MICRO:BIT & ACCESSORIES

These wheels are specifically designed for use with FS90R micro continuous rotation servo and also fit the Mini 360 degree continuous rotation servo. The wheel presses onto the servo spline just like a typical servo horn, and the small screw included with the FS90R accessory pack for mounting servo horns should be used to hold the wheel in place.

The wheels have silicone press fit tyres and measure 60mm in diameter.

Features:

Silicone press fit tyres.

Ideal for use with a Mini 360 degree continuos rotation servo.

Contents:

1 x Black Wheel for FS90R Micro Servo, 60×8mm.

Dimensions:

Diameter: 60mm.

Tyre Width: 8mm.

If you have a robotics project or buggy featuring geared hobby motors, these 5 spoke injection moulded ABS wheels are the perfect wheel for the job! They fit directly onto the geared hobby motors TT style shaft and can be screw fixed firmly in place. The ABS used is very lightweight and has excellent mechanical qualities. As such, the wheels are extremely durable and very difficult to break. As they are made from ABS the wheels can be fully recycled.

The wheels are supplied with rubber o-rings that when pushed onto the wheel act as tyres. When fitted, the o-rings will not come off accidentally. A concerted effort is required to remove them.

Features:

Sturdy 5 Spoke design.

Injection moulded with matte green ABS.

The ABS used is lightweight and has very good mechanical properties making them durable and difficult to break.

Supplied with rubber 0-rings that fit to the wheel and act as tyers.

Can also be used as a drive pulley for projects such as a ferris wheel or lazy Susan.

Push fit for TT shaft geared hobby motors. The wheel can then be screw fixed to the motor to ensure it stays in place.

The ABS wheel material is fully recyclable.

Contents:

2 x Yellow 5 Spoke Injection Molded ABS Wheels.

2 x Rubber O-Ring Tyres.

Wheel Dimensions:

Wheel Diameter (no tire): 63mm.

Wheel Diameter (with tire): 67.5mm.

Max Width:11.75mm.

This add-on pack for the Kitronik Inventors Kit for the BBC microbit provides the perfect way to learn about the wonderful world of ZIP LEDs. These LEDs are simple to control and can be used to produce a whole range of fantastic colours. Most consumer electronics heavily rely on LEDs, as LEDs are a great way of providing instant visual feedback for the user. With this add-on pack, you will learn how to write code to take control of ZIP LEDs and also learn how to make ZIP LEDs respond to input from components such as potentiometers and sensors. There are ten experiments, 9 in the booklet and one online, that will help you develop the skills needed to add visual feedback to your projects.

ZIP LEDs are individually addressable RGB LEDs. The name is a nod to the ZIP postal codes used in the US. Each LED can be controlled independently and all LEDs are connected using the same three-wire bus. Each LED can produce a full spectrum of colours, independently of other LEDs on the same bus. ZIP LEDs are based on the WS2812B part and are often referred to as NeoPixel’s (which is an Adafruit trademark) and are compatible with Adafruit NeoPixel and other WS2812B driver code. They can be coded for the microbit in both MakeCode Blocks and MicroPython.

Features:

Learn how to control ZIP LED colours.

Learn how to move a light through any number of ZIP LEDs.

Learn how to control ZIP LEDs independently.

Learn how to make ZIP LEDs respond to input from electronic components and sensors.

Contents:

2 x ZIP Stick - 5 LEDs each.

1 x ZIP Ring - 12 LEDs.

1 x 3 AA battery pack.

1 x Tutorial booklet.

The Kitronik ZIP Tile is an 8 x 8 display panel for the BBC micro:bit. It can scroll text, show all the colours of the rainbow (and more) and multiple Tiles can be linked up to make even bigger displays! It features 64 colour addressable LEDs arranged in an 8 x 8 grid, ZIP LED expansion points on the left, right and top of the board, and the ability to connect a BBC micro:bit with both bolts and croc clips. It also breaks out P1 & P2 to standard 0.1” (2.54mm) footprints. Each of these pins also have the required supply voltage and GND pads.

