Painted GraviTrack

We always enjoy seeing our products being modified, revamped and DIY-ed, as well as the results of these transformations. Our customer Vera Kark provided us with some thoughtful feedback on adding mechanical tweaks to improve our Solar GraviTrack build and documentation. She also painted the … Read more…

Product Feature: Bare Conductive Projects

We are always on the search of cool technology, so when we came across Bare Conductive, we thought: pizza! what a great find! Bare Conductive is a design and technology company from the UK that makes sensing tools for engineers, … Read more…

New Product: WeMos

WeMos D1 Mini – 4MB Microcontroller $9.85CAD / $7.95USD  The WeMos D1 Mini makes working with the ESP8266 module simple! Breadboard compatible and equipped with a microUSB jack, build your next Internet of Things project in a snap. ProtoBoard Shield … Read more…

New Product Post

3W Stereo Bluetooth Interface, 3.7~5VDC, FM / TF/ USB, IR $18.20CAD / $14.50USD We are impressed with this stereo Bluetooth v4.2 module with USB, SD card, or Bluetooth audio inputs and a remote control driving a 3W amplifier. 3W Stereo … Read more…

The Solarbotics GraviTrack Marble Machine Kit

Our GraviTrack Marble Machine Kit is our newest addition to the Marble-Drop mechanism family. Elegant, swooping hands pass marbles to each other to the top of a sweeping multi-level track, available in either solar or battery configuration! Approximately twice as … Read more…

New Product Monday

AxiDraw V3 669CAD / 525USD AxiDraw is a high performance personal writing and drawing machine. MinIMU-9 V5 – IMU Digital Combo Board – 9 Degrees of Freedom 21.55CAD / 16.91USD This is a breakout combo for the LSM6DS33 3-axis gyro/3-axis … Read more…

New ESP Offerings at Solarbotics

ESP8266 ESP-32 CAD 13.50/ USD 9.99 The much anticipated ESP32 is here!! Bluetooth, Wifi, Dual Core, IoT just became doable! ESP-12F AP+STA Remote Serial Port WIFI Controller / Module CAD9.38/USD6.95 You can’t turn over an internet-connected rock without finding an … Read more…

New Product: LED Strips

A brilliant selection of new smart LED strips with various features. They are addressable, white RGB, or full-color RGBW, available on spools or per meter to add blindingly bright effects to your project. Some so bright, we had to shoot … Read more…

Tech Tip: Micro Terminal Blocks

We use many, many devices with 0.1″ spaced holes, which are pretty much an electronics design standard. We’re finding these 0.1″ space terminal blocks incredibly useful for making solid, secure, yet serviceable connections to the rest of our designs. We’ll … Read more…