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Arduinos at Sparkle Labs

February 15, 2012 in News, Product

Arduino Microcontrollers are available in the shop.

Microcontrollers are collections of electrical components on a chip. You can program these components with a computer to behave in different ways. The Arduino UNO requires an A/B USB cable and the Arduino Software available from Arduino.cc.

The Arduino makes programming and microcontrollers surprisingly easy. It makes a great add-on to the Discover Electronics Kit. With the kit, you have everything you need to make great Arduino projects. We are busy creating lessons you can use with both the Discover Electronics Kit and the Arduino together.

New York City Dept. of Ed Vendor ID: SPA11805

February 13, 2012 in News

Good news!

Sparkle Labs is an official New York City Department of Education Vendor.

Our ID number is SPA11805

Sparkle Labs at Deck the Halls designer market.

December 10, 2011 in News

We have a cute booth at a designer’s market it Little Italy, NYC. There is a lot of nice work here and it is in this great, old school building. We are selling our maker wares but there is a lot of fashion, accessories and delicious food. Come and see if you are in the area.

http://deckthehallsnyc.tumblr.com/

 

 

November 26 is Small Business Saturday!

November 21, 2011 in News

Small Business Saturday badge

Take $25 dollars off of your Sparkle Labs purchase.

Get a one-time $25 statement credit when you register an eligible American Express® Card and use that Card for a purchase of $25 or more at a small business on November 26th.

American Express Small Business Saturday

Mouse Squad

September 23, 2011 in News, Site Message

Welcome Mouse Squad!

Sparkle Labs has variety of products for educational use. Including Arduinos, USB cables, LEDs, and coin cells. We can create a bundle for your needs.

Our Discover Electronics Kit is great learning tool for an after school teaching environment.
Students and teachers can follow the online video lessons.

The kit covers basic concepts as well as lessons on the most common components and moving into more advanced circuits. Lessons are invaluable in learning the electronics that aid in using microcontrollers, like the Arduino, and with sensors and robotics.

We are working on teachers aids and we post new projects for use with the kit. Join our mailing list to keep up to date.

Our New York City Department of Education
Vendor ID is SPA11805

Sparkle Labs DIY Electronic Workshop!

Contents:

  • Transparent, Solderless Breadboard
  • Speaker, 8ohm
  • Potentiometers – 1k, 10k, 100k
  • Aligator clips
  • 556 Timer integrated circuit
  • DIP Switch, 4 position
  • Battery Holder, 4 AA, with headers and off/on switch
  • Prestripped jumper-wires
  • Photoresistors (2)
  • Resistors, various (70)
  • Capacitors, Various (26)
  • Transistors, NPN (2)
  • Diode – 1N4148
  • Diode – 1N4001
  • Button, momentary (2)
  • LEDs, 5mm (9, Different colors)
  • LED, 10mm, white, diffused
  • Instruction manual
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Discover Kit 2, a set on Flickr.

We also have a wide variety of LEDs and other components packaged for educational use. As well as new products in the pipeline.

Please contact us at edu AT sparklelabs DOT com with questions and for educational pricing.

BUTTON @MoMA photoset

July 28, 2011 in News, Photos, Project

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BUTTON @MoMA, a set on Flickr.

We completed the buttons and they were a big success. The game B.U.T.T.O.N is the best party game I have ever played.
Stay tuned for a tutorial on how to make your own giant buttons.

Building giant buttons for MoMA PopRally : Part 1

July 10, 2011 in News, Project


Kill Screen is curating a MoMA PopRally and asked us to make some buttons for a couple of their games. They want giant buttons which sounds like a fun way to play games in a public space. One of the games is called B.U.T.T.O.N and is from Copenhagen Game Collective. I have yet to play the game but it seems to be much more about your physical relationship to the buttons and the other players. The second game is Canabalt from Adam Atomic. This is a single player, side-scroller that is played with a single button. It is surprisingly fun and requires a subtle touch on the button to control the height of your jump.

These buttons will up for two months and I am a bit concerned about the durability. We will design and build the giant buttons in upcoming posts.

A bit of a delay :( Discover Electronics Kit 2.0

June 14, 2011 in News

Version 2 of our electronics kit is a bit behind schedule. We are putting some finishing touches on it and could not resist adding even more improvements after getting the sample. It should be all ready in just a few weeks.

Some of the improvements:

  • Transparent breadboard
  • Simplified power supply
  • Improved packaging
  • Improved manual
  • Integration with videos

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Discover Kit 2, a set on Flickr.

New SunMod Kit Build Video

June 6, 2011 in Video

Available here.

Hi. I am a new intern!

June 3, 2011 in News

Hi! My name is Joey Lee. I am from Guatemala and I am becoming a junior at RISD. I am majoring in painting and industrial design and I am excited to intern at Sparkle Labs for this summer in new york city!

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