Why we opened a shop
We hit the classic engineering milestone. Too many boards built at midnight. Too many friends asking for one. Too many prototypes floating around like stray cats. So we cleaned the table, opened a proper shop, and pretended this was always the plan.
The shop funds the ecosystem. Sales fuel rover tests, clean room sessions, MCU research, PCB revisions, and the caffeine required to keep a hardware lab alive. If you ever wondered how Shobolinsky finances anything, here is the answer. Small batch microcontrollers and meme stickers. Somehow this works.
Meet BitFlip
The star of the first drop. BitFlip is our new series of modular MCUs built for real work. They cover everything from lightweight controllers for quick prototypes to beefier units designed for field robotics and future near space testing. Some boards are already being validated for extreme conditions. Yes. We actually took them to the thermal chamber. Yes. They survived. We were surprised too.
BitFlip is designed around the idea that microcontrollers should not fight you. Clear pinouts. Strong power design. Sensible connectors. Debug interfaces that do not require emotional support. Boards you can trust in a rover, a drone or whatever needs to run code without bursting into interpretive dance.
More BitFlip variants are coming. Performance models. Ultra low power units. And eventually the ones we send to stratospheric or orbital tests. This is the MCU series we are building our future on. You can build yours too.
A word about the stickers
These are not normal stickers. These are the unhinged memes that accidentally funded half our early travel. Your laptop will gain personality points. Your lab door will gain lore. Your professor might gain concerns.
They are loud. They are honest. They are aggressively Shobolinsky. They also keep the lights on. Buy a sticker. Fund a future microcontroller. Simple math.
How to order while we finish checkout
Checkout automation is almost ready. Until then the shop works like an engineering speakeasy. Pick what you want. Send us a note through the contact form or write to shobolinsky@gmail.com.
We confirm stock. Shipping windows. Any paperwork if needed. Then you pay and we ship. Every order is hand checked by a human who knows how the board works. No dead MCUs. No mystery defects. Only certified Shoby mischief.
A store built like we build hardware. Fast. Scrappy. A bit chaotic. Always charging into the next iteration.
What comes next
The shop will grow with the missions. More BitFlip variants. Companion boards for prototyping. Standalone logic modules. Sensor carriers. Tools we built for ourselves that we realized others might need.
Apparel returns when we are satisfied that prints survive everything from soldering accidents to field tests. Current prototypes passed espresso exposure but failed the propulsion plume incident. We are fixing it.
The shop is not static. It is a communication channel with the people who build alongside us. If you want something custom for your experiments, tell us. We like solving problems. Creating new ones is also part of the culture. If you're interested, just hit us up.
Small legal note. Some statements in this article are playful dramatizations used for marketing and storytelling. They are not literal scientific guarantees. No certified rocket fuel apparel. No guaranteed survival in actual orbit. Only real hardware, real stickers and real enthusiasm for building things.