Our friend Julie Boyd, an experienced Design & Technology Consultant, recently exhibited at the Fashion, Embroidery & Stitch Show at the NEC in Birmingham. This was her 3rd Year at the show and was her busiest year to date! Have a read about what she got up to here.
Lighting up a Simple E-Textiles Circuit (Tinkering Activity)
This Lighting up a Simple E-Textiles Circuit (Tinkering Activity) resource has been developed as part of a European Reginal Development Fund (ERDF) project between Nottingham Trent University and Kitronik.
Looking after your plywood
Whilst we take every reasonable precaution to store our laser plywood’s (laserply) and other sheet materials flat, in some cases there will be unavoidable warping or twisting. Read on to find out the best way to look after it.
Inside The Gadget Show Live 2015
This week sees the 7th annual Gadget Show Live held at the Birmingham NEC from April 8th – 12th, we’re there alongside CEL to showcase the Robox printer.
Nottingham Trent University First Year Design & Technology Projects
In partnership with Nottingham Trent University’s Design and Technology faculty, Kitronik assisted with a brief for first year undergraduate students, designing and making an item as part of their studying of E-textiles and inspired by our Electro-Fashion ® range.
We then went along to their presentation morning to see them present their ideas to their course tutor, and get a good look at them ourselves.
Introducing: Desoldering Iron/Solder Suckers, Soldering Tips, and Accessories!
This week we bring you our new desoldering iron/solder sucker, some new soldering iron tips, and some other accessories for your soldering kit.
Getting Started with E-Textiles: Adding Switches to a Circuit
There are a range of different switches that can be integrated into a circuit to enable you switch the LED on and off. Here is an overview.
How to Make a Light-up Ladybird Bag
Make this fabulous ladybird bag using our sewable flasher controller unit.
BBC Make It Digital 2015 & The BBC micro:bit
Last month the BBC launched it’s Make it Digital campaign, a major UK-wide initiative to inspire a new generation to get creative with coding, programming and digital technology. BBC Make it Digital will capture the spirit of the BBC Micro, which helped Britain get to grips with the first wave of personal computers in the 1980s, for the digital age.
Introducing: Exciters, Solar Cells, & How To Use Them!
This week we have introduced solar cells to give your kits renewable energy sources, and exciters to turn any surface into a speaker!