MindKits have a range of robot / robotic kits & parts which include Arduino Duemilanove, RFID readers, breadboards, LCD parts and other basic electronics along with online robot tutorials.
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MindKits - The Arduino Specialists

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The TwentyTen (100% Arduino Compatable)
Just like an Arduino Duemilanove – but better!


Turn your bright ideas into something fun
We're here to make it easy for you to get started with robotics, Arduino and tinkering - because we love tinkering too.

  • We're tinkerers too and we'd love to help you find the right tools to get started with Arduino Duemilanove and robotics from Mindkits New Zealand.
  • Because we do this for passion as we're tinkerers too we understand how important it is to be able to ask questions and get quick and details answers. We really do pride ourselves on our service and willingness to help.
  • We Distribute the open-source physical computing platform called Arduino and an assortment of parts from Sparkfun.com. In fact we are official distributors for New Zealand from SparkFun and from the creators of the Arduino.
  • MindKits hold stock in New Zealand and can ship anywhere in the country and Australia cheaply, with great service and quickly.
  • We even ship orders over $99 for free in NZ too.
  • We pride ourselves on being a place for community and not just a place for great products and prices.


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Electronics and Robotics In The News

Bluetooth Enabled DIY Bathroom Scales

Tim Carr - Thursday, June 24, 2010

Quote from the site:

"Not exactly a keyboard, but I'd argue that a data logging scale is an input device... In any case, this is a project I did a while ago (~2

years ago). Start with a cheap bathroom scale from Ikea, then strip out all the hardware except for the load cells. Add in the following:"

Check out the source article here

 

 The scale then uploads the data to a website with the help of a PC

Android Meets Arduino

Tim Carr - Tuesday, June 22, 2010

From http://www.amarino-toolkit.net/

Normally smartphone events are tightly coupled to your phone device itself. When your cell phone is ringing, your phone speaker plays a ringtone. When you get a new text message, your phone displays it on its screen. Wouldn't it be thrilling to make thoses phone events visible somewhere else, on your wearable, in your living room, on your robot, in your office or where ever you want it to occur? Or would you like to use your smartphone sensors, like the accelerometer, light sensor, compass or your touchscreen to control other devices? 'android meets arduino' is a toolkit, basically consisting of an Android application and an Arduino library which will help you to interface with your phone in a new dimension. You can build your own interfaces almost without any programming experience.

 

The Arduino Watch: Steampunk Edition

Tim Carr - Friday, June 18, 2010
Arduino modder Matthew Garten took his previous watch, a stingray hide "Biopunk Edition," and wrapped it with pseudo steampunk. It's an acquired taste, to be sure, but a temperature-sensing watch is handy if you're dealing with heat (or steam!).

There's also a range-finding feature, Breakout, a trackball and a 128x128 OLED display. The whole kit, a DIY project if we've ever seen one, runs about $250.

The temp-sensing functionality can be seen in Garten's Biopunk watch. And yes, he's got a sword at his hip:

 http://www.optimizedforce.com/

 

 

 

New to Arduino and Robotics?

  • We offer MindKits as a tool for you to use to learn, gain support and to help others. Seriously, try us out!
  • If there's something specific you're after and we don't stock it, no problem, just let us know the SparkFun part number and when we do our order we're happy to remove all the complexity for you and bring it in.
  • Payment is easy even for international orders! We accept PayPal and credit card and are happy to arrange shipping ($10NZD shipping to Australia, India). Most of the time we're still cheaper than ordering from a local supplier in your country.
  • Ordering from New Zealand is easy too (tracked courier $4 ex gst NZ wide), we accept electronic transfers and all major credit cards.
    Send us a screen shot of your payment going through and we'll get your order out the door on the next courier too.

Latest News

  1. Bluetooth Enabled DIY Bathroom Scales Tim Carr 24-Jun-2010
  2. Android Meets Arduino Tim Carr 22-Jun-2010
  3. The Arduino Watch: Steampunk Edition Tim Carr 18-Jun-2010
  4. SparkFun Ultrasonic Ranger Info Video Tim Carr 17-Jun-2010
  5. Arduino Laser Command Tim Carr 10-Jun-2010