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We are one of the UK's largest Adafruit distributors and stock a wide range of their products but there's much more to the company that than you might know. We're going to give you a little history on the company...

What is a function A function is a section of code that's designed to perform a specific action or task. It's useful when you need to perform this action/task multiple times in your program as a function only uses one...

Robotic arms are a showcase of engineering innovation, they're used is all sorts of complex assembly lines from cars to food production but how do they work? In this blog we're going to take a look at some robotic arms...

Chosing the right development board for your project can be confusing and a little daunting if you don't know the ins and outs of each board. We're going to give you a quick overview of each BeagleBone board we currently...

You might recognise PIR sensors from security alarms because their main function is to detect small changes in temperature (infrared) this happens when a something warm is in the sensors vision. They're recognisable because of the large white lense that...

We recently launched our range of Teensy Adapters aimed at making it as easy as possible to use Grove and Qwiic products with your favourite Teensy microcontroller. There is a mixed board, full Grove and full Qwiic options depending on...

 With Christmas just around the corner we have put together some of our top BBC Micro:Bit gifts for this Christmas. From the newly released upgraded BBC Mirco:Bit V2 to Smart Home Kits and Game Controllers, we have loads of great...

Getting started with electronics and programming can seem like a daunting thing at first but they're amazing skills to lean! In this blog post we're going to do our best to breakdown the best ways to get started and learning...

If you’re looking for robust Gigabit connectivity in a really small payload, you were previously out of luck. The easiest way to get compact Gigabit networking was to deconstruct a commercial switch, however they have a poor/unprotected voltage range (not...