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Joined March 2009
Product of the day: the @ST_World VNH5019 has long been one of our favorite high-power integrated motor driver chips. It operates from 5.5V to 24V and can deliver 12A continuous (30A peak) on our carrier board. Snag some today for just $14.95! pololu.com/product/1451?coup…
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Product of the day: our Motoron M3T453 family makes it easy to control DC motors through an I²C interface, with a wide 4.5-44V operating range and 0.8A continuous (2A peak) per channel. Each unit can control up to three motors, and units can be chained with other Motorons to control dozens of motors with a single I²C bus. Different versions offer different connector options, including JST SH-style connectors that work with our assortment of JST SH-style cables. Today we're highlighting the version with soldered 0.1″-pitch headers, on sale for $15.95! pololu.com/product/5084?coup…
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Product of the day: isolated I²C boards make it easy for parts of your system to communicate without sharing a common ground. Compatible with standard 0.1" breadboards and also available with JST SH connectors like SparkFun's Qwiic and Adafruit's Stemma QT. Grab some today for $4.25! pololu.com/product/5390?coup…
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Product of the day: our Balboa chassis is a versatile starting point for a variety of small robot projects. A built-in battery holder for 6 AA cells gives classroom-safe power without the dangers of lithium batteries, and the included ball caster attachment allows for simple traditional differential-drive. When you are ready, you can also graduate to more advanced two-wheeled balancing robots! The chassis works with a variety of motors, wheel sizes, and colors to make your robot unique. Available today for $29.95! pololu.com/product/3573?coup…
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Product of the day: our versatile S8V9Fx step-up/step-down voltage regulators take an input voltage from 1.4V to 16V and raise or lower it as necessary to generate a fixed output voltage while delivering continuous output currents over 1A when the input voltage is close to the output voltage. Today we’re highlighting the 5V version (S8V9F5), available for $7.95 each! pololu.com/product/4965?coup…
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Product of the day: our lidar-based digital distance sensors have simple digital interfaces for indicating the presence of or determining the distance to nearby objects. Today we're highlighting the 130cm version (4-130cm range) with pulse width output that lets you measure the distance to the target by timing the length of a digital high pulse, on sale for $17.95! pololu.com/product/5485?coup…
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Product of the day: the G2 High-Power Motor Driver 24v30 CS is our highest-power discrete H-bridge, delivering up to 30A continuous (and more if you add heat sinks or airflow) over a 6.5-40V (absolute max) range. An integrated Allegro ACS37220 current sensor provides current sensing over a ±100A range. On sale today for $59.95!
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Product of the day: get your small robot or mechanism moving with our Micro Metal Gearmotors! We have 260 different combinations of gearboxes, motor windings, and encoders to choose from, so you can find the perfect little actuator for your project. Today we're highlighting the 380:1 6V LP versions with integrated quadrature encoders, on sale for $23.95 each! pololu.com/product/5122?coup…
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Product of the day: our S21Z1F12 isolated 12V regulator delivers up to 100mA from a wide 5.5-36V input range. The board is based on a @TXInstruments UCC33420 isolated 5V DC-to-DC module sandwiched between buck and boost regulators to provide the step-up/step-down functionality (the UCC33420, buck regulator, and boost regulator are also available as individual modules). Grab one today for $7.95! pololu.com/product/5764?coup…
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Product of the day: our Tic stepper motor controllers make it easy to control a bipolar stepper motor through a variety of interfaces (USB, serial, I2C, analog voltage, RC, and quadrature encoder). Today we're highlighting the T249 version, which operates from 10-47V and can deliver up to approximately 1.8A continuous per phase (4.5A peak). On sale today for $44.95! pololu.com/product/3138?coup…
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Product of the day: support your two-wheeled robot with a Pololu ball caster, which can roll in any direction with low friction! Today we're featuring the version with a 3/8″ diameter metal ball, on sale for $2.25 each. pololu.com/product/951?coupo…
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Product of the day: make your own servo with our compact Jrk G2 21v3 motor controller. It makes closed-loop speed or position control of a DC motor easy, with lots of interface options and free software for configuration over USB. Snag one today for $45! pololu.com/product/3142?coup…
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Product of the Day: @ST_World's VL53L1X ToF sensor is one of our favorite rangefinders. It can measure distances to objects up to 4m (13ft) away with 1mm resolution by timing the round trip of a pulse of IR light. Try out our carrier today for $17.95! pololu.com/product/3415?coup…
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Product of the day: if you don't have thousands of dollars for fancy current probes, consider our low-cost carriers for @allegromicro current sensors instead! Today we're highlighting the ±40A ACS37030LMYATR-040B3 large and compact carriers with 5 MHz bandwidth, on sale for $8.95! pololu.com/product/5698?coup…
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Product of the day: when you need more power for your brushed DC motor than an integrated motor driver chip can handle, try our compact H2 High-Power Motor Driver 36v11, with 60V max motor voltage, up to 11A continuous current, and an on-board current sensor for directly measuring the motor current. Grab one today for $44.95! pololu.com/product/2993?coup…
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Product of the day: our @allegromicro A5984 stepper motor driver carriers are drop-in replacements for our original A4983/A4988 stepper motor driver carriers that introduced the now-ubiquitous 16-pin form factor for stepper motor drivers. The newer A5984 operates from 8-40V and can deliver up to 1.2A continuous (2A peak) per channel on our Blue Edition 4-layer boards (lower-cost versions with 2-layer PCBs and fixed current limits are also available). Grab one today for just $4.95! pololu.com/product/5340?coup…
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Product of the day: our carriers for @allegromicro's ACS37041/ACS37042 ICs are great, low-cost, galvanically isolated current sensors that are available in different form factors (0.3″×0.4″ micro and 0.7″×0.8″ compact), ranges (±10A and ±30A), and logic voltages (3.3V and 5V). Compared to the ACS37041, the ACS37042 offers a higher isolation voltage rating, and we have added slots to the PCBs to increase the creepage distance up to 2mm and 3mm for the micro and compact carriers, respectively. Today we are highlighting the 5V, ±10A ACS37042KLHBLT-010B5 micro version, on sale for $3.75! pololu.com/product/5452?coup…
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Product of the day: our carrier boards for @TXInstruments ISO654x series of 4-channel digital isolators enable digital communication between two electrically isolated devices at up to 50 Mbps per channel. This means that current cannot flow from one side to the other, and incorrect connections or bad voltages on one side cannot propagate through to damage the other. Plus, the logic voltage can be at different levels on both sides, allowing these boards to function as level shifters. Snag some today for $2.25! pololu.com/category/379/iso6…
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