Jameco's Newsletter: April 2013

DIY Project: The Light Painter

Do you enjoy photographic special effects? You may have set up a camera, opened the shutter and begun to shine lights at the lens before, but this Instructables project takes it a step further with a touch sensitive mutlicolor light wand.

Learn how to paint the night

Club Jameco Electronics Project Whiteboard

The Club Jameco Whiteboard is a collaborative discussion board to help build better electronics projects. Have a great idea for an electronics kit but aren't sure how to build it? Have a great project idea but need some feedback? Have great design skills but aren't sure what to design? Use the Club Jameco Whiteboard to connect with others and engage in cutting edge electronics projects.

Get connected and start posting

Jameco Challenge: The Next Baseball Technology

When you catch a Major League Baseball game on TV this season, you may see ESPN’s K-Zone – the digital display of the strike zone that appears during replays of a pitch. This is your chance to second guess umpires, pitchers and batters. The geek inside you might wonder if it’s possible to add more technology to the sport of baseball. Jameco challenges you to do just that.

Take the baseball design challenge.

Product Update: Fluke Test Equipment

Most people know Fluke as the brand name for digital multimeters, but Fluke also offers high quality ruggedized vibration meters, scopemeters and infrared thermometers. Jameco has been busy adding lots of exciting new Fluke tools.

Greg's Corner: Every Quarter is Springtime

After working for a number of different companies, it’s clear to me that there is something unique about each one. When I interviewed to work at Jameco, it was difficult to tell what was different here, but it didn’t take long to figure it out once I arrived.

The cultural tradition I discovered only after accepting my job at Jameco

The average tenure for a Jameco employee is over nine years. In our industry, that’s a huge length of time. To the customer, that means you are dealing with professionals who are both successful and care about the quality of their work. If you ever have a concern about Jameco’s people, drop me a note and let me know. I promise prompt attention.

Regards,

Greg Harris
Vice President, Marketing
Greg@Jameco.com

What song is in your head?

Recently we asked a few Jameco customers what type of music they were listening to. We got tons of responses, creating over five hours of music, and we wanted to share them with you. We think you'll be surprised by the diversity of Jameco customers' musical taste.

Here's a taste

Club Jameco:
Electronic Projects and Briefs

Test & Measurement Brief: Arudino Oscilloscope
Build your own O-scope. This is a PC-based single channel unit that interfaces with your Arduino Uno to provide 500kHz 12-bit sampling for signals in the ±12V or ±5V ranges.

Lighting Brief: Six RGB LED Color Clock
This artsy clock is housed in a clear plastic tube and tells time by using six RGB LEDs, lit up according to the resistor color code to obtain digits from 0 to 9 for each LED.

Project: Portlet Programmable Outlet
With this kit you will be able to provide Arduino-controlled outlets with thermocouple inputs for a variety of uses.
Price: $279.95

Vote for your favorites!

Customer "Success" Stories

Our best stories come from you, our readers. Whether your electronics endeavors are successes or failures, the stories always entertain us. In this issue we feature four reader contributions: a smart punching bag, a classroom quiz show, and two different kinds of alarm systems.

Jameco welcomes the contributions of its customers. Frankly, we think what you write is more interesting than anything we could write. Share your electronic component story, project, or challenge, and we'll share it with the world. Send your story to MyStory@Jameco.com.