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
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
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
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
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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Code Club Book of Scratch - Volume 1
SKU: RP-MAG16 | Brand: Raspberry Pi Ltd
The first ever Code Club book is here! With it, you'll learn how to code using Scratch, the block-based programming language. In each chapter you’ll find instructions to build cool games, animations, an...
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Coding for Beginners: Using Scratch (Spiral bound)
SKU: LB-1409599353 | Brand: Little Bird
An introduction to coding for complete beginners, this friendly and accessible book will teach children the basics of Scratch (a free, online programme developed by MIT which is widely used in primary schools), allowi...
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Makey Makey by Sandy Ng
SKU: LB-00337 | Brand: Little Bird
Makey Makey by Sandy Ng introduces students to the art of innovation through the Makey Makey kit — a device that turns everyday objects into touchpads that control your computer's keyboard. Through detailed explanatio...
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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...
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Practical Raspberry Pi
SKU: LB-00107 | Brand: Little Bird
Practical Raspberry Pi takes you quickly through the hardware and software basics of the Raspberry Pi. Author Brendan Horan then gets you started on a series of fun and practical projects, including a simple temperatu...
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Learn to Solder : Tools and Techniques for Assembling Electronics
SKU: LB-1449337244 | Brand: Little Bird
Learn to Solder is a concise, beginner-friendly guide from the MAKE series that covers the fundamentals of soldering for electronics assembly. From workspace preparation and component identification through to making ...
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