New Products / Update

Let’s start with the fun stuff – we have a couple new GSM boards available in the shop; The Adafruit FONA is a small GSM/GPRS breakout that allows you to add voice, mobile data, and txt to your project! The board also many other great features including: Onboard LiPo battery charging circuitry, TRRS headphone/mic jack, breakouts for an 8Ī© speaker, a uFL connector for an external antenna, and a whole lot more!

We also have the Arduino GSM Shield in stock. This shield gives your Arduino the ability to easily connect to the internet over cell networks using a standard Arduino shield.

Like all other Arduino products, the GSM shield has great tutorials and online support. With a few simple instructions your Arduino will be connected in no time!

Website: In the past few days we have been making numerous updates to the website – we felt it was time for a minor facelift! If you do happen to encounter any issues please let us know along with the browser and screen resolution you are running!

Finally; If you are in the Nanaimo area and have a little free time this evening – stop in and check out Makerspace Nanaimo! There will be a meeting this evening regarding the upcoming open house beginning at 7:00PM and as always, everyone is welcome to sit in!