Special Offers Motor Controller Kits
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Fingerprint Access Controller KitK9350 |
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| Do you hate carrying keys? The Fingerprint Access Controller can store and recognise up to 20 fingerprints and can give access to your home or workplace at any time, day or night. | |
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12/24V MPPT Solar Charge Controller KitK6027 |
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| This MPPT charge/Light controller will work with 12V or 24V solar panels to charge a 12V or 24V lead-acid or lithium iron phosphate battery. you can then use the battery to run 12V dc lighting. | |
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240V Christmas/Lighting Controller - Slave...K5886 |
| (SC October '10) Brings your Christmas light show to life! Lights will flash, dim up & down in time with your favourite Christmas carols. Power up to 32 channels of lights from a master unit & 4 slaves. | ||
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240V Mains Brownout Protector KitK6049 |
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| The Brownout Protector is designed to protect single-phase induction motors in fridges, freezers, pumps etc from burnout if they attempt to start during a brownout. It will switch off the power if the voltage falls below a set threshold. | |
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310pc 2.54mm Header Connector KitK9642 |
| A huge assortment of single row header connectors for making your own custom length wiring harnesses or prototyping cables. Pack contains a variety of female connector housings in different sizes plus male and female pin connector crimps. | ||
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3D Printing PenK8300A |
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| A crafty addition to any work space this handheld pen extrudes 1.75mm PLA or ABS filament for decorating objects, simple plastic repair jobs or touch ups to 3D printed models. | |
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6 In 1 Solar Super Recycler KitK1132 |
| This educational kit uses common household items like soft drink cans and DVDs to create fun and interesting solar powered designs. The kit can be built (and rebuilt) up to 6 different ways. | ||
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7 In 1 Solar Rechargeable StationK1121 |
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| An innovative solar kit that can be assembled into a motorised toy, plus a transforming solar powered recharging station. No glue or soldering required. Provides hours of fun playing and transforming vehicles into different configurations. Build a concep | |
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7 Segment 4 Digit LED Driver Shield KitK9700 |
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| (Designed by Altronics) This 4 digit common anode driver board is ideal for building an Arduino controlled clock or counter. It features two on board 74HC595 chips which can be easily driven using Arduino ShiftOut. It utilises all through hole components for easy construction. | |
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Acrylic Raspberry Pi 4 Case with Cooling FanH8958 |
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| This compact multi-layer acrylic case suits the Raspberry Pi Model B 4 and provides access to all ports on the board. To keep your Pi cool, a 5V fan with header connection is provided, plus grill cover. | |
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Aluminium Case to suit Raspberry Pi 4H8951 |
| An enclosed Raspberry Pi 4 case. Internal fan, vented lid and base ensures excellent cooling for your Pi. Provides access to all ports, except GPIO pins. | ||
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Argon Nanosound Case to suit Raspberry Pi 4H8932 |
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| Turns your Pi into a high resolution network music player for MP3, FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AAC, FLAC, DSD, Audio CD and many more file types. On-board DAC for very high quality audio output. The ideal home music server for the audiophile! All aluminium case provides excellent cooling for your Pi 4. | |
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Argon ONE Case to suit Raspberry Pi 4H8952 |
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| This Raspberry Pi 4 Argon ONE Case not only has brilliant passive cooling (the whole top part of the case is a heatsink) but also protects the Raspberry Pi without compromising the full functionality of the motherboard. | |
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Argon One M2 Case to suit Raspberry Pi 4H8930 |
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| A R-Pi 4 enclosure supporting one M.2 SATA SSD drive, plus two full size HDMI ports, power management modes and built in IR control support. Features both active and passive cooling from an internal fan and aluminium heatsinking case. | |
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Argon ONE V2 Case To Suit Raspberry Pi 4H8952A |
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| This Raspberry Pi 4 Argon ONE V2 Case not only has brilliant passive cooling (the whole top part of the case is a heatsink) but also protects the Raspberry Pi without compromising the full functionality of the motherboard. | |
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Black Quattro VESA Case to suit Raspberry PiH8950A ROHS |
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| A square case for your Raspberry Pi with internal 2.5&rdquo HDD bay and space for HATs & a camera. Ideal for desktop use, may also be VESA mounted. | |
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Champ Preamplifier KitK2112 |
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| (SC July '94) Designed to compliment the K 2115 Champ Amplifier When it comes to simplistic but effective circuitry design, you can't beat the pre-champ. It has been designed to compliment the CH-AMP kit which when | |
