ELEGOO UNO R3 Project The Most Complete Ultimate Starter Kit Compatible with Arduino IDE with Tutorial

A great little starter kit this is my second kit

Ok

Overall this is great, but for me, I found that it was missing a few tricks. Firstly ,the box is a bit too small for all the components when you get into using it and scrabbling around for the bits and bobs, the IC's are unreadable making it very hard to read, so you are not sure which one you have? It really should be white ink. The resistors are tiny - making the colour banding very hard to read - and once you have removed them from the strips you can't get them back in - so you end up with a mish mash, and trying to identify a 220-ohm or 1 k-ohm is rough.Lastly, the manual is on CD? Really - who has a CD these days which means you have to download it from the internet. OK, I realise we all have the internet these days, but following a tutorial on the same PC as you are coding from and having to switch windows constantly is a bit tiring.The tutorials need checking too, as some of them are contradictory, with the text not agreeing with the schematics etc... It also has no tools, a small wire cutter, more cables so you can actually wire the circuits as shown as you are not given certain colours as shown in the pictures, and why is the ribbon cable for M-F a ribbon cable? All we are going to do is rip it apart into single strands as soon as we hit a project that needs it.Just annoying little things, I have a PI4 with a similar kit which is much more professionally packaged, so maybe I am being unfair in comparing a kit costing double. You get what you pay for I guess, and it's not a bad kit, it's just not AS enjoyable as a similar kit. You could do worse, but expect to "maybe" run into a few frustrating moments on your journey into STEM

Great product - really happy with this purchase. Great introduction to Arduino. The board is fully compatible with the Arduino IDE (I wasn't sure how that would work when purchasing - all works great).The kit comes with a set of tutorials and code samples. Dvd in the box, but I downloaded from their website. We are still running through the lessons - it was easier to get the IDE communicating with the board than I expected.Cord included to connect to the board requires USB A... If you have a modern Mac you may need to get get a USB A to USB C converter.Still loads to learn and experiment with. This kit has been a great way to start out and get some fundamentals figured out... Very happy this is what I chose as a starting point - a solid foundation.

Comes with everything you would ever need to learn and have fun aswell as in depth documentation and tutorials.

Nice project

The Uno R3 Project Box is a great option for anyone wanting to get into electronics and the Arduino. All of the components seem to be of good quality, although there were two components which had slightly bent pins but nothing that caused a problem and were easily straightened with no negative effect on the component itself.I bought the product with one specific project in mind although now I have all of the components I have thought of plenty of other projects to do.The only very minor issue I have come across so far is that the cd did not read in my drive, but that could well be either a one-off or an issue with my drive. This is not a problem though, as everything on the CD is also provided on the Elegoo website.The PDF guide seems well written and provides enough information to at least get started, covering installing the Arduino IDE, required drivers and connecting the UNO R3 to your PC. In all honesty, I haven't followed through and completed all of the tutorials. That said, having looked through them, they do cover some information that isn't necessarily self-explanatory, such as covering the usage of breadboards, resistors, schematics, wiring diagrams and Pulse Width Modulation. I think it's a good resource that would come in handy for reference should you need it. I would say that whomever wrote the PDF enjoyed doing so and gives a good amount of information on each of the points. It's easy to understand and well-written.Also included on the cd/download are the required libraries for using some of the additional modules and components so you will need to grab them and follow he instructions on the PDF for adding the libraries to your Arduino IDE.As this isn't included in the product listing above, here is a component listComponent listing:-- 5pcs White LED-- 5pcs Yellow LED-- 5pcs Blue LED-- 5pcs Green LED-- 5pcs Red LED-- 1pcs RGB LED-- 5pcs 22pf Ceramic Capacitor-- 5pcs 104 Ceramic Capacitor-- 2pcs Photoresistor-- 1pcs Thermistor-- 5pcs Diode Rectifier (1N4007)-- 2pcs Electrolytic Capacitor (10UF 50V)-- 2pcs Electrolytic Capacitor (100UF 50V)-- 5pcs NPN Transistor (PN2222)-- 5pcs NPN Transistor (S8050)-- 1pcs Tilt Switch-- 5pcs Button (small)-- 1pcs 1 digit 7-segment Display-- 1pcs 4 digit 7-segment Display-- 1pcs Sound Sensor Module-- 1pcs LCD1602 Module ( with pin header)-- 1pcs IC L293D-- 1pcs IC 74HC595-- 1pcs Active Buzzer-- 1pcs Passive Buzzer-- 1pcs RTC Module-- 1pcs DHT11 Temperature and Humidity Module-- 2pcs Potentiometer-- 1pcs Rotary Encoder Module-- 1pcs Joystick Module-- 1pcs Keypad Module-- 1pcs 5V Relay-- 1pcs IR Receiver Module-- 1pcs UNO R3 Controller Board-- 1pcs Breadboard-- 1pcs Servo Motor (SG90)-- 1pcs Stepper Motor-- 1pcs ULN2003 Stepper Motor Driver Board-- 1pcs Prototype Expansion-- 1pcs Power Supply Module-- 1pcs HC-SR501 PIR Motion Sensor-- 1pcs Ultrasonic Sensor-- 1pcs ADXL335 Module-- 1pcs 3V Servo Motor-- 1pcs MAX7219 Module-- 1pcs Remote-- 1pcs 9V 1A Power Supply-- 1pcs 65 Jumper Wire-- 1pcs Water Lever Sensor-- 1pcs USB Cable-- 1pcs 9V Battery with DC-- 1pcs RC522 RFID Module-- 10pcs Resistor (10R)-- 10pcs Resistor (100R)-- 10pcs Resistor (220R)-- 10pcs Resistor (330R)-- 10pcs Resistor (1K)-- 10pcs Resistor (2K)-- 10pcs Resistor (5K1)-- 10pcs Resistor (10K)-- 10pcs Resistor (100K)-- 10pcs Resistor (1M)-- 20pcs Female-to-male Dupont Wire(This list is taken from the Elegoo UNO R3 product page)