Spiff's Electronics Notebook

No longer accepting orders (May 30, 2010)

Fundamental Logic will no longer be accepting orders (as of May 30th, 2010). All orders that have been placed to this point will be shipped (or in limited circumstances refunded). Kit documentation will remain active on the spiffie.org website and Fundamental Logic will continue to process orders from existing distributors.

Should you have any questions regarding the status of your order, please feel free to contact us.

Thank you, everyone, for your support over the previous years.

--The management

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We've moved (August 17, 2009)

We've relocated a short distance, so for returns, cheques, etc, please use the below address. For things already in transit, we'll have access to our old address for a short while. You'll also notice the new address on any receipts for the past week.

Fundamental Logic
404-182 Church St E
Brampton ON  L6V1H2
Canada

Please understand that we are still unable to accept walk-in business or pick-ups but we welcome email, fax, and telephone orders and enquiries.

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Bus Pirate v1 PTH kits on sale (June 26, 2009)

For people who love serial ports, through hole parts, and doing things themselves, we're (or 32% off). The price goes up when we run out of this lot, so now is an excellent time to pick up an excellent development tool for an excellent price.

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We sell tools and supplies (June 19, 2009)

Tools and supplies have been quietly gathering, socializing, and multiplying in a corner of our stock shelves; the tools category, however, has been empty, now it's not.

We've been using and abusing these tools and supplies for a while now, and we're confident they don't suck. We're filling the the tools page up with tools and supplies we actually use or have used. We've started with solder paste, tweezers, solder, solder wick, and AC adapters, but we have more tools we're still putting through their paces.

Check it out!

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Freeduino 2009 - a plain through hole modern 'duino (June 16, 2009)

This one's been waiting in the wings for a while. The Freeduino 2009 is a through-hole Arduino clone with Duemilanove level features like auto power-supply switching, reset on upload, and everything else you'd expect.

The !

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Introducing the Spiffie.org Bus Pirate PTH (March 25, 2009)

Hack A Day made an awesome prototyping and debugging tool called . The bus pirate can interface with most serial interfaces (SPI, I2C, RS232, JTAG, 1wire, etc) and is controlled by a simple serial terminal. If you have a pc with a serial port and a bus pirate, you can talk to most serial chips.

The latest revisions, though, are surface mount, which isn't so hot if you're just starting out, so we've taken their design and converted to entirely through hole parts with plenty of working space.

Go ahead and check out the Spiffie.org Bus Pirate PTH documentation and the .

When you're ready, , , or grab the sources and build your own.

Full Kit	Bare PCB

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TC64x based fan controllers (March 3, 2009)

Based on microchips TC64x series of chips, these are easy to build, use, and understand temperature sensitive fan controllers.

Checkout their project page or directions, then find them in the store or build your own from the sources.

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MPGuino V2 Kits (December 1, 2008)

MPGuino v2 kits are now available.

The MPGuino is an Arduino based open source fuel economy computer for most vehicles with electronic fuel injection and a vehicle speed sensor.

There are a limited number of version 1 kits still available for those wishing.

Full Kit

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Email Delivery Issues (October 10, 2008)

Over the past two weeks, Fundamental Logic & Spiffie.org have transitioned to a new internet presence. Unfortunately, this has caused some email from the past 11 days to be dropped or delayed (both inbound and outbound).

We currently have all mail from November 6th onward and customer service is working through the backlog; if you sent mail after November 6th, you should receive a response very shortly. If you sent an email prior to November 6th and have not received a response, please first check you bulk/spam/UCE folder, then send an email to and customer service will make sure your request is taken care of.

Thank you for your understanding.

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The ATXSwitch (August 25, 2008)

The ATXSwitch makes it easy to add an additional ATX power supply to virtually any PC. When your primary power supply is turned on, the ATXSwtich automagically enables a secondary supply.

At only 10 parts and a PCB, it's super easy to assemble with the full-colour photo-based directions.

Head over to it's instructions or buy one below.

Full Kit	Board Only

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Introducing the StickDuino (August 25, 2008)

Whoa, how did we miss announcing this? The StickDuino is a fully featured Arduino clone (freeduino) that allows you to carry an Arduino compatible tool around in your pocket.

Head over to it's instructions or buy one below.

Fully Assembled	Board Only

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Try Our Distributors (August 22, 2008)

I'm pleased to announce even more ways to buy spiffie.org kits.

Wulfden carries the .

Maker Shed

The Maker Shed (from the folks at Make Magazine) now carry our USB7 w/ Mounting Holes kit

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New Shipping System (August 7, 2008)

In addition to rolling out our new shipping calculator, I'm pleased to announce the availability of Canada Post's various shipping methods.

You could peruse a comprehensive listing of our shipping services, but you shouldn't have to; the new checkout and estimator include links to service descriptions and (when available) delivery time frames.

In addition to new services, the standard mail rates have been adjusted (to cheaper rates, except 100gram international service which has been adjusted a few cents higher).

I hope you find the new shipping system easier to use and the new shipping options attractive.

Our apologies to anyone inconvenienced by the change.

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Assembled iDuino Kits (July 31, 2008)

We now carry fully assembled iDuino kits for those who need some but don't want to solder. Because they're a special order for assembly, there's a minimum order of 5 units.

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Introducing the DuinoStamp (June 26, 2008)

After working in collaboration with Justin Wyatt on his idea for a stamp-sized Freeduino, I'm pleased to introduce the DuinoStamp. It's a convenient breakout board allowing you to easily embed an Arduino compatible environment into your project. The same size as a 34-pin 0.600" DIP, it's easy to incorporate into bread-boards, perf-board, or PCBs. It contains all the components and connections you need, without including costly and large extras.

Head over to it's instructions or buy one below.

Full Kit	Board Only

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New URL - store.fundamentallogic.com (June 26, 2008)

Finishing our storefront move, we've changed our URL to http://store.fundamentallogic.com. All the old links will continue working, but you'll be magically transported to the correct page on the new URL.

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Summer Time (June 11, 2008)

Just a reminder, Fundamental Logic is closed from June 14th until June 22nd. Any orders received during this period will be shipped starting June 23rd.

We do, however, have several cool kits ready to launch when we return and lots more in the pipe!

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We've Moved (April 21, 2008)

Welcome to our new e-commerce storefront. If you had an account previously, you'll need to re-register. Feel free to contact us regarding any orders from the old site.

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New Freeduino Kits (April 15, 2008)

We're pleased to introduce our range of Arduino compatible products starting with the iDuino and MaxSerial. We hope to expand this line with shields and accessories.

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