This is a step by step guide for using free design tools to create 2D and 3D designs for 3D printing. The purpose of the design was to produce a resistor lead forming tool that would ensure that all resistors in a project were bent in an identical way, the perfect tool for those working on an electronics project that is going to be marked.
Make A Light Rig For Time-Lapse 3D Prints
We show you how we made a custom light rig for time-lapse 3D print videos to ensure consistent results for each print. This is the conclusion of our short series of articles on creating time-lapse videos of 3D prints.
3D Printed Desktop 5V LED Lamp Resource
This 3D printed lamp resource has been designed for the 5v LED lamp kit. This enclosure shows that even with a prototype style manufacturing platform, it is possible to produce production quality products.
Make A Time-Lapse 3D Print Video With A DSLR
Continuing our short series on how to create time-lapse 3D print videos, this time we are going to cover how to use Robox’s Go Pro Trigger function to trigger a DSLR Camera and make a time-lapse video.
The Big Food Survey And The BBC micro:bit
Team BBC micro:bit has teamed up with the health research charity the Wellcome Trust on their latest project, The Crunch. They want to hear all about how we eat, so that they can start talking about how food has the power to change our bodies and our whole environment. There will also be a BBC micro:bit firmware update that will give the BBC micro:bit the extra functionality that it will need.
The Motor Driver Board For The BBC micro:bit V2
As has been highlighted in the most recent BBC micro:bit newsletter, we have just launched a new and improved version of our very popular Motor Driver Board for the BBC micro:bit, The Motor Driver Board V2.
Make A Time-Lapse 3D Print Video With A GoPro
We’re always looking for interesting ways to show off our kits, and recently we got hold of a Go Pro to take some buggies eye footage (more on that soon). Whilst we were all set up we thought we’d show you how easy it is to make a time-lapse video of a 3D print on the Robox RBX-01 Printer using a Go Pro.
Robot Buggy Part 6 Coding With The MakeCode Editor
Martin Woolley explains how he wrote the Robot Buggy code using the Microsoft PXT Editor for the BBC micro:bit. Includes a link to the completed code. Martin not only wrote the code that we use for the remote controlled buggies, he also designed the Bluetooth profile for the BBC micro:bit and wrote and released the micro:bit Blue App, which we used to control the buggys.
Robot Buggy Part 7 Remote Control Via Bluetooth
Bluetooth is the technology that makes the remote control aspect of this project possible, fortunately, the BBC micro:bit comes with Bluetooth functionality as standard. Martin Woolley explains how to pair your Android device with the BBC micro:bit and how to use is micro:bit Blue App to control the Robot Buggy.
Coming Soon – New Kits and Products
Whilst many of our customers enjoy a well earned holiday during August, we’re busy putting the final touches to some exciting new kits, and bringing you a couple of additions to our materials section.