Adafruit
Adafruit MetroX Classic Kit - Experimentation Kit for Metro
The Adafruit MetroX Classic Kit is a comprehensive experimentation kit with over 20 guided circuits and projects to explore microcontroller basics. Built aro...
The Adafruit MetroX Classic Kit is a comprehensive experimentation kit with over 20 guided circuits and projects to explore microcontroller basics. Built around the Adafruit Metro 328 (Arduino UNO-compatible), this kit covers LEDs, transistors, motors, integrated circuits, pushbuttons, sensors, relays, and more. No soldering required — works with Mac, Windows, and Linux!
The included full-colour printed Experimenter's Guide and 13 breadboard layout sheets walk you through each project step by step, making this an ideal kit for beginners, classrooms, and workshops.
Key Features
- 20+ Guided Projects – Full-colour printed guide with breadboard layout sheets
- No Soldering Required – All circuits built on the included breadboard
- Adafruit Metro 328 Included – ATmega328P-based, Arduino UNO-compatible board
- Cross-Platform – Works with Mac, Windows, and Linux via the Arduino IDE
- Complete Parts Selection – Everything you need to get started immediately
Package Contents
Board & Prototyping:
- 1× Adafruit Metro 328 with headers
- 1× Half-size breadboard with acrylic mounting plate
- 65× Jumper wires
- 1× USB cable
- 1× 9V battery clip with 2.1 mm plug
Modules & Sensors:
- 1× Micro servo
- 1× DC toy motor
- 1× Mini remote control
- 1× 16×2 LCD display with extras
- 1× Force sensitive resistor
- 1× TMP36 temperature sensor
- 1× IR receiver sensor
- 1× Light sensor (HW-5P-1)
- 1× Piezo buzzer
- 1× Headphone jack
Components:
- 1× 10K potentiometer
- 10× Red 5 mm LEDs, 10× Green 5 mm LEDs
- 1× Blue 10 mm LED, 1× RGB LED, 1× IR LED
- 25× 560 ohm resistors, 3× 2.2K resistors, 3× 10K resistors
- 2× 1N4001 diodes, 2× PN2222 transistors
- 1× 74HC595 shift register, 1× 5V relay
- 1× 220 µF electrolytic capacitor
- 2× 12 mm tactile switches
- 3× Extra-long servo pins, 1× 16-pin male header
Documentation:
- 1× Full-colour 32-page Experimenter's Guide
- 13× Colour breadboard layout sheets
Ideal For
- Complete beginners learning electronics and Arduino programming
- Classroom and workshop settings
- Self-paced learning with guided projects
- Anyone wanting a comprehensive Arduino starter kit
Jargon buster
Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- ATmega328P
- An 8-bit microcontroller chip used on many Arduino Uno-compatible boards. Knowing the controller uses an ATmega328P helps you understand its memory, speed, pin compatibility, and the Arduino sketches it can run.
- Headers
- Rows of metal pins used to plug a module into a breadboard or connect it with jumper wires. Pre-soldered headers make the module easier to use straight away without needing to solder the pins yourself.
- IDE
- Short for Integrated Development Environment, a program used to write, run and manage code. It matters because some learners prefer a traditional coding workspace instead of a guided notebook-style lesson.
- LCD
- LCD stands for liquid crystal display, a screen technology that uses a backlight and liquid crystals to show images or text. It matters because LCD modules usually need a display driver and enough controller pins or a bus interface to send image data.
- LED
- A light-emitting diode is a small electronic component that lights up when current flows through it in the correct direction. In this kit, LEDs create the flashing effect, so polarity and correct soldering matter for the project to work.
- microcontroller
- A microcontroller is a small computer on a chip that runs your program and controls connected inputs and outputs. For this product, it is the part that reads buttons and sensors, drives the display and speaker, and communicates over Bluetooth.
- potentiometer
- A variable resistor usually turned with a knob or shaft to create an adjustable electrical signal. It is often used for inputs such as volume, brightness or position, so it helps beginners learn how a microcontroller reads changing values.
- RGB
- Short for red, green and blue, usually referring to an LED that can mix those three colours. It matters because controlling an RGB LED teaches how separate outputs combine to create different colours.
- servo
- A servo is a motor with built-in position control, usually told to move to a specific angle by a control signal. It matters when you need repeatable movement, such as steering, arms, flaps, or linkages, rather than continuous spinning.
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