Resources

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...

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

For day eight of our 12 Makes of Christmas we made some LED Silhouette Christmas Cards. Follow our step by step guide and make your own.

For day seven of our 12 Makes of Christmas we've turned a ZIP Halo for BBC microbit into a fetching Christmas Bauble that would make a great addition to your Christmas tree!

For day six of our 12 Makes of Christmas we made a cut-out winter cabin, which we lit with a ZIP Halo for BBC microbit. Follow our step by step guide and build your own.

For day six of our 12 Makes of Christmas we made Rudolf the LED nosed Reindeer. Follow our step by step guide and build your own out of laser cut parts.

Ensure that Santa delivers the presents on time with the :MOVE mini Santa Sleigh, for day nine of our 12 Makes of Christmas. We're going to decorate a :MOVE mini for the BBC microbit and also the Tipper Truck add-on, laser cut Rudolph's head and 3D print some presents!

We return to the Christmas tree theme with another fun festive making activity, learn how to make our laser cut LED Christmas tree with copper tape circuit for day four of our 12 Makes of Christmas.