New Product Roundup – November 13th to November 19th
Happy Saturday – we have another New Product Roundup this week! Just in time for the holiday season we have a couple highly sought after microcontrollers: The powerful Teensy 3.6 and the SparkFun ESP32 Thing. We also have a new product for finishing 3D prints, a new Adafruit NeoPixel Jewel, and an Audio Amp. On top of all that, we now have RGB strip light in 5 meter rolls!
NeoPixel Jewel – RGBWThe NeoPixel Jewel is back and better than before! This new version of the Adafruit Neopixel Jewel includes a separate Warm White channel in addition to the standard Red, Green, and Blue. This means even more color and illumination options! |
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LM386N Audio AmpNot the most exciting product, but something we have been meaning to carry for quite some time. The LM386 is a small, low voltage, power amplifier used for audio applications. The amplifier is a single channel and will output up to 700mW with an 8 Ohm speaker. Perfect for building basic audio projects. |
XTC-3D 3D Print SmootherXTC‑3D® is a brush on protective coating for smoothing and finishing 3D printed parts that does not melt plastic. The coating fills in 3D print striations and creates a smooth, high gloss finish and nearly eliminates the need for post-print finishing. |
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RGB LED Strip Light – 5MThis roll of RGB (Red, Green, Blue) LED Strip Light is 5 meters long and has 60 LEDs per meter. Both ends of this 5 meter roll have wires with connectors pre soldered so connecting is a breeze. Cut lines are spaced every 5cm so it can be cut very close to a desired length. The LEDs are protected by a thick, transparent, silicone jacket and the backing has double sided adhesive tape which makes installation quite easy. |
SparkFun ESP32 ThingThe hotly anticipated and highly sought after SparkFun ESP32 Thing is a comprehensive development platform based on Espressif’s ESP-32 chipset, their super-charged version of the popular ESP8266. Like the 8266, the ESP-32 is a WiFi-compatible microcontroller, but to that it adds support for Bluetooth low-energy (i.e BLE, BT4.0, Bluetooth Smart), and nearly 30 I/O pins. The ESP32’s power and versatility will make it the foundation of IoT and connected projects for many years to come. |
Teensy 3.6The Teensy is an ARM based microcontroller running at 180MHz with a boatload of features in a, well, teensy package. Each Teensy 3.6 comes pre-flashed with a bootloader so you can program it using the onboard USB connection; no external programmer needed! You can program for the Teensy in your favorite program editor using C or you can install the Teensyduino add-on for the Arduino IDE and write Arduino sketches for it! |