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About the Prusa 3D printers
We operate a number of Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) 3D printers. 3x Prusa i3 MK3S+ 3x Prusa...
Hackspaces & Services
Here are a list of places around London that can help in production of your projects. Jump to: La...
Buildings and Spaces
CCI is spread across multiple buildings along Peckham Road, South London. You can see the locatio...
Adding a Processing Library
Processing libraries allow us to use code other people have written within the Processing environ...
Safety
The laser cutter while generally quite safe to use when operated correctly, however it can be a d...
Ruby: Produce Screen
On this screen you can see the queued jobs and monitor their progress remotely. This is useful if...
Focusing the laser
Once your material has been put in, you need to focus the laser beam onto the surface of the mate...
Running a job
Once you've designed, prepared and queued up your job it will appear on the touch screen ready to...
Who can use the laser cutter?
Only people in the following groups of students and staff are permitted to use the laser cutter a...
Knitting With Conductive Yarn
Knitting is a really versatile and flexible way to integrate sensors and other conductive materia...
Using a Sparkfun MP3 Trigger
The MP3 trigger is a board made by Sparkfun electronics that provides a way to play MP3 files fro...
Using an MPR121 capacitive touch sensor
The MPR121 is a tiny microchip formerly manufactured by NXP, now under Resurgent Semiconductor, i...
What is on the electronics bench?
There are a number of electronics benches available with soldering facilities as described above...
Where to buy materials & parts
Electronics, componants Bigger Shops - large and often complex catalogues Supplier Material We...
How to connect a Light Dependent Resistor (LDR)
An LDR or Light Dependent Resistor is a component which restricts how much power can flow through...
Useful learning resources
Books Getting Started With Arduino 3rd Edition by Massimo Banzi and Michael Shiloh A short and ...
How to install Arduino libraries
Arduino libraries are collections of code that are designed to provide additional, reusable funct...
Powering an Arduino
Here is some resources about powering Arduino or other electronic projects: General How to powe...
Making sounds with a piezo
'Piezo' normally refers to an electrical component which can be used to make sound, however more ...
Using a Sparkfun Sound Detector
The Sound Detector is a board made by Sparkfun electronics that provides a way to detect ambient ...