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ELEGOO Mega R3 Project The Most Complete Ultimate Starter Kit with TUTORIAL Compatible with Arduino IDE

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Connectivity Technology USB
Included Components 1pcs Mega 2560 Controller Board; 1pcs USB Cable; 1pcs Breadboard; 1pcs 65 Jumper Wire; 1pcs IC 74HC595; 1pcs Active Buzzer; 1pcs Tilt Switch; 1pcs Photo resistor; 5pcs Yellow LED; 5pcs Blue LED; 5pcs Green LED; 5pcs Red LED; 1pcs RGB LED; 5pcs Button (small); 10pcs Resistor (10R); 10pcs Resistor (100R); 10pcs Resistor (220R); 10pcs Resistor (330R); 10pcs Resistor (1K); 10pcs Resistor (2K); 10pcs Resistor (5K1); 10pcs Resistor (10K); 10pcs Resistor (100K); 10pcs Resistor (1M); 5pcs Female-to-male DuPont Wire See more
Wireless Communication Standard Infrared
Product Dimensions 13.7"L x 8.4"W x 1.85"H

About this item

  • The MEGA2560 complete starter kit with more than 200pcs components, premium quality for Arduino kit
  • Free PDF tutorial in the CD (more than 35 lessons).
  • LCD1602 module and GY-521 sensor module with pin header ( no need to solder by yourself)
  • Nice package with clear listing and surprise including a nice small box to keep the widget such as LED , IC , buttons , diodes ,etc.
  • We have always cared about the customer experience and improve the product function details.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.7 x 8.4 x 1.85 inches; 2.15 Pounds
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ EL-KIT-008
  • Batteries ‏ : ‎ 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. (included)
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ April 28, 2016
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ ELEGOO
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01EWNUUUA
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ China
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 7,105 ratings

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CHOKING HAZARD -- Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.

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ELEGOO Mega R3 The Most Complete Starter Kit

Want to learn how to work with electronics and programming but need a little help? You've come to the right place!

ELEGOO MEGA 2560 Starter Kit provides an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software, which evolves the user from beginner to professional level.

Our starter kit is designed to get you started quickly and easily on your path of learning electronics. Originally this pack was designed to follow the introductory tutorials with 33 creatives and fun projects on our CD and website. But it's a great starter kit in general as it's designed for everyone even novices who has very little or no electronics and programming experience. The starter bundle contains everything you need (except tools) to take your first step on Arduino journey!

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Starter kit for Everyone to Learn The Science of Electronics, Programming and Robotics

Electronics is not as complicated as you imagine especially with ELEGOO MEGA 2560 Starter Kit. For advanced users like professional lab engineers, electronic major students and experienced Arduino hobbyists, they can use this kit to do various kinds of tests and experiments with so many sensors available at hand.

What about novice users who don't have any electronics knowledge? Fear not amigo. Just follow our tutorial enclosed and step by step you will come to realize that learning electronics is more fun than you ever expected with this amazing sensor kit.

It’s a good choice and perfect gift for your kids, friends, family members or whoever are obsessed with electronics, programming or robotics to take their first steps on electronics journey!

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The Most Complete Starter Kit with High Quality Components and Tutorial

Quantity and quality are both important here in Elegoo MEGA starter kit. The most essential parts in this kit are MEGA controller board and expansion board, which is a perfect clone with excellent product finish Compatible with Arduino projects. Besides, we offer other over 60 kinds of components and sensors from small parts like LED diodes, resistors and potentiometer to big parts like LCD1602, RFID module and 830 tie-points breadboard, which meet your demands for your different projects either it is simple or complex.

Sturdy quality is definitely the most important thing to Elegoo even with so many components provided we never compromised on the quality. Instead we keep improving our product quality in our own factory and we produce the products by ourselves under high standards and strict quality control. Pins and wires on some of the parts like LCD16502 and motors have been pre-soldered which is very convenient and saves your time.

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LCD1602 Display module

LCD1602 module is a display that has an LED backlight and can display two rows with up to 16 characters on each row. You can see the rectangles for each character on the display and the pixels that make up each character. The display is just white on blue and is intended for showing text.

Lining up the display with the top of the breadboard helps to identify its pins without too much counting, especially if the breadboard has its rows numbered with row 1 as the top row of the board. Do not forget, the long yellow lead that links the slider of the pot to pin 3 of the display. The 'pot' is used to control the contrast of the display.

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DC Motors and L293D Transistor

In this project you will learn how to control a small DC motor using a Mega board and a L293D transistor, which is a very useful chip. It can actually control two motors independently. We are just using half the chip in this lesson, most of the pins on the right hand side of the chip are for controlling a second motor.

