Arduino Starter Kit Roundup (2024)
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In this episode we compare the four Arduino Starter Kits we unboxed and reviewed this month. For more detailed information on each, see our previous episodes below, and you’ll find the companion articles at https://TheAutomationBlog.com/maker.
1 – Unboxing The Official Arduino Starter Kit (2024): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBD3x6-MgiA
2 – Building Projects from the Official Arduino Starter Kit (2024): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-sUl5lSEV0
3 – Smraza Arduino Starter Kit First Look: $20 and a Dream (2024) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh4pJa1xmX8
4 – Sunfounder’s Uno R4 Elite Explorer Arduino Starter Kit (2024): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuOPuGqPtPo
5 – Elegoo’s ‘Most Complete’ Arduino Starter Kit (2024): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmbu9iRZqgI
6 – Arduino Starter Kit Roundup (2024): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SuZRa4_m3A.
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I bought the Sunfounder kit. Tons of items in it. I was not impressed with the breadboard. Connections were sketchy at best.
DON’T get a starter kit. NEVER. Good ones don’t exist. Make one yourself by combining items on a webshop from an in your country seller. Key ingredients: Arduino Leonardo (not UNO), a I2C VA LCD or I2C OLED display, not the junk white-on-blue with I2C hunchback displays, they suck more than anything that has sucked before, and some quality sensors/modules, like a BMP 085, an RTC, a time-of-flight distance/guesture sensor, a neopixel module, prototype board and a bunch of jumper cables and a male/female band cables. NEVER LEDs and resistors! If you want to rage-quit your hobby on day one, start with LED projects….
I still like the official kit, as a beginner with no experience in electronics or engineering, it’s genuinely the most straightforward path
Thanks
I purchased one if these this week and there is no manual with the kit!