ELEGOOUNO R3 Project Most Complete Starter Kit with Tutorial Compatible with Arduino IDE (200+ Components)

I was looking for an Arduino clone starter kit and considered many options. I’m an Electrical Engineer with 15+ years experience designing, manufacturing and testing space flight electrical hardware for satellites. I have a very high standard for quality and was hesitant to purchase this kit due to its low price and my fears that it would be total junk. However, I figured the price was so darn low that even if it turned out to be junk, it wouldn’t be a huge waste. Wow, am I glad I bought this!First, the set arrives in a very useful organizer. I found this to be a really nice feature and helps save time when searching for parts to build each different project.Upon initial inspection, the quality of each component appeared very acceptable. Definitely low-quality parts — as you’d rightfully expect at this price point — but certainly no where near “junk” quality. By low-quality, I’m referring to mostly the solder quality, but also the individual piece-parts used in the assemblies are your standard Chinese low-grade parts. Some soldered parts were installed misaligned and some PCB assemblies still had visible contamination on them from inadequate washing. Again, this is all to be expected at this price point and so far, I was very pleased. The real test is if everything worked...I completed all the tutorials and found the instructions very easy to follow. A CD is included in the kit, which supposedly contains all the required software, tutorials and datasheets. My laptop doesn’t have a CD ROM drive so I downloaded everything on the Elegoo website. That’s probably the best option anyway — that way, you know you are using the latest versions of everything. The datasheets were a nice-to-have, although some of them were not as detailed as they should be. Still useful nonetheless. The tutorial manual was clearly written — it’s definitely not poorly translated Chinese-to-English like I expected. It’s entirely written in clear English. In some places, I wish it did a better job explaining the code and syntax, but honestly, that’s something Google can handle. Every tutorial was completed easily and I discovered only one technical mistake: the tutorial on DC motor control omitted a ground jumper between the Arduino board and the breadboard/motor controller board. Consequently, the control signal logic levels were not correctly referenced to the same ground potential on both boards. The motor did not respond correctly at first but some quick troubleshooting lead me to add the ground connection and everything worked flawlessly after that. I’ve tested every component in the kit now and everything works as intended. I’m a little bit surprised at this but very, VERY happy.This kit has been a ton of fun to play with. It’s perfect for anyone wanting to get started with Arduinos. It has so many different cool components that this will keep you entertained and get your creative juices flowing. I highly recommend it!

This is a great complete starter kit. I bought it and tried every single project. Everything works great. It includes code for each project including the wiring diagram. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who is interested in Electronics projects.

I haven't made a lot of use of this yet, but I have been impressed with the quality of the equipment and the good documentation. Definitely a great learning resource.

I bought this as I really wanted to get into microelectronics, and it was cheap enough. For ~$50 it does give you mostly all you need. Be warned though, the parts are not high quality. You're paying for the diversity, not the build material. The parts are VERY flimsy, and you would probably be better off getting a PI5. However; for beginners its good.

I recently enrolled to study mechatronics. This Arduino kit was recommended to me because it's complete and ideal for any apprentice. It has all the necessary components to do the exercises. Just as it was recommended to me, I want others to know about the qualities of this product, as it would help more people make a decision

The media could not be loaded. This gift was an instant hit with my teenage grandson. We worked together on it. He loved learning about coding and robotics. This is truly a complete kit with all types of projects using sensors, motors and abundant tutorials. It is an excellent value.

Great way to learn how to use an arduino. Includes a lot of sensors and stuff to mess with. The code also gives a good base to learn what is doing what, although I wish there was more comments explaining what was going on. The booklet drops explaining code very quickly. More of a hardware tutorial.

Purchased for my husband, Chris, so he'll do the review:Hi, Chris here ;) I love this kit. More importantly, students love this kit. So many quality components in a well organized, yet compact case (with a small case inside for smaller parts). Many thanks for selecting metal film resistors in taped packaging, by the way(!). The Arduino UNO R3 unit features printed headers and board, with high quality, fully compatible build. A solid value, made even better with the free LED offer (and occasional discount codes - check Amazon's coupon offers, and Elegoo's social media).Elegoo support is friendly and eager to ensure you have a satisfied experience.Some minor shortcomings. Some of the test jumpers ends were bent, and there could definitely be a few more longer jumper wires (grab their Elegoo EL-CP-004 120pcs Multicolored Dupont Wire kit and split off as needed). The header printing did an admirable job versus sweaty hands, but eventually most printing vanished (board is printed though).The book and projects are surprisingly good. Lesson 27, 74HC595 and 7 Segment Display, is missing a ground jumper on pin 8 of the 74HC595 of the Wiring Diagram (it's in the schematic and example). Probably fine, but thought I would point it out since a student and I noticed it when checking our wiring back to the schematic.Oh, I would also grab the Elegoo EL-CB-003 MEGA 2560, or get that kit (Elegoo EL-KIT-008 Mega 2560 Project The Most Complete Ultimate Starter Kit). You may eventually want more IO ports and memory, that the MEGA 2560 provides.