Programming Guides
Browse our range of programming guides, coding books, and reference materials for makers, students, and hobbyists across Australia. From beginner-friendly introductions to advanced topics covering microcontrollers, game development, and sensor networks, you'll find resources to support your next project.
Whether you're teaching STEM in the classroom, learning to code at home, or levelling up your maker skills, these guides cover popular platforms like Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Python, and Scratch. Fast shipping available Australia-wide.
The Pi-Hole Smart Book
SKU: LB-PIHOLEBOOK | Brand: Little Bird
Transform your digital experience with our interactive guide to Pi-hole, the powerful network-wide ad blocking solution. Perfect for both beginners and networking enthusiasts, this digital book makes securing y...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Code the Classics Volume II
SKU: RP-MAG74 | Brand: Raspberry Pi Ltd
Code the Classics Volume II is a hands-on guide to recreating iconic 1980s video games while learning the fundamentals of game development. Written by Andrew Gillett with contributions from Raspberry Pi co-founder Ebe...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Programming the Pico: Learn Coding & Electronics w/ the Pico
SKU: AF-5320 | Brand: Adafruit
This book will teach you Python programming and some basic electronics without assuming any prior knowledge of either subject. The book initially focuses on Python programming, building up a Morse Code example using t...
Delivered by Thu 2 Jul
Code the Classics Volume 1
SKU: RP-MAG30 | Brand: Raspberry Pi Ltd
This stunning 224-page hardback book not only tells the stories of some of the seminal video games of the 1970s and 1980s, but shows you how to create your own games inspired by them using Python and Pygame Zero, f...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Book of Making 2025
SKU: RP-MAG84 | Brand: Raspberry Pi Ltd
Step into the exciting world of making with Book of Making 2025, brought to you by the creators of HackSpace (now part of The MagPi magazine). This book is packed with a curated collection of the best projects, tutori...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Programming the Raspberry Pi: Getting Started with Python [Second Edition]
SKU: AF-1089 | Brand: Adafruit
Program your own Raspberry Pi projects!An updated guide to programming your own Raspberry Pi projects. Learn to create inventive programs and fun games on your powerful Raspberry Pi--with no programming experience req...
Delivered by Thu 2 Jul
Sew Electric
SKU: SF-BOK-12019 | Brand: SparkFun
If you’re interested in interactive toys, smart accessories, or light-up fashions, this book is for you! Sew Electric is a set of hands-on LilyPad Arduino tutorials that bring together craft, electronics, and programm...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
SparkFun Inventor's Kit Guidebook - v4.1a
SKU: SF-BOK-15884 | Brand: SparkFun
The full-color SparkFun Inventor's Kit Guidebook V4.1a contains step by step instructions with circuit diagrams and hookup tables for building each project and circuit. Full example code is provided, new concepts and ...
Delivered by Tue 23 Jun
Make: mBot for Makers
SKU: LB-MBOTBOOK | Brand: Little Bird
The mBot robotics platform is a hugely popular kit because of the quality of components and price. With hundreds of thousands of these kits out there in homes, schools and makerspaces, there is much untapped potential...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
30 Arduino Projects for the Evil Genius
SKU: TB-BM7134 | Brand: Little Bird
A hands-on project book by Simon Monk featuring 30 practical Arduino-based builds. Each project includes component lists and step-by-step instructions, taking you from basic circuits through to more advanced builds us...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Bots! Robotics Engineering with Hands-On Makerspace Activities - By Kathy Ceceri
SKU: AF-4348 | Brand: Adafruit
We are very excited to carry a new book by Adafruit Learning System author and maker Kathy Ceceri! Robots are everywhere! They vacuum our houses, work in our factories, help us learn at school, and play with...
Delivered by Thu 2 Jul
Raspberry Pi User Guide, 4th Edition
SKU: PI-BK0114 | Brand: Pimoroni
Learn the Raspberry Pi 3 from the experts! Raspberry Pi User Guide, 4th Edition is the "unofficial official" guide to everything Raspberry Pi 3. Written by the Pi's creator and a leading Pi guru, this book goes straig...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Getting Started with Adafruit FLORA
SKU: AF-1839 | Brand: Adafruit
Making Wearables with an Arduino-Compatible Electronics PlatformThis book introduces readers to building wearable electronics projects using Adafruit's tiny FLORA board: at 4.4 grams, and only 1.75 inches in diameter...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Electrical Engineering 101 - (3rd Edition)
SKU: SF-BOK-09458 | Brand: SparkFun
Everything you should have learned in school, but probably didn’t! This book is great for electronics newbies, or if you just need a refresher course. Topics ranging from Ohm’s law to proper usage of an oscilloscope t...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Sensor Projects with Raspberry Pi : Internet of Things and Digital Image Processing
SKU: LB-1484252985 | Brand: Little Bird
A hands-on guide to building IoT and image processing projects with the Raspberry Pi. Starting with simple sensor circuits, the book progressively introduces cloud connectivity, real-time alerts, and computer vision —...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Adventures in Raspberry Pi, 3rd Edition
SKU: PI-BK0102 | Brand: Pimoroni
A fun, project-based guide to learning programming on the Raspberry Pi, written for kids aged 11–15 with no experience required. Author Carrie Anne Philbin (Director of Education at the Raspberry Pi Foundation) walks ...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Easy Electronics by Charles Platt
SKU: AF-3716 | Brand: Adafruit
Can we find a more concise, more colorfully illustrated handbook than Make: Easy Electronics by Charles Platt? Doubtful. We carry a number of his more advanced guidebooks, but this 50-page volume really simplifies the...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Class
SKU: SF-BOK-12006 | Brand: SparkFun
A guide for educators on bringing the maker movement into K–12 classrooms. The book explores how 3D printing, robotics, programming, wearable computing, and Arduino can combine with hands-on learning traditions to tur...
Delivered by Fri 12 Jun
The Official Raspberry Pi Beginner's Guide 4th Ed
SKU: RP-MAG38 | Brand: Raspberry Pi Ltd
Fully updated for Raspberry Pi 400, Raspberry Pi 4, and the latest software, this 252-page official Raspberry Pi book is crammed with projects and beginner’s guides containing all the information you need to get st...
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The Official Raspberry Pi Beginner's Guide
SKU: RP-MAG22 | Brand: Raspberry Pi Ltd
Learn how to Set up your Raspberry Pi, install the operating system, and start using this fully functional computer Start coding projects, with step-by-step guides using the Scratch and Python programming languages Ex...
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