with fixed pulleys that drive both axes. They have a fixed
non-moving motor mounting location, resulting in a lighter
weight, lower inertia, faster acceleration and deceleration,
and an overall higher system performance. For pricing
contact Macron.
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New Type of Jumper for
Prototyping and R&D
Schmartboard has released a line of specialty jumpers which will give
engineers an easier way to perform
functions that sometimes require
multiple hands. The uses are many,
but in short, this product allows users
to connect multiple points to a single
common signal, save space, and
reduce jumper use in tight areas such
as ground.
It can also be used with
electronic testing equipment such as
logic analyzers as a signal interceptor
to more easily access test points.
Schmartboard includes a row of
40 headers for convenience. The 11"
four-way bus jumpers will be available
in five colors; pricing is $9 for a set
of five.
For further information, please
contact:
New Robot Platform for
STEM Education
Toronto-based Mimetics has developed a new youth STEM education platform called
the Jade robot. Jade is ready to use and
requires no PC for simple programming via its
built-in screen. Jade also works seamlessly on
both Macs and PCs via a Google web app
(runs on Windows XP, SP2 and later, Vista,
Windows 7 and 8, as well as Mac OS 10. 6 and
higher). Jade is programmable via C or the
new Jade Scratch GUI environment.
Scratch is a popular children's GUI (graphic
user interface) programming format which
simplifies programming to moving icons on-screen, allowing children in grades 3-4 to easily
develop and test their programs on Jade robots.
Mimetics is also sharing their coding and engineering
with all developers to help foster further education
innovations.
Mimetics' Jade robot was developed from workshops
with over 15,000 students and 400 teachers since 2001.
Students can instantly start using Jade (it is fully assembled
and charged — nothing to build).
Jade is easy to use and provides a fun and rewarding
robotics experience, touching on real world skills in math,
earth and space sciences, robotics, and computer
programming. Jade also features a working spectrometer
and an optional gripper and camera —
a first for a robot in this price range
(MSRP $349).
While Jade rewards novices with
immediate ease of operation, it is
designed to grow with the users and
offers sophisticated programming and
diverse capabilities, even for college
level students.
Jade brings "space age technology
down to earth," offering capabilities
found on the NASA Curiosity Mars
rover to help get students excited
about science, robotics, and
programming.
Jade's applications are based on
Google Chrome apps which simplify
the user experience and allow for
intuitive custom programming by
anyone. Jade also uses Cloud-based
processing, user storage, and support,
so students can log in with their
Google account (typically Gmail) from
anywhere to access any of their
programs or the Jade help forums.
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