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Dear Customer,
Get the new School year of to a solid start with the BBC micro:bit. Typically the summer is a quiet time in design and technology but this year the BBC micro:bit has proved to be the technology that keeps on giving. With that in mind, we've got a couple of new products, a new and improved Motor Driver board and an exciting and multifaceted (and free!) design and technology teaching resource.
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| V2 Motor Driver Board for the BBC micro:bit |
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As well as concentrating on new products and resources we are constantly looking to improve our existing products, products such as the Motor Driver Board for the BBC micro:bit.
In this new version, the pins from the BBC micro:bit are now broken out to pads on the end of the Motor Driver Board. These pads can either be soldered onto directly, or they are the correct spacing for our PCB pin headers.
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| Coloured MI:pro Protector Case For The BBC micro:bit |
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The MI:pro Protector Case is now available in four different colour options; Clear, Green, Orange and Blue. For each of the options the front and back plates are cut from clear Perspex and the mid layer pieces are cut from Perspex of the selected colour.
They not only keep a BBC micro:bit in perfect condition but also offers a number of other benefits. Keep your BBC micro:bit safe and secure with this compact, portable protective case where the 2xAAA battery pack can be bolted to the back, making a compact and portable unit.
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| Coloured MI:power Case for the BBC micro:bit |
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The MI:pro protector case is available in four different colour options; Clear, Green, Orange and Blue. For each of the options the front and back plates are cut from clear Perspex and the mid layer pieces are cut from Perspex of the selected colour.
This case has been designed to protect a BBC micro:bit with our MI:power board. The case fully encloses both of the PCBs creating a rugged unit that is ideal for creating portable designs. The clear front allows the BBC micro:bit to be seen inside the case, allowing the on-board LED matrix to be viewed.
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| Build Your Own Robot Wars Buggy |
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We recently had cause to modify six of our Line Following Buggies with a Robot Wars theme and have them compete under the watchful gaze of Sir Killalot, one of the Robot Wars house Robots. Thanks to our friends at the BBC and Martin Woolley it all came together nicely.
We decided that this would make an excellent learning resource so we fully documented our process and produced a series of 7 blogs that can form the basis of a large classroom activity where students can cover several different aspects of design and technology; electronics, mechanical assembly, 2D and 3D design, using a laser cutter, using a 3D printer and coding and testing.
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