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eFuse Resettable 12V Circuit Breaker KitK6075 |
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| Ideal for automotive fault-finding * Set for any current between 315mA and 10A. This resettable Electronic Fuse (eFuse) can be used temporarily in place of a conventional fuse when fault-finding. | |
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Ender-3 Desktop 3D PrinterK8600 |
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| The Creality Ender 3 is one of the worlds best selling desktop 3D printers. Creality have developed the Ender 3 with a community of users and contributors to achieve the best possible print performance for its price. | |
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Funduino Lilypad Style ATmega32U4 Developm...Z6346 |
| The "lilypad" form factor allows easy building of sewable electronics and e-textile projects. Can be used with Z 6368 LED sequins. The ATMega 32U4 is an 8-bit AVR microcontroller featuring 32KB self-programming flash program memory and a 12-channel 10-bit A/D-converter. | ||
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Heart Rate Interface Module for Arduino KitK9805 |
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| Utilises photoplethysmography sensing to detect blood flow and heart beating. This project is ideal for interfacing with Arduino projects requiring biometric monitoring. Published in DIYODE Magazine November 2017. | |
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HID (RFID) Entry Tag KitK9300 |
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| Essentially, the system consists of a reader module and one or more "tags". Based on RFID (Radio Frequency Identity) technology, each tag is encoded with a unique identity. When a tag is brought within range of th | |
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Jumbo 7 Segment Digit LED Display KitK9680 |
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| (Designed by Altronics) These 210 x 110mm jumbo digits are made from PCB and can be daisychained together into an array of numbers for counter and clock projects. Each board is fitted with 74HC595 8 bit serial shift register chip and can be driven by Arduino ShiftOut. Aux output is provided for driving a decimal point/colon. Build yourself a sales | |
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K5250 Power Supply KitK5255 |
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| Up to 12 K5250 Intercom Sub-stations can be used from this one power supply. | |
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LD-002H Desktop Resin 3D PrinterK8640 |
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| Resin based 3D printers are rapidly becoming the go to tool for high resolution 3D prints. They offer a faster print process with excellent accuracy and a stronger finished product thanks to UV curing on each layer. | |
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LED Christmas/Lighting Controller - Slave KitK5887 |
| (SC October '11) This new LED light slave controller kit will operate with the K 5885 master unit. Drive up to eight strings of LEDs, each string with completely individual control. Up to four slaves can be used per system - that's 32 channels of l | ||
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LED Musicolour Light Controller KitK5804 |
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| (SC Oct/Nov '12) Accepts audio input signals and drives coloured LEDs "in tune" with the music. 16 output channels respond to different audio frequency bands and the light brightness is in proportion to the | |
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Line Tracking Mouse KitK1105 |
| Great fun for the kids! An educational electronics kit which, when constructed, is designed to track along black lines on a tabletop. Simply lay out a path of electrical tape, and watch it follow the path! It includes easy to follow instructions, and take | ||
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Line Tracking Smart Car Kit With BluetoothZ6451 |
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| This smart car kit uses the power of Arduino to provide a customisable line tracking and obstacle avoidance robot which can be modified, tweaked and upgraded. It features 4 wheels with acrylic base. The IR and line tracking sensors keep the robot from bumping into anything, whilst on board bluetooth allows control from your smartphone. | |
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Mains Timer KitK6047 |
| (SC August 2012). This simple circuit provides a turn-off delay for a 230VAC light or a fan. It can be used to make a bathroom fan run for a set period after the switch has been turned off or it can be used with a pushbutton to turn a light on fo | ||
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Makerzoid Robot Master Premium 200 in 1 SetK8673 NEW |
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| Build up to 200 different projects or create your own! Great for inspiring kids to invent and design with staged learning from the basics up to advanced Scratch programming. Each set contains hundreds of blocks, plus multifunction sensors, programmable motor and host controller. Compatible with big brand name blocks. | |
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Maximite Colour Computer KitK9555 |
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| (SC September 2012) Fully upgraded Maximite design, see below for list of upgrades. Ideal for datalogging, monitoring & switching relays. Utilising the new Microchip PIC32 processor, this powerful embedded computer can read/save programs on an SD c | |
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Mega Box Mark II for ArduinoK9670A |
