News

There have been stories in the news recently reminding people of the dangers of the dangers of coin cell, or 'button' batteries around young children, and to help remind customers we are now including the following reminder with all orders containing such batteries.

Our new 5V LED Desk Lamp Kit is a great introduction to electronics and product design. This super bright kit containing 9 x super flux 5mm white LEDs and resistors to power them properly. This bright kit makes a brilliant and straight forward to make lighting unit that can be fitted to most projects very easily and could be used in lamps, models or as a USB powered light for your desk.

On the 16th of October Kitronik were invited to the iDEAS hub in Bradford by ICSAT (Inspirational Curriculum Support Advice & Training) to talk to teachers about electronics and to take part in a twilight session looking at the new curriculum.

The Digital Sandbox from SparkFun explained.

Our FM Radio kit has had a complete redesign and as a result audio quality is better than ever. Make a radio out of anything!

As it's the new series of The Apprentice we decided to let Geoff finish work before his usual 10pm. We hadn't anticipated though that he'd actually like the principal behind Team Tenacity's Little Smart Jacket (although he preferred the look of the boys' sweater), and so this morning I arrived in to find him busy working away on his own Little Smart Sweater.

After a redesign, our best selling Mono Amplifier Kit hits Version 2.

The Crafty Robot packed up his Fizzbits and paper cutter and flew to Rome to join 2500 other makers at the official Maker Faire Europe.

The last (for now) of our new breakout boards are now on the shelves. We complete the set with an Ambient Light Sensor Breakout Board, a Current Sensor Breakout Board (ACS711) and a Relay Control Breakout Board.

The first ever Creator Fair at the National Space Centre. An Electro-Fashion Workshop. some old friends and new faces.

We have been working hard to develop a variety of breakout boards with the idea of making it easier for you to connect a whole range of devices into your project. This week we are introducing our new Motor / Stepper Motor Drive Board and a 3 Axis Accelerometer Breakout Board.

We have been working hard to develop a variety of breakout boards with the idea of making it easier for you to connect a whole range of devices into your project. We have eight new Breakout Boards in total, this week we begin with the Temperature Sensor and Digital Barometer Breakout Boards.

The Fizzbit is a way to bring movement and excitement to mini-figures of your own invention. It is a small module containing a vibration motor, super capacitor and USB socket, which can plug directly into a computer or USB power supply. Slot the charged Fizzbit into your mini-figure and watch it battle, race and dance around.

Our range of soldering tools is extending and now includes a 60W Digital Soldering Station, a 25W Economy Soldering Iron (Mains Powered), an Economy Soldering Iron Stand, solder extractor, leaded solder and a Multicore, No-clean, Quality Solder Mop.

From September 2014, teaching children to learn and write code will be a mandatory requirement across all primary and secondary schools in England. With these new changes, we've introduced a whole host of new Raspberry Pi add-on boards, hardware drivers, accessories and starter packs.

Is your D&T Department prepared for the start of term? With the summer holidays drawing to a close, we have stripped our new product lines back to basics with yet more hand tools!

These new E-Textiles kits from Kitronik have been specially designed so that electronics can easily be used in textile applications - without soldering!

Hand tools are a D&T Department's best friend and these new screwdrivers are great value for very little money! You can now pick yourself up a set of 6 Duratool Precision Screwdrivers for just £3.36 (inc. VAT)!

Back in June 2014 we sold our 250,000th MP3 Mono Amplifier Project Kit, making it our best selling project kit so far! Having smashed the quarter of a million mark, we're dedicating this week's Newsy-Blog to the mighty Mono Amp Kit itself.

As well as being available to buy in kit form and also with the PCB pre-built, we have made the cutting files for our Vibrobug Kit available for you to laser cut your own.