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Jumper wires with alligator clips are essential for prototyping. We love these ones in particular due to there being seven colours (two more than usual), the high quality extra flexible wire used in their construction and the fact they come in bundles of 14 which means you'll have plenty for your next project. They're great for testing out new parts or playing with salvaged ones. Features: Seven colours makes prototyping easy. High flexibility wire means less hassle. More Details (HERE)

--Contest Over Thanks Everyone For Guessing (Results Below)-- Original We are excited! We have just received a shipment of brand new Jumper Wires (w Alligator Clips). Our old variety came in five lovely colours (Red, Yellow, Green, White, Black) however with this batch we've gone two better. To celebrate we are holding a contest we're dubbing 'GTTNCTW' (Guess The Two New Colours To Win).  The Details: 10 sets of jumper wires to be won (2 x 7 colours). One set to the first 10 people to guess correctly. How to Enter: Guess both colours on any one of our social media channels...

We had a great time at this year's Maker Faire UK. We spoke to a lot of great people, saw some really neat projects and held a 'Guess How Many LEDs In The Box' contest. We've gone through the laborious task of counting up the LEDs with a total of 10,487 in the box. We've filtered through the guesses, ranging from 7 to 'a trillion', and have found our winner: Alton Horsfall  -->  10,459 He was out by 28 (-0.27%), which all things considered is pretty accurate. As a prize we've sent him one of our lovely Starter Kit for...

We are huge fans of Shenzhen. One of the main reasons is the Hua Qiang Bei district. It is a compact area (5 square blocks) of buildings that are stuffed with shops and stalls selling all measure of electronics from components to computers. Navigating this Willie Wonka'esque array of electronics shops/stalls was overwhelming so we came up with a system. This system allows us to navigate the district reliably and return to shops we like without getting lost. This sounds like a simple task, however the scale of the area means that this was no mean feat. We're posting all the details here...

  Want to move your project from a full Arduino board to one you've made yourself? To do this you'll need to burn the Arduino bootloader. This shield makes that easy. Place it atop an Arduino board, load it with a sketch (File > Examples > ArduinoISP in the Arduino IDE) then burn the Arduino bootloader to a blank ATMega328 chips straight from the IDE (Tools > Burn Bootloader). Features: Easy to solder. (only 15 components) Great tool to help make your own boards. Open source design. (CC-BY-SA) More Details (HERE)