SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492024-03-28T23:36:48-06:00SparkFun Electronicsmagnethead on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your Weekmagnetheadurn:uuid:e5855530-2766-7109-bf99-6a08cae79cc92012-11-07T02:13:59-07:00<p>Is there any plan for a serial backpack for the 7-segs like the smaller ones???? I don’t care if you have to put four SMD Darlingtons on it to handle the current/voltage issues….I buy the serial ones all the time, and they aren’t near big enough, these are!</p>
Dia on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekDiaurn:uuid:ddc05e96-0e3e-8b99-054a-736984e08cfb2012-10-23T10:06:22-06:00<p>The consistency is comparable to puff paint, but it's a little more brittle when it dries. If you've got a thick, low-resistance trace in a place where it's going to flex a lot, it's liable to crack, so there's a resistance/fragility balance to be struck. :)</p>
brennen on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your Weekbrennenurn:uuid:6be4d588-90d8-de1f-5025-180622e2e01c2012-10-22T07:48:42-06:00<p>Sorry 'bout that. We switched things to Markdown for authoring purposes the other day, and neglected to update the feed generator to push things through our parser. A fix will be deployed a bit later this morning.</p>
Risen on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekRisenurn:uuid:b3620a7d-5fb3-f654-f944-af20863887f42012-10-22T07:11:04-06:00<p>Yep; I've got the same issue. Even the usual line breaks are gone now.</p>
Customer #171004 on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekCustomer #171004urn:uuid:2ad37531-0443-c2c9-3858-e97df2cae3962012-10-21T20:39:02-06:00<p>Big pictures look great on here, but I usually see this article on google reader, and none of the pictures show up there anymore, just a big bunch of text for some reason.</p>
Steve Robinett on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekSteve Robinetturn:uuid:55e37086-2980-e0b0-7006-c0436de1216d2012-10-20T20:06:41-06:00<p>Larger Pics == Good! Thanks!</p>
gt1957 on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your Weekgt1957urn:uuid:0996f63a-71aa-714e-b763-d7eeb158949c2012-10-20T17:40:16-06:00<p>I like the large pictures on my laptop with the big display. Any chances of coming up with a mobile version? Quite often I read the news at work using my smartphone.</p>
Black Angus Rocket Storm on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekBlack Angus Rocket Stormurn:uuid:ee1bd98b-8634-56e4-68e5-33c0b527c46a2012-10-19T15:31:32-06:00<p>They're actually $3.00 a piece, but the time saved on photo editing compared to a normal quarter makes up for the quarter cost many many times over.</p>
Paul Smith on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekPaul Smithurn:uuid:40fa5128-dfff-898e-9ea5-0846d36368092012-10-19T14:27:36-06:00<p>Less than a dollar.</p>
Ichbinjoe on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekIchbinjoeurn:uuid:2eacd8ac-9bbb-d4b6-3fb6-e2ca8b2234332012-10-19T14:06:52-06:00<p>How much would a quarter like that cost?</p>
Scrubb on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekScrubburn:uuid:a754840c-2532-7912-6550-fab4220fd5632012-10-19T13:02:26-06:00<p>Hmm, I wonder what "Smelly D's" are ;-) @3:47.
