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About the Prusa 3D printers

Facilities 3D Printing

We operate a number of Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) 3D printers. 3x Prusa i3 MK3S+ 3x Prusa...

Updated 9 months ago by Matt Jarvis

Hackspaces & Services

Physical Computing

Here are a list of places around London that can help in production of your projects. Jump to: La...

Updated 9 months ago by Matt Jarvis

Buildings and Spaces

Facilities

CCI is spread across multiple buildings along Peckham Road, South London. You can see the locatio...

Updated 10 months ago by Tom Lynch

Adding a Processing Library

Creative Code How To Guides

Processing libraries allow us to use code other people have written within the Processing environ...

Updated 1 year ago by agnes cameron

Safety

Facilities Laser Cutter

The laser cutter while generally quite safe to use when operated correctly, however it can be a d...

Updated 1 year ago by Tom Lynch

Ruby: Produce Screen

Facilities Laser Cutter

On this screen you can see the queued jobs and monitor their progress remotely. This is useful if...

Updated 1 year ago by Tom Lynch

Focusing the laser

Facilities Laser Cutter

Once your material has been put in, you need to focus the laser beam onto the surface of the mate...

Updated 1 year ago by Tom Lynch

Running a job

Facilities Laser Cutter

Once you've designed, prepared and queued up your job it will appear on the touch screen ready to...

Updated 1 year ago by Tom Lynch

Who can use the laser cutter?

Facilities Laser Cutter

Only people in the following groups of students and staff are permitted to use the laser cutter a...

Updated 1 year ago by Tom Lynch

Knitting With Conductive Yarn

Facilities Digital Knitting Machine

Knitting is a really versatile and flexible way to integrate sensors and other conductive materia...

Updated 1 year ago by agnes cameron

Using a Sparkfun MP3 Trigger

Physical Computing How To Guides

The MP3 trigger is a board made by Sparkfun electronics that provides a way to play MP3 files fro...

Updated 1 year ago by Tom Lynch

Using an MPR121 capacitive touch sensor

Physical Computing How To Guides

The MPR121 is a tiny microchip formerly manufactured by NXP, now under Resurgent Semiconductor, i...

Updated 1 year ago by Matt Jarvis

What is on the electronics bench?

Facilities Soldering & Electronics Bench

There are a number of electronics benches available with soldering facilities as described above...

Updated 1 year ago by Tom Lynch

Where to buy materials & parts

Physical Computing

Electronics, componants Bigger Shops - large and often complex catalogues Supplier Material We...

Updated 1 year ago by Tom Lynch

How to connect a Light Dependent Resistor (LDR)

Physical Computing How To Guides

An LDR or Light Dependent Resistor is a component which restricts how much power can flow through...

Updated 1 year ago by Tom Lynch

Useful learning resources

Physical Computing

Books Getting Started With Arduino 3rd Edition by Massimo Banzi and Michael Shiloh A short and ...

Updated 1 year ago by Matt Jarvis

How to install Arduino libraries

Physical Computing How To Guides

Arduino libraries are collections of code that are designed to provide additional, reusable funct...

Updated 1 year ago by Tom Lynch

Powering an Arduino

Physical Computing How To Guides

Here is some resources about powering Arduino or other electronic projects: General How to powe...

Updated 1 year ago by Tom Lynch

Making sounds with a piezo

Physical Computing How To Guides

'Piezo' normally refers to an electrical component which can be used to make sound, however more ...

Updated 1 year ago by Tom Lynch

Using a Sparkfun Sound Detector

Physical Computing How To Guides

The Sound Detector is a board made by Sparkfun electronics that provides a way to detect ambient ...

Updated 1 year ago by Tom Lynch