News Archives - December, 2008

This is just a subtle reminder that Solarbotics & HVW Technologies will both be closed January 1st and 2nd (Thursday and Friday), while we’re out fighting raging hangovers being productive members of society. We hope 2008 treated all of you well and that 2009 will be even better. And if it isn’t, well… Once we get our solar-powered time machine working we’ll take you for a spin to sort things out.

But don’t hold your breath - there’s still quite a bit of work left on that one. (Do you have any idea how hard it is to get a SolarSpeeder to reach 88MPH? If you happen to stumble across a capacitor to support 1.21GW and a solar cell to charge it, we’d love to know.)

Business will resume as usual on Monday, January 5th. In the mean time, all the best to you and yours from the team at Solarbotics/HVW Technologies!

For far too long we’ve toiled under the merciless grip of the Gear Motor. But no more! For behold, there appears a trio of defiant servos to overthrow the tyrannical rule!

*cough*

But seriously forks, we have three new units available from Grand-Wing Servo. The 22140 GWS Modified Servo is a useful continuous rotation, full-sized unit. There’s also the 22150 Sub Micro Servo - NARO HP BB and 22160 Pico Servo - PICO+ BB, which both feature a ball-bearing supported output shaft and Futaba connector. What’s really impressive about these last two units, though, is their size.  They are tiny, measuring less than 23×12x22mm. Check ‘em out yourself for pictures, stats and dimensions.

Long live the servo!

To make sure you get that special something for that special someone we recommend that you order on or before the following dates:

Country and/or Region	Delivery Method
	Postal Mail	Courier Ground	Courier Air
Canada
Atlantic & Territories	December 15	December 17	December 22
Ontario & Quebec	December 16	December 18	December 22
Manitoba	December 17	December 19	December 22
British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan	December 18	December 19	December 22
United States
-	n/a	December 15	December 21
Europe
-	n/a	n/a	December 17
Worldwide (except Europe)
-	n/a	n/a	December 12

Please Note: As much as we wish we had “infinite cosmic power”…we don’t. The shipping times we provide are meant as estimated times only; Canada Customs, freak snow storms and the Grinch can get in the way of your package and therefore we can’t guarantee that your package will arrive if you ordered before any of these dates, but we will try our best!

If you absolutely need an item in time for Christmas, we recommend picking the fastest method possible, as they are the safest bets to making sure you have time to wrap your gift before it goes under the tree!

Here’s a great booklet to accompany any new Freeduino purchase - “Getting Started with Arduino”, written by Massimo Banzi (the co-founder of the Arduino Project).

This title is based on his free-download introduction PDF, but takes is much farther, guiding new electronics enthusiasts into how to use the Arduino / Freeduino in a project.

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 Also cool is this little link we just received the other day from a customer of ours, Gary Gipson. Our book “Junkbots” was put to good use with this project! Instead of stationary electronics, these electronics swing! (Plus, it’s darned cute!)