The Kitronik 5V LED Desk Lamp Kit provides a bright and efficient lighting solution in a compact, easy-to-mount design. Equipped with nine white super flux LEDs, it delivers a total output of approximately 16,000 mCd. Built-in current limit resistors ensure safe operation from a 5V power supply or 3 x AA batteries, offering up to 5 hours of illumination with fresh batteries.
This learn to solder pack is the ideal low cost solution for teaching soldering in the classroom/after school club. The pack provides all of the parts and PCB's required for a class size of 25 and also includes a 9V battery for testing purposes. Each pack comprises; 25 x PCBs, 100 x 100 ohm resistors, 25 x LED's, and a 9V PP3 battery.
There is also a step by step guide to soldering, which covers; equipment, solder, tinning & cleaning, soldering in 8 steps, de-soldering in five steps, wire preparation, examples of good and bad solder joints, basic PCB repair, resistor information, LED information, full step by step build information for the kit, and how the learn to solder kit works. This guide covers everything that you might need to discuss with students and can form the basis of your lesson plan.
Using the kits and the step by step guide, each student will solder four resistors and one LED to their PCB before pressing it to the terminals of the 9V battery to check that their board works. Using the guides they will be able to examine their own work and troubleshoot problems. The battery pads on the PCBs have been shaped inline with the battery terminals on a PP3 battery making it straightforward to see which way around it should be placed on the battery.
Features:
Purpose built PCBs that can be tested, once built, with the supplied 9V PP3 battery.
Low cost classroom pack for 25 students.
Easy build kit.
Full teaching resources and step by step guides available for this kit below.
The LED kit contains red, green & yellow LEDs in 3mm, 5mm and 10mm round sizes as well as some Colour Changing and Tri colour LEDs plus some 5mm LED panel mounting holders. 105 parts are supplied in a multiple compartment storage box.
This Lite-On LTR-4206 Phototransistor is a fully RoHS compliant through hole component. This component has been used in our Inventors Kit (from V1.7) for the BBC microbit and replaced the LDR from previous versions. The phototransistor is also much more sensitive and precise than the LDR that it replaced.
There are several different types of phototransistor on the market that are calibrated for certain wavelength bands, such as infrared. The LTR-4206 Phototransistor, however, has been calibrated for visible light and its conductivity is directly affected by the level of ambient light that falls on it. They can also be used as a replacement in circuits for similarly rated LDRs, including circuits featuring voltage dividers such as night lights.
The LTR-4206 Phototransistor has been lensed for high light sensitivity and has been constructed from plastic to ensure that it also offers very good value for the money. They are supplied as a pack of 10.
Features:
Lensed for high light sensitivity.
Low cost plastic package.
Supplied as a 10 pack.
They can be used as an alternative to LDRs.
The flat side denotes the collector. The non flat side denotes the emitter, and the light level falling on the lens determines the base voltage.
Standard Diffused LED 3mm single - choice of colours
Red (KI 3501) 3mm standard diffused LEDs have a forward voltage drop of 2.1V and at 20mA output 275mCd. They fit neatly into a 3mm holder and have a 60° viewing angle.
Green (KI 3502 ) 3mm Standard Diffused LED with a viewing angle of 60°. Luminous intensity 35mCd.
Yellow (KI 3503) 3mm standard diffused LED with a viewing angle of 60°. Luminous intensity 125mCd.
White (KI 3564) 3mm Standard Diffused LED with a viewing angle of 60°. Luminous intensity 700mCd.
Blue (KI 3565) 3mm Standard Diffused LED with a viewing angle of 60°. Luminous intensity 500mCd.
The colour changing LED on this kit turns on when it goes dark and stays on for a period of time. This makes a good night light and because the LED is only on for a small amount of time the batteries last much longer than a light that is on all night.
There is an on board trimmer to set the light level at which the LED turns on and another trimmer to set how long the LED stays on for. The maximum duration is about 30 minutes. When set to 15 minutes and activated once a night the batteries will last two months.
The RGB LED Strip is a board designed for low power lighting applications, such as mood lamps, edge-lit signs, or accent lights. Its discreet size and straightforward layout make it perfect for creating custom lighting enclosures. The board has a micro USB power connector and has been designed so that power requirements are within the supply rating of a computer USB port (under 100mA). This means you can power it conveniently from a computer/laptop or a suitable power supply.
The PCB is approximately 80mm long and 8mm wide, featuring a single M3 mounting hole and flat underside allowing for easy securing within custom enclosures. The USB connector projects approximately 2mm from the end of the PCB. The end mounted switch is used to step between lighting patterns and turn off the LEDs. A remote switch can be connected in parallel with the PCB switch, via the pads provided, to allow remote mounting within an enclosure. The remote switch should be momentary, normally open. The use of a non-momentary switch may result in unpredictable operation.
The 5 full-colour RGB LEDs are mounted on the boards centre line and are driven by a small onboard chip which is pre-programmed to deliver 4 patterns, selected by pressing the button to step through them:
A great option for producing custom enclosures.
A rainbow fade that slowly fades through different colours.
Pressing the button will stop the fade on the current colour.
Pressing again will start a brightness fade (up and down) centred around the current colour.
Another press changes to an RGB chasing pattern.
A further press turns off the LEDs.
Pressing the button once more will bring the sequence back to the first rainbow fade pattern.
Features:
A low power lighting solution ideal for creating custom enclosures for the desktop.
Featuring 5 full-colour RGB LEDs with 4 different user-selectable lighting patterns.
Advance through patterns with end mounted tactile button.
Add your own momentary switch in parallel for remote mounting on your projects.
The board is approx. 80mm long and 8mm wide.
There is a single M3 mounting hole and the underside of the board is completely flat, allowing for technically simple enclosure designs.
Power the board via the end mounted USB connector.
Forward current is typically 60mA at 5V, peak < 90mA.
Each of these new ZIP Circles has 12 individually addressable RGB LED’s. 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 independent to all of the other LEDs on the bus. Each ZIP LED has a Red, Green and Blue element within the LED, and each of these can achieve 256 levels of brightness. This results in 16,777,216 possible output colours. Multiple ZIP LEDs can be connected to produce longer strings/strips.
The LEDs used are based on the WS2812B part which is compatible with any WS2812B driver code. They can also be coded in the MakeCode Block/Javascript editor.
Features:
Simple 3 wire connection for all LEDs.
Compatible with any WS2812B driver code.
They can be coded with the Microsoft MakeCode Editor for the BBC microbit.