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Arduino Starter Kit
The Starter Kit is a great way to get started with Arduino, coding and electronics! The Starter Kit includes the components you need to make 15 fun projects ...
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The Starter Kit is a great way to get started with Arduino, coding and electronics! The Starter Kit includes the components you need to make 15 fun projects following the step-by-step tutorials on the Project Book.
The Starter Kit walks you through the basics of using the Arduino in a hands-on way. You'll learn through building several creative projects. The kit includes a selection of the most common and useful electronic components with a book of 15 projects. Starting the basics of electronics, to more complex projects, the kit will help you control the physical world with sensor and actuators.
Projects you can make:
- 01 GET TO KNOW YOUR TOOLS an introduction to the basics
- 02 SPACESHIP INTERFACE design the control panel for your starship
- 03 LOVE-O-METER measure how hot-blooded you are
- 04 COLOR MIXING LAMP produce any color with a lamp that uses light as an input
- 05 MOOD CUE clue people in to how you're doing
- 06 LIGHT THEREMIN create a musical instrument you play by waving your hands
- 07 KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT play music and make some noise with this keyboard
- 08 DIGITAL HOURGLASS a light-up hourglass that can stop you from working too much
- 09 MOTORIZED PINWHEEL a colored wheel that will make your head spin
- 10 ZOETROPE create a mechanical animation you can play forward or reverse
- 11 CRYSTAL BALL a mystical tour to answer all your tough questions
- 12 KNOCK LOCK tap out the secret code to open the door
- 13 TOUCHY-FEEL LAMP a lamp that responds to your touch
- 14 TWEAK THE ARDUINO LOGO control your personal computer from your Arduino
- 15 HACKING BUTTONS create a master control for all your devices!
Once you’ve mastered this knowledge, you’ll have a palette of software and circuits that you can use to create something beautiful, and make someone smile with what you invent. Then build it, hack it and share it. You can find the Arduino code for all these projects within the Arduino IDE, click on File / Examples / 10.StarterKit.
Have a look at these video tutorials for a project by project walk-through.
Need Help?
- On the Software on the Arduino Forum
- On the Product itself through our Customer Support
Kit includes:
- 1 x Projects Book (170 pages)
- 1 x Arduino / Genuino Uno
- 1 x USB cable
- 1 x Breadboard 400 points
- 70 Solid core jumper wires
- 1 x Easy-to-assemble wooden base
- 1 x 9v battery snap
- 1 x Stranded jumper wires (black)
- 1 x Stranded jumper wires (red)
- 6 x Phototransistor
- 3 x Potentiometer 10kΩ
- 10 x Pushbutton
- 1 x Temperature sensor [TMP36]
- 1 x Tilt sensor
- 1 x alphanumeric LCD (16x2 characters)
- 1 x LED (bright white)
- 1 x LED (RGB)
- 8 x LEDs (red)
- 8 x LEDs (green)
- 8 x LEDs (yellow)
- 3 x LEDs (blue)
- 1 x Small DC motor 6/9V
- 1 x Small servo motor
- 1 x Piezo capsule [PKM17EPP-4001-B0]
- 1 x H-bridge motor driver [L293D]
- 1 x Optocouplers [4N35]
- 2 x Mosfet transistors [IRF520]
- 5 x Capacitors 100uF
- 5 x Diodes [1N4007]
- 3 x Transparent gels (red, green, blue)
- 1 x Male pins strip (40x1)
- 20 x Resistors 220Ω
- 5 x Resistors 560Ω
- 5 x Resistors 1kΩ
- 5 x Resistors 4.7kΩ
- 20 x Resistors 10kΩ
- 5 x Resistors 1MΩ
- 5 x Resistors 10MΩ
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Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- 1N4007
- A common general-purpose rectifier diode rated for relatively high reverse voltage. It is often used in power supplies and protection circuits where speed is not critical.
- DC
- DC means direct current, where electricity flows in one constant direction, as supplied by batteries, USB ports and many plug-pack power supplies. When a product specifies DC, it runs from a DC supply rather than mains AC, so you need to provide the correct voltage and polarity.
- 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 (LED) is a small electronic component that emits light when current flows through it in the correct direction. Because it only conducts one way, its polarity matters, and a through-hole LED must be soldered the correct way around to light up.
- motor driver
- An electronic circuit that lets a low-power controller switch and control a motor that needs more current than the controller pins can safely provide. Checking motor driver support matters because pumps and motors usually cannot be connected directly to a microcontroller output.
- phototransistor
- A light-sensitive transistor that changes its electrical output when light hits it. Compared with a modulated IR receiver, a simple phototransistor can be more affected by ambient light, so it may need extra filtering or careful setup.
- 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, the three primary colours of light that are mixed in varying amounts to make a wide range of colours. In electronics RGB can refer to an LED or pixel that blends these three colours, or to a colour signal or interface that carries separate red, green and blue channels.
- servo motor
- A motor module that moves to a commanded angle rather than simply spinning freely. It matters for robotics and mechanisms because it is useful for steering, arms, gates and other parts that need controlled position.
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