If you’ve bought any of our more recent BBC micro:bit products and were also wondering how to make the switch from Blocks to Python, we’ve got you covered. We have example code for five of our recent products that you can use and also learn from.
Maker Faire Rome 2018 – An Overview
The Kitronik crew, consisting of myself (Ben) and company director Geoff, were fortunate enough to be asked to join our distributors at Digi-Key at Maker Faire Rome 2018. Wanting to impress we put in a lot of work before hand on our set up, which can be seen in our blog post “All roads lead to Maker Faire Rome”.
Kitronik Press Release Archive
The Kitronik Press Release Archive lists our online press coverage by year. Read all about Kitronik products and milestones as reported online.
All Roads Lead To Rome Maker Faire 2018
All Roads Lead To Rome Maker Faire 2018. We headed to Rome this weekend for the Rome Maker Fair 2018. But first, we need to build a new track. Check it out!
Kitronik Spooky Halloween 2018 Project Ideas
With Halloween 2018 creeping up on us, we’ve made some spooky resources to give your decorations a techy twist! It’s a great time of year to test out some ideas and to dust off your making skills.
Inventors Kit Fan Controlled ZIP LED Ring
As a fun demonstration piece for shows, we created an interactive fa controlled ZIP LED experiment on the Inventors Kit that uses a motor as an input device. When someone blows on the fan, the microbit reads the EMF created by the motor and rotates the LEDs of a ZIP ring relative to its speed.
5V Mini LED Lamp Module Laser Cut USB Desk Lamp
Banish those winter blues with a Desk Lamp fashioned from our 5V Mini LED Lamp Module. The image below shows the two lamp designs developed by Matt Moeser to accompany this product. Additionally, one design needed to be laser-cut and the other 3D printed.
Kitronik And The All London Raspberry Pi Jam
This weekend Kitronik attended their first All London Raspberry Pi Jam at the Flatiron School. Kitronik’s Ben Gray, loaded down with a delicious selection of Kitronik goodies, headed south in pursuit of knowledge and great company.
New Product News Roundup September 2018
After the summer slow down, nothing gives the new product introductions a kick start better than a new catalogue. We’ve come out the other side of that now and the new lines are still coming thick and fast. It must be the bigger warehouse we have now, gotta fill it all!
Using A Light Sensor And Analog Inputs Experiment 2
Experiment 2 Using a Light Sensor and Analog Inputs from the Kitronik Inventors Kit for the BBC microbit. We’ve included the entire experiment as a free example of the great practical experiments that are contained within the Inventors Kit. Learn how to build the circuit and how to code the microbit to control the circuit.