ELEGOO UNO R3 Project Super Starter Kit Compatible with Arduino IDE with Tutorial, 5V Relay, UNO R3 Board, Power Supply Module, Servo Motor, Prototype Expansion Board, etc. for Beginner

Rarely do i review a product but i think this deserves one. For under £30.00 this is a great bit of kit. I bought it for my 11 year old daughter who is fairly bright, to give her an insight into coding, computers and electronics. As someone with basic knowledge myself, an ideal thing for both of us to work through together. The principle of the arduino board and kit is that you can write a basic program that "does physical stuff".Rather than doing code on a computer, that runs on a computer and outputs on a computer, writing code on the arduino can turn led lights on and off, motors, sensors etc. Its basic but can be built up to being complicated. With attention spans being short with children, within 20 minutes of opening the box, you should have your first program of blinking an led light on and off by your own code.There is an awful lot of kit in the box and we are trying to work our way through properly and are still on coding led lights, but there are led displays, motors, heat and distance sensors etc etc. and a 164 page manual and all the code done for you if required. However you won't learn that well copy and pasting code, so to get the most out of it, treat it a a learning project and either buy a book or like us, follow a youtube course, there are a lot out there but we are doing some bloke called paul mcwhorter who starts from scratch and builds up through each lesson with about 28 videos. I'm not saying his are the best, but it suits me and my daughter,and its free.As Paul says in his first video, if you can turn an led light on and off, you can do a sensor, a motor, so with those three you could build a basic robot or a weather station or whatever your ideas take. Once we have finished working through Pauls videos, we will then work through the pdf file of all the ones Elegoo provide that use all the products included in the box.So to conclude, the elegoo box has in it almost everything you could want to get you going, it should provide hundreds of hours of fun and frustration and learning to get your projects working for under £30.00. Huge amounts of support are available free online and its relatively simple to get started with some basic computer knowledge and basic practical skills. highly recommended.

this product was faulty and some of the parts were missing (returned to amazon)Updated info:- Elegoo has been in touch with me and sent a complementary sensor kit for me to try. also I have purchased a upgraded kitfrom Elegoo to replace the first one that I had returned, and received a refund. the new kit all works fine (see new review).Elegoo's Customer service has been very good in dealing with my problems (thank you)

I brought this because it was recommended to me by my lecturer at university. For the course I study, Digital Art and Technology, I had to produce a product that had to use a sensor to record some form of data. I went for the larger kit in case I was going to use it later in my degree. Compared to an original Arduino it’s much cheaper and better value. The project I attempted at first was using a webcam to analyse video footage but I instead developed a program that measured distance from the ultra sonic sensor included.PerformanceThis board worked okay with the Arduino software. Sometimes I had to pull it out and plug it in again to get it working which was disruptive to my module. However, this sometimes happens with the original boards so it’s difficult to say if this product was to blame for not working 100% of the time.OverallFor anyone looking for a cheaper option, or to develop an experimental product for either themselves or an educational project this would be a good choice. This pack comes with hundreds of different pieces and accessories which I still am due to use.

You could quibble with some of the components that are included but overall there's a good range of sensors, buttons, lights and motors included to build a huge range of things. Given they're basically commodity components it'd be heading for three or four stars if it weren't for a couple of other things.First, the included guide (on CD and available for download) is good. While obviously translated, it's clear and sufficiently detailed.And secondly, the customer service. My original kit had a few duplicate and a few missing components but emailing support quickly solved that about as painlessly as possible.

This was amazing value, especially when I bought it on Today's Deals at about £23. However, be aware that you do need some computer programming expertise to even get started with this kit. There are comprehensive instruction in a 169 page manual that you have to either print out or read online. The manual is also not quite accurate in some places - or maybe just out of date with the current release of the hardware. What you get for such a low price is just incredible. As well as the Uno controller board you also get : motors, sensors, leds, digital displays, remote control, breadboard, etc.The kit comes in a nice plastic box but there are so many components that it is a tight fit. It would have been a good idea to have a larger box so that the components could be stored in an accessible way rather than having to stuff several components into each compartment.This kit is an excellent introduction to linking computers to the outside world and will keep you busy for a long time!