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New distribution partners
chmartboard has had a number of new distribution partners signed outside of the USA as of late. We have been trying to fill in pockets, because paying shipping from the US to say Australia is not fun. At the same time, partly due to new products such as the PIC and Propeller boards, [...]
Cool Device for Electronics
Have you ever wanted to get a closeup look at a PCB, solder joint, or anything else? Magnifying glasses may work...but not always. Have you ever needed to photograph a circuit to send to a coullege. We have the solution for you. We loved this so much and found so [...]
Friday Stuff
It's very nice outside on this beautiful Silicon Valley Friday. As I consider my weekend and the fun things that I might see, including the White Sox coming to town to beat the A's, I saw something that many of you might relate to. It made me chuckle. We, like many engineering [...]
Intellect Lab Wins Hardware Engineering Award
Intellect Lab, SchmartBoard's sister company has won The Best of Fremont Award for Hardware Engineering Services. Intellect Lab was the design company that invented the first generation of SchmartBoards before SchmartBoard was spun off as a separate entity. The award comes from the U.S. Commerce Association. "The USCA was established to [...]
DEFCON 17
This week in Las Vegas is DEFCON 17 . DEFCON is the conference to be at if you are a hacker or wannabe. DEFCON begins on July 31st and runs through August 2nd at the Riviera Hotel. The show has many speakers such as Adam Savage from "The Myth [...]
SchmartCast
SchmartBoard is this week's subject for the EG3.com podcast. It is available for download at: http://www.eg3.com/etc-awards/20090721-schmartboard.htm It was ironic that SchmartBoard was asked to do this podcast interview. We plan to soon officially announce our own podcast program. For details and the option of an early request to show your SchmartBoard projects on [...]
Visitors from Afar
Today we had the pleasure of meeting with Shane Bolton(pictured), from SchmartBoard Connections, our Austrlian distributor. It was a fantastic and productive meeting. We got to show Shane, who is a new distributor for SchmartBoard, what we have coming. He was also able to give us a lot of feedback and [...]
Parallax Fans
How does one truly critique a company? There are many parameters that can be used. Sales, the number of hits on Google, the stock price, are all valid. I like companies who have a solid, enthusiastic fan base who would argue as an advocate for the company they love in the way [...]
Parallax!
Today we have released a new board that is in conjunction with and designed for Parallax. The Propeller SchmartModule board allows users of the Prallax Propeller chip to program the chip. This board is populated with everything except for the Parallax Propeller Chip and the optional Parallax Crystal. You hand solder these [...]
Start Spreading The News
Just a few quick items.1) Good editorial about SchmartBoard in Electronic Design News.2) For those of you in The Netherlands and Australia, we have new distributors to support you. In the Netherlands check out http://ideetron.biedmeer.nl/ In Australia go to http://www.schmartboard.com.au3) We officially announce our new PIC product next week, [...]
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