Power is provided via a JST connector on the rear of the board. The board produces a regulated supply that is fed into the 3V and GND connections to power the connected BBC micro:bit, removing the need to power it separately. To protect the BBC micro:bit if power is supplied through it, the ZIP LEDs will not illuminate.

To use the ZIP Tile, the micro:bit needs to be connected to at least the GND, 3V and Pin 0 connections on the ZIP Tile. The BBC micro:bit can be connected via board-mounted nuts and M3 bolts (make sure the provided spacer is placed between the BBC micro:bit and the ZIP Tile if connecting on the rear), or croc clips. See Datasheet for detailed images. The Tile is supplied with 5 M3x12 countersunk screws and 5 plastic spacers. These are used to attach the BBC micro:bit to the ZIP Tile, with the spacers going in-between the Tile and BBC micro:bit.

Features:

The ZIP Tile is an 8 x 8 display panel for the BBC micro:bit.

Featuring 64 addressable full-colour LEDs.

It has ZIP LED expansion points on the left, right and top of the board that allow for making larger displays.

Connect to a BBC micro:bit with both bolts (supplied) and croc clips.

It also breaks out P1 & P2 to standard 0.1” (2.54mm) footprints.

To protect the BBC micro:bit if power is supplied through it, the ZIP LEDs will not illuminate.

We have developed custom code blocks for the MakeCode Editor.

Contents:

1 x ZIP LED Tile.

5 x M3 Countersunk Screws.

5 x Plastic Spacers.

Requires:

A BBC micro:bit.

A power supply of between 3.5V and 5.3V.

The MonkMakes Connector for micro:bit makes it super-easy to connect I2C, SPI and other devices to your micro:bit without losing the main connector rings. Unlike other connectors that are designed to break-out all the micro:bit pins, this connector just breaks out the useful ones that are not in use by the micro:bit for other purposes. Handy!

Most importantly, you don't lose access to the micro:bit's normal connector rings for adding all sorts of other components with your projects!

This budget-friendly case, made from soft transparent PVC, allows all sensors to function perfectly, including the light sensors, sound sensor, compass, touch sensor, buttons, and gyro. Its shiny material is ideal for schools, as it can be easily wiped clean between lessons.

This 30cm servo extension cable has three 22-AWG wires joining a male Futaba J connector and a female JR connector. Since a female JR connector can be plugged into a male Futaba J connector, each end of the cable is compatible with both Futaba and JR-style connections; this cable will work as an extension cable in either system or as an adapter between systems, and it is compatible with almost all of the servos in the Kitronik range

The connectors have contacts on a 0.1" spacing, and each wire is comprised of 60 strands, making this cable more flexible than standard servo cables.

Features:

Compatible with all standard servo types including a Mini 180 degree servo.

Also compatible with a Mini 360 degree continous rotation servo.

Servo cable colour convention:

Brown or black = ground (GND, battery negative terminal).

Red = servo power (Vservo, battery positive terminal).

Orange, yellow, white, or blue = servo control signal line

Version 1.3 of this popular kit now uses a removable ultrasonic sensor, that uses the same connector as used on the Minibit and BitBot XL. This allows the use of alternative addons, sich as the new BitFace, 5x5 FireLed Matrix and OLED.

The Robobit Makecode package supports all versions of the Robobit Buggy. This little buggy can be assembled very quickly using only a screwdriver. No soldering is required

Mk3 changes from Mk2:

Integrated line following sensors

Integrated ultrasonic distance sensor with new connector

Integrated pen holder mounted at the axis of rotation

Integrated 8 element FireLed bar with “auto scanner” software support

Motors fitted on top to make it more compact

Screwdriver and wrench tools included

This 60cm servo extension cable has three 22-AWG wires joining a male Futaba J connector and a female JR connector. Since a female JR connector can be plugged into a male Futaba J connector, each end of the cable is compatible with both Futaba and JR-style connections; this cable will work as an extension cable in either system or as an adapter between systems, and it is compatible with almost all of the servos in the Kitronik range.

