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This simple board breaks out the power, USB 2.0 data, configuration, and sideband pins of a USB Type-C connector to a 0.1″ spacing that is compatible with standard perfboards, solderless breadboards, and 0.1″ connectors. On-board CC pull-down resistors make it easy to use the receptacle in a power-sinking application.

This sensor is a carrier/breakout board for ST’s VL53L3CX laser-ranging sensor, which offers fast and accurate ranging up to 3 m. It uses the time of flight (ToF) of invisible, eye-safe laser pulses to measure absolute distances to multiple targets simultaneously, independent of ambient lighting conditions and target characteristics like color, shape, and texture (though these things will affect the maximum range). Distance measurements can be read through a digital I²C interface. The board includes a 2.8 V linear regulator and level-shifters that allow it to work over an input voltage range of 2.6 V to 5.5 V, and the 0.1″ pin spacing makes it easy to use with standard solderless breadboards and 0.1″ perfboards. Note: This is not recommended for use with 8-bit MCUs; for such applications, consider the VL53L1X or VL53L0X carrier.

This board is a 3-channel time-of-flight proximity and distance sensor module based on the OPT3101 IC from Texas Instruments. It emits infrared light in one of three selectable directions with its six integrated LEDs and measures distance by measuring the time delay of the reflected signal. Distance measurements can be read through a digital I²C interface. The combined field of view of the three sensing zones is almost 180 degrees, and the maximum range is about one meter. This module does not include any headers; we carry an alternate version with headers soldered.

The VClamp allows RoboClaw and MCP motor controllers to be used with switching power supplies by dissipating excess regenerative energy through a connected external resistor (not included). The VClamp connects directly to the motor power supply and gets logic power and signals from the RoboClaw or MCP controller. The clamping voltage is set in the Basicmicro Motion Studio software, and the board can handle peak voltages and currents up to 60 V and 60 A. A status LED lets you know when the voltage is being clamped.

This item is a stock Texas Instruments MSP432 LaunchPad that we unpackaged and to which we manually soldered the two connectors needed for use with the TI-RSLK MAX robot kit. Please note that a similarly configured LaunchPad is included in the full TI-RSLK MAX kit as sold by Texas Instruments.

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These white plastic wheels have silicone tires and measure 90 mm (3.54″) in diameter. They mount onto standard servo splines with 25 teeth and a 5.8 mm diameter, such as the splines on FEETECH’s FS5106R, Power HD’s AR-3606HB, and SpringRC’s SM-S4303R continuous rotation servos. This product is a pair of wheels.

These red plastic wheels have silicone tires and measure 90 mm (3.54″) in diameter. They mount onto standard servo splines with 25 teeth and a 5.8 mm diameter, such as the splines on FEETECH’s FS5106R, Power HD’s AR-3606HB, and SpringRC’s SM-S4303R continuous rotation servos. This product is a pair of wheels.

These white plastic wheels have silicone tires and measure 70 mm (2.75″) in diameter. They mount onto standard servo splines with 25 teeth and a 5.8 mm diameter, such as the splines on FEETECH’s FS5106R, Power HD’s AR-3606HB, and SpringRC’s SM-S4303R continuous rotation servos. This product is a pair of wheels.

These red plastic wheels have silicone tires and measure 70 mm (2.75″) in diameter. They mount onto standard servo splines with 25 teeth and a 5.8 mm diameter, such as the splines on FEETECH’s FS5106R, Power HD’s AR-3606HB, and SpringRC’s SM-S4303R continuous rotation servos. This product is a pair of wheels.

These white plastic wheels have silicone tires and measure 60 mm (2.36″) in diameter. They mount onto micro servo splines with 20 teeth and a 4.8 mm diameter, such as the splines on FEETECH’s FS90R micro continuous rotation servos and FT90R digital micro continuous rotation servos. This product is a pair of wheels.

These red plastic wheels have silicone tires and measure 60 mm (2.36″) in diameter. They mount onto micro servo splines with 20 teeth and a 4.8 mm diameter, such as the splines on FEETECH’s FS90R micro continuous rotation servos and FT90R digital micro continuous rotation servos. This product is a pair of wheels.

These white plastic wheels have silicone tires and measure 40 mm (1.57″) in diameter. They mount onto micro servo splines with 20 teeth and a 4.8 mm diameter, such as the splines on FEETECH’s FS90R micro continuous rotation servos and FT90R digital micro continuous rotation servos. This product is a pair of wheels.

