Vamos continuar a manter a oferta dos portes de envio até 31 de Maio, para todas as encomendas colocadas online e de valor superior a 35€ (+ IVA). Esta oferta só é válida para envios em Portugal.

Para mais informações sobre os nossos produtos e serviços contacte-nos por email / telefone.

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Early this year project Spacebits was submitted as a panel proposal to speak at SXSW 2012. As a project member, i’m proud to announce that Spacebits, a Portuguese Near Space project, was accepted!!!

SXSW Interactive takes place in Austin, Texas US and is currently one of largest conferences for creators and entrepreneurs in the world, taking the city down for five incredibly non-stop frenetic days featuring hundreds of panels ranging from themes like the web, internet, science, arts and others. More than 14.000 participants joined in last year.

We feel immensely proud and honored for this. The team has decided to accept the invitation so expect us at the Driskill Hotel in March. We hope to travel with some of our gear and show it off to you and we’ll certainly prepare the best presentation of the project we can, including the juicy bits of what we’ve learned for the last year and a half.

Also, we’re wondering about the chance to launch a Spacebits 7 flight right from Austin during that week but further contacts with local volunteers are required before we can confirm this. We’re working on it. If you’re going to be at SXSW next year, don’t forget to join us, otherwise stay tuned with our blog, we’ll keep in touch as much as we can.

These tank tracks are made of a soft durable rubber and features a transverse tread for stronger traction and a inner central rib that stops side movements and prevents the track from slipping off the wheels. They are ideal for robots, rovers and tanks.

These small wheels are made of durable, light weight plastic. They are ideal for small robots and other toys. They fit on any 3mm shaft but a larger hole can be easily drillied to interface other motor shafts. They are sold in pairs and come with a matching o-ring.

These large wheels are made of durable, light weight plastic. They are ideal for small robots and other toys. They fit on any 3mm shaft but a larger hole can be easily drillied to interface other motor shafts. They are sold in pairs and come with a matching o-ring.

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A inmotion.pt vai dar uma Workshop de Introdução ao Arduino nos dias 4 e 5 de Fevereiro no espaço DAR – Design Advanced Resources Association nas Caldas da Raínha. A DAR é um espaço recentemente criado, que abriu as portas ao público no início deste mês e que pretende ser um centro de divulgação, partilha e experimentação de design. Exemplo dessa dinâmica é esta parede interactiva feita em lycra e controlada através de um Arduino

Para mais informações ver pagina sobre a workshop / preços / inscrições.

DAR – Design Advanced Resources Association
Silos CERES – Rua Filinto Elísio s/n
2500 – 202 Caldas da Rainha
+351 262 838 795
dar@designadvancedresources.org

The Arduino Ethernet with POE is a microcontroller board based on the Arduino Uno, and incorporating a WizNet W5100 TCP/IP Embedded Ethernet Controller. The Arduino Ethernet does not have an onboard USB-to-serial driver chip, but has a Wiznet Ethernet interface. It can be programmed like an Uno via a six-pin FTDI style serial connector such as the FTDI Basic Breakout – 5V or any FTDI-style USB-to-serial connector. When plugged into a USB to Serial adapter, the Arduino Ethernet is powered from the adapter. A separate power-over-Ethernet (PoE) module is soldered to the board to provide power from a conventional twisted pair Category 5 Ethernet cable. It is IEEE802.3af compliant, and works with all compliant PoE injectors currently available.

The Arduino Motor Shield Rev. 3 is based on the L298 (datasheet), which is a dual full-bridge driver designed to drive inductive loads such as relays, solenoids, DC and stepping motors. It lets you drive two DC motors with your Arduino board, controlling the speed and direction of each one independently. You can also measure the current absorption of each motor, among other features. The shield is TinkerKit compatible, which means you can quickly create projects by plugging TinkerKit modules to the board.

The Wireless Protoshield allows an Arduino board to communicate wirelessly using a wireless module. It is based on the Xbee modules from Digi, but can use any module with the same footprint. The module can communicate up to 100 feet indoors or 300 feet outdoors (with line-of-sight). It can be used as a serial/usb replacement or you can put it into a command mode and configure it for a variety of broadcast and mesh networking options. This shield is also compatible with other radios using the same socket. We carry a compatible Wi-Fi radio, the RN-XV WiFly Module. Plug it, configure it and your Arduino is ready to communicate with any Wi-Fi network!!!

The Wireless SD Shield allows an Arduino board to communicate wirelessly using a wireless module, with similar features from the Wireless Protoshield above. It does however include an on-board SD card slot accessible through the SD Library. This shield is also compatible with other radios using the same socket. We carry a compatible Wi-Fi radio, the RN-XV WiFly Module. Plug it, configure it and your Arduino is ready to communicate with any Wi-Fi network!!!

A Dev Rendezvous é um pequeno grupo de amigos em Faro, e que pretendem inspirar, motivar e alimentar a comunidade tecnológica a nível local, nacional e global. Em Outubro, Dezembro de 2010 a Dev Rendezvous arrancou com a primeira Geek Sessions, um evento regular de networking para a comunidade tecnológica do Algarve que se realiza na primeira Quarta-feira de cada mês, na cidade de Faro.

