I have been designing and experimenting with some new kits for Squarebit, and have added to the store some of the best of the different bits and pieces that I have used in both commercial and personal projects to let me sense and interact with the local environment.

Often when making a project you need to be able to remove wire from a board. These 3.5mm pitched screw terminal connectors are great for doing just that. Need more connections than just 2 positions? These connectors easily slide together to make the connectors as long as you need.

The DS18B20 digital thermometer operates using the easy to use One Wire interface to communicate with any controller using only, well, one wire! It provides a huge range of monitoring from -55°C to +125°C and is the same one used in the Temperature Sensing Module.

I have sourced a mini, 6mm tactile touch switch in a surface mount package to compliment the existing through hole one. This makes an excellent reset switch or be used for user input.

I have scoured the globe to try and find this 433MHz Wireless RF Transceiver. This inexpensive device offers an easy to use SPI interface to add wireless communications, both transmitting and receiving.

This 3mm phototranistor looks like a clear LED but instead of giving off light, it detects it!

This small ATtiny13 is a powerhouse microcontroller in a small 8pin DIP package for many uses in smaller projects. Features 6 IO lines, and 1KB of memory, this controller can be put in tight spaces to run tiny devices.

Need more space for your program than the ATtiny13? The ATtiny85 features an increased 8KB of memory. IT also has the added advantage of being able to be programmed in the Arduino IDE thanks to the High-Low Tech crew at MIT.

That rounds out this product post, many new projects and kits in the works and will be put up as soon as they arrive in the next couple of weeks!