These red plastic wheels have silicone tires and measure 40 mm (1.57″) in diameter. They mount onto micro servo splines with 20 teeth and a 4.8 mm diameter, such as the splines on FEETECH’s FS90R micro continuous rotation servos and FT90R digital micro continuous rotation servos. This product is a pair of wheels.

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These magnetic discs can be used with our 20D mm metal gearmotors (extended motor shaft versions only) as part of a quadrature encoder system that offers 12 counts per revolution. They are 2 mm thick with an outer diameter of 9.7 mm and an inner diameter of 2.0 mm. Appropriate Hall Effect sensors, such as those in our magnetic encoder pair kit for 20D mm gearmotors, are required to complete the system. These discs are bulk-packaged and must be ordered in multiples of five.

These black plastic wheels have silicone tires and measure 90 mm (3.54″) in diameter. They mount onto standard servo splines with 25 teeth and a 5.8 mm diameter, such as the splines on FEETECH’s FS5106R, Power HD’s AR-3606HB, and SpringRC’s SM-S4303R continuous rotation servos. This product is a pair of wheels.

These black plastic wheels have silicone tires and measure 70 mm (2.75″) in diameter. They mount onto standard servo splines with 25 teeth and a 5.8 mm diameter, such as the splines on FEETECH’s FS5106R, Power HD’s AR-3606HB, and SpringRC’s SM-S4303R continuous rotation servos. This product is a pair of wheels.

These black plastic wheels have silicone tires and measure 60 mm (2.36″) in diameter. They mount onto micro servo splines with 20 teeth and a 4.8 mm diameter, such as the splines on FEETECH’s FS90R micro continuous rotation servos and FT90R digital micro continuous rotation servos. This product is a pair of wheels.

These black plastic wheels have silicone tires and measure 40 mm (1.57″) in diameter. They mount onto micro servo splines with 20 teeth and a 4.8 mm diameter, such as the splines on FEETECH’s FS90R micro continuous rotation servos and FT90R digital micro continuous rotation servos. This product is a pair of wheels.

This gearmotor is a powerful 24V brushed DC motor with a 150:1 metal gearbox and an integrated quadrature encoder that provides a resolution of 64 counts per revolution of the motor shaft, which corresponds to 9600 counts per revolution of the gearbox’s output shaft. The gearbox is composed mainly of spur gears, but it features helical gears for the first stage for reduced noise and improved efficiency. These units have a 16 mm-long, 6 mm-diameter D-shaped output shaft. This gearmotor is also available without an encoder.

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This gearmotor is a powerful 24V brushed DC motor with a 131.25:1 metal gearbox and an integrated quadrature encoder that provides a resolution of 64 counts per revolution of the motor shaft, which corresponds to 8400 counts per revolution of the gearbox’s output shaft. The gearbox is composed mainly of spur gears, but it features helical gears for the first stage for reduced noise and improved efficiency. These units have a 16 mm-long, 6 mm-diameter D-shaped output shaft. This gearmotor is also available without an encoder.

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This gearmotor is a powerful 24V brushed DC motor with a 102.08:1 metal gearbox and an integrated quadrature encoder that provides a resolution of 64 counts per revolution of the motor shaft, which corresponds to 6533 counts per revolution of the gearbox’s output shaft. The gearbox is composed mainly of spur gears, but it features helical gears for the first stage for reduced noise and improved efficiency. These units have a 16 mm-long, 6 mm-diameter D-shaped output shaft. This gearmotor is also available without an encoder.

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This gearmotor is a powerful 24V brushed DC motor with a 70:1 metal gearbox and an integrated quadrature encoder that provides a resolution of 64 counts per revolution of the motor shaft, which corresponds to 4480 counts per revolution of the gearbox’s output shaft. The gearbox is composed mainly of spur gears, but it features helical gears for the first stage for reduced noise and improved efficiency. These units have a 16 mm-long, 6 mm-diameter D-shaped output shaft. This gearmotor is also available without an encoder.

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This gearmotor is a powerful 24V brushed DC motor with a 50:1 metal gearbox and an integrated quadrature encoder that provides a resolution of 64 counts per revolution of the motor shaft, which corresponds to 3200 counts per revolution of the gearbox’s output shaft. The gearbox is composed mainly of spur gears, but it features helical gears for the first stage for reduced noise and improved efficiency. These units have a 16 mm-long, 6 mm-diameter D-shaped output shaft. This gearmotor is also available without an encoder.

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This gearmotor is a powerful 24V brushed DC motor with a 30:1 metal gearbox and an integrated quadrature encoder that provides a resolution of 64 counts per revolution of the motor shaft, which corresponds to 1920 counts per revolution of the gearbox’s output shaft. The gearbox is composed mainly of spur gears, but it features helical gears for the first stage for reduced noise and improved efficiency. These units have a 16 mm-long, 6 mm-diameter D-shaped output shaft. This gearmotor is also available without an encoder.