Anyhooo, for my real feedback, I like the bigger pics :-)</p>
RobertC. on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekRobertC.urn:uuid:d411a56e-b448-d535-bee9-ace3ed2b939b2012-10-19T11:10:31-06:00<p>We could collaborate on a novella describing in GREAT detail how they look while blinking.</p>
Nick Poole on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekNick Pooleurn:uuid:f29c5852-4533-38a0-8159-84cf8c680af92012-10-19T11:09:18-06:00<p>"No amount of words can appropriately describe how they will look when blinking." That should have been the product description.</p>
Nick Poole on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekNick Pooleurn:uuid:1d64f9e3-45e7-830e-9646-25d8dca524d42012-10-19T11:06:07-06:00<p>YES. I love our customers!</p>
Nick Poole on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekNick Pooleurn:uuid:3eeca09f-6dd9-b459-54b0-3876592cd8682012-10-19T11:05:44-06:00<p>KittehBox builder here,
Man, I wish we had more time to do this kind of stuff. Whenever I can, I definitely try to. Believe me, it's my favorite part of my job.<p>There's a balance to be struck between so many new products every week that we don't have time to build a demo (I have to write all of those descriptions, after all) and so few products that there's nothing to demo.</p><p>I'm working on something as we speak :)</p></p>
ME heat o nator on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekME heat o natorurn:uuid:f8509c0e-d027-ad86-4715-f65a8c5924ad2012-10-19T10:43:50-06:00<p>It is cheap enough and there is broad enough range of fabric types that the answer should come from buying some and trying. Thanks!</p>
SFUptownMaker on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekSFUptownMakerurn:uuid:c9125123-3db7-aec0-0c3e-818e238019322012-10-19T10:28:22-06:00<p>Knowing Nick, it probably is.</p>
icyfyer on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your Weekicyfyerurn:uuid:84bbbfcf-b608-6662-9ab6-e58daccab7622012-10-19T10:06:50-06:00<p>I appreciate the larger photos, especially since they are high-res. Even something as simple as an LED deserves a huge photo, so that designers and engineers know exactly what they're getting.</p>
RobertC. on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekRobertC.urn:uuid:787af906-8119-97ca-5891-0ddc5786dba12012-10-19T10:02:22-06:00<p>the problem with that is it's hard to show anything with that in a video. The lipo battery is cool, but beyond holding it to show size, it doesn't inherently 'do' anything in a video. it looks the same charged, discharged, and while charging.<p>similarly for the GPS, it doesn't physically look any different while being used. And it's GPS, so it pulls down the same (generally speaking) satellite information that any other GPS would do and spits it out as serial data.</p><p>For the LEDs, the only way to really show how they act is to show a video. No amount of words can appropriately describe how they will look when blinking.</p></p>
Black Angus Rocket Storm on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekBlack Angus Rocket Stormurn:uuid:26b9ff6d-280f-1813-68a9-2f24577bdfdd2012-10-19T10:01:37-06:00<p>You're on to us. Our photographer uses quarters so often for photo shoots they tend to get scuffed quickly. We had trouble finding a local source of quarters in town that had no blemishes, so we ordered some proof sets from the US Mint. They're blemish free and help make photo editing much quicker.</p>
MostThingsWeb on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekMostThingsWeburn:uuid:096f7a5d-31b6-cba8-3ea1-8dc34ce645bd2012-10-19T10:01:37-06:00<p>I think if people understand what they are, then they will sell well. A few months ago I looked for these types of LEDs, and I don't think even Mouser had them.</p>
RobertC. on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekRobertC.urn:uuid:f1523249-847b-f323-5575-5a98b1d9fdfc2012-10-19T09:59:28-06:00<p>good question, we'll see how well these sell on their own and decide to include them if they are popular.</p>
bookmunkie on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your Weekbookmunkieurn:uuid:8488b4c0-732d-ae62-5c49-3ff6f1860c482012-10-19T09:51:37-06:00<p>The "S" mint mark under "In God We Trust" indicates it is, indeed, a proof.</p>
MostThingsWeb on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekMostThingsWeburn:uuid:7f6d65d8-de6d-d1ab-b470-6063f7d51ee52012-10-19T09:50:57-06:00<p>Are you going to include the new 10mm LEDs in the LED grab bag? Maybe once the current stock is gone?</p>
Earlz on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekEarlzurn:uuid:435175cd-29a1-07d8-783e-6d32ce86b5e42012-10-19T09:50:27-06:00<p>I would've been more interested in the other products (tiny LiPo, tiny GPS, etc) than such a long demonstration of the blinking LEDs</p>