The connectors have gold-flashed contacts on a 0.1" spacing, and each wire is comprised of 60 strands, making this cable more flexible than standard servo cables.

Features:

Compatible with all standard servo types including a Mini 180 degree servo.

Also compatible with a Mini 360 degree continuous rotation servo.

Servo cable colour convention:

Brown or black = ground (GND, battery negative terminal).

Red = servo power (Vservo, battery positive terminal).

Orange, yellow, white, or blue = servo control signal line.

2 x AA Battery Cage with leads, with 150mm colour coded flying leads. This battery cage houses two AA batteries and is barely bigger than the batteries it is designed to hold. This makes it a suitable choice for the smaller projects when a discrete and easy to hide battery cage is what is called for.

It also features colour coded 150mm flying leads, making for easy integration into your projects.The battery cage can easily be soldered directly to a board or connected to your project via terminal blocks.

Features:

Small discreet size.

150mm colour coded flying leads.

The leads are suitable for soldered connections.

The leads are suitable for terminal block connections.

Contains:

1 x 2 AA Battery Cage with 150mm colour coded flying leads.

Dimensions:

Leads: 150mm

4xAA Covered Battery Holder with built-in on/off power switch and leads. Supplied with 150mm colour coded flying leads. Features a sliding cover for easy access to battery compartment. Case is hard plastic and is resistant to sudden impacts and vibrations. Ideal in any project kit requiring AA battery power.

Note: this product does not have the JST connector to connect to the micro:bit

Features:

On/off power switch.

Holds 4 x AA batteries.

Sliding case for easy access.

150mm colour coded flying leads

Case resistant to sudden impacts and vibrations.

Contents:

1 x 4xAA Covered Battery Holder with Switch and Leads.

Dimensions:

Length: 68mm.

Width: 65mm.

Height: 19mm.

Compatible with:

Raspberry Pi Pico

Micro:Bit

This is a 4 pack of wires that are pre-terminated with an alligator (crocodile) clip on one end and a hookup pigtail (male jumper connector) on the other. Alligator clips are a staple part for any workbench and with these cables you will be able to easily incorporate those clips into a breadboard, development platform, or anything else that you would normally be able to attach a male jumper connector to.

Each Alligator Clip with Pigtail cable has a wire length of 30cm (that’s a little less than 1ft) and a male pin that easily inserts into a standard 0.1" connector. Each pack consists of two red cables and two black cables.

These connector wires can also be used to connect a BBC microbit to a prototyping board as an alternative to an edge connector.

Features:

Wires with a croc clip on one end and a male jumper cable connector (pigtail) on the other.

Enables you to connect a BBC microbit to a prototyping board as an alternative to using an edge connector.

Contents:

2 x Red alligator to male jumper connector leads.

2 x Black alligator to male jumper connector leads.

Dimensions:

Length: 30cm.

These 4 pin dual female connectors are compatible with the Grove range of products. The plug into both the grove modules and grove compatible interfaces such as the Grove micro:bit interface.

It is supplied as a pack of 5 and each of the connector wires are 300mm in length.

Plug one end into a Grove module and the other into a Grove, or grove compatible, interface and you are ready to go, plug and play!

Note: The colours may vary from those displayed in the product images.

Features:

Compatible with all Grove products.

Supplied as a pack of 5.

Each is 300mm in length.

Contents:

1 x 5 Pack of 4 Pin Dual Female connectors.

Dimensions:

Length: 300mm.

The Grove shield for microbit is a plug-and-play Grove extension board for micro:bit, the shield acts as a bridge between the micro:bit and the Grove system. The Grove system provides hundreds of different grove modules including sensor, actuator, communication, displays etc. that will broaden micro:bit’s scope in creating more projects easily and quickly.

The board features 4 Grove connectors and also breaks out; GND, 3V, P0 ,P1 ,P2 ,P12 ,P13 from the micro:bit edge connector, pins 14 through 16 and IC2 also being available via the onboard Grove connectors. All of the non Grove connector breakouts can be connected to with either crocodile clips or 4mm banana plugs. The board also features a USB port for powering the micro:bit.

