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Is your project turning into a birds nest of wires, here's the perfect solution. A 150 mm long strip of 40 pole ribbon cable with a female socket on the end of each and every wire. It's peel-ability means you can create a custom cable from a one to 40 poles. With 10 colours of wire colour coating is also a snap. Finally if you need to make some connections to a breadboard this is made easy with the inclusion of a snap-able strip of headers. You certainly could ask for more, but probably not when looking to organize your...

.:UPDATE:. The Maker Faire 2013 is over and we've had a winner. There were 2659 LEDs in the box. .:ORIGINAL POST:. We're at the UK's best (or only official) MakerFaire this weekend (March 27-28). At the event we're having a rather traditional "Guess How Many LEDs In a Box" competition and we thought those not attending might like to have a go at it as well, so we're having a two pronged approach. In Person Come and see us in person, write your guess on a slip and pop it in the guessing box. Twitter Give it a guess on...

Looking to sense voltage or current? This is the sensor for you. It can be used to measure both high side voltage and current, this is done over i2c (digital) with 1% precision. Monitor a supply of up to 26v and a current of plus or minus 3.2 A. Use the included 3.5mm terminal strip connection to make tapping into your high current wire easy. Features: Large operating range (26v plus or minus 3.2 amps) High resolution digital output (12 bit) Hackable to be used for additional ranges   More Details (HERE)    

Looking to make your project more permanent. This little perf board is the answer. It has the same form factor and connections as our 400 Point Breadboard which means no need to translate your design. It's also a really high quality PCB with 1.2mm holes (to accommodate large leaded components), and plated through holes to making soldering a breeze. To top it all off they are gold plated, meaning the surface won't oxidize making soldering a dream. Features: Same layout as a breadboard. Large 1.2mm holes meaning. Sold in a pack of three. Gold plated, meaning no oxidization and easy...

Around oomlout hq we're gearing up for the Christmas season. Working hard on adding a few fun new products (arriving shortly), posting orders, and making sure we keep as many items as we can in stock (all items shown as in stock will ship within 24 hours (on week-days)). Luckily the good folks at Royal Mail and The Post Office are working just as hard, making sure every package gets to its destination as quickly as possible. With that in mind ordering earlier is advised but here are the absolute limits for ensuring your oomlout order gets in the post...