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A Perfectly-sized USB Chiclet Keyboard for the Raspberry Pi

May 30, 2017 • portable • raspberry pi

Although there's plenty of wireless small-sized keyboards available, it's quite hard to find a USB wired keyboard with nice action, that's large enough to type comfortably, yet small enough and easy to transport for demos or teaching.

The 4Tronix Bit:Bot BBC micro:bit robot is now in stock in Australia

May 20, 2017 • micro:bit • microbit • neopixels • robot • robotics • robots

We found a great robot platform in the 4Tronix Bit:Bot: It harnesses the neat features of the micro:bit, providing an easy-to-setup, full-featured, and expandable robot that comes in at a good price, compared to other robots with the same features.

Mirobot (v2) Wireless Drawing and Line-following Robot

April 29, 2017 • arduino • drawing robot • javascript • python • robotics • scratch • wireless

The Mirobot stood out to us as a really nice robot to use for teaching maths and programming, and it's quite intriguing to watch it draw. Just connect it to wifi and use the apps to program it through your browser!

Latest micro:bit accessories and add-ons available in Australia

April 25, 2017

Here's a quick round-up of some of the latest kits and accessories for extending your BBC micro:bit, in Australia..

Things to do: Electronic Kits to build, learn coding, and keep kids busy over the school holidays in Australia

April 03, 2017 • arduino • coding • javascript • kits • micro:bit • python • scratch • soldering

Learn about electronics and programming with some fun kits over the holidays Most kids in Australia have been doing some drag and drop programming by grade 3..