This Grove shield is the same board that features in the Grove Inventors kit for micro:bit, which offers a great introduction to physical computing with the micro:bit.

Features:

A Grove systems compatible micro:bit interface board.

It features 4 Grove style connectors.

The board breaks out; GND, 3V, P0 ,P1 ,P2 ,P12 ,P13 from the micro:bit edge connector, pins 14 through 16 and IC2 also being available via the onboard Grove connectors.

The non-Grove breakout points are compatible with crocodile clips and 4mm banana plugs.

On-board USB port to power up your micro:bit.

Contents:

1 x Grove Shield for micro:bit.

Dimensions:

Length: 72mm.

Width: 72mm.

Height: 13mm.

Compose a monophonic microbit musical masterpiece with the Kitronik :KLEF Piano for the BBC micro:bit. It features 15 capacitive touch pads, with 13 arranged as a single octave and 2 up down function buttons that can allow you to shift octaves.

:KLEF also features; an onboard amplifier circuit for extra 'more', an onboard speaker, and an onboard edge connector that the micro:bit slots into.

To use the Piano, the BBC micro:bit should be inserted firmly into the edge connector, either way around. If the Link Header is being used, the BBC micro:bit LED display should be facing the Piano keys. Kitronik has produced a MakeCode getting started guide which you can follow here.

Power is provided via a 5V micro USB connector. The board then produces a regulated 3.3V supply fed into the 3V and GND connections to power the connected BBC micro:bit, removing the need to power the BBC micro:bit separately. This also powers the capacitive touch sensor IC and audio amplifier.

The potential uses for the :KLEF Piano for the BBC micro:bit doesn't have to be just musical in nature. You can use the piano keys to transmit from the micro:bit attached to the board to other micro:bits over radio. And if that other microbit happened to be inserted into a :MOVE mini... Piano remote control! You can even take control of the :MOVE minis ZIP LEDs!

Features:

Compose music using the micro:bit!

Learn to code and explore music at the same time.

Write code using the MakeCode, MicroPython, and Mu editors.

Use it as a control surface to trigger the sending of data via the microbits radio module.

Use it as a remote control for your Buggies/Robots.

It works with micro:bit V1 and micro:bit V2.

Dimensions:

Length: 100mm.

Width: 110mm.

PCB Thickness: 1.6mm.

Max Height (No micro:bit): 17.3mm.

Max Height (With micro:bit): 53.3mm.

Kitronik's Linear Actuator converts the circular movement of a 180° servo (supplied) into motion in a straight line, one way and then the other. It can be mounted to a project to provide either horizontal or vertical movement.

Linear Actuators are useful for a whole host of different applications, like; robots, automated button switching, steering racks for buggies, a point switcher on a model railway, animating a diorama display, etc. Linear actuators are also used extensively in industry and in consumer products, such as; valves, cams, floppy disk drives and optical disk drives, just to name a few.

The Linear Actuator has been cut from a 5mm clear blue Perspex Sheet, the same material as used in our servo powered Klaw gripper. There are a range of mounting holes at either end of the rack including a 3mm hole, a 3mm square, and standard servo horn holes suitable for wire (1mm dia) and it has approximately 20mm of travel. It has a gear ratio of 2:3 and the stall torque of the provided servo is 1.5kg/cm at 6V and 1.3kg at 4.8V.

Features:

The Linear Actuator converts the circular movement of a 180 degree servo (supplied) into motion in a straight line.

It is supplied with a 180 degree FS90 servo and fixings.

Useful for a wide range of applications, such as; robotics, switching, animating displays and more.

Use with boards such as microbit, Arduino, or RaspberryPi.

It can be used with a number of microbit accessory boards, such as;
-- Servo:Lite board for :MOVE mini.;
-- Kitronik 16 Servo Driver Board for the BBC micro:bit.;
-- All-in-one Robotics Board for BBC micro:bit.