L293D is quadruple high-current half-H drivers and designed to provide bidirectional drive currents of up to 1 A at voltages from 4.5 V to 36 V. The L293D is also designed to provide bidirectional drive currents of up to 600-mA at voltages from 4.5 V to 36 V and drive inductive loads such as relays, solenoids, dc and bipolar stepping motors, as well as other high-current/high-voltage loads in positive-supply applications.

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74HC595 Shift Register and LEDs

74HC595 is a Serial to Parallel Converter which has eight outputs (perfect) and three inputs that you use to feed data into it a bit at a time. This chip makes it a little slower to drive the LEDs (you can only change the LEDs about 500,000 times a second instead of 8,000,000 a second) but it's still really fast, way faster than humans can detect, so it's worth it!

74HC595 shift register is a type of chip that holds what can be thought of as eight memory locations, each of which can either be a 1 or a 0. To set each of these values on or off, we feed in the data using the 'Data' and 'Clock' pins of the chip.

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What's in the box

  • 1pcs Mega 2560 Controller Board; 1pcs USB Cable; 1pcs Breadboard; 1pcs 65 Jumper Wire; 1pcs IC 74HC595; 1pcs Active Buzzer; 1pcs Tilt Switch; 1pcs Photo resistor; 5pcs Yellow LED; 5pcs Blue LED; 5pcs Green LED; 5pcs Red LED; 1pcs RGB LED; 5pcs Button (small); 10pcs Resistor (10R); 10pcs Resistor (100R); 10pcs Resistor (220R); 10pcs Resistor (330R); 10pcs Resistor (1K); 10pcs Resistor (2K); 10pcs Resistor (5K1); 10pcs Resistor (10K); 10pcs Resistor (100K); 10pcs Resistor (1M); 5pcs Female-to-male DuPont Wire
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    Customers like the variety of projects that the single board computer can do. They say it has a lot of great projects to do and can lead to innovative ideas. Customers also appreciate the quality of the hardware and components in the kit. They describe the kit as first-rate all around, with good flow from easy to more challenging. Customers say the kit is a wonderful learning experience and a great sandbox to get started with. They also mention that the kit provides good value for the money. However, some customers have different opinions on instructions, and performance.

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    Customers like the quality of the single board computer. They mention that it has good hardware, good quality components, and is well put together. They also say that it's a comprehensive set that includes everything they need to start building a computer. Customers also say the parts selection is decent and that it helps them learn to do a lot of useful things.

    "...The build quality is mostly excellent. I just wish some of the parts were labeled better, as the illustration sheet is kind of hard to figure out...." Read more

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    Customers find the single board computer versatile. They say it's a wonderful learning experience, with a good way to learn basic electronics and automation sensors. They also say it has a great variety of parts for learning, making it a sandbox to get started with. Customers also say the kit helps them get a general idea of the different components and is an awesome starter kit for any hobbyist.

    "...This kit, though, has been a wonderful learning experience so far.About the only things I found with the kit, which are MINOR:-..." Read more

    "...through the basics of programming and electronics but also encourages him to experiment and create his own projects...." Read more

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    "...Additional parts are easy to get and relatively inexpensive, and when your project is all designed, you can get boards where you can solder..." Read more

    "...Overall, I think this is reasonable value for the price and consistent with the product description, but do not expect significant company support..." Read more

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    Customers like the variety of projects that are possible with the single board computer. They say it's a well-made kit with many great projects and ideas online that can lead to innovative ideas. Customers also say it has cool things to do and build, and is a great introduction to larger projects. They also mention that the wide variety gives many great ideas in what you could do next, and that it allows them to be very creative and learn to apply code quickly.

    "...and electronics but also encourages him to experiment and create his own projects...." Read more

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    310 customers mention213 positive97 negative

    Customers are mixed about the instructions. Some find the instructions and schematics fantastic, easy to follow, and simple. They say the kit is a great way to quickly get started creating all kinds of things with Arduino. However, others say the programming guide isn't the best translated document, there is no real explanation of the programming language, and the documentation doesn't explain the coding end of the projects very well.

    "...That is how easy this is to get going.Additional parts are easy to get and relatively inexpensive, and when your project is all designed..." Read more

    "...The tutorials and instructions from their website are surprisingly good, although admittedly I was taking a class so most of what I did with the kit..." Read more

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    Customers are mixed about the performance of the single board computer. Some mention that the items in the kit work great, the boards themselves are working fine, and it works easily with the Arduino IDE. However, others say that a project does not work, the sensors are bad or inoperable, and the rfid doesn't work.

