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A simple page that shows pinouts and pictures of 6-pin PDI headers for AVR XMega microcontrollers.

We're pleased to announce a new addition to our BreadMate range; the BreadMate XMega PDI.

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This really simple board allows you to use the XMega32A4 on a breadboard.
A pre-soldered XMega gives you 32 pins of I/O to play with and an onboard PDI header means they're easy to program.

The BreadMate 8-LED boards are back, this time with professionally made PCBs.

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These tiny diagnostic boards have 8 pins, each with an LED.
We use them all the time - just plug them into a breadboard or arduino header. They're designed for 5v, but will work on 3v too (just a little less bright).

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Our new kit, the BatSnap is now available.

The BatSnap is an infra-red remote control with intervalometer for various cameras.
It allows you to take regularly timed sequences of pictures, suitable for turning into time-lapse films.

• Infra-red remote control
• Very easy to use
• Simple through-hole components
• Kit includes:
  • Circuit board
  • pre-programmed microcontroller
  • IR Led
  • translucent blue case
  • battery (2032)
  • all other components required

The pre-programmed ATTiny85 microcontroller in the kit contains the IR codes for all the following remotes:

• Canon RC-1
  used by the EOS 300D, 350D, 400D, 450D and 500D. Tested on 350D, 400D, 450D
• Nikon ML-3
  used by the D90/D80/D70/D70S/D60/D50/D40/D40X/D5000. Tested on D90, D70
• Olympus RM-1
  used by C-series, E-series and stylus series. Tested on C2020, C5050
• Pentax F
  istDS, Kr, Km, K5, K7 cameras. Tested on istDS

More details are available on the BatSnap page.

Our new kit, the Batsocks SweeperMeter is now available.

The Batsocks SweeperMeter kit is an open-source, 8 LED scanner/sweeper circuit with bonus ‘meter’ functionality. It's controlled by an AVR ATTiny85 and up to 4 of them can be chained to provide a 32 LED display.

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The SweeperMeter has a variety of patterns including the ubiquitous back-and-forth sweep. If the inbuilt patterns aren't enough for you, then you can upload your own pattern using a TTL serial connection!

The 'Meter' function simply measures the voltage on the sense line, and displays a bar/dot accordingly.

The SweeperMeter can even be controlled from an external device (Arduino sketches are in the pipeline...).

• simple-to-solder kit
• 8 SuperBright Green LEDs
• variety of sweeps/patterns
• up to 4 SweeperMeters in a chain
• Meter shows voltage on the sense line
• can be updated/controlled by an Arduino

More details are available on the SweeperMeter Kit page.