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This gearmotor is a powerful 24V brushed DC motor with a 18.75:1 metal gearbox and an integrated quadrature encoder that provides a resolution of 64 counts per revolution of the motor shaft, which corresponds to 1200 counts per revolution of the gearbox’s output shaft. The gearbox is composed mainly of spur gears, but it features helical gears for the first stage for reduced noise and improved efficiency. These units have a 16 mm-long, 6 mm-diameter D-shaped output shaft. This gearmotor is also available without an encoder.

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This gearmotor is a powerful 24V brushed DC motor with a 10:1 metal gearbox and an integrated quadrature encoder that provides a resolution of 64 counts per revolution of the motor shaft, which corresponds to 640 counts per revolution of the gearbox’s output shaft. The gearbox is composed mainly of spur gears, but it features helical gears for the first stage for reduced noise and improved efficiency. These units have a 16 mm-long, 6 mm-diameter D-shaped output shaft. This gearmotor is also available without an encoder.

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This gearmotor is a powerful 24V brushed DC motor with a 6.25:1 metal gearbox and an integrated quadrature encoder that provides a resolution of 64 counts per revolution of the motor shaft, which corresponds to 400 counts per revolution of the gearbox’s output shaft. The gearbox is composed mainly of spur gears, but it features helical gears for the first stage for reduced noise and improved efficiency. These units have a 16 mm-long, 6 mm-diameter D-shaped output shaft. This gearmotor is also available without an encoder.

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This is the motor and encoder portion of our 24V 37D mm metal gearmotors with 64 CPR encoders. It does not include a gearbox, but the pinion gear on the output shaft works with all of our helical pinion 37D mm gearmotor gearboxes, so this can be used as a replacement motor or encoder for those gearboxes.

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This powerful synchronous switching step-down (or buck) regulator takes an input voltage of up to 50 V and efficiently reduces it to 12 V. The board measures only 1″ × 1″ yet delivers typical maximum continuous output currents between 2.3 A and 6.5 A, depending on the input voltage, which makes it well suited for powering moderate to large loads. An optional enable input with a precise cutoff threshold can be used to put the regulator in a low-power state with a current draw of 10 µA to 20 µA per volt on VIN. The regulator also features reverse voltage protection and a power-good output that indicates when the regulator cannot adequately maintain the output voltage.

This powerful synchronous switching step-down (or buck) regulator takes an input voltage of up to 50 V and efficiently reduces it to 9 V. The board measures only 1″ × 1″ yet delivers typical maximum continuous output currents between 2.7 A and 7 A, depending on the input voltage, which makes it well suited for powering moderate to large loads. An optional enable input with a precise cutoff threshold can be used to put the regulator in a low-power state with a current draw of 10 µA to 20 µA per volt on VIN. The regulator also features reverse voltage protection and a power-good output that indicates when the regulator cannot adequately maintain the output voltage.

This powerful synchronous switching step-down (or buck) regulator takes an input voltage of up to 50 V and efficiently reduces it to 7.5 V. The board measures only 1″ × 1″ yet delivers typical maximum continuous output currents between 3 A and 7 A, depending on the input voltage, which makes it well suited for powering moderate to large loads. An optional enable input with a precise cutoff threshold can be used to put the regulator in a low-power state with a current draw of 10 µA to 20 µA per volt on VIN. The regulator also features reverse voltage protection and a power-good output that indicates when the regulator cannot adequately maintain the output voltage.

This powerful synchronous switching step-down (or buck) regulator takes an input voltage of up to 50 V and efficiently reduces it to 6 V. The board measures only 1″ × 1″ yet delivers typical maximum continuous output currents between 3.3 A and 8 A, depending on the input voltage, which makes it well suited for powering moderate to large loads. An optional enable input with a precise cutoff threshold can be used to put the regulator in a low-power state with a current draw of 10 µA to 20 µA per volt on VIN. The regulator also features reverse voltage protection and a power-good output that indicates when the regulator cannot adequately maintain the output voltage.

This powerful synchronous switching step-down (or buck) regulator takes an input voltage of up to 50 V and efficiently reduces it to 5 V. The board measures only 1″ × 1″ yet delivers typical maximum continuous output currents between 3.5 A and 8 A, depending on the input voltage, which makes it well suited for powering moderate to large loads. An optional enable input with a precise cutoff threshold can be used to put the regulator in a low-power state with a current draw of 10 µA to 20 µA per volt on VIN. The regulator also features reverse voltage protection and a power-good output that indicates when the regulator cannot adequately maintain the output voltage.

