Halloween’s always a good time at Pololu. Here’s a shot of all the people here that dressed up for the holiday:

As for some of us that post on the Pololu blog regularly, Jon, Jeremy, Grant, and Brandon, who like to refer to themselves as Pololu’s “B-Team”, dressed up as…

Kevin did a twist on Iron Man and became “Ironing Man”. His costume uses some of our Wixels to control the servo used in the mask from a button in the iron.

I (Emily) used some of our LED strips to make a Luxor Hotel costume. (For those of you that don’t know, Pololu is located in Las Vegas, NV, not too far from this building.) You can see a video of this costume in action here.

If you used any Pololu products in your Halloween costume or decorations, we’d love to hear about it! Please post about it on our forum and maybe we will feature it here on the blog. Have a Happy Halloween!

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We are giving you one more reason to take your holiday decorations this year to the next level: we have lowered the prices on our LED strips!

Our 30-LED, 1 m strip has dropped from $34.95 to $24.95.

Our 60-LED, 2 m strip has dropped from $69.95 to $47.95.

Our 150-LED, 5 m strip has dropped from $149.95 to $119.95.

And if you are thinking custom lighting seems a little complicated, you will be surprised how easy it is to get these strips up and running with an Arduino. I show you how in this video where I am using the examples included in our Arduino library for addressable RGB LED strips to get started.

Our large selection of cables, wires, and connectors makes connecting electronics easier. This video will show you some of what we offer.

As part of our continuing efforts to make better quality products at lower prices, we have dropped the prices on some of our smallest dual motor driver carriers and made the first quantity price breaks at just five units for an even better deal! We hope this will make them more compelling alternatives to old motor drivers like the L293D or SN754410.

Our DRV8835 carrier has dropped from $5.95 to $4.49.

Our DRV8833 carrier has dropped from $6.95 to $4.95.

And finally, our TB6612FNG carrier has dropped from $8.45 to $4.95. This especially steep price reduction is made possible in part by upgrading the TB6612FNG carrier to use a new reverse protection circuit and all ceramic capacitors (which also allow for a lower profile). The new version of the board is pictured to the left, but we are still transitioning from the old version, so you might receive either one until we complete the transition. For pictures of the original board and details on the status of the transition, please visit the product page.

We are excited to release this new video for our Maestro Servo Controllers! Get some ideas for cool things you can do with the Maestro, and see how easy it is to get started with our custom software. This is the first of many fun new Pololu videos to come! Let us know what you think or what other products you would like to see in action in the comment section below.

Products featured in this video:

• Maestro Servo Controllers
• Power HD High-Torque Servo 1501MG
• SpringRC SM-S4303R Continuous Rotation Servo
• Rechargeable NiMH Battery Pack
• Pololu RP5/Rover 5 Expansion Plate
• Emily’s T-shirt

Projects featured in this video:

• Simple Hexapod Walker
• Mars Rover from Beatty Robotics
• Brian Patton’s PsychoRowRow featuring talking robots from Robodyssey

Related products

	Micro Maestro 6-Channel USB Servo Controller (Assembled)
	Micro Maestro 6-Channel USB Servo Controller (Partial Kit)
	Mini Maestro 12-Channel USB Servo Controller (Assembled)
	Mini Maestro 12-Channel USB Servo Controller (Partial Kit)
	Mini Maestro 18-Channel USB Servo Controller (Assembled)
	Mini Maestro 18-Channel USB Servo Controller (Partial Kit)
	Mini Maestro 24-Channel USB Servo Controller (Assembled)
	Mini Maestro 24-Channel USB Servo Controller (Partial Kit)

We’ve lowered the prices on all of our ball casters! Prices have dropped by $1 to $2 across the whole Pololu ball caster line and start as low as $1.99.