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Ultimate Microcontroller Pack Supercap Racer Kit
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Ultimate Microcontroller Pack Supercap Racer Kit
The Ultimate Microcontroller Pack includes everything you need to dive right into the world of micro…  More>

The latest in our popular Mintronics line of DIY kits, this tiny race car designed by George Albercook kit fits into a mint tin, and it uses a supercapacitor for instant juice.
Learn to Solder Practice Kit w/Soldering Iron Wee Blinky Kit
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This deluxe version of the Solder Practice kit comes with 30W soldering iron and wire cutters. Lead-free solder included. Builds a flashing European-style-siren. The Wee Blinky is a simple LED flasher kit that you can build. Soldering required. It's tiny, it blinks, and it's a great kit to hone your soldering skills since it's cheap too!
Dangerous Book for Boys Electronics Kit Papertronics - Lunar Modules
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Papertronics - Lunar Modules
Based on the bestselling children’s book The Dangerous Book for Boys, this kit presents electronics every kid should know through fun, engaging, and impressive experiments and activities. Parents and grandparents will appreciate this nostalgic kit, updated for today’s kids. Papertronics are paper toys with paper electronic circuits in them.
Pendulum Challenge Kit Galvanic Skin Response Kit
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Pendulum Challenge Kit Galvanic Skin Response Kit
Our Pendulum Challenge Kit includes everything you need to make this fun game featured in Make, Volume 26. The object of this deceivingly challenging game is to stop the swinging arc of lights on the green LED at the bottom. At the heart of the system is a pre-programmed PIC microcontroller that controls the game play, monitors the switch inputs and drives the LEDs. Our Galvanic Skin Response Kit includes everything you need to make the truth meter circuit featured in Make  Volume 26.
Red Blinky POV Blue Blinky POV
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Red Blinky POV Blue Blinky POV
Blinky POV is a reprogrammable LED kit that uses persistence of vision to create the illusion of text or a small picture floating in the air. Blinky POV is a standalone product and includes a pre-programmed microcontroller. This version allows you to change the text or picture by going to a website and simply holding the Blinky POV up to your monitor. Blinky POV is a reprogrammable LED kit that uses persistence of vision to create the illusion of text or a small picture floating in the air. Blinky POV is a standalone product and includes a pre-programmed microcontroller. This version allows you to change the text or picture by going to a website and simply holding the Blinky POV up to your monitor.
LED Art Kit Blinkybug Kit
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Blinkybug Kit
Create your own unique piece of LED Light Art, which displays an eerie, shifting pattern of abstract colored light on a framed, translucent screen. The projected image has a fluid-like quality; it's like a solid-state lava lamp! The Blinkybugs are here! These simple, little electro-mechanical insects respond to movement, wind and vibrations by blinking their LED eyes. Great fun for all ages, and addicting too.
Discover Electronics Kit Version 2 Geek Dad
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Harness the power of the electron! Create games, toys, and contraptions with these fundamental components. Follow the easy instructions to make a light detector, LED flasher, noisemaker and more! Once you master the basics, you'll be ready to create your own! The ultimate DIY project guide for techie dads raising kids in their own geeky image, in the spirit of The Dangerous Book for Boys
Pico Paso Nebulophone
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Pico Paso Nebulophone
Greetings Atari punk fans! This new kit was designed by Dr. Bleep as a perfect beginner soldering / electronic music project. It's simple, high quality components will have you making electronic music quickly and easily. It's very similar to Forest Mims' stepped tone generator but it uses two triangle wave oscillators that can be used independently or together. Who says Arduinos can't make music? The Nebulophone is an Arduino based synthesizer with a stylus keyboard that can be played through 6 octaves using the shift button. The programmable sequencer function lets you record, play back, and manipulate custom arpeggios for musical awesomeness. 5 waveforms and tons of options including the "hidden" HYPERNOISE 30xx mode will have you making your own unique electronic music almost soon as you put it together. Perfect for beginners, advanced builders, and electronic music lovers that are tired of being limited by the typical Atari punk console.
Breadboard Voltage Regulator Kit Big Bad Beetlebot Kit
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The BVR Breadboard regulator kit makes it easy to add regulated, switchable power to your breadboard by using practically any 2.1mm DC adapter! Unassembled. Soldering required. The BeetleBot is a simple kit to make a quick and basic obstacle-avoiding robot, no soldering required! Great for kids! 3 colors to choose from!
Mousebot Kit Breadboard Bundle
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Herbie the Mousebot is a very quick, easy-to-build, light-chasing robot kit, perfect for beginners. When finished, these little robots are so quick, you have to run to keep up to them; we found that out the hard way when one got loose in the warehouse! Full size breadboard and 70pc Pre-Cut Jumper Wires (various lengths)
Larson Scanner Kit Make: Electronics Book
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Make: Electronics
The Larson Scanner is named after Glen A. Larson, the man responsible for producing  the original Battlestar Galactica and Knight Rider television shows. The kit is very easy to build, and includes a pre-programmed microcontroller, battery holder, and nine ultrabright red LEDs. Want to learn the fundamentals of electronics in a fun and experiential way? Start working on some excellent projects as soon as you crack open this unique, hands-on book. Build the circuits first, learn the theory behind them! With Make: Electronics, you'll learn all the basic components and important principles through a series of "learn by discovery" experiments. And you don't need to know a thing about electricity to get started.
