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2 New Microcontroller Products to be Released this Month.
This month we plan to release 2 new products. The first is a product for the Cypress PSoC. We have been working for a long time with Cypress personnel to bring this to market. It will be a low cost solution for utilizing this exceptional Microcontroller. We are also going to release [...]
New SMT to DIP Adapter
Schmartboard has released our latest entry into our SMT to DIP family. It is for 0.5mm Pitch 40 Pin QFP/QFN ICs. As with all members of this family, it allows you to use today's advanced components on a bread board. This product is an QFP/QFN to DIP adapter with a twist. These [...]
Schmartboard Now In Switzerland
Schmartboard products are now available to our Swiss users, locally.Boxtec was founded 2003 and is specialized in providing open source hardware to private, educational and business customers. Boxtec empowers makers, electronic DIY microcontroller and robotics enthusiasts with the prototyping parts and tools they need to realize their projects the quickest possible. Christoph Schneeberger who is responsible for new products and [...]
Arduino...Schmartboard Style
We are finally shipping our Arduino SMT Prototyping shields. The biggest holdup, believe it or not was sourcing the female headers. You'd be surprised how much some suppliers wanted to charge us for these. We wanted to keep the suggested retail, with all of the components(and even some optional components included) to [...]
Good blog post on SMT to DIP
PhD Student Nathan Dumont, who attends the University of bath in the United Kingdom, had an opportunity to test our SMT to DIP adapters. According to Nathan: "My academic studies centre around propagation modelling and measurements for white-space standards. I am also a husband, occasional guitarist and determined tinkerer. I'm a member of [...]
New Prototyping Board for Mini B USB Connectors
Quantity 2 Through Hole. USB Mini B Connector 0.5" X 2" Grids. 4 ground holes are connected to a copper plane on the bottom side. The cost is only $2.50 for the two boards! Or $20 for a ten pack(10 x two boards.
SchmartDroid
Schmartboard's website is now an Android application to make it easier for those with Droid phones and tablets to use our website. Users can either search for "Schmartboard" in the Market or go to the Schmartboard Marlet page and hit Install. We hope to be able to support our Apple users soon
SchmartDuino?
SchmartBoard will soon post a schematic on our forum. We believe that it’s about time that Arduino users had the ability to use SMT components. If you agree, we need your help in making that need a reality. Think about what we should include on each shield. The first shields will be [...]
Happy New Year! 2011 was a good year for Schmartboard.
Happy New Year! 2011 was a good year for Schmartboard. We introduced our SMT to DIP line and it quickly became our most popular line of products. For the first time you can use small pitched SOIC, QFP, DFN and QFN devices on a breadboard. We worked with GreenArrays to design a board that was [...]
Photo Archive from Japan
This photo archive comes from Shinhi Kasaki in Moriya-city Japan. This Digital Animation Voltage MeterThis device shows voltage value with animation on LCD color display LTA042B010F. Voltage range is from 0.00V to 5.00V. The sampling rate is 20ms interval. Additional information such as maximum value, minimum value and average are shown bottom of the LCD [...]
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