BoomBox and new PIC kits

Today I pressed the production button and Kitronik will be able to supply you with BoomBoxes for the end of June. (see details at www.ajbox.co.uk )

Your school / college may have recieved a flyer from Kitronik already which also features the new Circuit Wizard PIC system, Pic Genie.

I have been experimenting with this (free to all registered users) updated version of Circuit Wizard and can report it is an excellent product. There are already at least 3 competing educational systems out there for schools wishing to do PIC, but the sheer rock solid integration of PIC into Circuit Wizard, including full real time simulation, programming and side by side running the flow chart (windowed) and PCB to see what is actually going on, is unbeatable in my opinion, and gives far greater accesibility with amazing possibilities for teaching electronics at all levels.

In fact, I was so impressed, have developed a new PIC Genie project for schools which will be launched this September in the main Kitronik catalogue. It is an innovative new project, one of three PIC projects I am presently developing, applying PIC technology in innovative ways to create kits and projects students will actually want to own...
. In September you will be able to buy the first kit, use Circuit Wizard or the imminient free programmer for Genie to program it, and run simulations on screen of the circuit for teaching. You will also get my trademark very high quality teaching resources free so you won't feel that you have to wade through a 64 page manual (You know who I am talking about!) to find out how to use it effectively.

Many schools see PIC as a bit of a black art when in reality it can be easier than setting up a 555 timer, and if it hasn't felt that easy so far, then Circuit Wizard and the new kits from Kitronik should change all that for all schools.