Hobbyist Toolkit (3 products) - Tool set containing a 30W electronic soldering iron with spare bit, solder and holder, desoldering pump with Teflon spare nozzle, cross pointed screwdriver and a screwdriver with voltage detector, strong side cutters and snipe nose pliers. Universal analogue multimeter featuring 13 measurement ranges, leads and AA 1.5V battery; Packed on a blister card.
Chips/ICs (22 products) - There is a huge selection of integrated circuits to pick from when designing your project.
Joysticks (3 Products) - This is a heavy-duty joystick very similar to the ones in claw arcade games. Directional movements are momentary limit switches - one for each direction. This joystick also has a select button that is actuated when the red button is pressed down.
SD Cards & SD Readers (2 Products) - This is a 1 gig microSD media card. Perfect for massive datalogging in a minute amount of space. These microSD cards have a simple to use SPI interface allowing any micro to read and write data in a very large 1 gigabyte storage array.
Sparkfun Mini Breadboards & PSUs (5 Products) - Very small breadboards with 170 tie points available in a variety of colours ideal for prototyping. Also a choice of two very simple regulated breadboard power supplies.
Capacitors (16 products)- Capacitors see a lot of action in electronic projects. From cushioning circuit power surges to motor noise supression, we have a great selection of capacitors for your building pleasure.
Voltage Regulators (9 products)- AnyVolt Micro is a miniature step-up / step-down switching DC-DC converter. The output is adjustable from 2.6V to 14V and currents up to 0.5A can be drawn. AnyVolt Micro is useful when you need to step from a lower voltage to a higher voltage, or when your input voltage occasionally dips below the output voltage.
Boost Regulators (5 products)- This powerful, adjustable boost regulator can generate an output voltage as high as 25 V from an input voltage as low as 1.5 V, all in a small, 0.42" x 0.88" x 0.23" package. A trimmer potentiometer lets you set the boost regulator’s output voltage to a value between 4 and 25 V.
Opto-Isolator Breakout - This is a board designed for opto-isolation. This board is helpful for connecting digital systems (like a 5V microcontroller) to a high-voltage or noisy system. This board electrically isolates a controller from the high-power system by use of an opto-isolator IC.
Real Time Clock Module - This a custom designed module for the DS1307 Real Time Clock. The module comes fully assembled and pre-programmed with the current time (ok, so it's our current time - MST). The included Lithium coin cell battery (CR1225 41mAh) will run the module for a minimum of 9 years (17 years typical) without external 5V power.
Microphones & Audio (3 products) - Small electret microphone. Useful in acoustic and audio applications.
Transistors (7 products) - We've got a good variety of signal and small-power transistors and FETs for your project.
Sensors (7 products) - ome very effective, inexpensive touch-sensor designs. Add some optical sensors, and you're well on your way to making some very capable robot!
Swtich/Relays (8 products) - Need your creation to turn off and on, reset, or change modes? Try one of these switches - we have some great switches. And relays too!
LED/Diodes (10 products) - Diodes and LEDs are pretty much a necessity in any electronics project. we've got several types, some tiny but bright, some naturally colourful, and others just sneaky only showing off their colour when powered on. Not only do we stock standard diodes, but also LEDs. We have bright, tiny, infrared, flashing and standard types.
Resistors (44 products) - We have a range of individual value resistors (ranging from 100 ohms to 10m ohms), value bundle sets (10 pieces of four values), single and multi-turn trimpots (10K, 20K, 100K & 2Meg) plus a very useful trimpot adjusting tool.
Pins & Sockets (17 products) - Carrier and pin sockets are cheap insurance against having to desolder a part and possibly damage your robot. If you've ever had to remove a soldered-in IC, you'll recognize the value of these parts.
Solar Cells (9 products)- Solar cells are generally designed to pump out as much current as possible, and to get voltage, you wire them up in series. We specialize in solar cells that generate voltage in a small area, which is generally the need when powering electronic devices.
Parts & Kits Bundles (18 products)- Many BEAM projects are simple and effective, so they're often featured in books and magazines. We're pleased to offer a bundles of parts for many construction articles, such as the ones found in 'Junkbots, Bugbots and Bots on Wheels' & 'Absolute Beginner's Guide to Building Robotics'
Crimp Housing Connector - These two-pin housings work with our wires with pre-crimped terminals to let you quickly make custom cables that mate with various 0.1"-spaced connectors, including male or female headers and solderless breadboards. They are sold in packs of 25.
Lead Free Solder - High quality lead-free solder. Suitable for all applications.
Coil - This custom-made-for-Solarbotics coils measure 20.7mm (0.813") in diameter, 1.5mm (0.06") thick, and have a measured inductance of 1.03 millihenries (not microhenries - hence the "Major Henry" designation!) with about 11 ohms resistance.
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