Fritzing Friday: Power Switch Tail, Battery Packs, Amplifiers and Components!

This week the Adafruit Fritzing library grew to over 60 parts and is now over 1MB in size — considering it’s made up entirely of compressed XML files, that’s pretty cool.

I added a bunch of cool parts this week, starting with the Power Switch Tail:

 

Also added were 3xAAA and 4xAA switchable battery holders, with and without JST connectors (bare wire versions shown below):

 

Finally, a couple of breakouts and components:

 

From left to right, our breadboard-able 2.1mm DC barrel jack, the MAX98306 Class-D Stereo Amplifier*, the STP16NF06 Hi-current N-MOSFET, the INA219 current monitor, and finally the FTDI Friend!

You can always find the latest version of our Fritzing Library on GitHub!

Happy Friday!

*the speakers are part of the standard Fritzing library, used here for illustrative purposes.

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1 Comment

  1. Guilherme Schallenbach
    September 12, 2012 at 11:19 pm

    That`s a great library!!

    I`m using it to make some documentation and wiring instructions on my robotic kits.

    I`m also missing the adafruit motor shield. I tried to create my own, but no luck on that.

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