Make: Electronics Components Pack 1a Make: Electronics Components Pack 2a
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Make: Electronics Components Pack 1a Make: Electronics Components Pack 2a
The first companion pack to our wildly popular Make: Electronics book covers the first two chapters experiments. We've spent hours sourcing these parts so you don't have to! The second companion pack to our wildly popular Make: Electronics book covers the experiments from Chapters 3 & 4. We've spent countless hours sourcing these hard to find parts -over 130 pieces - so you don't have to!
Make: Warranty Voider Leatherman -New PS4! Make: Bomb Defuser Leatherman -New ES4!
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Make: Warranty Voider Leatherman- New PS4! Make: Bomb Defuser Leatherman- New ES4!
The new Squirt PS4 is small enough to fit on your key chain, this pliers version now also comes with built in scissors! The Make: Warranty Voider is the perfect companion for mobile fixing, hacking and MacGyvering. The new Squirt ES4 is small enough to fit on your key chain, this pliers version now also comes with built in scissors! The Make: Bomb Defuser is the perfect companion for mobile fixing, hacking and MacGyvering.
Make: Circuit Breaker Leatherman Make: Can Open 'er - Leatherman Juice CS4 Tool
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The new Leatherman Squirt is small enough to fit on your key chain, this pliers version now also comes with built in scissors! The Make: Circuit Breaker is the perfect companion for electronics, mobile fixing, hacking and MacGyvering. Available in ES4 (Wire Strippers) and PS4 (Pliers). Durability and handiness to the max make the Leatherman CS4 the essential compact folding tool for tinkerers, makers and outdoor enthusiasts alike. This is the "MEGA" version of our popular Make: Warranty Voider. Can you open it? Yes you can!
Switch - The Ultimate Modular Multi-Tool Reinventing Edison: Build Your Own Lightbulb Kit
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Quirky Switch - The Ultimate Customizable Modular Pocketknife Reinventing Edison: Build Your Own Lightbulb Kit
The Switch is the ultimate modular pocketknife, with 18 different attachments so you can mix and match your most frequently used tools. Customize your Switch’s width by swapping out the inner axles, or group your tools into different “themes” – home, office, outdoors, etc. A fun science kit designed to excite and engage experimenters of all ages as they recreate the experiments that lead to the development of the first real light bulb. Build your own working light bulb using the included safety vacuum chamber and a number of different filament materials including carbon and tungsten.
Reinventing Morse: Build Your Own Telegraph Kit Helping Hands w/ Magnifying Glass
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Reinventing Morse: Build Your Own Telegraph Kit Helping Hands w/ Magnifying Glass
A fun science kit designed to excite and engage experimenters of all ages as they recreate the experiments that lead to the development of the first successful electrical telegraph. Build your own working telegraph with a device designed to work as a sounder, a buzzer, or a relay.  Learn Morse Code and Electromagnetism. Get a grip! The legendary helping hands live up to their name. They lend a helping hand to all kinds of projects; jewelry, soldering, fly making, etc! Forget the days of having your circuit board slide around on the table or putting a soldering iron in your mouth to get a third hand, use the helping hands instead!
Make Project Tin SnapTRICITY Kit
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Perfect for small electronics projects, this mint tin is branded with our MAKE motto, ""If You Can't Open It, You Don't Own It."" Snap Circuits makes learning electronics easy and fun! Just follow the colorful pictures in the manual and build exciting projects such as AM radios, burglar alarms, doorbells and much more!
Learn to Solder Bundle Fashioning Technology
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Get ready to sling some tin! Our Learn to Solder bundle includes 4 great kits and books that will get you on your way to being a soldering pro. Ready to take your craft projects to the next level? With "smart" materials, unorthodox assembly techniques, and the right tools, you can create accessories, housewares, and toys that light up, make sounds, or do even more.
Fashioning Technology Starter Pack Mini Breadboards
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Mini Breadboards
Ready to take your craft projects to the next level? With smart materials, unorthodox assembly techniques, and the right tools, you can create accessories, housewares, and toys that light up, make sounds, or do even more. The Mini Breadboard from the Maker Shed is perfect for tiny projects and for sticking onto the top of our MakerShield. Each breadboard has an adhesive back and is available in 5 colors.
Half-Size Breadboard Transparent Solderless Breadboard
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Half-size solderless breadboard with adhesive backing. Transparent Solderless Breadboard with adhesive backing. Sweet!
   
 
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