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Friday Fun: Cardboard Circuit

Friday Fun: Cardboard Circuit

Build a working circuit with cardboard, slug tape and some light up parrots!

Tooling Tuesday - Bear Grylls Poundland Buck Converter

Tooling Tuesday - Bear Grylls Poundland Buck Converter

Need a DC to DC step down converter but your nearest electronics shop is miles away? No worries you can find something in Poundland

Bett 2019 micro:bit hacks

Bett 2019 micro:bit hacks

Grab some cheap Poundland LEDs and learn how to use them with your micro:bit. This post is a reference source for those taking part in my Bett workshop. But anyone can have a go.

#Pounderland Bike Light Hack

#Pounderland Bike Light Hack

Turn a bike light into a controller for a string of LEDs, all for less than £3!

#Pounderland LED Star

#Pounderland LED Star

Hack the halls with Pounderland gadgets..tra la la.... I popped to the Poundland sale and got 75% off an LED star...ready for hacking!

Poundland Hack - Sound Reactive Christmas LEDs

Poundland Hack - Sound Reactive Christmas LEDs

Make Christmas dance to your beat...well ok make your Christmas lights flash to the beat of your music.

Poundland Surprises!

Poundland Surprises!

Need a LiPo battery and boost converter? Got £1? Then go to Poundland and give this a go.

Tooling Tuesday - #pounderland special

Tooling Tuesday - #pounderland special

Take apart a Poundland amplifier / speaker...it only costs a quid...honest!

Friday Fun: Hacking a Toy Car With 4Duino

Friday Fun: Hacking a Toy Car With 4Duino

Disclaimer: These boards were provided by 4tronix for the purpose of the blog post. This isn't a "review" as such, but you can be assured that the comments that I make are not influenced in any way. I will point out the good and bad openly

Friday Fun: Radio Controlled micro:bit Pumpkin 🎃

Friday Fun: Radio Controlled micro:bit Pumpkin 🎃

It's nearly Halloween! The night when creatures of pure evil roam the land, seeking their next victim! No brains were harmed...or found during the creation of this photo So... How can we scare them away? There are lots of evil spirits in this picture, can you find

Friday Fun: Poundland Edition

Friday Fun: Poundland Edition

It'ssssss Pounderland! So today I popped into my local Poundland to look for stuff which I can hack into a time machine project for tomorrow. I found a few bits and pieces. * Solar powered LED bulbs * Slug barrier tape * Mice * Tripod for phone camera * KITT the car from

Have Yourself A WS2812B Christmas

Have Yourself A WS2812B Christmas

I have an addiction to WS2812B "Neopixels", those super bright multi colour LEDs that work with almost every micro controller / computer. I recently purchased some from eBay to see if they were any good. I purchased a two 16 pixel rings. And a 24 pixel ring for less

Walking in a Winter Pounder Land

Walking in a Winter Pounder Land

I popped into Poundland today and had a look around for stuff to hack. Electronics First up, LED lights! I chose some Christmas trees and some blue spiral lights. Both take 3V in the form of 2 x AA batteries, but you can snip the battery box off and use

The "Essentials" Soldering Kit

The "Essentials" Soldering Kit

Disclaimer - This kit was provided free of charge by CPC I love soldering! I only learnt to solder about 2-3 years ago, but since then I have enjoyed the hobby. Yes even the bits where I botch something up! Soldering is a basic maker skill and essential for those