BACK IN STOCK – Sugru – multicolor pack. Sugru! Soft-touch silicone rubber that molds and sets permanently. Sticks to aluminum, steel, ceramics, glass, wood and some fabrics + plastics! sugru is the incredible new air-curing rubber for hackers, makers, gadget lovers & anyone else who wants to make things or make their stuff work better. Self-adhesive to most other materials, and flexible when cured, sugru is a versatile tool for hackers and makers – Repair and strengthen damaged cables and housing, mount components where you want them, strengthen attachments and protect against vibration, and a hundred other uses we’re sure youʼll find for it. This is great for prototyping. Please read all of the following before purchasing…
Multi-colour 8 x 5g minipacks inside a lovely big pouch for $17.95. You get two red, two yellow, two blue and one black and one white packets. You can smoosh the colors together to make new colors! Sugru does have a ‘use by’ date – we guarantee that you will have at least 6 months (and often its 9 or 12 months) to use your Sugru!
Top 10 uses of sugru for hackers and makers:
Repair and strengthen damaged cables
Mount components semi-permanently e.g. webcam / microphones / wires / switches
Replace missing feet on speakers, laptops etc
Mount components, and add feet to PCBs
Repair casing / housing on computers and earphones
Insulate wires
Strengthen attachments, protect against vibration
Enclose prototype electronics, make them waterproof
Add feet under harddrives to allow air to circulate underneath
Make awesome custom housing on USB flash drives
Properties, self adhesive sugru bonds to:
Aluminum
Steel
Ceramics
Glass
Wood
Some fabrics
Some plastics
Features:
Form by hand – no tools needed
Colors can be mixed
Cures at room temperature to a tough flexible silicone overnight
Waterproof and dishwasher proof when cured
“Loves” a bit of heat or cold, sugru is resistant from -60 degrees C to 180 degrees C
Russm shares his write-up on repairing the Extensible Firmware Interface of a Macbook with the aid of the Bus Pirate.
In my tinkering with EFI I attempted to flash some backdoored firmware to a test MacBook that was kindly donated to science by a friend of mine. This resulted in the bastard doing the S.O.S. beeps and not booting, and it didn’t seem to be recoverable using the Firmware Restore CDs from Apple. I decided that since it was dead anyway I might as well try and recover it by re-flashing the firmware manually using the nifty Bus Pirate that I impulse-bought not long ago, and a copy of flashrom.
Adafruit is happy to be a distributor for the Bus Pirate. You can pick yours up for $30 in the store.
I can verify that this particular camera works under Linux (got it about a week ago from Adafruit). It is supported and recognized by uvcvideo. I tested taking snaps with cheese; guvcvideo works as well.
From my Fedora 16 workstation:
lsusb: Bus 002 Device 008: ID 0ac8:3420 Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. Venus USB2.0 Camera
dmesg: [ 119.902075] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Venus USB2.0 Camera (0ac8:3420)
[ 119.903944] input: Venus USB2.0 Camera as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.3/2-1.3.1/2-1.3.1.4/2-1.3.1.4:1.0/input/input8
[ 119.904013] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 119.904014] USB Video Class driver (1.1.1)
I poked around a bit and it looks like uvcvideo reports back a maximum of 1600×1200 (both photos and videos).. I did a bit of capture at that resolution to test and it works well. Also, here is lsusb with the -v flag if you’re interested in seeing more: https://gist.github.com/2980348
USB Microscope – 5.0 Megapixel / 220x magnification / 8 LEDs. As electronics get smaller and smaller, you’ll need a hand examining PCBs and this little USB microscope is the perfect tool. Its smaller and lighter than a large optical microscope but packs quite a bit of power in its little body. There’s a 5.0 megapixel sensor inside and an optical magnifier that can adjust from 20x (for basic PCB inspection) to 220x (for detailed inspection). Eight white LEDs are angled right onto whatever you’re examining so you get enough lighting to see, and are smoothly adjustable via a dial on the side.
