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An important part of 3D printing is proper calibration of the printer. Fortunately, the AutoMaker for Robox simplifies this by guiding the user th...

An important part of 3D printing is proper calibration of the printer. Fortunately, the AutoMaker software for Robox simplifies this by guiding th...

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!

Learn how to add three standard LEDs to a bag using conductive thread in our easy to follow tutorial.

Learn how to position LEDs through fabric in our easy to follow tutorial.

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.

It is vital that your Robox 3D printer knows exactly how high the bed is. If the nozzle goes too close to the bed then the first layer is very thi...

3D object files for some of our kits. STL files coming soon.

List of items included with the Robox 3D Printer (RBX01).

Guide to purging the Robox 3D Printer (RBX01).

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 Lighting up a Simple E-Textiles Circuit (Tinkering Activity) resource has been developed as part of a European Reginal Development Fund (ERDF) project between Nottingham Trent University and Kitronik.

Whilst we take every reasonable precaution to store our laser plywood's (laserply) and other sheet materials flat, in some cases there will be unavoidable warping or twisting. Read on to find out the best way to look after it.

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.