Note: This product has been replaced by the newer , which includes an Arduino-compatible SparkFun RedBoard and a plastic storage case that holds all the parts of the kit.
Arduino Inventor’s Kit printed guide. |
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Arduino Inventor’s Kit breadboard-overlay cards. |
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Overview
The Arduino Inventor’s Kit (AIK) from SparkFun Electronics and Oomlout is a box of goodies to get the very beginner started with programmable electronics. It includes everything you need to build 14 basic circuits, and no soldering is required! An included 40-page booklet guides you through the construction of each project, and each project has a breadboard-overlay card that shows you exactly where each circuit component goes on your breadboard. The guide will show a complete novice how to use the included to:
- Blink LEDs
- Control a toy motor
- Control a servo
- Make (bad) music
- Respond to buttons
- Read a volume knob
- Detect ambient light
- Measure temperature
- Control large loads with a relay
- Mix LED colors
- Read a flex sensor
- Read a softpot
These tasks are fundamental building blocks of typical electronics projects. Once these concepts are mastered, you can use simple recombinations to achieve some very impressive projects.
For those already somewhat comfortable with electronics, we also offer the , which includes an Arduino-compatible RedBoard and a multitude of sensors and indicators to get you started in the wonderful world of embedded electronics and is a great gift for beginners and weathered professionals alike.
The Arduino Uno included with this kit could be either the or . The two versions are functionally identical, differing only in the AVR package.
Arduino Uno DIP edition. |
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Arduino Uno SMD edition. |
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Included Components
- Printed 40-page guide (in color)
- 14 printed breadboard-overlay cards (in color)
- Clear 400-pt
- 74HC595 shift register
- 2N2222 transistors
- 1N4001 diodes
- DC with leads
- Small
- 5V relay
- TMP36 temperature sensor
- Flex sensor
- Softpot
- 6’ USB A-to-B cable
- Photocell
- Tri-color LED
- Red and green
- 10K potentiometer
- Piezo
- 12mm
- 330Ω and 10KΩ resistors
- for connections without soldering
- 0.1" breakaway
This kit is recommended for beginners ages 10 and up. No soldering is required.
If you want to make any of the above Arduino projects wireless, please consider adding in our .
Note: SparkFun calls this product the “SparkFun Inventor’s Kit,” SKU: KIT-10173.