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| Developed in house by Altronics, this new revised MegaBox is an upgrade of our original K 9670 - adding space for two shields, plus FIVE 2A 5V relay outputs and eight opto isolated outputs. All UNO/Mega pins are broken out to header sockets for easy connection to other breakouts. | |
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Micro:bit STEM Mini Smart Robot Car V2.0Z6454 |
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| STEM bot is an easy to program 2 wheel obstacle avoidance and line tracking robot. Coding your program is easy using the standard BBC Micro:bit software. Wiring and construction has been designed to be as simple as possible. | |
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Mini Vox Relay KitK5544 |
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| (SC Sept. '94) Compact miniature design uses only one IC to switch a relay. This versatile Vox circuit is triggered whenever a noise or sound is made (via the microphone) causing a relay to close for a preset time. | |
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Mini-Maximite BASIC Computer KitK9552 |
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| (SC November 2011) The idea behind the miniMaximite is simple: to shrink the Maximite down to the size of a large postage stamp while keeping it 100% compatible with the larger version in its external I/O capabilities and programming language. | |
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Multi Claw Robotic Arm KitK1096 |
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| Looking for a unique robotic arm with exclusive features? This innovative arm will definitely surprise you. Unlock the safety switch and press on the red racing-car power button, the robotic arm directly enters stand-by mode and the rumbling of operation leads you the way to a mechanical gaming experience. | |
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NESPi Style Raspberry Pi 4 CaseH8953 |
| A retro gaming styled Pi 4 case providing excellent cooling performance and easy access to all of the Pi’s ports. Ideal for RetroPi gaming projects. Internal fan for added cooling. | ||
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Passive Infra-Red (PIR) Movement Breakout ...Z6382 |
| Great for security or web cam projects. Detects movement from humans or animals. Range 0-7m. Detector angle 110°. 5V input. 32x24mm. | ||
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PC infra red controller kitK2755 |
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| (SC Aug '03) Simply connects to your serial port and provides remote control of Winamp and WinDVD software packages. In addition to this it can also provide a host of other PC automation abilities. Great for watchin | |
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PCB Tank Etching SystemT3201 |
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| Get first class results with one-off home brew or prototype PCBs with this etching tank. Save time and money over commercially available PCBs. Ensures efficient, clean and safe etching. The included pump aerates the etchant, maximising it's effectiveness. | |
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Photoflash Camera Trigger KitK6009 |
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| (SC January '09) Want to try your hand at 'stop motion' photography? This camera shutter/flash controller allows you to take a picture at a precise moment between 1ms and 9.99s after a trigger. Triggering can be from the included electret mic | |
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Programmable Remote Control Mains Switch KitK6130 |
| This remote control mains switch can be programmed to switch appliances on and off after a set period or to switch power on and off at set times. | ||
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Quick Brake Automotive Light KitK4344 |
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| (SC Jan '16) The quick brake module is designed to detect fast pedal movements between the accelerator and the brake, switching on the brake lights of your car before your foot reaches the brake pedal. This gives other drivers more notice when travelling behind you and reduces the risk of a rear end accident. | |
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Red and White ABS Box to suit Raspberry Pi 4H8964 |
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| A compact, snap together red and white case to suit the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B development board. Designed with all connection recesses and venting. | |
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Red Armour Case To Suit Raspberry Pi 4H8954 |
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| This is an armor aluminum alloy case designed for the Raspberry Pi 4 computer model B. It is a great passive cooling case to help raspberry pi 4 board cooling down. | |
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Red Dual Fan Armour Case To Suit Raspberry...H8959 |
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| This is an armor aluminum alloy case designed for the Raspberry Pi 4 computer model B. Features dual cooling fans. | |
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Remote Control BiplaneX3063 NEW |
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| Experience the thrill of flying with this remote control plane! This ingeniously designed plane operates at 2.4GHz, featuring a double-wing design for precise speed control and optimal flight stability. | |
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Remote Control MotorbikeX3062 |
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| Your kids will have lots of fun with this 2.4GHz remote control motorbike. Not only can it swing left and right but it also features variable speed. | |
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Robot Escape Bug KitK1103 |
| This robotic bug kit is a fun and educational introduction to electronics. It uses three infra red emitting diodes to navigate its way around objects, through mazes etc. The inbuilt microprocessor enables it to 'th |