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Learn how to code with Kitronik. The resources include; free resources for Kitronik designed and manufactured products/kits and a wide variety of coded projects for you to try. The resources cover every ability level and span a wide variety of topics, including the BBC micro:bit. Everything from beginners guides to ambitious maker projects with a coding element.
Learn how to code with Kitronik. The resources include; free resources for Kitronik designed and manufactured products/kits and a wide variety of coded projects for you to try. The resources cover every ability level and span a wide variety of topics, including the BBC micro:bit. Everything from beginners guides to ambitious maker projects with a coding element.
Mai-Z’s Haunted Harmony: A micro:bit Halloween Choir
Celebrate Halloween with Kitronik’s Mai-Z the MouseBot for BBC micro:bit! This free activity includes printable masks and code to create a spooky singing robot choir. Learn how...
A Primary Teachers' Guide to Exploring AI with MakeCode CreateAI and the BBC micro:bit
A Teacher's Guide to MakeCode CreateAI. Learn how to use the tools and then how to deploy them in the classroom. Introduce young pupils (8 - 11) to AI concepts and help them prepare for the modern world. Find out more...
Using the micro:bit edge-connector with MakeCode Arcade
Full micro:bit edge connector support has now been added to the MakeCode Arcade editor. To highlight this, Jake from our Dev team has put together a code example to demonstrate the functionality of the micro:bit IO under Makecode Arcade. The demonstration involves a modification of the “jumpy platformer” example. Learn how...
Kitronik Air Quality Control HAT for Raspberry Pi - Quick Start Guide
This resource offers an introduction and quick start guide for the Kitronik Air Quality Control HAT for Raspberry Pi. We will take a look at the general features of the board and how to get up and running/monitoring fast. Find out more...
Free Lesson Plans - Kitronik ZIP96 Retro Gamer for Raspberry Pi Pico
To highlight the fantastic learning potential of the Kitronik ZIP96 for Pico we devised three sets of free lesson plans. There are 11 lessons per game (10 for Reversi) and the lessons include curriculum mapping, practical exercises, a linked PowerPoint presentation, a PDF handout, and a completed code example. Learn more...
Wirelessly Controlling the Pico ARP with the Mini Controller for Pico
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In this blog we are going to look at how to wirelessly control the Kitronik Autonomous Robotics Platform for Pico with the Kitronik Mini C...
Online Teaching and Learning Resources for the LAB:bit for BBC micro:bit
The Kitronik LAB:bit for the BBC microbit offers a super fun way for children aged 8+ to learn about coding in an engaging and hands-on way. It's backed by online MakeCode tutorials, simplified custom blocks, and a detailed getting started guide. Let's take a look at each of the resources available...
ZIP 96 Pico W Two Player Game Design
This blog explores creating a wireless two-player game, like Run Along, Jump & Jump. We start with the basic design, focusing on how the core game functionality works in both single-player and two-player. Then we move on to how the wireless communication in the two-player version works from a high-level design view.
Making an Outdoor Enclosure for the Kitronik Air Quality Control HAT for Raspberry Pi
In this blog we will explore making and testing an outdoor enclosure for the Kitronik Air Quality Control HAT for Raspberry Pi. The library and example code for the Air Quality Control HAT can be found on our GitHub repo. Find out more!
10 micro:bit Products & Resources Suitable for Children Aged 8+
With the launch of micro:bit next gen, we thought it would be useful to highlight how accessible learning is for the younger students right now. It might surprise you to learn that there is already a wealth of micro:bit accessories and free learning resources suitable for the younger students. Find out more...
Making a Cardboard Pico Drawing Robot Arm
In this first blog of a series we are going to cover how we can create a drawing robot arm out of cardboard using three servos, a Raspberry Pi Pico and the Kitronik Simply Servos for Pico board. Then we’ll move onto how to use the DrawingRobot Python library we created for the Pico. Find out more...
Making an Advanced Pico Drawing Robot Arm
In this blog we are going to cover how to improve on our Cardboard Pico Drawing Robot Arm. This will be done in three stages. In the first section we will upgrade the servos we use to construct the robot arm, as well as make our arm sturdier using pencils. In the second section we will learn how to draw images.
Pico Drawing Robot Arm Code Explanation
The biggest challenge behind making the Cardboard and Advanced drawing robot arms was figuring out how to move the arm to a specific position. This is needed so that we can use the line coordinates from our vectorised images to move the robot arm and draw the image. Find out more...
How-To Make a Custom Football Pitch for :MOVE Motor
Some of you may have seen a version of this football pitch at the Rome Maker Faire 2023, or this exact pitch at SETT 2023. Today, we’re showing you how it’s made so that you can make your own! Perfect for a tiny game of robot football with our :MOVE Motors! Find out more...
Add Line Following & More to the Simple Robotics Kit with Clippable Detector
The Clippable detector board gives the ability to add sensory inputs to the BBC micro:bit. Within this blog, the Clippable Detector board will be used with the simple robotics kit to make it more versatile. Using phototransistor detectors it is possible to detect a line, light and objects. Find out more...
micro:bit Multitasking with MakeCode
In this blog we are going to look at how we can multitask on the BBC micro:bit with MakeCode. In our example we used the Kitronik HaloHD to visually indicate the micro:bit running two different tasks at the same time. Learn more...
Kitronik Bluetooth Control App - How to Guide
At Kitronik we have recently released a Google Play Store app called Kitronik Bluetooth Control. This Android app allows you to control a Kitronik :MOVE mini buggy over Bluetooth. In this blog we will learn how to code and setup your micro:bit to be controlled using the app. Learn more...
How to Manage Packages for Pico in Thonny
In this guide we are going to look at how you can use the package manager in Thonny to download the libraries for Kitronik products directly onto your Raspberry Pi Pico.
How to Create a Reaction Game for HaloHD for micro:bit with EduBlocks
Hello, I am Luke from Aquinas College. I have always enjoyed the challenge of writing software and learning about how technology can solve real-world problems. Kitronik allowed me to experience this by allowing me to create an extension for their HaloHD product for the micro:bit and to use it to create a game.
Raspberry Pi Pico Battery Voltmeter in Python
Using a Raspberry Pi Pico to record how long it takes for a battery to drain In this tutorial we’ll demonstrate how a Raspberry Pi Pico can be used along with some simple electronic components and Python code to record the voltage of a AA battery. Learn more...