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This week, we are proud to bring you laser cuttable 2mm thick Polyethylene Foam Sheets in an ideal 600 x 400mm size and is available in five colours.

We have been extremely busy over the past month creating our very own Memory Game (a version of the ‘Simon Says’ game) and getting it ready for the Maker Faire UK at the Life Centre in Newcastle on the 25th - 26th April.

This week brings you the Arduino MicroView with associated Accessories: An extremely small Arduino compatible module that has an 64 x 48 pixel OLED display that is ideal for rapid prototyping!

It’s one week to go until arguably the most un-eagerly anticipated election in recent history, one which many of us could not wish to be over soon enough. If you are one of these people, bored by the election and disappointed by the debate, you can now take matters into your own hands by creating your own election battleground. With the final election debate taking place this evening, there could not be a better time to create your own political contest.

Decide the outcome of the upcoming 2015 Election with these add-ons to the Fizzbit Module from The Crafty Robot Company. Designed for you to hold your own leader style debate!

New products this week are based around embedding. The arduino compatible Pro Micro, and the Arduino Pro Mini are tiny, cheaper alternatives to a fill sized uno

Nottingham based electronics company bring the city’s textile heritage into modern age with e-textiles workshop and new interactive game.

As you know at Kitronik, we like to be able to provide you with a wide range of materials to build projects with, whether it is our range of perspex and acrylics, our very own Electro-Fashion range, or our laser-cut suitable plywood (laserply) and MDF panels. With this in mind we are delighted to bring to you the addition of Oak Veneered Plywood and Oak Veneer MDF sheets to the range, measuring 600mm x 400mm.

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.

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.

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.

This week we bring you our new desoldering iron/solder sucker, some new soldering iron tips, and some other accessories for your soldering kit.

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.

This week we have introduced solar cells to give your kits renewable energy sources, and exciters to turn any surface into a speaker!

Another product launch here at Kitronik, this week bringing you our new range of Lithium Polymer (LiPo) chargers and boosters, perfect for powering up your own home builds and devices such as mobile phones, amplifier kits, arduino projects, and more.

Last week two of the team went down to CEL Headquarters in Portishead, to learn more about the technical process behind the Robox RBX-01 printer and build one too during the trip.

This week we are introducing our new range of coloured mirror acrylics, ideal for projects like speaker casings, amplifier kits, and custom cases. We also have a great example of 3D printing, demonstrating the capabilities of the technology.

You don't have to be a 3D designer to print your own project kit enclosures thanks to resources such as My Mini Factory. As part of our continued focus on the Robox RBX1 3D Printer we are revisiting My Mini Factory, and building a Retro Radio Kit downloaded from the site.

Learn more about the CEL Robox 3D Printer, it's key features, and the results it is capable of producing.

This week’s blog features our biggest product launch to date, the CEL Robox 3D Printer and filaments range! We have been looking forward to bringing this to you for a few weeks now, and so here it is along with some information for you to browse through.