New Product Roundup – March 19th to March 25th
It is Saturday morning once again: Time for another installment of our New Product Roundup! This week’s post features a bunch of Adafruit Breakout Boards and another DIY USB cable end. Let’s jump in and go over a little more detail on each!
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Adafruit TPL5110 Low Power Timer BreakoutThe Adafruit TPL5110 Power Timer is a stand-alone breakout that will turn any electronics into low-power electronics! It will take care of turning your project on/off using a built in timer that can vary from once every 100ms up to once every two hours. This timer then waits for a “safe to turn off” signal from your project before shutting down the power and starting the timer again. Very useful for battery based long term data logging projects!
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Adafruit 9-DOF Breakout – LSM9DS1Add motion, direction and orientation sensing to your Arduino project with the latest LSM9D breakout board! The LSM9DS1 features a Triple Axis Accelerometer, Gyro, Magnetometer, and a Temperature Sensor. Attaching it to the Arduino is simple, power Vin and GND with 3-5VDC, and wire up I2C data on SCL and SDA, and you’re ready to go! More advanced users can use SPI, the Adafruit library has support for both.
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TPA2012 Stereo 2.1W Class D Audio AmplifierThe TPA2012 amplifier is a replacement for the older TS2012 amplifier and can be used interchangeably in 99% of projects. Just like the TS2012, the TPA2012 is rated class D and can operate on anywhere between 2.7V-5.5VDC. It also features overcurrent and thermal protection built right in. The board ships fully assembled and includes optional breakaway headers for breadboard use and screw terminals for speaker outputs.
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USB DIY Connector Shell – Type Mini-B PlugMake your own USB connections without slicing apart a USB cable and soldering those thin wires inside. Each connector comes with a two-part plastic shell and a proper connector with solder tabs for each of the internal pins. The shell has two pieces that snap together and also includes a cable strain relief that fits over your cable.
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