Is there such kit available? I'm an automation Engineer with a heavy hyd and elec background and these small projects are becoming unthought of projects. If someone could steer me along this path it would be appreciated.
I have a shop in Humble tx and it's not doing anything but I would like to be cranking out some tech soon. Thanks
Hello.
Do you have a specification for a starter kit against which you could measure and thus determine if it is perfect or not? Without a specification 'perfect' is just a meaningless subjective term.
I am in no position to tell you about different starter kits as I didn't come to Arduino that way, but if you are an engineer then I suggest you approach this like any other engineering project; write yourself a specification then look for a kit that best meets that specification.
I hope you do fine one you are happy with and I hope you enjoy the learning and building projects.
Good luck.
Starter kits and I mean starter kits in general not just kits targeting electrical / electronic areas all seem to come with things you need, things which are nice to have and a few things you will likely never use. I agree with Perry above. Start with a blank sheet of paper, a sharp pencil and a large eraser and design what you would like to see in a starter kit and think about who the kit is aimed at, of course that would be you.
Ron
The way I did it was determine what I needed for my project and purchased extras of each item, while working on it if I needed additional items I purchased extra of them. LEDs and Resistors are always handy. I purchased several SMD kits but I also do SMD work. If a kit has parts that are interesting get it and learn about them. If you do tutorial get the kit they use if you do not have the parts. Probably the most important things you need are the Arduino Cookbook, A good temperature controlled soldering iron, prototype type boards and jumpers. Next consider a Saleae logic analyzer and a decent digital multimeter. As time progresses you will discover a lot of things you will want and or need.
I would like to recommend buying ELEGOO UNO R3 Starter Kit, or an official Arduino Uno board and other sensors/actuators. See the list
Mekwarrior:
I have a shop in Humble tx and it's not doing anything but I would like to be cranking out some tech soon.
Not quite sure if I understand this correctly. Are you planning to start selling starter kits and possibly other Arduino related stuff?
IoT_hobbyist:
I would like to recommend buying ELEGOO UNO R3 Starter Kit, or an official Arduino Uno board and other sensors/actuators. See the list
I went that route myself and have been very happy.
Joe
The ideal starter kit would be the one that has all the components you need for the first project you'd like to build.
Which brings me to another point: getting a starter kit can be a nice way to get introduced into what an Arduino can do. They generally have some demo projects included, you can follow this and build them. But where's the fun in that, really? It may work much better if you have a specific project in mind, figure out how to build it, get the components to do so, and start building.
A starter kit can come in handy as it has lots of different components already, you can use it for many different projects. But after that... some breadboards, some sets of resistors and capacitors (there are those 20-30 values times 20 pcs kind of kits out there - very good to have all those values on hand, even though you end up not using most of them, but you never know beforehand which ones that are - and you can just buy more of the commonly used ones later), etc.