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Contents:

Linear Actuator Laser Cut Parts.

1 x Micro 180 Degree Servo and fixings.

2 x M3x 10 Pozi PanSteel M/C.

1 x M3 Form A Steel Washer.

Linear Actuator assembly Instructions.

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A Miniature DPDT Slide Switch with solder terminals.

Max voltage = 50V DC.

Max current = 0.5A.

Body L 15, W 7, H 18mm.

Pack of 10

The Servo:Lite board for the BBC micro:bit is a simple board that allows you to easily connect and control low power servo motors (servo's must be capable of operating at 3.3V) using the BBC micro:bit. It is connected to the micro:bit using five bolts. Connect two servos in standard configuration and it can drive up to 3 servos if the addressable 'ZIP' LEDs aren’t needed.

It is powered by 3 AAA batteries and also supplies power to the BBC micro:bit, the board features an On / off switch so when it's not in use the batteries won't drain. The board also features 5 x RGB individually addressable ZIP LEDs (NeoPixel compatible) and additional external ZIP LEDs can be connected to the board as required.

Kitronik have produced a range of tutorials and guides that can be found in the resources section below. With have guides detailing; how to control a third servo and how to write code for the on-board ZIP LEDs.

Features:

Connect two servos in standard con?guration and can drive up to 3 servos if the addressable 'ZIP' LEDs aren’t needed.

Powered by 3 AAA batteries that also supply power to the BBC microbit (not supplied).

On / off switch.

5 x RGB addressable ZIP LEDs (NeoPixel compatible). Additional external ZIP LEDs can be connected to the board.

Contents:

1 x Servo:Lite board with battery holder pre-fitted.

5 x M3x8 Counter sunk Pozi Steel screws.

1 x Perspex spacer.

Dimensions:

Length: 55mm.

Width: 52mm.

Height: 17mm.

Kitronik's Simple Robotics Kit is an easy build, entry-level, introduction to the exciting world of robotics. Step-by-step build and coding instructions are included.

Enter the world of robotics with our Simple Robotics kit and build your own easy build microbit-controlled robot. It has been designed, from the ground up, to be simple to build by even the youngest of fingers. From its one-piece cardboard chassis to its clip lead connections, everything goes together in a way that is as free from frustration as possible.

This robot buggy is the same that is featured in our Lesson in a Box Simple Robotics kit, which is a complete set of electronics and teaching resources to enable successful cross-curricular lessons with minimal teacher effort. This single version allows you to make one at home with the children and enjoy the fun learning potential this kit offers. Designed and tested with direct Teacher assistance, and in the classroom, we know this kit lends itself perfectly to the young roboteer.

The kit of parts is accompanied by a detailed set of instructions that will not only walk you through the assembly but also covers the coding in detail. Even if you aren't confident or technical in nature, you will have no difficulties assembling and using this wonderful kit. Nearly everything you will need is supplied with the kit. All you need to have to hand is; a microbit, a screwdriver, and a pair of scissors. The scissors and the screwdriver are barely used, so if the children are quite young these parts can be done in a flash by an adult. The included cardboard body can be cut, decorated, and modified to suit your own projects, or you could even design your very own chassis, the possibilities are endless.

Coding: The supplied instructions have extremely detailed coding explanations, so much so that the beginner will have no difficulties following along. There are also some more involved examples that are similarly walked through. The examples are for the Microsoft MakeCode Editor, which is also designed for beginners.

Features:

An easy-build entry-level robot kit that requires no soldering.

It contains detailed instructions for both the assembly and the coding.

The included cardboard body can easily be customised and decorated.

A great activity to do with supervised children.

It can be coded with the easy-to-use Microsoft MakeCode Editor, which the included instructions cover in detail.

Contents:

1 x Klip Motor Driver for BBC microbit.

2 x Wheels and Tyres.

1 x Set of Clip Leads.

2 x Right Angle Geared Hobby Motor.

1 x Solderless TT Motor Board.

1 x Ping Pong Ball.

1 x Rubber Band.

1 x Cardboard chassis net.