If you’ve ever done any projects involving Perspex, no matter how careful you’ve been to maximise your usage, you’ll always have at least some scrap Perspex left over. Harry Gowlett, a second year Secondary Design and Technology Education student at Nottingham Trent University, shares some excellent tips on how you might recycle your Perspex offcuts into useful items.
Amplifier/Speaker Case 3D Printing Resources
This resource has been designed to show how you can use our Mono and stereo amplifier module kits as the basis for a 3D printing project.
Programming and creating circuits with the BBC microbit
Our Inventor’s Kit for the BBC micro:bit contains over 50+ parts and allows you to make 10 experiments that are included in detail using the provided Tutorial Book.
BBC micro:bit Launch Day!
After many months of hard work by all of the BBC micro:bit partners, today it was finally time to launch the device and what better venue to do this at, than the London stock exchange.
BBC micro:bit Live Lesson
The first BBC micro:bit focused live lesson is now out. Dan Walker, Ella Williamson and Ana Matronic are in the people’s history museum as they take a closer look.
600mm x 300mm Perspex Sheets
In direct response to our recent survey about material sheet size and laser cutter bed size we are continuing to expand our range of 600mm x 300mm sheets.
This time we’ve introduced opaque Perspex. This is the same as the Perspex we already sell, genuine branded Perspex with a laser cut safe protective film, and their unique 10 year guarantee, just more convenient for those of you with a smaller laser cutter.
BBC micro:bit Line Following Buggy Build Instructions
This is a step by step guide to building the BBC micro:bit Line Following Buggy. The buggy uses two light dependant resistors to control a line following board on the bottom of the chassis to ‘follow’ black lines.
BBC micro:bit Controlled Crane Step By Step
This is a step by step guide to customising a toy crane to be controlled with a BBC micro:bit, using the Motor Driver Board for the BBC micro:bit and the built-in accelerometer to detect tilt and turn motions.
Digital Skills Panel in Parliament
A selection of BBC micro:bit partners were invited to Parliament this week as a Digital Skills Panel, chaired by Rory Cellan-Jones met to discuss the digital skills shortage in the UK.
Mount and Protect your BBC microbit
Just got your BBC micro:bit and want to protect it from external damage? We’ve got the perfect cases for your BBC micro:bit. Whether you are mounting it on a wall or protecting it from falling off a buggy, Our MI:Pro ‘Protector’ and ‘Mountable’ series cases are perfect for your BBC micro:bit!