Is this doable for a beginner who has never soldered? The other elenco kits just seem too basic.
1658254
Very doable. Directions are clear and methodical. It's a good practice set.
1658255
I received the kit and it was well laid out and the instructions were very clear. Unfortunately, I never finished putting it together so I probably can't provide much more information - good luck!
1658256
depends on user(consider adult or teen and/or technical abilities)...I also bought the learn to solder kit for about $10-15 and my teen son learned/practiced on that...soldering mistakes are a real pain and I had to fix several for my son on the learning kit...he learned the hard way and soldered a few of the wrong capacitors in wrong places...with very careful attention and use I would say this is doable for beginner...hope this helps
1658257
If you never soldered, I would not recommend doing that. The kit is relatively easy to solder, and it's doable, but most likely you will need to calibrate your hand on something simpler and the basic kits are inexpensive. As a beginner, the hardest (and funnier) part is to troubleshoot the kit and when I started assembling it, I had one bad solder at the first section. Have fun!
1658258
Yes it is doable but this is more than just a soldering kit. It is a course on am and fm radio receivers. To get the most out of this kit you need a signal generator or an audio generator and if possible an oscilloscope. I recommend this kit highly it is well thought out and the technical support is awesome. Best of luck on your journey in electronics!
1658259
Anyone who has never soldered a printed CB joint needs to practice before beginning the circuits. This kit is complex, but not any more difficult to do than a simpler kit. Care must be taken to put the parts in the correct location. I would begin by soldering in the test points first. Remember it is a training course. So it takes time. And some ancillary test equipment is really needed.
1658260
I would start with the basic ones. I did this as a class project, I am in my second year in electrical engineering and even I and some of my classmates had issues with tuning and other parts not just the soldering. Hope this helps.
975049
It does work. I installed mine without prior knowledge. If you are not afraid of soldering ( I learned on youtube) then go for it. It took me 4 hours or so but I could do it in 30 mins now.
839749
Unless u are good at soldering I would not waste your money I had a hell of a time so I ended up ordering a rebuilt one and it was much easer
416777
Age level is somewhat indeterminate. The person building the kit should be able to solder quite proficiently and also work with small parts and follow detailed directions
2067404
I use a 100/160watt Weller soldering gun for electronic soldering jobs. It handles everything I've soldered, up to 14 guage wire easily.This gun is 200Watts. I suspect it would be like trying to use a blow torch. You might try something in the 30 to 75 watt range. Called both soldering pencils or soldering irons.If you can swing the extra cost, look for a 'soldering station', better models have an adjustable heat range. You can set to heat to exactly the temp you need.
2271456
Yup. Look online for ohm-specific wiring patterns when you do your first setup.
2264341
Simple single-sided soldering is required. I let my 12yr.old grandson tackle the project after letting him practice on an old P/C board (soldering techniques ) . He's about the age when I learned to solder 45 yrs. ago. It definitely helps to be the techie type.
1079620
Oh yea! I hooked up mine to a Radio Shack's Electronics Learning Lab Kit. The Elenco 130 is placed on it's own box with my RS kit just in front of E130kit, like steps. One in front of the other. I can work on both at the same time or with eachother. You can hook-upThis Elenco 130 kit to anyother kit you wish. In school you can hook-up the whole class.or the whole school, that if have alot batts and a long ass wire. I still my Elenco 130-in-1 kit from '95. Ok, have fun. RobS...
2033809
It looks extremely similar. Definitely make sure you have someone who knows how to solder. Don't just wing it, but I would say 99% yes as long as the problem you have is clicking without turning on.
238011
The kit includes a large number of small electrical parts, which I cant actually name all of them but can name a few: Servo, Potentiometer, LEDs, heat sensor, light sensor, jump-starter cables, LCD screen, etc. stuff that you usually find on any electrical device. As for the overall Kit, it includes in addition to the electrical components, an Arduino Uno R3, a USB cable, a manual that includes instructions for 15 projects starting that increase in difficulty. The Kit n general is a good starting point and an excellent guid for those who are looking to explore the Arduino's (Microcontroller) potential. The kit also provides useful links to help you program your device (hardware and software) to manage a specific task. I hope my dear friend that I have answered your question and gave you a brief description on what this item is. It's true, not much information is provided, but for me, I was already aware of what it is. My personal advice to you is, if you are interested in electronics and making things that are digitally controlled, I will suggest that you get one and all the components and information that you need to get started are there. But if you are not interested, then it is not worth the 115 dollars.
1334226
yes you need to solder leads on it which is very easy to do.Great little motor.
425866
The kit was okay, but the solder stick that I purchased also did not heat up well enough. So get yourself a reliable solder stick and you should be fine. I am just junking the TV and getting new. I hope this helps.
1971340
NO. I highly recomend starting out with somthing smaller and easier. This is a beast to put together! Go MG or even smaller if this is your very first kit. Any pg kit is going to be to massive for a first time. Its like letting a 16 year old drive in nascar for his first time.
831413
I bought and installed this kit last year. It was very easy. I agree with Cody the best thing to do is watch the YouTube video. Or I bet you can find the PDF instructions online somewhere if you are good with Google!
855003
Like thebother guy said, you tube the steps, but you'll need to do some smd soldering. If you are not familiar with this, you probably shouldn't go much further.
1179612
This is a great kit to learn the basics of electronic circuits. As for programming, this is very basic. You will start by modifying existing sketches and hopefully move on to creating your own. It really depends on your programming goals, if web, mobile, or desktop development is what you are after I would suggest starting with a language like python, c#, or java. There are many good online resources for this.
2026197
No I purchased cheap solder tool at amazon and I had some difficulty to do it precisely. I just have experience at elementary school. Just one hour but I liked it and just tried in old memory. You should like it because a lot of concentration and patient. Kit has just one size but mine had 15 was broken. I ordered other size at eBay too. See YouTube samples must