New Product Roundup – January 14th to January 20th

Saturday is here, and so is our New Product Roundup! This week we are introducing a new way to sign up for our workshops (along with the normal new products). Our workshops have become quite popular, and with more and more being scheduled, we have decided to automate the registration process – you can now purchase a seat directly through the website. We have also added a few new products including a new Stereo I2S Audio Board from Adafruit – lets have a closer look at each!






Raspberry Pi Beginner Workshop – February 7th

Our next Raspberry Pi Beginner Workshop is scheduled for February 7th and runs from 5:30PM to approximately 8:30PM on February 7th. This workshop is hosted at BC Robotics – seating is limited! Participants are required to bring their own Raspberry Pi and accessories. A computer monitor and monitor cable will be provided for each participant.

Raspberry Pi Beginner Workshop – March 20

Can’t make February 7th? We have another one coming up on March 20th running from 5:30PM to approximately 8:30PM. This workshop is hosted at BC Robotics – seating is limited! Participants are required to bring their own Raspberry Pi and accessories. A computer monitor and monitor cable will be provided for each participant.

Adafruit I2S Stereo Decoder – UDA1334A Breakout

This fully-featured UDA1334A I2S Stereo DAC breakout is a perfect match for any I2S-output audio interface. It’s affordable but sounds great! It is compatible with 3.3V – 5V logic levels (a rarity) and can process multiple different formats by setting two pins to high or low. The DAC will process data immediately, and give you a clear, analog, stereo line level output. It can even handle MCLK-less I2S interfaces such as the Raspberry Pi (which it’s ideal for) – a built in PLL will generate the proper clock from the bitclock signal.

Large Push Pull Solenoid

Our Large Push Pull Solenoid has been updated to a new version – this now has a 12V coil and tends to work better with 12V than the previous 9 – 24V version. It still has the same push/pull throw of 10mm.

USB DIY Slim Connector Shell A-M Plug

Make your own USB A-Male connection without slicing apart a USB cable and soldering those thin wires inside. Simply slide the housing and strain relief and protective housing onto your wires and then solder the wire ends to the connector tabs. Once it has cooled, slide the protective housing and strain relief back over the connector.

5K Ohm Breadboard Friendly Potentiometer

This very common 5K ohm linear potentiometer is designed to be mounted in an enclosure or panel. While the tabs on this pot are a little more difficult to solder wires to, they are spaced at 0.200″ making it breadboard compatible and perfect for prototyping on a solderless breadboard. The potentiometer is rated at 1/5W and has 300 degrees of rotation.