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Which Arduino kit to purchase first?

garythomas
garythomas over 6 years ago

I'm looking to purchase my first Arduino Ono board with a kit. I think I want a kit??

 

I found this awesome community and thought it would be a great idea to join. I've watched countless videos, and I'm ready to jump in, but where do I start?

I've been to this store, the org/cc site, Amazon, and Adafruit, and all of them have different kits with different parts.

 

Do I even want a kit, or get the parts separately?
I thought since most of you have been in this for a while, you could recommend whether I should buy a real Arduino or a clone.  A kit or the board and parts... I'm not worried about the cost, I'd just like to do it right the first time.

 

The name brand kit seems pricey for the parts you get compared to the clones, but I don't know.

https://store.arduino.cc/usa/arduino-starter-kit

 

I've seen this one on Amazon too: $34.99

Elegoo EL-KIT-003 UNO Project Super Starter Kit with Tutorial for Arduino 

 

There are kits on Amazon with component boards like: $29.86

ELEGOO Upgraded 37 in 1 Sensor Modules Kit with Tutorial for Arduino UNO R3 MEGA 2560 Nano 2016 new version

 

Sorry to be a noob, but I guess everyone is at one point.

 

Thanks so much!

 

~G

 

EDIT: I ordered the name brand kit from Amazon and I love it.  If I was not already a software developer, I's say the book does a nice job in explaining the coding aspect.  My only wish is that the editor had intellisense. image

Other then that, Arduino is a blast, and I'm so glad I ordered it.

 

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    14rhb over 6 years ago +4 verified
    Hi Gary, Some time ago I undertook a review of that Arduino Starter Kit for E14 Element14's Arduino Starter Kit Competition and from that you should get a good idea of the projects that can be built. I…
  • cutejupiter
    cutejupiter over 6 years ago +4 suggested
    Hi Gray Just purchase the cheap Arduino will be fine, because Arduino is an open source platform anyone can make Arduino compatible boards. I bought 3 pack of Elegoo Arduino kits on Amazon for my personal…
  • garythomas
    garythomas over 6 years ago in reply to 14rhb +4 suggested
    I woke up this morning and I got an email saying I had answers on my question. Thank you all. I'm hoping this might help others in the same boat because there are a slew of kits out there. Rod, I'm reading…
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    0 14rhb over 6 years ago

    Hi Gary,

     

    Some time ago I undertook a review of that Arduino Starter Kit for E14 Element14's Arduino Starter Kit Competition and from that you should get a good idea of the projects that can be built.

     

    I found it a very informative and fun kit to learn from, the provided book was very comprehensive and guided you from the very basics of electronics through a range of really useful building blocks using the Arduino Uno.....from there it is just down to your imagination. There were a few errors in the book and some parts of the kit proved awkward to use but I still recommend it if you can afford the extra cost. I cannot comment on the quality of the cheaper clone kits as I have never seen one - I would imagine the components are of lower quality and maybe you would not get the fantastic book.

     

    Happy Arduino'ing and I look forward to seeing any progress posts you make image

     

    Rod

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    0 garythomas over 6 years ago in reply to 14rhb

    I woke up this morning and I got an email saying I had answers on my question. Thank you all.

     

    I'm hoping this might help others in the same boat because there are a slew of kits out there.

     

    Rod, I'm reading your review at the moment, and I'm thinking I may order an official kit from Amazon for $78.94 as I'm a Prime member.
    If anyone knows of a better place to get it for any reasons, please let me know.

    https://www.amazon.com/Arduino-Starter-Kit-English-Official/dp/B009UKZV0A/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=153615222…

     

    Gigi, Yes I was looking at the Elegoo kit, but some of the the reviews state that the instructions are poorly translated into English.  It might be a nice second package to buy since it has so many parts.

    https://www.amazon.com/Elegoo-Project-Starter-Tutorial-Arduino/dp/B01D8KOZF4/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1498801743…

     

    John that book looks great. Jeremy's videos are top shelf, among all that I have watched. Being a software developer, I like to do my research first.

    I started into electronics when I was in my teens about 40 years ago, and left it for programming. It's going to be hard but exciting learning all over again.

     

    Oh, I also own Arduino for Dummies by John Nussey, and the same title by Brock Craft. (I love the Dummy series and use them to teach with).

     

     

    EDIT: After researching several sources, I purchased the official kit from Amazon to support the developers.

    Reason is I wanted a clean test bed with no connection issues.

    Not that there is anything wrong with the other kit, in fact I plan on buying the Elegoo kit in a few months after I get my feet wet with the official kit.

     

    Gary

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    0 garythomas over 6 years ago in reply to 14rhb

    I woke up this morning and I got an email saying I had answers on my question. Thank you all.

     

    I'm hoping this might help others in the same boat because there are a slew of kits out there.

     

    Rod, I'm reading your review at the moment, and I'm thinking I may order an official kit from Amazon for $78.94 as I'm a Prime member.
    If anyone knows of a better place to get it for any reasons, please let me know.

    https://www.amazon.com/Arduino-Starter-Kit-English-Official/dp/B009UKZV0A/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=153615222…

     

    Gigi, Yes I was looking at the Elegoo kit, but some of the the reviews state that the instructions are poorly translated into English.  It might be a nice second package to buy since it has so many parts.

    https://www.amazon.com/Elegoo-Project-Starter-Tutorial-Arduino/dp/B01D8KOZF4/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1498801743…

     

    John that book looks great. Jeremy's videos are top shelf, among all that I have watched. Being a software developer, I like to do my research first.

    I started into electronics when I was in my teens about 40 years ago, and left it for programming. It's going to be hard but exciting learning all over again.

     

    Oh, I also own Arduino for Dummies by John Nussey, and the same title by Brock Craft. (I love the Dummy series and use them to teach with).

     

     

    EDIT: After researching several sources, I purchased the official kit from Amazon to support the developers.

    Reason is I wanted a clean test bed with no connection issues.

    Not that there is anything wrong with the other kit, in fact I plan on buying the Elegoo kit in a few months after I get my feet wet with the official kit.

     

    Gary

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