    "...The miscellaneous parts and sensors are adequate for experiments and learning, but you would probably not want to use these parts in anything that..." Read more

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    Quick to get going.  Instructional.  Lots o' parts.  FUN!
    5 Stars
    Quick to get going. Instructional. Lots o' parts. FUN!
    I plan to automate the air intake control on my wood stove, and that means taking temperatures from two thermocouples, analyzing them, and moving a lever. An Arduino can do that very easily.But I know nothing about Arduinos other than they exist. UNTIL NOW.I just finished Lesson 5, Digital Inputs. The PDF instructions explain what is going on and warn you that in this particular section things seem a bit backwards, a good thing to make you aware of so you can learn. Each lesson is brief with excellent pictures and diagrams and just enough explanation. Follow and HAVE FUN.The kit already contains a lot of what I will need to build my project someday: Arduino and power supply; LCD display; motors; motor controllers; buttons; LEDs and other electronic bits; remote controller and sensor. I will need to add thermocouples and the associated interfaces, and the information for those is available everywhere on the 'net. I may also add Bluetooth and WiFi, using BLYNK to create an app for the phone...someday.The kit comes neatly packed in a nice plastic container with a bunch of compartments. You get your development environment from the 'net, and the included CD contains all the code you'll need, which is EASY to upload to the Arduino. There are breadboards to let you lay out your parts, do the lessons, and experiment. You do not need to solder. You just need a PC with a USB port, and you install the development environment there and plug the board in. The Arduino already has a program loaded and running to blink an LED, and you will modify that program by changing a number, then you'll upload it and see the results. That is how easy this is to get going.Additional parts are easy to get and relatively inexpensive, and when your project is all designed, you can get boards where you can solder everything permanently. I have a long way to go to get to that point. This kit, though, has been a wonderful learning experience so far.About the only things I found with the kit, which are MINOR:- It is tough to discern the colors on the resisters. This isn't the fault of Elegoo. I suggest getting a stand with a magnifying glass and light. Note that the tape from which the resisters come is labeled, so you can just go by that.- I needed a longer USB cable than what was included. I had one on hand. Again, not Elegoo's issue, as they supplied a USB cable in the kit. Plug and play.Overall: Lots o' stuff in a fun kit with great instructions!Note: I do have some basic familiarity with electronic components and programming. Having these basic skills does help, but I think a beginner can follow along. Just take your time to follow the pictures, and take even more time to understand the programming examples (the "sketches"), which are short and fairly clear. And HAVE FUN.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Quick to get going. Instructional. Lots o' parts. FUN!
    Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2020
    I plan to automate the air intake control on my wood stove, and that means taking temperatures from two thermocouples, analyzing them, and moving a lever. An Arduino can do that very easily.

    But I know nothing about Arduinos other than they exist. UNTIL NOW.

    I just finished Lesson 5, Digital Inputs. The PDF instructions explain what is going on and warn you that in this particular section things seem a bit backwards, a good thing to make you aware of so you can learn. Each lesson is brief with excellent pictures and diagrams and just enough explanation. Follow and HAVE FUN.

    The kit already contains a lot of what I will need to build my project someday: Arduino and power supply; LCD display; motors; motor controllers; buttons; LEDs and other electronic bits; remote controller and sensor. I will need to add thermocouples and the associated interfaces, and the information for those is available everywhere on the 'net. I may also add Bluetooth and WiFi, using BLYNK to create an app for the phone...someday.

    The kit comes neatly packed in a nice plastic container with a bunch of compartments. You get your development environment from the 'net, and the included CD contains all the code you'll need, which is EASY to upload to the Arduino. There are breadboards to let you lay out your parts, do the lessons, and experiment. You do not need to solder. You just need a PC with a USB port, and you install the development environment there and plug the board in. The Arduino already has a program loaded and running to blink an LED, and you will modify that program by changing a number, then you'll upload it and see the results. That is how easy this is to get going.

    Additional parts are easy to get and relatively inexpensive, and when your project is all designed, you can get boards where you can solder everything permanently. I have a long way to go to get to that point. This kit, though, has been a wonderful learning experience so far.

    About the only things I found with the kit, which are MINOR:
    - It is tough to discern the colors on the resisters. This isn't the fault of Elegoo. I suggest getting a stand with a magnifying glass and light. Note that the tape from which the resisters come is labeled, so you can just go by that.
    - I needed a longer USB cable than what was included. I had one on hand. Again, not Elegoo's issue, as they supplied a USB cable in the kit. Plug and play.

    Overall: Lots o' stuff in a fun kit with great instructions!

    Note: I do have some basic familiarity with electronic components and programming. Having these basic skills does help, but I think a beginner can follow along. Just take your time to follow the pictures, and take even more time to understand the programming examples (the "sketches"), which are short and fairly clear. And HAVE FUN.
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    Dr. Richard J. Kitto
    5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent kit at a good price.
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    3.0 out of 5 stars Bien.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars It works as you would imagine
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of ideas in there...!
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