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Comprehensive Components
Customers are extremely satisfied with the comprehensive range of components provided in the SunFounder Raspberry Pi Pico Ultimate Starter Kit. The kit includes a wide variety of sensors, displays, buttons, and other miscellaneous parts, making it an excellent value for those looking to experiment with the Raspberry Pi Pico.
Detailed Tutorials
Customers are highly satisfied with the detailed and comprehensive online tutorials provided for the SunFounder Raspberry Pi Pico Ultimate Starter Kit. The tutorials cater to both Arduino and MicroPython users, and cover a wide range of topics from beginner to advanced levels. Some customers have also found helpful YouTube channels and email tech support when needed. However, some customers have expressed a desire for C++ tutorials as an alternative programming option.
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Quality
Very well crafted parts that open up tons of project possibilities ranging from simple to extremely complex.
A good way to know the overall quality of a project kit like this is to look at some of the more basic items, such as the resis... Read More
The products extremely are high-quality, and calling this a “starter kit for pico w” is just an understatement--it has boatload... Read More
It took a few extra hours of time sorting everything out, and going down a few dead ends, before figuring out the onboard led o... Read More
Price
For the cost, this is an excellent starter kit for kids, young & old.
The kit is a great value and includes everything you need, including a raspberry pi pico w, with headers.
But when i started to look into different components that would make experimentation/learning more interesting i was: 1) dismay... Read More
Plus the price is way less than it would cost if you were to source and separately buy all these components on your own.
Shipping
Getting the replacement took a bit of time, came from china, but communication was great and i got a working raspberry pico.
After contacting them they were very quick provide support to diagnose the problem and sent out replacement parts very quickly!
I contacted amazon's customer service, and they issued me a return-less refund within minutes.
The pico does come pre-soldered to make it quicker to get started.
Packaging/appearance
There are also tutorials on how to get started with a little look up but for such a small box, this really has a lot of things ... Read More
I got this to encourage my kids to build things, but i may end up keeping it and having to buy another because i really like th... Read More
Competitiveness
The sunfounder raspberry pi pico w ultimate starter kit is another great stem type project kit from sunfounder.
Another thing i noticed is that typically, sg90 9g servos are generic in other kits, while this kit specifically uses the highe... Read More
I also included a picture of the picow next to a red arduino nano, for size comparison, while running one of the led blink tutorial.
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- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 33.3% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 482 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 28 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
So far my hubby who ordered this hasnt had much time to use this kit
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
He looked at the experiments in the tutorials and was only moderately impressed
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
He is an electrical engineer and was rating that part for how well it would serve a complete newbie
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His opinion is that it might work for most but might not be comprehended by some beginners
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Unfortunately i couldnt follow along very far with the lessons because it seems many of the pins on the pi pico i received were not functioning
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Some of the projects require more voltage than the single 18650 battery can supply which is an unfortunate oversight which could lead to frustration rather than jubilation
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
A microusb or barrel jack port could solve the problem by supplying 5v but i dont believe one is supplied
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They say playing chess is good this has to be better
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