Hello, I wanted to know what is the best kit with the most parts? I'm planning on working on some random just for fun projects and I could use the extra parts.
I suggest no. Instead, look around and buy a few things that look interesting. You can get better quality parts that way.
So what is a good place to start looking because I need like a library filled with parts
You don’t need much. Just get a breadboard and some LEDs and a nano. Arduinos provide logic and the LEDs will give you visible logic. You can buy buttons or just use wires for the input.
You think of a project and then breadboard it with LEDs replacing any significant components. Once you have it working how you want you can source appropriate components for the task
Depends where you live.
I do when I'm working on a list of projects
Where do you get your parts?
Mostly AliExpress. Some local maker shops. I'm lucky to have those in town.
There are some Youtube videos that compare some of the various starter kits, from various vendors. I settled on Elegoo, because it has good ratings/reputation, lots of parts (depending on the kit you buy), and at a price point that isn't too steep. I bought the Mega2560 Ultimate Starter Kit, and have been happy.
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Is there any good Arduino Uno kits with a bunch of parts?
It depends on if you actually want to do a real project or just mess with whatever cheap, random parts you get in a kit. That can be fun. But any real projects will have very specific requirements and you are unlikely to have exactly the right stuff in the kit no matter what you buy. If you are short one part you might as well buy all the right parts at the same time.
The very basic parts are
UC
Breadboard
Wires
Some resistors
LEDs
Buttons
Maybe some logic level mosfets
You will have more than enough here to have continuous work while you wait for project specific parts
Does Arduino have any Uno kits like an ultimate starter kit mainly because I prefer to get a kit that has all the parts
No kit has all the parts. What do you want to get out of it. Tinkering with demo kits or doing actual projects
Some people seem to be missing the purpose of your query. Many of these guys are miles ahead of you and I, and have probably been building electronics for years. They have their pipelines for hardware, and have outgrown kits. And maybe they forget that we all have to start somewhere. There's nothing wrong with buying a kit. It gets you familiar with some of the hardware, and spurs the imagination.
Just random silly projects that I wanna screw around with, nothing too serious
I just want to get a bunch of parts and I thought starter kits were my best option for getting loads of parts
It's really not a matter of experience. You can find lots (actually far too many) of tutorials and projects using almost any common module on the market now. So you can also exercise your imagination by browsing catalogs or vendor sites. Then make it work quite easily. Some vendors spruce up their catalogs with project links, tutorials and so on, making it even easier to judge what might be an interesting direction to take.
Many of my projects started with one module or part that I just "thought was cool". But a lot of those are not in the Elegoo type kits, and if there are a range of parts that do almost the same thing, the kit will have the cheapest, worst performing version. No documentation, no chance to find documentation before you order one.
I got all the parts I detailed first. Then I started to get bits for projects I thought up. You can certainly get a kit and any will have many options to mess with. Remember that arduino projects are actually just a load of simple things put together. Inputs and outputs, off and on. You can simulate almost everything with just those few parts.
I suspect you will move quickly to a real world project and then the parts become very specific very quick. Don’t spend too much on a kit in the meantime
That's why I want to get an Arduino Uno kit because of the options of parts I can use
If you're at the stage of just beginning to learn electronics, as well as Arduino, then a kit is appropriate. In the learning process, you'll probably destroy a few components, and they might as well be the poor quality items that typically get shipped in those do-everything kits. You'll probably tire of the kit approach after a half-dozen or so, and at that point you'll have a much better idea of whether this is a hobby of interest, or not.
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