The Kitronik Team join other industry design professionals at the Fernwood School Design Day.
High Quality Flexible Thin Birch Plywood From Finland
We’ve some new materials to enhance our wide range of laserable plywoods (laserply). This week’s addition is high quality, high flexibility Birch Plywoods in 0.8mm, 1.5mm and 2.0mm thickness’s. The high quality and thinness of these plywoods allows them to be used in projects where the wood needs to flex.
E-Textiles: the Frequently Asked Questions!
Need to know what battery to use in your e-textiles project and how long it will last or how many LEDs you can connect then this page has the answers. There are also answers on washing e-textiles, the types of LEDs available and the length of conductive thread that can be used.
Make a GloSport High Visibility Exercise Glove
We recently attended the final presentation of the NTU Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) students where they showed the results of their recent work on the theme ‘being visible’. This week we’ll take a closer look at one of the groups who came up with GloSport.
1,000,000 Kits Sold!
We are delighted to announce that Kitronik has shipped its one millionth electronic project kit!
One Million Electronic Kits Helping to Inspire the Next Generation of Engineers
Nottingham company specialising in providing products and resources for people to create their own electronics projects has announced its 1 millionth project kit sale. The kits have been sold to over 3,000 schools, helping to encourage more young people to take an interest in technology and engineering.
Matt’s Funky Lampshade
Matt Little has used 0.8mm Frosted Polypropylene Sheet to make a funky 70s style laser cut, modular lampshade inspired by designer Holger Strøm.
Kitronik University
Welcome to the Kitronik University. We’ve written lots of guides on topics ranging from understanding electronic principles, practical demonstrations around soldering, e-textiles resources and much more. We’ve split things into three topics called Learning, Teaching and Making in order to help you quickly find the course you need.
Electronics Skills – Kitronik University
This Kitronik University course will teach you some of the basic skills you need to become proficient in electronics.
Understanding Electronic Principles
This Kitronik University course features a series of guides explaining principles of electronics. You’ll learn how to identify components and circuit symbols, how common components work and how to make important calculations such as resistors and capacitors in series and parallel.