O Geek Sessions Faro são hoje uma comunidade aberta a todos os interessados, iniciativa que é é alimentada sobretudo pela vontade de fomentar o crescimento da comunidade local e não só, contando já com um número considerável de membros/apoiantes, para além do apoio da equipa Dev Rendezvous.

Em Outubro de 2011 decorreu a primeira workshop de Arduino que foi um enorme sucesso, com um público diverso mas muito motivado e bem disposto. O sucesso desta iniciativa levou a organização a lançar uma nova acção de formação no dia 21 de Janeiro. Os interessados podem encontrar mais informações no Facebook da GeekSessions Faro.

The XL-MaxSonar-WR1 is our most popular weather resistant sensor designed for outdoor detection and ranging. The weather resistant XL-MaxSonar-WR is a rugged ultrasonic sensor component module. This outdoor sensor provides very short to long distance detection and ranging in a compact, robust PVC housing. The ultrasonic sensor meets the IP67 water intrusion standard and matches standard electrical 3/4-inch PCV pipe fittings.

This powerful, adjustable boost regulator can generate an output voltage as high as 9.5 V from an input voltage as low as 1.5 V, all in a tiny, 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 2.5 and 9.5 V.

The QTR-1RC reflectance sensor carries a single infrared LED and phototransistor pair in an inexpensive, tiny 0.5″ x 0.3″ module that can be mounted almost anywhere and is great for edge detection and line following applications. The output is designed to be measured by a digital I/O line.

The QTR-8RC reflectance sensor array is intended as a line sensor, but it can be used as a general-purpose proximity or reflectance sensor. The module is a convenient carrier for eight IR emitter and receiver (phototransistor) pairs evenly spaced at intervals of 0.375″ (9.525 mm). Each phototransistor uses a capacitor discharge circuit that allows a digital I/O line on a microcontroller to take an analog reading of reflected IR by measuring the discharge time of the capacitor. Check out this tutorialfor an example of use.

This custom-designed white plastic wheel has a rubber tire measuring 1.65″ (42 mm) in diameter and is designed to fit the output shafts on any micro and 15.5D Pololu metal gearmotors as well as the Solarbotics metal gear motors. Teeth on the hub optionally allow a reflectance sensor to be used for encoder feedback. These wheels are sold in pairs.

The XL series of MaxSonars are a super high-performance version of the easy-to-use sonar range finder from Maxbotix. The XL-MaxSonar-AE0 offers the widest and most sensitive beam pattern of any indoor sensor we currently offer. This makes the XL-MaxSonar-AE0 an excellent choice wherever wide beam detection, reliable people detection, or reliable small obstacle detection are required.

The XL-MaxSonar-WRCA1 is an outdoor ultrasonic rangefinder in an extra-compact housing. This outdoor sensor provides very short to long distance detection and ranging in a compact, robust PVC housing. The ultrasonic sensor meets the IP67 water intrusion standard and matches standard electrical 3/4-inch PCV pipe fittings.

The MaxSonar-UT is the ultrasonic transducer used in the MaxSonar family of sonar range finders. Maxbotix’s family of sonar range finders uses this transceiver to send 42 kHz sonar pulses and detect the echoes of those pulses, which in turn allows for the calculation of the distance from the transceiver to the reflecting object. This transducer is great for applications that need to transmit or receive ultrasonic waves.

This mounting hardware is selected for use with our outdoor ultrasonic sensors. It gives customers easy access to the hardware needed for through hole mounting. The mounting hardware includes a steel lock nut and two O-ring (Buna-N and Neoprene) each optimal for different applications.

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This is a pack of 5 standard red LEDs, with 5mm diammeter suitable for toys, games and christmas lights!!! These can also be purchased in yellow and green.

These are very bright LEDs sold in a pack of 5. The LEDs are so bright that it hurts to look directly at them. All lenses are clear and you can buy them in these colors: red, green, blue, yellow and white.

The MPR121 IC is a great way to build simple capacitive touch interfaces, and now it’s even easier to incorporate into your Arduino projects with the touch shield. The touch shield has 9 capacitive touch pads, with headers for the remaining 3 electrode connections. With this shield you can have a total of 12 touch sensitive buttons. An on-board logic level converter allows it to work with 5V and 3.3V Arduino boards. Simply solder on some header pins and stack it on to your Arduino for a convenient input device. Check this example code to get started.

The RN-XV module by Roving Networks is a certified Wi-Fi solution especially designed for customer who want to migrate their existing 802.15.4 architecture to a standard TCP/IP based platform without having to redesign their existing hardware. In other words, if your project is set up for XBee and you want to move it to a standard WiFi network, you can drop this in the same socket without any other new hardware.

