Electronic tutorials

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...

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.

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...

Add mood lighting to any room with these flickering LED tea lights made using our own Yellow Flickering Candle LEDs. LED tea lights are an ideal alternative to lit candles thanks to being much safer than a lit flame. The LED gives out a random flickering effect at a steady current. This tutorial shows you how to make a Christmas themed tea light using our laser cutter template.

This tutorial shows you haw to make your very own 3D Printed LED Christmas Tree light.

This Kitronik University course will teach you some of the basic skills you need to become proficient in electronics.

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.

This Kitronik University resource lists our Electronics Projects Tutorials. Some are made using our electronic project kits, whilst others are bui...

A crossover is the name given to a circuit that splits an audio signal into separate frequency bands. This allows different frequency bands of the output from an amplifier to be sent to different speakers instead of all being sent to one speaker.

Circuits don't have to be hard, cold and made entirely of metal and plastic they can be soft, cute, colourful, creative and even fluffy

A guide to controlling the S3003 Servo with a Microcontroller.

A brief guide aimed at able Electricians.

A guide on selecting a PSU for different lengths of LED Strips.

Many commercial products such as phones, MP3 players and cameras take their power from a computer's USB port (when connected) and school projects can also do this. This is a great power source, especially for small devices as it saves on bulky batteries or the expense of a mains adapter.

Super Capacitors and introducing them to projects.

Teachers are now looking for projects that allow students to consider sustainability, and, what better way to do this, than with a solar garden light?

Batteries have always been the obvious choice to power a school project, but with our USB lead this doesn’t need to be the case...

Learn how to add a PSU and LED to your project in our easy to follow tutorial.

Learn how to connect a PSU to your Kitronik Mono Amplifier Kit in our easy to follow tutorial.

Learn how to make a 7 Sedment Electronic Dice in our easy to follow tutorial.