bookmunkie on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your Weekbookmunkieurn:uuid:c0e04ece-ae5c-23ee-bf46-dded922a7c5d2012-10-19T09:47:43-06:00<p>You're displaying 2501 on all of the 7-segment displays... <em>Ghost in the Shell</em> reference?</p>
RobertC. on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekRobertC.urn:uuid:dc7a0cbf-e369-b9e1-8846-6dc75e7a0eee2012-10-19T09:39:45-06:00<p>it actually looks a bit odd like that, I tried it. but, noted.</p>
RobertC. on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekRobertC.urn:uuid:39bb1b2a-ff41-6b06-9e4b-2180e8038f262012-10-19T09:35:13-06:00<p>no no no, my job is product manager and I'm essentially in charge of all 2k products, it's a big job at times :-)<p>I can do my best to devote more time (or plan more ahead) to make the videos more demo-heavy. We still have all the fun ideas, lately it's just been hard to find time to put them into action.</p></p>
RobertC. on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekRobertC.urn:uuid:ff1a0458-c154-f108-046c-653f514978ec2012-10-19T09:33:30-06:00<p>Yeah, videos are perfect for showing stuff like that. We'll get the video linked up to all the LED product pages later today. Maybe an animated GIF if time allows.</p>
TECH GEEK on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekTECH GEEKurn:uuid:4ce28859-484c-56c7-dd63-3d678532ef012012-10-19T09:33:00-06:00<p>I'm really sad to here that then... If that means things are not going to go towards being focused on fun, I'll have to find a new day of the week to look forwards to each week. I'll try Monday I guess... :/</p>
RobertC. on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekRobertC.urn:uuid:924faf41-ebf4-a78e-c4ed-26de8bd2ec702012-10-19T09:32:50-06:00<p>Great! Not sure what else to say other than that, but it's very thick, so it's like fabric paint. That being said, I'm not a craft kinda guy, so maybe Dia will weigh in here...</p>
RobertC. on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekRobertC.urn:uuid:908cf680-0b1c-cd3e-1fe5-0720d6a0a5392012-10-19T09:27:45-06:00<p>I'm trying, I am. But I'm one person and this is only about 5-10% of my job, so I don't have that much time to devote to it. I do promise something next week though.</p>
RobertC. on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekRobertC.urn:uuid:efe12ff2-eeb4-0616-2330-6c6d407e1f842012-10-19T09:27:00-06:00<p>not sure if its a proof, but it's uncirculated, directly from the mint.</p>
andy4us on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your Weekandy4usurn:uuid:568b82c0-83eb-d945-e434-636438fb93fe2012-10-19T09:24:19-06:00<p>The picture size should be relative to the complexity of the product. The LED and pen are WAY too big, the spade connectors are just right for their complexity. A micro board though, give us a bigger picture due to the complexity and small size of the parts.</p>
TECH GEEK on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekTECH GEEKurn:uuid:eb988e8f-8253-222a-d3bd-3ee003376f782012-10-19T09:21:42-06:00<p>I miss the old days when there was a demo each Friday, and shenanigans took up more than 50% of SparkFun New Product Fridays!<p>Please start doing things like you did in the old days!</p><p>I mean look at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Kz8I36QCOC8" rel="nofollow">this</a> typical example of what happened each Friday! I didn't start watching SFE every day for a list of what new products your carrying, heck I really don't care at all what new products you have!</p><p>I just want to see stuff like what was show in the link, whether that means less talking about products, longer videos or not talking about what new thing you have at all!!!</p></p>
denbo68 on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your Weekdenbo68urn:uuid:bec0a4d1-cc46-ee7f-5c04-0516c5516eaa2012-10-19T09:20:17-06:00<p>Am I seeing things or are you using an actual "proof" quarter in the 7-segment display pic? It looks proof because of the frosted head and mirrored background.</p>
Kamiquasi on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekKamiquasiurn:uuid:fa5614ae-1c73-7cd7-05af-67c082bc6a512012-10-19T09:00:36-06:00<p>Thanks for including a video of the RGB autochange LEDs. Most retailers don't and the pattern graphs in datasheets (if available at all) can be confusing, incomplete, or just plain wrong. Video is much better :)</p>
ME heat o nator on New Product Friday: Brightening Up Your WeekME heat o natorurn:uuid:1ca7e976-1726-0066-78fd-8cb3bc5795c92012-10-19T08:57:46-06:00<p>How does the Bare Paint pen work on fabric?</p>