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Master Coding Through Play with the Kitronik ARCADE Max – A Programmable Gamepad for MakeCode Arcade

Take your first steps into game development with the ARCADE Max, a fully featured handheld gamepad designed for use with the MakeCode Arcade block editor. With its intuitive layout and large 2.4" full-colour screen, it delivers both comfort and immersive gameplay—ideal for learning through play.

The Kitronik ARCADE Max is an all-in-one handheld console built for educational and recreational use. Powered by Microsoft’s MakeCode Arcade editor, users can create, test, and enjoy their own 2D games. Whether you're exploring programming for the first time or diving deeper into game design, ARCADE Max is an engaging and hands-on tool to support the journey.

This 1-metre USB power lead allows you to draw 5V power directly from a PC or USB power supply. It features pre-tinned red and black wires for easy connection to your circuit or project. The USB standard supports up to 100mA per connected device, making this lead suitable for powering LEDs or basic electronic circuits. It can also be used with a 5V 500mA mains power supply, making it ideal for powering static setups located near a wall socket.

Key Features:

Provides 5V power from a USB port for your electronics projects

Pre-tinned, colour-coded wires (red and black) for easy connection

Compatible with 5V 500mA mains adapters for fixed installations

Our Medite Premier MDF sheets are precision-made and laser-compatible, offering excellent versatility for enclosures, models, and a wide range of projects. Manufactured with advanced wood refining technology and specially formulated resins, these sheets ensure consistent quality, reliable thickness, and reduced tool wear.

Medite Premier MDF retains the natural light tan colour of wood fibre and complies with stringent safety standards, including E1 low formaldehyde levels and CARB Phase 2 (<0.11ppm). While often referred to as “Laser Grade MDF”, there is no official classification — we believe E1-conforming MDF is the safest and most suitable option for laser cutting.

Dimensions

Length: 600mm

Width: 400mm

Thickness: 9mm (manufacturing tolerance: ±0.15mm)

This A/B Grade Pine Veneered MDF panels combine the strength and stability of MDF with the attractive finish of natural pine veneer. Available in 600 x 300mm and 400 x 300mm sizes, these sheets are ideal for structural projects where both strength and appearance matter, making them a popular choice for furniture, panelling, enclosures, and decorative laser-cutting projects.

Each panel is veneered on both faces:

Front (A Grade Veneer): Consistent surface with minimal colour variation. Small pin knots (only a few mm in diameter) are permitted. This premium-grade veneer is ideal for visible surfaces.

Reverse (B Grade Veneer): Displays a natural pine look with grain variation and occasional smooth knots (typically 15–35mm). Suitable for paint, stain, or lacquer finishes.

Unlike artificial surfaces such as laminates, pine veneer is cut directly from the log, ensuring each sheet has a unique grain, texture, and colour. This product uses a Crown Cut veneer, giving the sheet a distinctive “crown” grain pattern with added character.

High-quality A/B grade Ash Veneered MDF panel in your choice of size. Ideal for structural projects requiring a high-quality appearance and finish on both the topside and panelling. Suitable for laser cutting. This MDF panel is veneered on both faces of the sheet: A grade veneer on the front and B grade on the reverse.

Smart, playful, and packed with potential, meet Mai-Z, the ultimate programmable robot buggy for young coders aged 8–14! Whether it’s drawing shapes, following paths, or responding to motion, your young learners are in the driver’s seat, literally!

Designed for hands-on learning, the Kitronik Mai-Z is a versatile educational robot built for the BBC micro:bit. Whether you're diving into coding with MakeCode’s block-based editor or exploring a world beyond monitor screens with our exclusive Screen-Free Programming add-on pack, Mai-Z makes STEM learning intuitive and fun. It’s even fully compatible with MakeCode CreateAI, allowing for gesture-based control and AI-powered coding right out of the box. Aligned with UK and US curricula, Mai-Z empowers both learners and teachers to master core computing concepts through interactive, project-based activities.

Mai-Z has an impressive array of features, and each feature provides a new and exciting learning opportunity. Features include: Line following sensors, distance sensors, edge detecting sensors, 4 x programmable ZIP LEDs, a pen holder, scoop, button holes for micro:bit A/B button access, BBC micro:bit edge connector, rechargeable LiPo battery, speaker, USB-C charging port, on/off switch, and status LED.

Make full use of your micro:bit’s built-in tech. From accelerometer-based steering to compass-guided driving, Mai-Z makes robotics interactive and exciting. You can even control the Mousebot with gestures via MakeCode CreateAI. The motors driving Mai-Z's wheels are specifically designed for steady straight-line driving, which makes things such as line following and obstacle avoidance a smooth experience.

Mai-Z is a feature-rich, robot Mouse buggy designed to make coding and robotics accessible, hands-on, and engaging for students aged 8–14. Developed for use with the BBC micro:bit, Mai-Z supports both MakeCode block-based programming and screen-free coding via our innovative Screen-Free Programming Pack, perfect for flexible learning environments. Whether you’re teaching in a classroom, running a STEM club, or looking for inclusive, progressive tech tools, Mai-Z offers a low-barrier of entry into computing and robotics, with room to grow into more complex challenges, including AI integration via MakeCode CreateAI.

