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Surprising Toy find at the local Radio Shack

frank freedmanfrank freedman Posts: 1,983
edited 2012-10-05 11:03 in Propeller 1
Stopped at the radio shack to get a new stereo cord for the noise cancelling headphones my son has developed a liking for. (the old one gave up proper function rather quickly) So why not see what they have? Some paralax (prop QS, Basic stamp w/ 1.5in bread board, couple of pings not much) but some arduino and compatible stuff. There is a company out there called seeedstudio.com and one of the things RS had on the shelf was a wiznet W5100 based board for 31.00. May be nice to play with. Guess you never know what you will find at RS, but this seeedstudio looks like an interesting source for some stuff. Pulled the objects from the OBEX, so see what we can come up with.

FF

Comments

  • doggiedocdoggiedoc Posts: 2,243
    edited 2012-10-04 19:15
    I saw a Scribbler S2 at my local shack! Almost bought it but I just couldn't part with the cash at the time. But I did buy the BOE-Bot line follower kit they had. :)
  • CircuitsoftCircuitsoft Posts: 1,166
    edited 2012-10-05 11:03
    Seeedstudio does have some nice stuff. I have a DSO Quad (handheld storage scope) and have had great luck with the BusBlaster at work (Designed by DangerousPrototypes, OEMed by SeeedStudio). I believe Seeed tries to make high-volume-type manufacturing services available to not-quite-hobbyists.
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