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 John Logie Baird -  Image Source: Biography.com   Born 13th August 1888 - Helensburgh Died 14th June 1946 - Bexhill John was the youngest of four children born to the Reverend John Baird, minister for the church of Scotland, and...

We recently launched our LED Starter Kit which contains over 100 LEDs in a range of different types, colours and sizes. That's a lot of LEDs to use so we thought we'd make a short guide on each type and...

We recently launched our Mixed, Ceramic and Electrolytic Capacitor Kits and thought we'd create a little guide to explain how you can determine the values of the capacitors using the markings on them.   Ceramic Capacitors These capacitors are usually very...

We've recently launched our brand new Cool Components STEM Digital Education Packs for the BBC micro:bit, HaloCode, MakeyMakey and more! All of our packs have been designed by teachers around the UK's National Curriculum for Computing at key stages 1, 2 and 3.

Local YouTuber James Brunton (@XRobotsUK) paid us a visit in order to film his latest Sonic the Hedgehog video in our warehouse. Check out his video below, where he is testing it over ramps and around other obstacles after integrating the...

Born: 30 March 1811 - Died: 16 August 1899 Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen was born in March 1811 to Christian Bunsen the head librarian and modern languages teacher at the University of Göttingen. As the youngest of four boys, his mother (from a military...

With so many different accessories, addons, cases and HATs available for the Raspberry Pi it can get a bit confusing on what to buy, especially for someone who is just beginning and starting their adventure in the world of Raspberry...

The BBC micro:bit is a great STEM educational tool for learning all sorts of electronics and coding, supporting a learner's natural progression from block-based programming to textual based ones. We have done a number of tutorials around block programming and...