Archive for the 'Givaways' Category

Prototyping Board Contest 2 Winners

We have four winners in this contest. To support the electronics hobby community uCHobby has a give away program where hobbyist receive interesting electronics parts and kits in exchange for links, articles and by winning comment contest at the site. This giveaway contest was for comments on the Wright Hobbies prototyping boards Six Prototyping […]

Prototyping Board Contest 1 Winners

We have two current contest at uCHobby, both are related to the package of 6 prototyping boards from Wright Hobbies. Read more about these contest in the sponsor announcement and the prototyping board review articles.
An ending date was not specified but I think now is a good time to announce some of the winners […]

Six Prototyping boards from Wright Hobbies

Six prototyping boards from Wright Hobbies, a new uCHobby sponsor. This article is a brief review of the new boards. A second comment contest where you can win a set of these boards is also announced.
We announced the Wright Hobbies giveaway sponsorship in this previous article along with a comment contest. There have been a […]

Bread Board Power Supply

uCHobby’s first electronics kit is a handy breadboard power supply. The power supply design is simple but just what I needed for my electronics projects. I have seen several similar power supply boards but none had all the features I wanted. This design was also a good first project to help me learn about […]

Getting Ready for Maker Fair Austin

The Maker Fair is in Austin this weekend! If you are in Austin or nearby you should not miss the fantastic event. Take a look at the schedule of events here. My biggest problem is how to see everything.
I will be there to help Paul Badger of Modern Device Company. Drop by the Make Store […]

Submitted Article Update

We are shipping another round of Arduino kits from Modern Device Company and some LED kits from Alan’s Electronics Projects. We have a backlog of articles right now. We will try to get them out at two a week or more.
The free parts for links or articles is still going strong. If you have […]

August Site Update

What’s going on at uC Hobby? In this update: An Ardunio video done by a uCHobby regular!, Article submission status, status of the next uCHobby Giveaway item, a plea for help selecting an electronics CAD package, and plans for a predefined set of electronics bin cabinet labels. Leave a comment or send an email with […]

Submitted Article Update

The Arduino compatible kit for an article program is going well. We have a bunch of great articles which will be posted at about one article a week. Maybe we should up that a bit. The authors are anxious to see their articles published. Thank you for the great submissions.

We should send out a bunch […]

Arduino kits are here

The Arduino Compatible kits arrived from the Modern Device Company today. I could not wait to build one up and try it out. I am impressed with the quality of this kit and the assembly instructions. This kit is a great deal for $15. You can buy a student package which contains 15 kits and […]

Free Arduino Microcontroller Kits.

The new electronics hobby parts giveaway at uC Hobby features the Arduino board and kits from Modern Device Company. The Arduino is an open-source microcontroller hardware and software environment closely related to the Wiring and Processing open-source initiatives. The microcontroller is an Atmel Atmega 168 AVR.
Update: You can get a very nice, breadboard compatible serial […]