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The DFPlayer Mini is a small (cheap!) and flexible mp3 player unit that can be controlled via an Arduino. Unless you have a specific need for a 'trigger' function (where individual tracks are tripped using specific linked buttons) it's a nifty alternative to t...

One of the most useful features in Ruby is the ability to automatically create a repeating grid from your design as a job. Trotec call this a Design Array, but you might also call it a grid, matrix or repeat. When making a simple design like our key chain one ...

This is the written version of an embroidery workshop in the CCI, and can either accompany the live workshop or be worked through by itself. As we go through the exercises, it's a good idea to have the PEmbroider Cheat Sheet open in a tab for reference. These ...

(a.k.a. GitHub Enterprise for UAL) GitHub provides a version of its version control platform for big organisations, such as us, and is a separate entity to GitHub.com. In order to access this ‘enterprise’ version from VS Code, we need to create an access token...

Our buildings are usually staffed from 9 am to 6 pm, Monday to Friday term time. End of Term ClosureAll buildings are closed outside of term time, and therefore students cannot work in the building outside of the library and learning zone areas, without except...

Any material box makers: https://www.instructables.com/The-Ultimate-Guide-to-Laser-cut-Box-Generators/ For cardbord boxes: https://www.templatemaker.nl/en/ For any other boxes https://en.makercase.com

UAL has a wide range of technical resources built to serve the learning outcomes of the courses in each college, to ensure these resources are available to the students who need it those resources are restricted to certain courses. table {font-size: 9pt;} ...

These are instructions for doing this on a mac -- there are a few extra steps which might be a lot less hassle to do on windows but I haven't tried. If you're a student reading this, chances are you don't have an Atmel-ICE programmer to hand: if you're having...

Soft robotics is a branch of robotics that makes use of compliant (e.g. soft, stretchy, flexible) rather than rigid materials. These kinds of robots are particularly useful in applications involving people and other fragile objects, and they are of particular ...

Have you bought a component that was poor quality, broken or ineffective? Let us know and we can post it here so this doesn't happen to anyone else. Top tip -- go to the ORB catalogue and search for components, if you click the link you can see what we buy. Se...

We have the 42BYGHM809 Stepper motors with the TB6600 Stepper motor microstep driver to the Arduino using the BasicStepperDriver.h library. Connect the stepper and driver as shown: Download and install the driver to arduino from here. (If you need help, c...

A common way to run classes at the CCI is for your lecturer to manage homework through a main git repository that they update with new files weekly, and ask you to make a fork of it to complete the work. Once you have a fork of the repository set up properly, ...

We have a number of small 5V air pumps and silicone tubing available for students to borrow for small-scale inflatable projects, which include the single and inflate-deflate air pump control. These can't fill a lot of space, so for inflatables larger than abou...

The CCI has a small number of Adafruit RTL-SDR software defined radios. These can be used to tune into AM and FM radio bands (like a normal radio), but also to decode other kinds of data sent over radio. If you're a mac user, Adafruit has a useful guide to us...

There are a number of different courses at CCI with different modes of study, obviously students studying on fully online courses will need a reliable internet connection, however since the pandemic video calling has become a part of every course as it allows ...

This information was updated in Autumn 2025 for the 2025-26 academic year. You can see a list of course-specific information on the Recommended Kit List page. ❌ Chromebook, Android Tablet We do not recommend students purchase these products because they usuall...

We have several AirGradient indoor and outdoor air quality sensors at the Greencoat building, which log data every 30 seconds via MQTT and are available to students and staff who want to access this data. MQTT Server The MQTT server sits at mqtt.cci.arts.ac.uk...