UK's Top Electronic Shop for Arduino, Sparkfun, BBC Micro Bit & Raspberry Pi

Welcome to Proto-PIC – Your UK Electronic Components Supplier and a central hub for all Educators and Makers. Your source for all things Proto-PIC, BBC Micro:Bit, Sparkfun, Pololu, Raspberry PI and Arduino. Founded in 2006, our first in-house developed product was the Proto-PIC Arduino Starter Kit. We have sold over 10,000 of these to date. We now have a full range of products that are our own concept and design.

We are one of the country’s most knowledgeable, quality-driven electronics components supplier. A passionate group of engineering, technical and industry experts. Our mission is to help our customers quickly find the electronic components they need at competitive prices either by sourcing through our suppliers or manufacturing ourselves. We are fluent with Arduino and Raspberry PI languages. If you have an idea for a project then we can help you select the right parts and even help you with the code.

Proto-PIC is proud to work with schools, colleges, universities and other educational organizations around the UK working collaboratively to develop computer science in the classroom, support professional development, provide kits and components, as well as, online training via our online Academy. We have helped educational institutions create STEM curriculum for their academic year, design a series of projects for progression and implement makerspaces and more.

We are one of only eight UK distributors for SparkFun Electronics and stock their whole catalogue. Since 2009, proto-pic.co.uk has been bringing you products from the fantastic design houses of SparkFun Electronics, and Pololu Electronics. We offer a comprehensive range of components for hobby electronic enthusiasts and for education. Here at Proto-Pic we adore the BBC Micro:Bit and we have developed a number of useful add-ons which can be used for all sorts of cool creations, from robots to musical instruments – the possibilities are endless.