Power: Mai-Z features a Standard USB-C Charging Port. Mai-Z will charge regardless of the status of the power switch, and can be safely used whilst it is being charged. The charger must be capable of providing 5V, at least 1A over a USB-C Connection.

Smart, playful, and packed with potential, meet Mai-Z The MouseBot, the ultimate programmable robot buggy for young coders aged 8–14! Whether it’s drawing shapes, following paths, or responding to motion, your young learners are in the driver’s seat, literally!

Kitronik's Lesson in a Box® for Mai-Z for BBC micro:bit is a complete class-based solution, designed for teachers with a limited coding background to allow a full exploration of all of Mai-Z’s features. The Lesson in a Box (Mai-Z) is a complete set of electronics and teaching resources to enable successful cross-curricular lessons with minimal teacher effort. The kit and teaching resources have been developed to save you precious time. The Lesson in a Box - Mai-Z the MouseBot for BBC micro:bit is supplied in a sturdy and convenient Gratnells tray, with a lit, for safe storage.

The kit is supplied with an extensive set of teaching resources that are aligned for both US & UK teaching consisting of; Teacher/Technician/Classroom Assistant instructions, Scheme of learning, lesson plans & presentations, Student instructions & slideshows, Exclusive digital versions of resources & code examples. Each Kit comes with 11 x Mai-Z The MouseBot Floor Robots & USB-C Charging Cables, 11 x Double-sided A1 Map/Line Following Posters, 2 x A2 Features Posters, 4 x STOP:bits & accompanying switched battery holders, 11 x Sharpies, 6 x Table Tennis Balls.

Designed for hands-on learning, the Kitronik Mai-Z is a versatile educational robot built for the BBC micro:bit. Whether you're diving into coding with MakeCode’s block-based editor or exploring a world beyond monitor screens with our exclusive Screen-Free Programming add-on pack, Mai-Z makes STEM learning intuitive and fun. It’s even fully compatible with MakeCode CreateAI, allowing gesture-based control and AI-powered coding right out of the box. Aligned with UK and US curricula, Mai-Z empowers both learners and teachers to master core computing concepts through interactive, project-based activities.

In developing this box Kitronik wanted it to be affordable, useful and robust enough for teachers to use time and time again. The teaching resources cover many curriculum specifications and have ample opportunities for personal development by encouraging pupils to view traditional STEM/STEAM activities as having value across their curriculum.

All of the teaching resources are set out in a teacher, ‘user-friendly' way, including lesson plans, presentations, and printable worksheets. These are supplied in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint formats as well as PDFs, which can be copied, modified, and printed to suit your teaching style.

Expand the adventure with the Mai-Z The MouseBot Floor Tile Pack! This handy add-on transforms any space into a dynamic coding playground. Build your town, set navigation challenges with the included destination cards, and explore coding in an exciting and tangible format, that is packed full of educational hands on fun.

Each floor tile set contains; 24 location tiles, 1 x pack of destination cards, 48 road tiles (26 straight roads, 10 90° Corners, 6 T-Junctions, 4 Crossroads, and 2 Dead Ends). Just add Mai-Z and a micro:bit.

Designed as an expansion for Mai-Z the MouseBot, this pack opens up even more ways to explore key computing concepts. It's all about practical, engaging learning that grows with your class, or children at home. Reusable, accessible, and endlessly adaptable, it adds depth and direction to every coding challenge.

Built for the BBC micro:bit, Mai-Z is your go-to robot for creative, cross-curricular STEM learning. Whether you're diving into coding with MakeCode’s block-based editor or exploring a world beyond monitor screens with our exclusive Screen-Free Programming add-on pack, Mai-Z makes STEM learning intuitive and fun.

Convert Mai-Z The MouseBot into fully screen-free coding with this clever all-in-one add-on pack! Just press the Record button on the delightfully cheese-themed Screen-Free Programming Board, let Mai-Z roll over the coding blocks, then hit Play, and she’ll carry out the sequence exactly as she read it. It's a hands-on, engaging way to explore programming without a screen in sight!

Each set of the screen free programming pack for the Mai-Z buggy bot includes; 11 Sets of 53 Instruction Blocks, 11 Screen-Free Programming Boards, and 11 Student Booklets. This pack is exclusive to Mai-Z and it's also the first time Kitronik have used this type of system for our coding products.

Built for the BBC micro:bit, Mai-Z is your go-to robot for creative, cross-curricular STEM learning. Whether you're diving into coding with MakeCode’s block-based editor or exploring a world beyond monitor screens with our exclusive Screen-Free Programming add-on pack, Mai-Z makes STEM learning intuitive and fun.

Keep your lessons running like clockwork with these replacement hands and fixings, They really are a classroom lifesaver for busy Design & Technology and STEM teachers. Whether a student misplaces a minute hand or a second-hand snaps mid-project, this pack ensures your Quartz Clock Movement builds stay on track, no need to reorder the full mechanism. Supplied as a pack of one.