Arduino Inventor's Kit

Note: This product has been replaced by the newer SparkFun Inventor’s Kit – V3.1, which includes an Arduino-compatible SparkFun RedBoard and a plastic storage case that holds all the parts of the kit.

Arduino Inventor’s Kit printed guide.

Arduino Inventor’s Kit breadboard-overlay cards.

Overview

The Arduino Inventor’s Kit (AIK) from SparkFun Electronics and Oomlout is a box of goodies to get the very beginner started with programmable electronics. It includes everything you need to build 14 basic circuits, and no soldering is required! An included 40-page booklet guides you through the construction of each project, and each project has a breadboard-overlay card that shows you exactly where each circuit component goes on your breadboard. The guide will show a complete novice how to use the included Arduino Uno to:

• Blink LEDs
• Control a toy motor
• Control a servo
• Make (bad) music
• Respond to buttons
• Read a volume knob
• Detect ambient light
• Measure temperature
• Control large loads with a relay
• Mix LED colors
• Read a flex sensor
• Read a softpot

These tasks are fundamental building blocks of typical electronics projects. Once these concepts are mastered, you can use simple recombinations to achieve some very impressive projects.

For those already somewhat comfortable with electronics, we also offer the SparkFun Starter Kit for RedBoard, which includes an Arduino-compatible RedBoard and a multitude of sensors and indicators to get you started in the wonderful world of embedded electronics and is a great gift for beginners and weathered professionals alike.

The Arduino Uno included with this kit could be either the DIP edition or SMD edition. The two versions are functionally identical, differing only in the AVR package.

Arduino Uno DIP edition.

Arduino Uno SMD edition.

Included Components

• Arduino Uno
• Printed 40-page guide (in color)
• 14 printed breadboard-overlay cards (in color)
• Clear 400-pt breadboard
• 74HC595 shift register
• 2N2222 transistors
• 1N4001 diodes
• DC motor with leads
• Small servo
• 5V relay
• TMP36 temperature sensor
• Flex sensor
• Softpot
• 6’ USB A-to-B cable
• Photocell
• Tri-color LED
• Red and green LEDs
• 10K potentiometer
• Piezo buzzer
• 12mm pushbuttons
• 330Ω and 10KΩ resistors
• Jumper wires for connections without soldering
• 0.1" breakaway male headers

This kit is recommended for beginners ages 10 and up. No soldering is required.

If you want to make any of the above Arduino projects wireless, please consider adding in our Wixel shield for Arduino.

Note: SparkFun calls this product the “SparkFun Inventor’s Kit,” SKU: KIT-10173.