UNO R4 WiFi Ultimate Starter Kit, with Original UNO R4 WiFi, Smart IoT & Basic Sensor Projects with Tutorials, Compatible with Arduino IDE, Includes Various Sensors and Accessories

First 2projects worked great, network WiFi time and a day drummer, easy to set up all worked great, all demos come on a pen stick

The media could not be loaded. I've dabbled with simple electronics in the past, but never coding. At the age of 60 I saw this kit and thought I'd have a go! The kit is well presented and contains everything you need to learn coding using the opensource Arduino IDE. You will need access to a computer to use this kit. All of the learning materials are supplied in a micro SD card, as is all of the required software. The kit contains the latest Arduino R4 wifi board as its centrepiece (not a generic copy). I'm only part way through the learning, but it has been surprisingly easy to pick up, and the learning guide is well written. The kit is supplied with a raft of sensors, and each lesson builds on the last becoming more complex as you gain confidence and progress. The ultimate aim is to equip you with the skills so you would be able to build hardware and write code to control your own smart home. You are only limited by your imagination. I'm already starting to design and program an automatic watering system for my hanging baskets when it is sensed that they are becoming too dry. This is a great starter kit for anyone interested in taking up coding.

If you want to try and don't know where to start, give this a go. Various projects with different levels of complexity, even absolute novices like me can give it a go. Educational and great for teens interested in science too. It is a pricey investment but works well, especially if you want to mess around with making your home smart

Although I'm technically proficient I've never had much chance to get involved in coding, so this beginners kit seemed like the ideal starting point. It contains a wide selection of components and sensors, and a manual of projects (on the SD card) that allows me to progress from simple, to more advanced levels. I've found that working my way through it has gradually built my skill and confidence, and the more I tinker with it, the more fascinating it becomes. My ultimate objective is to be able to assemble whatever controller I might need for various projects I have in mind around the house.The heart of the kit is a genuine Arduino UNO R4 wi-fi enabled module, which is designed around the 32-bit RA4M1 microcontroller. Using the jumpers and the breadboard, the modules can be assembled into any number of gadgets and controllers, with imagination ultimately being your only limitation. The project I've enjoyed the most so far has been making a device utilising the sound sensor to detect when someone enters my office when I'm out, and activate various "surprises" for them which are becoming ever more inventive as my skills improve. Injecting a bit of fun is great motivator, and a good way to learn. My next objective is using the gyroscope and accelerometer module to control a modified balsa wood radio controlled plane, and have it fly a pre-programmed flight plan without my intervention. This will take it off the breadboard and into a project case. Wish me luck!This kit is ideal for adults and children alike, and would be a perfect Christmas gift for would-be boffins, and anyone who enjoys tinkering. For a teenager it could even spark a life-long interest and a future career path - you never know. What's certainly true is that the ability to code, and to create your own controllers, is highly enabling, and a valuable skill in today's world. Knowledge is priceless, and skills are valuable. This wonderful kit has already benefited me far more than the level of the asking price. I recommend it highly, and happily give it my five star purchase recommendation.

I got this as I am on a quest to make my house smarter and I have wanted to try and number of different experiments out to see if I could make certain routines a little less manual and put a bit of science behind it.In the box, there is a host of different accessories. The main 'brain' of the system is the Arduino Uno, these are quite easy to get and something that I have found is that when I got something working that I found useful, I just bought another Arduino Uno and continued testing experiments out with the other accessories. The kit does come with a lot of accessories, some more useful than others but fun to play with none the less.I am an avid cigar smoker and one of the things we like to do is age cigars in a humidor. This requires having pretty consistent humidity and temperature. Not checking the box in some time can lead to the cigars drying out and so in an effort to combat this, I made a little humidity and temperature checker, this would start a little motor attached to a Cigar oasis to top the box up with humidity. This so far has worked like a charm and I have been quite impressed. For the summer, I am intending on using the soil moisture sensor to allow my plants to be automatically watered when they get below a certain mouisture content.Overall, I am really impressed with this set. I have had quite a lot of fun playing wiht this and I have still got so many more things that I can do. The price is pretty decent and is something that would be perfect for an avid inventor or a child who is learning how to program as it really has a 'Think it, make it, see it work' style to it which is great for learning! 5/5!