Resources

ZIP LEDs Experiment 10 - Using A Potentiometer
ZIP LEDs Experiment 10 for the ZIP LEDs Add-On Pack for the Kitronik Inventors Kit for the microbit. This experiment covers how to use a potentiometer to control the speed at which an LED spins around a ring. This experiment is not in the booklet and is only available online. Find out more...

FREE :GAME ZIP 64 Cases - 3D Printed/Laser Cut
We have created some fantastic free :GAME ZIP 64 cases resources to make your gamer stand out. Use a 3D printer or laser cutter to make these great cases. Find out how!

Custom Kitronik :GAME ZIP 64 MakeCode Blocks
We have just added our new custom :GAME ZIP 64 MakeCode Blocks to the Microsoft MakeCode Editor. The 14 blocks are specifically designed to make coding games as quick and painless as possible. Learn more here!

Basic Laser Cutting Guide - Laser Cut Animals
This is a basic laser cutting guide for laser cut animals showing you how to turn images into DXF laser files ready for your cutter. In addition, we used Inkscape to sketch out a little stand so that once cut we could show off our laser cut animals in the best possible light! Learn how!

Pairing A microbit That's Attached To :MOVE mini
This is a short guide detailing pairing a microbit that's already attached to a :MOVE mini. If you forgot to pair it with your phone before completing assembly, then this is the guide for you! We'll show you that having an inaccessible reset button is not a problem.

Basic Laser Cutting Guide - Make A Perspex Box
This step by step guide shows you how you might design and make a simple perspex box. We have used free design tools for this guide but we will also highlight an alternative method, using different software and browser-based tools.

New Product News Roundup And Much More
In this new product news roundup, we've got a mixture of new lines, re-introduced lines, a special offer, and some free coding resources. Quite a mixed bag, we think you'll agree. Find out more...

Parent's Complete Guide To The BBC micro:bit
We are very pleased to introduce the Kitronik Parent's Complete Guide To The BBC micro:bit. We've created this free resource to help parent's get actively involved in helping their children learn how to code. The guide contains everything you need to introduce your children to the microbit, even if you have no prior coding experience yourself.

Calibrating 360 Degree Servos For :MOVE mini
This is a guide for calibrating 360-degree servos for use with :MOVE mini for the BBC microbit. To make the task a little easier we created a couple of custom blocks for the Microsoft MakeCode editor.

Development Of The Christmas Bells
How we approached the development of the Christmas bells for our twelve makes of Christmas resource last December and our prototyping process.

Kitronik Attending The BETT Show 24-27 Jan 2018
Kitronik are heading back to ExCeL London, Royal Victoria Dock for the BETT Show 2018. We will be joined by 850 other leading companies, bringing with us ideas and tech to help shape the future of education.

The Jan 2018 D&T Update Flyer Now Online
The Kitronik Jan 2018 D&T update flyer is now out and it's choc full of great new products! If you don't yet have your hard copy, we've also put it online for your convenience.

Simple Printed Circuit Board Repair
Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) are made from layers of fibre glass and copper, glued together. Whilst the glues used are very heat resistant it is possible to overheat a PCB and damage it. Learn how to repair a damaged one here.

Soldering School - Kitronik University
The introductory guide to soldering explains what soldering is, contains lessons on soldering equipment, how to solder and how to look after your tools.

Happy Christmas And New Year From Kitronik
We would like to wish all of out a customers a very happy Christmas and New Year from all of us at Kitronik. Thanks to you it's been a great year and we can't wait to see what the next one brings!

Christmas Shutdown - Last Delivery Dates!
We'll be taking a well earned break over Christmas as usual this year. We'll be finishing on Friday the 22nd December at 4.30 as normal and we'll be back in on January the 2nd.

New Product News And Stocking Filler Ideas
We've got some great new product news and stocking filler ideas to share with you. If you're struggling for gift ideas, we might just have something below that will put a smile on someone's face this Christmas.

Servo & microbit Controlled Christmas Bells
For day twelve of our 12 Makes of Christmas we made Servo & microbit controlled Christmas Bells. Follow our step by step guide and build your own out of laser cut parts.

ZIP Halo Christmas Tree
For day eleven of our 12 Makes of Christmas we made a ZIP Halo Christmas Tree. Follow our step by step guide and make your own.

MI:power microbit Christmas Baubles
For day gen of our 12 Makes of Christmas we made MI:power microbit Christmas Baubles. Follow our step by step guide and build your own out of laser cut parts.