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Kevin and Cullen said goodbye to the UK and Ciao to Rome as Kitronik were invited to attend Maker Faire Rome 2024 by our good friends DigiKey. They took some shiny Kitronik products and literature to show everyone. See how they got on...

We hope everyone had a great summer and that you're ready for the year ahead. We hope to get your year off on the right foot with our brand new Materials, Computing & Design & Technology Catalogue 2024-2025. It's now out and is also available as a PDF digital download. Find out more and get yours now...

Last week, 16th - 19th July, Jasleen joined our good friends from OKdo and headed to Las Vegas for the CSTA Annual Conference 2024. She got to speak to lots of Computer Science teachers, mostly about the micro:bit, and gained a little insight into how the subject is taught in the US, and made a lot of new friends! Find out more!

The Kitronik book of projects Vol 2 is the latest installment of a new format of resources specifically aimed at D&T teachers. It looks to inspire teachers & help them find suitable projects for a variety of ability levels. Each project is costed on a per-student basis so that teachers can plan and stay within budget.

Kitronik are proud to announce the release of the Kitronik Arcade for BBC micro:bit and MakeCode Arcade. Develop your coding skills with the new standard in all-in-one handheld gaming for the micro:bit! Find out more...

The Kitronik book of projects is the first installment of a new format of resources specifically aimed at D&T teachers. It looks to inspire teachers and help them find suitable projects for a variety of ability levels. Each project is costed on a per-student basis so that teachers can plan ahead and stay within budget.

BETT 2024 is just around the corner and Kitronik team going, we hope you are too! The team T-Shirts are ready so we will be easy to spot if you need some questions answered or just feel like saying hello. We love to meet new people, chat, and to connect with Educators so do stop by our stand (NJ81). Find out more...

The new Kitronik Spring Update flyer Design & Technology update flyer 2023 is now complete and ready for download! It contains everything that has happened in our materials/coding/kits categories since the full catalogue was released. Download a PDF copy today!

Happy New Year! We're back, we're rested, and we're ready! Everything; orders, picking, dispatch, and deliveries are now back to pre-Christmas specs. We all had a good break and we're raring to go for another action packed year! We've got so many new things in the pipeline. Find out more...

Christmas is almost upon us and we want to make sure that everyone gets their orders delivered in good time. We'd would like to wish all of our customers all the best over the Christmas and New Year period. We would also like to thank you for being the most important part of what we do. Here's to 2024! Find out more...

Hi, we are back with a new tech talk. Join Kevin on Thurs 9th Nov 10:30AM GMT as he shines a spotlight on our Kitronik ARCADE for MakeCode Arcade. He will explore what it is, how to use it, and the wealth of learning material that there is available on the MakeCode Arcade website. Find out more and join us live...

You might have heard that a new Raspberry Pi computer has just been announced, the Raspberry Pi 5. Join Kevin on Thurs 5th Oct 10:30AM BST as he takes a look at the new Raspberry Pi 5 in detail. He'll be exploring the specs and how they've moved forward from the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B. Find out more...

With the launch of the Raspberry Pi 5, the latest version of everyone's favourite tiny and affordable quad-core computer, we aim to answer everyone's first question; "what are the differences between Raspberry Pi 4 & Raspberry Pi 5?" Find out more...

Hi, we are back with a New tech talk. Join Kevin on Thurs 14th Sept 10:30AM BST as he shines a spotlight on our  Kitronik LAB:bit for the BBC microbit . He will explore what it is, how to use it, and how it can help you deliver computing in the classroom to children aged 8+. There will also be live Q&A. Join us live...

We hope everyone had a great summer and that you're ready for the year ahead. We hope to get your year off on the right foot with our brand new Materials, Computing & Design & Technology Catalogue 2023-2024. It's now out and is also available as a digital download here...

Hi, we are back with a New tech talk. Join Kevin on Thurs 24th Aug 10:30AM BST as he explores our diverse range of Kitronik Inventor's Kits. He will be going over the full range, including Inventor's kits for; micro:bit, Raspberry Pi Pico, Arduino, add-ons, and our translated versions. Find out more...

Kitronik and Smoke & Mirrors are back with another materials themed tech talk. Join Emma and Dominic as they show you how to make two super stylish hand-fans. Tune in to YouTube on Thurs 3rd Aug 2023 at 10:30AM BST to watch it all go down live. Find out more...

Kitronik and Smoke & Mirrors are back with another materials themed tech talk. Join Emma and Dominic as they explore Mirrored Acrylic. They'll go into how to get the best results from your laser cutter and possible uses, with examples. Tune in to YouTube on Thurs 6th July 2023 at 10:30AM BST to watch it all go down live.

The Raspberry Pi Pico W now has Bluetooth! The good news is, if you already have a Pico W you don't need to purchase anything else. Update to the latest firmware and MicroPython build and you are good to go! Find out more...