Wired.com recently posted a very interesting comparison between the Wowwee/Hasbro BIO-Bugs, and the Sony Aibo. Interesting comparison! For those wanting more information, there's the BIO-Bug vivisection page at Solarbotics.net.
New Product: Microcontrollers & Ras...
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July 22, 2016
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SparkFun Electric Imp Breakout $17.48 The SparkFun Electric Imp breakout board makes it easy to experiment with your Electric Imp IoT project. |
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ESP-12F AP+STA Remote Serial Port WIFI Controller / Module $9.38 The ESP8266 (ESP-12F AP+STA) is a nice "Internet of Things" microcontroller with Wifi (or as a Wifi bridge for your project) |
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Adafruit Metro Mini 328 - 5V 16MHz $20.18 Tiny breadboard-friendly UNO-compatible development board. |
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SparkFun Pi Wedge (Preassembled) $14.25 The Raspberry Pi series of "single board computers" all have a 40-pin GPIO breakout, but it isn't breadboard friendly. Use the Pi Wedge to bring these lines out to your breadboard. |
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HDMI Male To DVI-D Female 24+1 DVI Converter Adapter for LCD Monitor $6.68 HDMI Male to DVI-D Female Video Adapter. |
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5VDC 40mm Raspberry Pi Cooling Fan $3.98 This 40mm square x 10mm deep 5V fan is ideal to mount to our Pi SAFE to keep your Raspberry Pi cool. |
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Mini/Micro to HDMI converter $4.44 2 in 1 HDMI Female to Mini Micro HDMI Male V1.4 90 Degree Converter Adapter. |
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