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We're very excited to announce that, after much testing and tweaking, we are now shipping our new Bluetooth Amplifier Kit! This is the perfect kit for those that want to design their own wireless amplifier case for use with a mobile phone, tablet or personal computer.

Introducing the new Mini 360 degree Servo, perfect for those occasions when 180 degrees just isn't enough! Since we introduced the mini 180 degree servo it has gone on to be one of our best selling servo's, that it can be use directly with the BBC micro:bit is definitely a big plus in its favour.

We would like to wish all of our Customers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We will be closed between Friday the 23rd December 2016 and the 3rd January 2017. We'll be back in the New Year fired up and ready to go! We hope you have a good one, see you in the new year!

Our good friends at Just Add Sharks have created a great resource detailing how you can make your own precision tools. These projects show how you can make cost effect precision tools with some plywood and access to a laser cutter.

The festive season is now officially on! To mark the occasion we've put together a few project ideas to help to get you into the mood and to, hopefully, give some you a few ideas. We've included downloads for all of our designs so that you can fire up the laser cutter and get making straight away.

On Monday and Tuesday of this week Kevin and Tim travelled to the beautiful city of Oslo in Norway to attend the SETT show. We were there to support our good friends Hands-On Science from Sweden as they exhibited the BBC micro:bit on their large and varied stand.

On Thursday 24th November we held our first ever Teacher training evening, here at Kitronik HQ. Joining us from Just Add Sharks were our good friends Dominic Morrow and Martin Raynsford, who brought with them their expertise of all things laser cutters.

The Link accessory board standard for BBC micro:bit accessories designed by Kitronik. The BBC micro:bit is a standalone programmable computer. It ...

Bitty Software have just released a fun little Xmas Bauble App that turns your BBC micro:bit into a musical and visual decoration for your Xmas tree. All you need is your BBC micro:bit, a power source for the microbit, a sounder (such as a piezo buzzer) and the Xmas bauble App and you can instantly add some Christmas cheer to anywhere that needs it.

In line with recent customer requests, we are pleased to announce that we are now stocking High Impact Polystyrene Sheets (HIPS), in seven different colours and in two different thicknesses. The colours are; black, red, purple, yellow, white, green and blue, and all seven colours are available in both 1mm and 1.5mm thicknesses and a bed size of 457mm x 254mm.

In this tutorial you will find Experiment 12 Making a random dice for the Kitronik Inventors Kit for the BBC micro:bit. This is an additional experiment to the ten that were included with the Inventors Kit, and has been created for you to get more from your kit. You will learn how to build the circuit and how to code the BBC microbit to control the circuit.

In this tutorial you will find Experiment 11 Making a Pedestrian Crossing for the Kitronik Inventors Kit for the BBC micro:bit. This is an additional experiment to the ten that were included with the Inventors Kit, and has been created for you to get more from your kit. You will learn how to build the circuit and how to code the BBC microbit to control the circuit.

The iOS and Android Bitty Data Logger App For The BBC Micro:bit allows you to capture and chart accelerometer data from your microbit over Bluetooth.

We now have a working prototype for our Kitronik Bluetooth Amplifier, find out more about when it will be available and the process we went through to design it here.

With only a few days to go we thought that the time was right to give you a little last minute inspiration and to wish you all a happy Halloween from Kitronik!

We are holding our 1st CPD Teacher Training Day and we would like to invite Teachers along to Kitronik HQ on the 24th November 2016 where there will be two sessions, one delivered by Just Add Sharks and one delivered by Kitronik.

Yesterday saw the launch of the micro:bit Educational Foundation, the new non-profit organisation tasked with driving the next stages of the BBC micro:bit development and rolling out the micro:bit to Europe and beyond.

Kitronik will be at the 5th Annual Derby Mini Maker Faire this Saturday the 22nd October between 10am - 4pm at the Derby Silk Mill, why not pop down and say hi! We'll have the 1,000 micro:bit display along with an assortment of other cool things to show you. See you there!

This resource consists of a selection of links to the additional resources that we have created to accompany each of the experiments. Each experiment has a walk-through video that also contains hints and tips designed to help you complete the experiment and to understand how the circuits work, we have also included links to additional code examples.