Resources

How to Make a Line Following Buggy (Using 2 Light Activated Boards)
Learn how to make a Line Following Buggy (using 2 Light Activated Boards) in our easy to follow tutorial.

How to Make a Drawer Alarm
Learn how to make a Drawer Alarm, which sounds when a dark draw is opened, in our easy to follow tutorial.

How To Make A Garden Lamp That Switches On Automatically At Night
Learn how to make a Garden Lamp, that switches on automatically at night, in our easy to follow tutorial.

How to Make a Battery Operated Dimmer Light Project
Learn how to make a battery operated dimmer light project in our easy to follow tutorial.

How to Use a 3W Star LED
Power LED stars produce a bright light from a small star shaped PCB, this tutorial describes how to use a 3W star with a current limit resistor.

How to Use 1W Star LED
Power LED stars produce a bright light from a small star shaped PCB, this tutorial describes how to use a 1W star with a current limit resistor.

How to Make a Practice Guitar Amplifier With a Volume Control
Learn how to make a practice guitar amplifier with a volume control in our easy to follow tutorial.

How to Make a Practice Guitar Amplifier With Fixed Volume
Learn how to make a practice guitar amplifier with fixed volume in our easy to follow tutorial.

How to Solder in Ten Easy Steps
Soldering is an essential skill in electronics, fortunately it is easy to get started. Just follow our 10 step guide and you'll be soldering in no time!

Interactive Electronics Learn and Test Zone
Interactive Learn & Test Zone: revise a particular topic, take a test, download the resource for future reference.

How A Power Supply Works
A guide to understanding how a power supply converts mains electricity in to low voltage DC supply. The tutorial covers both linear and switch mode power supplies.

What Is An Intergrated Circuit?
What is an Intergrated Circuit? Who invented the Integrated Circuit? What are some examples of Integrated Circuits? How are they made?

Design A Clock Challenge
Design a Clock Challenge provides templates and cutting files for you to design your own clock.

What Is Ohm’s Law
Ohm’s law is used to describe the relationship between Voltage (V), Current (I) and Resistance (R). In this tutorial you will learn about the formula that connects these three values, see some examples and answer some questions to test your understanding.

How A Thermistor Works
A guide to understanding how a thermistor works. A thermistor is a component that has a resistance that changes with temperature. There are two types of thermistor. Those with a resistance that increase with temperature (Positive Temperature Coefficient – PTC) and those with a resistance that falls with temperature (Negative Temperature Coefficient – NTC).