Maker tutorials

This make from Emma takes on the challenge of creating an enclosure for our Bluetooth Amplifier Module, and making it look cool! This stacked Concert amplifier-style enclosure will bring a little Rock ’n’ Roll to your space in a neat, rechargeable package! Find out more...

Keeping a note of your tasks or jotting down items you need to buy is always much easier with a memo board nearby. So why not make one yourself? Emma made a couple of simple memo board layouts for you to use or alter, so you can organise things your way! Find out more and make your own...

Happy Halloween 2023 from Kitronik! For those of you celebrating, we are bringing you a magical make that will have your home, office or classroom feeling like a haunted house! Follow along with Emma's step by step instructions and make your own spooky candles. Learn now...

We love making seasonal things, especially when it's Halloween. It practically invites the making of weird & wonderful things. To get 2023 off to a flying start, let's take a look at some of the things we've made for previous years. Let's blow the cobwebs of our arts and craft skills and find something spooky to make!

Channel the toy cars you played with as a child and send your designs rocketing across the floor, built on this simple chassis for our pull back Motor! Follow Emma's detailed instructions below and build your own. As usual, our design is available as a free download. Learn how...

Emma brings you a make that could come in handy: two designs of hand-fan that will keep you cool and look stunning! Customising these to match outf...

This simple guide shows you how you can easily add a solar powered recharging circuit to our new Kitronik LED Strip with Solder Free Connections. If you are going to create an enclosure for the kit this resource will allow you to include a sustainable power source in your design. Find out more...

This adorable little plush rabbit is made from felt, coloured with markers and stuffed with cotton batting, and is a nice easy project in and of itself! Add in a linear actuator powered by our Movement Module, hide the battery box and linear actuator inside a top-hat, and you have an easy magic trick! Learn how...

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!

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...

This February 14th, light up your loved one’s life a little with a fun floral lantern make! Follow along with Emma's instructions and make your own. As always, we provide the design as a free download. Learn how...

Valentines is a great time for custom gifts. Putting the effort into making something can really show someone how much they mean to you. In this bl...

One of our newest products is the Kitronik USB Rechargeable Torch Kit: a through-hole soldering kit designed to charge fast and provide a fun design challenge. We have made this simple enclosure for you to use as a jumping-off point for your own design or perhaps just for some inspiration! Learn how...

Recently we brought out the beautifully bright Kitronik Round Side Illumination LED Module, and to mark the new board, our Development Director Dave Sanderson designed this cool light-bulb enclosure. Follow Dave & Emma's instructions and make your own...

To demonstrate the basic concept behind our TriColour LED strip, and celebrate its launch, we have made this edge-lit diagram so that you can experience Additive Colour Mixing yourself! This would make a great classroom aid, or you could use it as a template from which to create your own designs! Find out how...

This is a simple make that sits on top of your :MOVE Motor and adds some Halloween drama to your remote-controlled buggy. The LEDs are used to replicate the flickering of candles, and the V2 micro:bit’s speaker is used to make a ghostly noise. Follow Emma's instructions and make your own!

Get festive this October with some easy Halloween makes! Emma guides you through how she made each of the following projects, and we've provided you with all of the necessary DXFs, PDFs, Illustrator Files, and HEX files. Read on to find out more.