Raspberry PI 2.0 -
Tuesday, 03 February 2015
The Raspberry PI 2.0 is expected to be in stock end of this week - early next week. The B+ enclosures are compatible.
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Seasons Greetings -
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Season greetings from all of us at Hobbytronics.
We want to let you know we continue shipping throughout the holiday season as our couriers allow.
Later today we will announce some specials for the holiday season for all orders placed on-line.
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New Stock -
Thursday, 09 October 2014
Beaglebone Black C, Beaglebone enclosures and Intel Edison just arrived.
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RTL SDR Dongles now in stock -
Tuesday, 29 April 2014
We have received a batch of RTL SDR dongles with RTL2832U and R820T Tuner Receiver. Great to download weather sat. data or for use with SDR#
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Christmas special -
Sunday, 17 November 2013
We are running two fantastic specials for the Christmas-season:
1. Any order over R1000.00 receives free shipping ( South Africa only ) for orders placed on-line
2. Receive a 15% discount on your order ( any value ), this only applies to in-stock products and on-line orders.
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SDR Kits available -
Tuesday, 20 August 2013
We have received stock of the SoftRock Lite II receiver kit and the SoftRock RXTX Ensemble Transceiver.
Note that you will require a license for the transceiver. ( HAM radio - see http://www.sarl.org.za/ )
These are fun kits on HF for analogue or digital send / receive modes.
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Telkom Line down -
Tuesday, 04 June 2013
Our Telkom line is down - Telkom engineers yesterday found a fault with the underground cable - no ETA on repair...
We will endeavour to get the orders out - but there might be some delays.
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Stepper motors and drivers -
Sunday, 24 March 2013
Stepper motors and drivers are back in stock.
Thanks for all those that waited patiently for this batch to arrive and for all of you supporting us.
Kind regards
Piet
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Raspberry PI - Update -
Sunday, 27 January 2013
We are expecting our first order of Raspberry PI's to be delivered first week in April.
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Windows Azure Troubles -
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
We experienced some issues with Windows Azure the whole day yesterday (23/10/2012). The Azure team upgrade .Net 4.0 to .Net 4.5 which caused one of the components in the nopCommerce shopping cart to fail and take the whole site down.
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Arduino in space -
Monday, 23 July 2012
Nice link shared by Devon:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/Do-It-Yourself-Space-Science-162911746.html
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Site accessibility -
Friday, 08 June 2012
Telkom did some unexpected repair works between 11:00 - 13:30 today 8 June 2012 - which caused intermittent to no access to our hosting provider.
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RAM Hand-ToHand Couriers, next business day. -
Saturday, 19 May 2012
We have added RAM Hand-To-Hand couriers to our list of courier companies. Place your order & pay before 15:00 and you will have your order delivered the following business day to your home or business address.
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Arduino in manufacturing environment -
Saturday, 19 May 2012
A large international manufacturing concern in Port Elizabeth has ordered their first batch of Arduino boards to pilot an in-house developed Andon-system.
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Hobbytronics Competition -
Saturday, 19 May 2012
We are holding a competition. All you need to do is like us on Facebook and stand a change to win R 2000,00 in cash.
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Arduino Training in South Africa -
Sunday, 22 April 2012
Arduino Training is offered by House4Hack based in Centurion. Please visit their web-site for more information: http://www.house4hack.co.za/ or contact Schalk Heunis via email: schalk.heunis@gmail.com
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Berco Express Next Business Day -
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
We have added Berco Express to our list of courier companies. Place your order & pay before 15:00 and you will have your order before 10:30 AM the following business day.
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GiftCards available -
Saturday, 24 March 2012
Don't know what to get for your friend/relative or spouse - try out our giftcards. Great idea for birthdays.
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Facebook Login Support -
Friday, 23 March 2012
Our online shop now supports Facebook login - no need to register but simply use Facebook to get access to our site.
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Price Match -
Monday, 12 March 2012
We are now offering a price-match - found a product cheaper somewhere else ?
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Login -
Tuesday, 06 March 2012
Did you know that you can bypass the signup process if you have an existing GMail / Yahoo / OpenID account?
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Software and Hardware Design Services -
Monday, 05 March 2012
We now offer full-cycle software development services. We have a team of highly qualified and experienced developers who take take you through the entire software development cycle from inception to support when the project is live.
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Site upgrade -
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
The software running the hobbytronics website has been upgraded for improved support for mobile devices, smart phones and tablets.
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Free Shipping -
Wednesday, 28 December 2011
All orders over R 1,500.00 include free shipping to an address in South Africa.
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