This powerful synchronous switching step-down (or buck) regulator takes an input voltage from 4.5 V to 50 V and efficiently reduces it to 3.3 V. The board measures only 1″ × 1″ yet delivers typical maximum continuous output currents between 4.5 A and 9.5 A, depending on the input voltage, which makes it well suited for powering moderate to large loads. An optional enable input with a precise cutoff threshold can be used to put the regulator in a low-power state with a current draw of 10 µA to 20 µA per volt on VIN. The regulator also features reverse voltage protection and a power-good output that indicates when the regulator cannot adequately maintain the output voltage.

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The RoboClaw motor controllers from Basicmicro (formerly Ion Motion Control) can control a pair of brushed DC motors using USB serial, TTL serial, RC, or analog inputs. Integrated dual quadrature decoders make it easy to create a closed-loop speed control system. This version can supply a continuous 60 A per channel (120 A peak) and operates up to 60 V. This product is also sometimes referred to as the RoboClaw HV 2x60A.

This gearmotor is a powerful 12V brushed DC motor with a 10:1 metal gearbox and an integrated quadrature encoder that provides a resolution of 64 counts per revolution of the motor shaft, which corresponds to 640 counts per revolution of the gearbox’s output shaft. The gearbox is composed mainly of spur gears, but it features helical gears for the first stage for reduced noise and improved efficiency. These units have a 16 mm-long, 6 mm-diameter D-shaped output shaft. This gearmotor is also available without an encoder.

Key specifications:

This gearmotor is a powerful brushed DC motor with 10:1 metal gearbox intended for operation at 12 V. The gearbox is composed mainly of spur gears, but it features helical gears for the first stage for reduced noise and improved efficiency. These units have a 16 mm-long, 6 mm-diameter D-shaped output shaft. This gearmotor is also available with an integrated encoder.

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This gearmotor is a powerful 12V brushed DC motor with a 6.25:1 metal gearbox and an integrated quadrature encoder that provides a resolution of 64 counts per revolution of the motor shaft, which corresponds to 400 counts per revolution of the gearbox’s output shaft. The gearbox is composed mainly of spur gears, but it features helical gears for the first stage for reduced noise and improved efficiency. These units have a 16 mm-long, 6 mm-diameter D-shaped output shaft. This gearmotor is also available without an encoder.

Key specifications:

This gearmotor is a powerful brushed DC motor with 6.25:1 metal gearbox intended for operation at 12 V. The gearbox is composed mainly of spur gears, but it features helical gears for the first stage for reduced noise and improved efficiency. These units have a 16 mm-long, 6 mm-diameter D-shaped output shaft. This gearmotor is also available with an integrated encoder.

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This gearmotor is a miniature high-power, 12 V brushed DC motor with long-life carbon brushes and a 15.25:1 metal gearbox. It has a cross section of 10 × 12 mm, and the D-shaped gearbox output shaft is 9 mm long and 3 mm in diameter. This version also has a 4.5 × 1 mm extended motor shaft.

Key specifications:

This gearmotor is a miniature high-power, 12 V brushed DC motor with long-life carbon brushes and a 15.25:1 metal gearbox. It has a cross section of 10 × 12 mm, and the D-shaped gearbox output shaft is 9 mm long and 3 mm in diameter.

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This gearmotor is a miniature high-power, 6 V brushed DC motor with long-life carbon brushes and a 15.25:1 metal gearbox. It has a cross section of 10 × 12 mm, and the D-shaped gearbox output shaft is 9 mm long and 3 mm in diameter. This version also has a 4.5 × 1 mm extended motor shaft.

Key specifications:

This gearmotor is a miniature high-power, 6 V brushed DC motor with long-life carbon brushes and a 15.25:1 metal gearbox. It has a cross section of 10 × 12 mm, and the D-shaped gearbox output shaft is 9 mm long and 3 mm in diameter.

Key specifications:

This gearmotor is a miniature high-power, 6 V brushed DC motor with a 15.25:1 metal gearbox. It has a cross section of 10 × 12 mm, and the D-shaped gearbox output shaft is 9 mm long and 3 mm in diameter. This version also has a 4.5 × 1 mm extended motor shaft.

Key specifications:

This gearmotor is a miniature high-power, 6 V brushed DC motor with a 15.25:1 metal gearbox. It has a cross section of 10 × 12 mm, and the D-shaped gearbox output shaft is 9 mm long and 3 mm in diameter.

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