The RN-XV module is based upon Roving Networks’ robust RN-171 Wi-Fi module and incorporates 802.11 b/g radio, 32 bit processor, TCP/IP stack, real-time clock, crypto accelerator, power management unit and analog sensor interface.The module is pre-loaded with Roving firmware to simplify integration and minimize development time of your application. In the simplest configuration, the hardware only requires four connections (PWR, TX, RX and GND) to create a wireless data connection.

This is similar to other 16×2 character LCDs that you’ve seen before but with one vibrant difference: The backlight is actually an RGB LED. This means that you can change the backlight of this display to any color you want by controlling the three backlight levels. It also utilizes an extremely common parallel interface so code is freely available (check below for an Arduino example). You will need ~11 general I/O pins to interface to this LCD screen, plus an extra 3 pins for the RGB backlight.

The 9DOF Sensor stick is a very small sensor board with 9 degrees of freedom. It includes the ADXL345 accelerometer, the HMC5883L magnetometer, and the ITG-3200 gyro. The ’stick’ has a simple I2C interface and a mounting hole for attaching it to your project. Also, the board is a mere 0.036″ thick (0.093″ overall), allowing it to be easily mounted in just about any application.

Freescale’s MAG3110 is a small, low-power, digital 3-axis magnetometer. The device can be used in conjunction with a 3-axis accelerometer to produce orientation independent accurate compass heading information. It features a standard I2C serial interface output and smart embedded functions. It’s also a tiny QFN package which isn’t very easy to play with so here is our easy to use breakout board. This board breaks out all of the pins for the MAG3110FCR1 to a standard 0.1″ header and also supplies the necessary filtering capacitors so that you can easily use it in your next navigation project.

In physical computing it’s sometimes nice to know how physically close you are to an object. In other words, you may need to know your ‘proximity’ to an object, that’s where the VCNL4000 does it’s magic. Okay, it’s not actually magic, it’s a combination ambient light sensor and IR proximity sensor.

The VCNL4000 can detect it’s proximity to an object using IR within a range of about 20cm. Proximity data as well as ambient light level data can be collected over an I2C interface.

This is the newest revision and fixes issues with the last board. This breakout board pairs an SP3485 RS-485 transceiver with an FT232RL USB UART IC to convert a USB stream to RS-485. The SP3485 is a half-duplex transceiver, so it can only communicate one way at a time, but it can reach transmission speeds of up to 10Mbps.

The RTS pin of the FT232RL is connected to the transmit and receive enable inputs of the SP3485, this line is used to control the transmission mode of the RS-485 transceiver. With the proper drivers installed, the FT232RL will enumerate as a virtual COM port; the drivers are available for Windows, Mac and Linux.

These body electrodes were originally manufactured for use in electric therapy. While we can’t condone the use of these in medical therapy, they can be useful for hobby applications. Each electrode is essentially just a conductive pad coated with adhesive gel and terminated on the opposite side with a snap connector. These electrodes are sold in pairs along with an electrode lead with a snap connector for each at one end and a 2.5mm jack at the other.

The MAX7219CNG is a compact, serial input/output common-cathode led display driver that can interface microprocessors to 7-segment numeric LED displays of up to 8 digits, bar-graph displays, or 64 individual LEDs. Included on-chip are a BCD code-B decoder, multiplex scan circuitry, segment and digit drivers, and an 8×8 static RAM that stores each digit. Individual digits may be addressed and updated without rewriting the entire display. Only one external resistor is required to set the segment current for all LEDs.

Faster, cheaper, smaller, better, right? The SN754410 Quad Half H-Bridge is just that. Capable of driving high voltage motors using TTL 5V logic levels, the SN754410 can drive 4.5V up to 36V at 1A continuous output current! Please see datasheet for more information. This is a pin to pin compatible replacement for the L293D.

The TMP36 is a low voltage, precision centigrade temperature sensor. It provides a voltage output that is linearly proportional to the Celsius temperature. It also doesn’t require any external calibration to provide typical accuracies of ±1°C at +25°C and ±2°C over the ?40°C to +125°C temperature range. We like it because it’s so easy to use: Just give the device a ground and 2.7 to 5.5 VDC and read the voltage on the Vout pin. The output voltage can be converted to temperature easily using the scale factor of 10 mV/°C.

This 2×5 crimp connector snaps onto a 10-pin ribbon cable to form a dual-inline connection that can be pushed right into a breadboard.

This is the new Arduino Uno R3. In addition to all the features of the previous board, the Uno now uses an ATmega16U2 instead of the 8U2 found on the Uno (or the FTDI found on previous generations). This allows for faster transfer rates and more memory. No drivers needed for Linux or Mac (inf file for Windows is needed and included in the Arduino IDE), and the ability to have the Uno show up as a keyboard, mouse, joystick, etc.

The Uno R3 also adds SDA and SCL pins next to the AREF. In addition, there are two new pins placed near the RESET pin. One is the IOREF that allow the shields to adapt to the voltage provided from the board. The other is a not connected and is reserved for future purposes. The Uno R3 works with all existing shields but can adapt to new shields which use these additional pins.