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The Picade - A mini arcade and retrogaming cabinet kit with quality controls

January 19, 2019 • amiga • arcade • atari • bar • bar top arcade • cab • cabinet • gameboy • handheld • intellivision • mame • nes • nintendo • raspberry pi • Raspberry Pi 3b+ • raspbian • retrogaming • retropie • snes

Play your favourite retrogaming titles on this mini Picade cabinet! The Pimoroni Picade kit for the Raspberry Pi has real arcade controls with a nice 8" or 10" screen (1024 x 768 resolution). It can be built in a few hours using just a screwdriver and pliers. It comes with clear instructions on a poster, and you can follow along with the online video.

Programming the 4tronix Bit:Bot in the MakeCode PXT Editor

January 05, 2019 • bbc microbit • Bitbot • drawing robot • LEDs • light sensors • Line following • makecode • micro:bit • microbit • microbit accessories • neopixels • PXT • robot • robotics • robots • sensors • tutorial

We've created a 4-part tutorial for MakeCode block-based coding, using the base features of the 4tronix Bit:Bot robot for the BBC micro:bit

The Pimoroni touch:bit adds glowing capacitance touch to your micro:bit

November 04, 2018 • BBC microbit • button • capacitance touch

The Pimoroni touch:bit for the BBC micro:bit adds 6 illuminated capacitance touch pads to your micro:bit. It has support for both makecode.com and MicroPython.

Extend the Kitronik Inventors Kit for the BBC micro:bit With the Kitronik Noise and ZIP LEDs Packs

October 09, 2018 • amplifier • audio • audio fx • BBC microbit • eq • inventors kit • kitronik • LEDs • micro:bit • microbit • microbit accessories • Neopixels • sound effects • ZIP LEDs

Add more micro:bit projects to your Kitronik Inventors Kit, with these cool noise and lighting packs! Build the micro:bit guitar project and learn to control individual lights and colours with code.

5 Useful Tips For Your BBC micro:bit

September 24, 2018 • BBC micro:bit • Coding • MakeCode • micro:bit • microbit • microbit tips • MicroPython • Q&A

Here's five useful things we've learned about the humble micro:bit..