrix with I2C Backpacks – Adafruit 1857, These Adafruit Square White LED 1.2in. 8×8 Matrix Displays with I2C save your microcontroller losing all its GPIOs to multiplexing. Connecting displays like this can be quite expensive in precious GPIO pins, but with the added backpack they only use the
Adafruit 1980 TSL2591 High Dynamic Range Digital Light Sensor
Adafruit Digital Infra-red / Visible Light Sensors with I2C, 5V ready – Adafruit 1980, The Adafruit TSL2591 High Dynamic Range Digital Light Sensors can be re-configured to detect illuminance from 188 µLux to 88,000 Lux on the fly. Containing two sensors, a full spectrum sensor which includes the human visible and infra-red wavelengths, and an
Adafruit 2200 Precision Voltage Reference (LM4040) Breakout – 2.04…
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Adafruit 2168 IR Break Beam Sensor – 5mm LEDs
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Adafruit 1201 Vibrating Mini Motor Disc
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Adafruit 1770 2.8″ TFT LCD Display with Touchscreen Breakout & Mic…
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Adafruit 2024 12 x Capacitive Touch Shield for Arduino – MPR121
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Adafruit 1777 SI1145 Digital UV Index / IR / Visible Light Sensor I2C
Adafruit Digital Infra-red / Visible Light Sensors with I2C, 5V ready – Adafruit 1777, The Adafruit SI1145 I2C Digital UV Index / IR / Visible Light Sensors use individual visible and infra-red (IR) sensors and calculate the UV index accordingly. They are 3 to 5V compatible and communicate with almost any microcontroller over I2C. Should