New! We’ve upgraded from the previous model we stocked, this is a microscope to 5.0 Megapixel (from 2.0M) and this one comes with two removable plastic caps to get close ups for a wider focusing range.
If you plug this into any computer, it just shows up as a standard USB camera (we used this for our weekly Ask an Engineer show) and the Windows/Mac software lets you take snapshots using the button on the side of the microscope or direct from the software (so you don’t move the camera).
We tried a bunch of different USB microscopes and found this one to be the best combination of optical clarity, usability, and price. It’s perfect for electronics hacking, rework, SMT (de)soldering, inspection, and soon you’ll find yourself pulling it out to look and photograph all sort of cool small stuff around your lab and home.
This Robot will be able to hold your saw blades as well as your scroll saw blades. This way you don’t have to sit them down some where and ruin your blades. Also this is a good way to have storage while having a piece that everyone will like and talk about.
We have some upcoming iPhone (+ Mac) hacks and mods so we wanted to get the tools you need to take them apart, fix them, make them better and even crack open a MacBook Air if needed. We spent a lot of effort getting good quality tools a good price, here’s what’s in the store (more related products for “iDevice” hacking shortly too!).
Aluminum iPhone 4 0.8mm 5-Point Star/Pentalobe Screwdriver – We tried half a dozen different 5-point star/”pentalobe” screwdriver tools to find the one we liked the most The body is made from a single piece of aluminum and has nice knurled grips. The end-cap rotates so you can keep the body steady while rotating. The tip is nicely machined and is magnetic so it holds the miniscule screws in place while inserting/removing them Pentalobe 0.8mm screws are used in iPhone 4 (not 4S). Check the bottom of your iPhone if you’re not sure whether you have pentalobe or Phillips #000 screws.
Aluminum iPhone 4 Phillips #000 / PH000 Screwdriver - These small Phillips screws are used in iPhone 4G (not 4S) and nearly every other kind of small electronic device that has tiny screws. Check the bottom of your iPhone if you’re not sure whether you have Pentalobe or Phillips #000 screws
Here’s Jane ní Dhulchaointigh (inventor of Sugru) and her Dad! Via BoingBoing.
Our annual Adafruit’s Father’s day sale gets you 10% off all tools and iCufflinks and ties (in stock) through Sunday 6/17/2012 (11:59pm ET). Give Dad the gift of electronics and pick up a soldering iron, accessories for building things or if you just want to get him a gift certificate, we have those as well. The 10% off applies to the tools section only (and iCufflinks and ties) and cannot be combined with other discounts. To get the discount use the code fathersday on check out in the discount code area on check out. Limit 1 use per customer. Here are some Adafruit goodies we think Dad will love!
Dont’ forget! Father’s Day is this Sunday, June 17th 2012! Our annual Adafruit’s Father’s day sale gets you 10% off all tools and iCufflinks and ties (in stock) through Sunday 6/17/2012 (11:59pm ET). Give Dad the gift of electronics and pick up a soldering iron, accessories for building things or if you just want to get him a gift certificate, we have those as well. The 10% off applies to the tools section only (and iCufflinks and ties) and cannot be combined with other discounts. To get the discount use the code fathersday on check out in the discount code area on check out. Limit 1 use per customer. Here are some Adafruit goodies we think Dad will love!
Dont’ forget! Father’s Day is this Sunday, June 17th 2012! Our annual Adafruit’s Father’s day sale gets you 10% off all tools and iCufflinks and ties (in stock) through Sunday 6/17/2012 (11:59pm ET). Give Dad the gift of electronics and pick up a soldering iron, accessories for building things or if you just want to get him a gift certificate, we have those as well. The 10% off applies to the tools section only (and iCufflinks and ties) and cannot be combined with other discounts. To get the discount use the code fathersday on check out in the discount code area on check out. Limit 1 use per customer. Here are some Adafruit goodies we think Dad will love!
