Welcome to Batsocks!

We sell small, simple, circuitboards and kits.

Have a browse through our products, to see if you like anything. Don't forget to have a look at our Read Me section for various articles, tutorials and information pages.

If you've got any questions, please contact us!

News:

posted:30th April 2012
Postage and Packing

Royal Mail have just increased their prices across the board, and the small parcels that we send out have been hit the hardest (60%+ increases).
Unfortunately, this means we have had to increase our P & P prices.

Sorry.

posted:13th Feb 2012
New 'New!' tags on quicklinks

This is just a quick note to say we've added a couple of 'New!' suffixes on the Quick-links section (look at the left-hand side of your screen!)
They're there because we've recently released a couple of new product variants:

That's a USB variant of the XMega PDI board (powered from the onboard micro-USB header) and a new TellyMate variant - the diminutive TellyMate Tiny.

If you look at those product pages, you might also notice that we've now got higher-resolution pictures available.

<-- Go-on... try the Quick-links...

posted:21st Dec 2011
New Information page: AVR PDI Header Pinouts
posted:26th October 2011
Breadboard friendly XMegas - Available Now!

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

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.

posted:26th October 2011
Blinky lights - they're back!

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

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).

posted:20th Sept 2011
BatSnap camera intervalometer kit - Now available

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.

posted:26th May 2011
Batsocks SweeperMeter kit - Available Now!

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.

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.