New Product – Flashlight Kit
Assembled Low Voltage Labs Flashlight kit
Brighten up your day with the new easy to build flashlight kit from Low Voltage Labs. This kit is perfect for the beginner just learning to solder. All the parts on the circuit board are clearly marked for those new to electronics. The two layer circuit board has easy to follow traces so you can see how the flashlight works. The kit includes the PCB and all the parts needed, just add solder and a battery.
Included in the kit:
- Flashlight PCB
- 5mm bright white LED
- Right angle LED holder
- 22 ohm resistor
- Battery holder
- Push button
Powered by a standard 2032 coin battery not included.
Interested in distributing this product? Please contact us for wholesale pricing.
Raspberry Pi add-on board prototypes
For the 2014 Bay Area Maker Faire I decided to display the Raspberry Pi add-on prototypes we currently have in development. We created a display for Maker Faire with the prototype cards running to get people’s feedback and help us decide what projects to put into production. The goals for these add-on cards are to be small, educational and inexpensive. These add-on cards will retail for prices ranging from $8 to $15.
We got great feedback at Maker Faire and plan to put a couple of the projects into production. But we would like to get even more feedback, so have a look at the projects below and let us know what you think of them. Which ones you like, which ones should go into production and if there is anything you would change.
PI-Traffic
The Pi Traffic light is a vertical add-on card for the Raspberry Pi with three 10mm LEDs connected to the GPIO header. This add-on card could be sold as a kit or fully assembled. The LEDs are connected to GPIO pins GPIO9, GPIO10 and GPIO11.
PI-LEDSMT
The PI-LEDSMT is a vertical add-on card for the Raspberry Pi that has LEDs on all of the GPIO pins of the GPIO header. This add-on card would be sold fully assembled. Using this add-on card allows the user to see all the activity on the GPIO pins.
PI-LED4
The PI-LED4 is an add-on card for the Raspberry Pi with four right angle surface mount LEDs connected to the GPIO pins on a horizontal PCB that fits over the GPIO header. This add-on card would be sold fully assembled. The four right angle surface mount LEDs are connected to GPIO pins GPIO02, GPIO07, GPIO08 and GPIO11.
PI-LEDRAKIT
The PI-LEDRAKIT is an add-on card for the Raspberry Pi with three right angle through hole LEDs connected to the GPIO pins on a horizontal PCB that fits over the GPIO header. This add-on card uses all through hole parts and would be sold as a kit. The three right angle LEDs are connected to GPIO pins GPIO07, GPIO08 and GPIO11.
PI-LEDKIT
The PI-LEDKIT is an add-on card for the Raspberry Pi with two through hole LEDs connected to the GPIO pins on a horizontal PCB that fits over the GPIO header. This add-on card uses all through hole parts and would be sold as a kit. The two 5mm LEDs are connected to GPIO pins GPIO07 and GPIO08.
PI-BUTTON5
The PI-BUTTON5 is an add-on card for the Raspberry Pi with five input buttons and two output LEDs connected to the GPIO header. This add-on card would be sold fully assembled. The five input buttons are connected to GPIO07, GPIO08, GPIO09, GPIO10 and GPIO11. The two LEDs are connected to GPIO02 and GPIO03.
PI-IRKIT
The PI-IRKIT is an add-on card for the Raspberry Pi with an IR receiver IC to enable the use of standard infrared remotes with the Raspberry Pi. This add-on card uses all through hole parts and would be sold as a kit and fits over just half the GPIO header pins. The IR receiver is connected to GPIO18 of the Raspberry Pi GPIO header.
PI-IRSMT
The PI-IRSMT is an add-on card for the Raspberry Pi with an IR receiver IC to enable the use of standard infrared remotes with the Raspberry Pi. This add-on card would be sold fully assembled and fits over just half the GPIO header pins. A surface mount LED is included on the card that flashes when there is activity on the IR input. The IR receiver is connected to GPIO18 of the Raspberry Pi GPIO header.
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New Product – Snowman Kit
Snowman Kit – Just in time for the holidays decorate your tree with an ornament you have soldered yourself. The snowman kit includes an orange LED for the nose and two flashing RGB LEDs for the body of the snowman. The snowman kit from Low Voltage Labs makes a great decoration or necklace for the holiday season. Powered by a standard 2032 coin battery.
Included in the kit is everything you need to build the snowman.
Parts:
- Snowman PCB
- Orange LED
- Flashing RGB LED (2)
- 270 ohm resistors (3)
- Battery holder
- Switch
VideoOverlayShield now available from Seeed Studio
I am happy to announce that the VideoOverlayShield is now available from Seeed Studio.
The board has all the same great features it’s always had but now at a new lower price of $39.95.
Purchase the VideoOverlayShield at Seeed Studio for $39.95.
VideoOverlayShield is now Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
We’ve decide to update the license on the VideoOverlayShield product. Previously it was licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike, which says you can copy and remix the product but not for commercial purposes.
We have decided that this is no longer necessary and have changed the license of the VideoOverlayShield to the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. This allows the copy and remix of the product even for commercial purposes. This also puts the product more in line with the values of the Open Source Hardware (OSHW) Definition.