An essential companion when working on a ultra-low-power projects! If you’ve ever used a portable multimeter (even your $300 Fluke!) to measure sub-uA currents – say for a low power microcontroller or sensor project – you may notice that you’re not getting the precision you expect, or that your project is acting finicky.
How is this possible? – It’s called Burden Voltage. Many people are aware of Burden Voltage, but few people are aware of how bad this effect can be in practical circuit current measurements with a multimeter. Don’t believe it?, take this simple test with your multimeter:
Try to measure 190mA on the 200mA current range (pretty simple huh?)
Read your manual to find out your meters “burden voltage” (I bet you don’t know it off the top of your head) (e.g. a Fluke 87V is 1.8mV/mA)
Do the simple math to see what voltage your meter is dropping (e.g. 190(mA) * 1.8mV = 0.342V
Now calculate what effect this drop has on your circuit at 5V, 3.3V, or something like today’s modern devices that need 1.2V supplies.
Is your 1.2V circuit going to work the same at 0.86V?, or your 3.3V circuit at 2.96V?, or even your 5V circuit at 4.66V? That’s what a high-end Fluke 87V meter will do to your measurement!, and that’s a GOOD meter. Even if your circuit “works”, what will that change in voltage do to your current consumption?
The solution? Use a precision op-amp circuit designed specifically for measuring ultra-low currents. That’s what the uCurrent is! Keep it handy for when you need to tackle those low-power projects.
Each order comes with a pre-built and tested Rev 3 uCurrent adapter. Australian Made ABS box. Fully assembled and tested in Australia. PCB is made in New Zealand by CircuitLabs. No test leads are supplied, you have to supply your own for your own purpose.
Father’s Day is this Sunday, June 17th 2012! We are pleased to announce our annual Adafruit’s Father’s day sale, 10% off all tools and iCufflinks & ties (in stock) through Sunday 6/17/2012 (11:59pm ET). Give Dad the gift of electronics and pick up a soldering iron, accessories for building things or if you just want to get him a gift certificate, we have those as well. The 10% off applies to the tools section only (and iCufflinks and ties) and cannot be combined with other discounts. To get the discount use the code fathersday on check out in the discount code area on check out. Limit 1 use per customer. Here are some Adafruit goodies we think Dad will love!
iCufflinks - Sophisticated. Modern. Open Source. Gorgeously machined aluminum with a subtle pulsating LED. Perfect for Father’s day or for that geek who loves technology and needs to get dressed up for a special event. Welcome to the future!
Panavise Jr. PV-201 – This awesome little circuit board vice makes it easy to work on small PCBs (like most Adafruit kits!). Once Dad has one, he won’t know how he made things without it.
USB Microscope – Give Dad the gift of SUPER VISION! As electronics get smaller and smaller, you’ll need a hand examining PCBs and this little USB microscope is the perfect tool. Its smaller and lighter than a large optical microscope but packs quite a bit of power in its little body.
Circuit board necktie – printed from a vintage circuit board silkscreen, this tie is black with silver ink.
1 GS/s Digital Storage Oscilloscope – The ultimate debugging tool for Dad’s electronics, this oscilloscope will turn Dad into a “Circuit Whisperer”.
Beagle USB 12 Protocol Analyzer + Sticker – USB complexity got Dad down? Does he need a hand with enumeration? Is Dad Reverse engineering a USB device? Dad will fall in love with the Beagle 12 USB Analyzer.
Precision screwdriver set (6 pieces) – This set contains 6 screwdrivers, 3 Phillips (#1, #0 and #00) and 3 flat (2.4mm, 1.8mm and 1.4mm). These sizes will open up pretty much any consumer electronics you come across. We picked this set to carry because it is better quality than most low cost sets.
Our model is three-dimensional, to illustrate the wiring of a real Enigma machine. It needs only common household items to construct, and is completely compatible with all settings of a real Enigma machine (models I, M1, M2 and M3).
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