We made a group order of surprise boxes from Electronic Goldmine to have some fun and jump-start our stock of interesting components. The boxes arrived yesterday, and after the meeting today we opened and sorted them, finding some interesting stuff along the way.
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The choice bits consisted of:
4x 10x2 character 14-segment VFDs
7x 96x64 1" monochrome LCDs
4x motors with high resolution encoders
2x passive infrared motion detectors
2x window/door security sensors
2x small R/C cars
5x GSM cell phones
4x security keypads
The small component haul was mostly capacitors, with some resistors, potentiometers (dual log!), and fuses in reasonable quantity as well.
I think the outcome, in parts and fun, was well worth the ~$70 we spent in total. We already have a small contribution towards the next order, which I tentatively put 3 weeks away.
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The choice bits consisted of:
4x 10x2 character 14-segment VFDs
7x 96x64 1" monochrome LCDs
4x motors with high resolution encoders
2x passive infrared motion detectors
2x window/door security sensors
2x small R/C cars
5x GSM cell phones
4x security keypads
The small component haul was mostly capacitors, with some resistors, potentiometers (dual log!), and fuses in reasonable quantity as well.
I think the outcome, in parts and fun, was well worth the ~$70 we spent in total. We already have a small contribution towards the next order, which I tentatively put 3 weeks away.
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