SainSmart UNO R3 Starter Kit With 16 Basic Arduino Tutorial Reviews

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This kit comes with all the components you need to start learning Arduino and open source hardware development. The problem I had with this kit is that it came with no instructions. I ended up having to do some searches to find the documentation and 16 example projects. Eventually I found them at the Sain Smart website, available on this page:

After getting the instructions, programming was a breeze and everything worked as described. There are a couple of things that I would do to this kit to give it a 5 star rating:

1) The wire assortment doesn't contain very many long wires so its hard to use the entire space of the breadboard.

2) The LCD does not come with header pins. You will have to solder your own pins.

3) Some of the examples/tutorials use parts that are not included with this kit.

Other than those things, I think this is a good kit for a beginner.

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This is my first experience with OpenSource hardware. I must say this kit, is pretty cool. It has everything to get you started and is easy to learn. Even my 5 year old was interested in learning about the Arduino. The SainSmart kit is a good value for any beginner.

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It is a nice kit! Very helpful seller with great communication. Looking forward to completing all of the tutorials. Had issues but they were quickly resolved. Have trouble connecting the power supply, it appears that the inside of the plug is too small to fit. Trying to make it work though.

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The instructions (which you have to download from the site, they arent included in the kit) are barely english. Also the instructions will show you how to wire a project and includes the coding for each project, but it doesnt explain WHY to wire it that way or WHY to code it that way. Its more of a 'have already started kit' as opposed to a starter kit.

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This is an excellent educational tool to learning electronic programming which can lead to robotic programming, the goal for my students. The breadboard is large, there are plenty of wires and leds to get started. Everything arrived quickly. One minor point: one of the hinges of the storage box everything comes in was crack so the box doesn't close perfectly. If I was a kid receiving this I would have been more disappointed but plan to upgrade to a larger "tool" box in the future.