Online marketplace specialized for home-made hardware "tindie"

Until a long time ago, when going to Akihabara in Tokyo and Osaka's Nihonbashi, a lot of electronic parts shops dealing with parts such as capacitors, such as transistors, ICs and resistive elements, were lined up, but such stores and communities are gradually decreasing I am on a trend and are moving online. Among them, the indie market place launched in 2012 "Tindie"Contains parts and components that can be used for Arduino, an open source development environment, and it meets the needs of users who want to build their own hardware by combining various parts as you like Not only is it a place to create new innovation.

Tindie is the easiest way to buy and sell indie hardware.
https://www.tindie.com/

Next Big Thing You Missed: Inside Tindie, a Thriving New Marketplace for DIY Gadgets | Business | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2014/05/tindie-says-forget-kickstarter/

I set up tindieEmile PetroniMr. was once a business rating and review siteYelpAnd mobile marketing solutions companiesUrban AirshipI started tindie in the latter half of 2012. I am a person who was engaged in startup companies such as Mr. Tindie.


It is said that Mr. Petroni himself also had electronic hobby as a hobby. Everyday after work is overArduino(Arduino) andRaspberry PiMr. Petroni who was sending days to tamper with his own kit such as "Raspberry Pie" has reached the point where he could launch his own original project, but he realized that the means to obtain the necessary parts and units was limited Thing. So Mr. Petroni is an online communityRedditI wrote about "Indie marketplace" specialized in self-made kits including Arduino, and many opinions were agreed.

Would you support an Arduino marketplace or am I totally off base?: Arduino
http://www.reddit.com/r/arduino/comments/rxyjb/would_you_support_an_arduino_marketplace_or_am_i/


Mr. Petroni, who found the possibility, started building the site, and after two and half months I will open a site of tindie. As a site to sell your own products, you can buy and sell mainly handmade productsEtsyAlthough there is existence, tindie is characterized by an assortment specialized for self-made enthusiasts against Etsy which aligns mainly in fashion, home relation and miscellaneous goods products.

From the top page of tindie, you can browse the list of all products as well as the product list separated by category.


Categories are divided into "components (parts)", "tools", "sensors", "lamps", "music related", "for games and children".


"Most Popular" is sorted in the most popular order of all items.


The most popular attraction at the time of article writing was "AirPi Kit v1.4Shield (expansion board) called. It is an expansion board that connects to Raspberry Pi and automatically transmits temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, nitrogen dioxide concentration, carbon monoxide concentration, surrounding brightness and noise intensity.

AirPi Kit v1.4 - Raspberry Pi weather station shield from tmhrtly on Tindie
https://www.tindie.com/products/tmhrtly/airpi-kit/


Automatic operation of mobile terminal "TapsterThere is also a lineup of hardware called so. This is a robot attached to the tip of three arms that resembles a human fingertip, and seems to be used for verifying applications installed on smartphones and tablets.

Tapster from hugs on Tindie
https://www.tindie.com/products/hugs/tapster/


The scene where Tapster actually operates is from the following movie.

Ohai, Tapster! - YouTube


Measure the humidity of the soil put in the flowerpot and sound an alarm "Chirp!"Sensor named" Sensor "is also on sale.

Chirp! - plant watering alarm / soil moisture sensor from miceuz on Tindie
https://www.tindie.com/products/miceuz/chirp-plant-watering-alarm/


Measure surface humidity by filling a part of the board in the soil and it seems to teach the timing when watering is necessary.


Here is a headphone amplifier using a can of a tin made mint tablet.

CMOY Headphone Amplifier New Upgraded Version - Your Choice of Tin from diyourfaceoff on Tindie
https://www.tindie.com/products/diyourfaceoff/fully-assembled-headphone-amplifier-kit/


It is thought that it is something that you can enjoy the sound quality unique to the CMOY amp, contrary to what looks like, stuffed with a classic "CMOY headphone amp" of your own headphone amp in a small mint can.


Besides this, Roland's selling machine of rhythm machine "TR-808Board that reproduces the kick sound of "Yaoya" ...

808 Kick Drum Clone PCB from jmej on Tindie
https://www.tindie.com/products/jmej/808-kick-drum-clone-pcb/


Watches using a fluorescent display that resembles a retro Nixie tube are also exhibited.

VFD Modular Clock IV-4 from akafugu on Tindie
https://www.tindie.com/products/akafugu/vfd-modular-clock-iv-4/


Besides this, it seems to be used for dimming lighting2 channel triac circuit boardYaHigh precision gyroscope logger unit,1 meter wound LED lighting ribbonIt is an assortment that tickles the hearts of self-made maniacs, both digitally and analogically, so if you are interested in your own work it may be fun to visit. In addition, most products can be purchased from Japan, but please be careful as extra shipping fee will be added.