Kit Reviews

Hello readers

If you enjoy electronics kits, check out the wide range of kits I’ve reviewed over the years – all indexed here for ease of location. If you have any questions about these kits, please send me an email or discuss it in our Google Group. To stay updated with new reviews, please follow on twitter, or use one of the methods on the right-hand side of this page to subscribe.

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12 February 2013 – Garbage/Recycling Reminder kit

6 February 2013 – JYE Tech DDS Function Generator

16 January 2013 – USB Power Monitor Kit

25 October 2012 - Gooliegum Electronics PIC Training Course and Development Board

19 September – AVR ISP Shield

5 September 2012 – Wayne & Layne Blinky POV SMT

11 June 2012 – akafugu LCD backpacks

5 June 2012 – akafugu Simpleclock

23 December – Clock Kit Roundup – A list of interesting and different clock kits available online!

21 December 2011 – nootropic design defusable clock kit

14th December 2011 – akafugu TWI Display Module

7th October 2011 – Snootlab Deuligne LCD Shield

7th September 2011 – the LoL Shield

3rd August 2011 – Snootlab Rotoshield Arduino motor shield

18th July 2011 – Snootlab Mémoire Arduino real-time clock/SD card/prototyping shield

4th July 2011- Snootlab Power ScrewShield and I2C Power Protoshield

25th May 2011 - nootropic design Digit Shield kit

14th May 2011 – nootropic design Hackvision kit

28th April – High-precision LC meter kit

14th April – Evil Mad Science Larson Scanner

13th April – Freeduino v1.22 Arduino Duemilanove-compatible board kit

12th April 2011- Altronics/Silicon Chip magazine Current Clamp Meter adaptor

27th February 2011 – ogi lumen Nixie Tube system

29 January 2011 – Modern Device Bare-bones Arduino board

simple and effective

22 January 2011 – Freetronics KitTen Arduino-compatible board kit

better than your average Arduino

15 January 2011 - Freetronics 16×2 LCD Arduino shield

a real time-saver

13 January 2011 - Sparkfun Frequency Counter

they call me the count…

01 January 2011 - adafruit industries “Ice Tube” clock

back in the USSR…

22nd December 2010 - Sparkfun Function Generator

3rd November 2010 – adafruit industries mintyboost

incredibly useful kit

2nd November 2010 – nootropics design EZ-Expander shield

too many outputs is not enough!

23rd October 2010 – Silicon Chip Low-capacitance adaptor for digital multimeters

measures down to 1 picofarad

17th October 2010 - adafruit industries waveshield

hours of fun!

15th October 2010 - Sparkfun “Simon” Kit

Hours of memory-testing fun

13th October 2010 – four kits from the Dick Smith Electronics Funway into Electronics - volume two series

1980s high-tech

7th September 2010 – adafruit industries DS1307 breakout board kit

a definite time-saver!

4th September 2010 – adafruit industries XBee adaptor kit

XBee adaptor without going broke

4th September 2010 – Alan Parekh’s Infra-red Jammer

great for driving people crazy

13th August 2010 - adafruit industries TV-B-Gone

fun in a small package!

30th July 2010 - Evil Mad Science Diavolino Arduino Duemilanove compatible board kit

the little devil

24th June 2010 - adafruit industries Game of Life

blinky fun

7th May 2010 - JYE Tech Digital Storage Oscilloscope

well, it works

April 2010 -Seeedstudio Electronic Brick System

just like Lego only electric…

19th April 2010 -adafruit industries SIM card reader

bag of fun

20th March 2010 - JYE Tech Capacitance Meter

simple and effective

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