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Tutorial Description This short video, we will show you how to assemble our Nightlight soldering kit. This is an intermediate (not an intermittent) soldering kit due to the mechanical construction of the box part of the kit. This should take from 10-30 minutes to assemble. …

Lighthouse - Beginners Soldering Kit - Assembly Guide First of all you need to check the contents of the kit you should have the following: Kit contains: 1 x 220-ohm resistor ( Red, Red, Black) 1 x 82k ohm resistor (Grey, Red, Orange) 2 x 220k ohm resistors (Red, Red, Yellow) 2 x Diodes 1 x Power switch 1 x CR2032 battery holder (battery not included) 2 x Capacitors 1 x Lighthouse PCB 1 x Stand PCB 1 x White LED You will also nee …

Tutorial Description In this video, we show you how to make the beginners soldering kit: Lighthouse. This video takes you step by step in the process of soldering the lighthouse kit.

Tutorial Description This video introduces the simon:says board for micro:bit. The fully assembled add-on board helps to turn your micro:bit into a Simon Says game. Simply program it and you're good to go!   …

TutorialDescriptionThis short video we show you how to solder the headers to the exhi:bit DIY Daughter board the easy way. …

Tutorial DescriptionIn this video, we show you how to build our Arduino compatible breadboard kit. We also show you how to use an FTDI board to upload a sketch. …

This guide will show you how to assemble the pedestrian crossing project board for the exhi:bit prototyping system for micro:bit. We also show you a quick demo of it running at the end. Please note the Red LEDs look orange in this video, that's due to the camera and lighting used.You can view the code here: GitHub …

Tutorial Description  In this short video, we show you how to assemble the Unigeek, a colourful Unicorn badge soldering kit. …

Soldering is one of the most fundamental skills needed to dabble in the world of electronics. The two go together like peas and carrots. And, although it is possible to learn about and build electronics without needing to pick up a soldering iron, you’ll soon discover that a whole new world is opened with this one simple skill. We believe that soldering should be a skill in everyone’s arsenal. In a world of increasing technological surroundings, we believe it is important that peop …

Here at Proto-PIC we are always thinking about new products we can bring to the market. Sometimes the ideas ‘just come to us’, other times, it’s a customer comment, review, or passing remark that inspires the idea. We had a customer who had a USBTINY programmer, and called for support on programming a couple of chips she had. The chips in question were the ATTINY 85, and the ATMEGA 328. While both of these chips are through-hole and easy to mount to a breadboard, our customer could not get the c …