Adventure Kit: 30 Days Lost in Space for Exploratory Skills | Arduino IDE Compatible | Coding Challenge | Kids & Teens Robotics Project | Engineering Set by NASA Researcher

Purchased for my nephew's birthday in a few months. My brother is very happy with the item and is looking forward to spending time with his son on the project.

This is a fun little project kit that teaches you basic programming on the Arduino as well as basic electronics and interfacing to a small computer. It has a fun little storyline of you starting out in a space ship that has crashed, and through the lessons you are "repairing" your ship to get off the planet. You start off learning how to wire up simple switches and lights and writing programming to control things. Each lesson gets progressively more advanced, but at a pace that is easy to keep up with. No knowledge of electronics is necessary as the course teaches you everything you will need to know. Some basic programming knowledge is helpful, but again not required as the course eases you in so that even if you have no prior programming experience, you will not have difficulty following along. I have been doing programming and electronics for over 40 years and can absolutely say that if you are interested in learning some basic programming and electronics, and how you can use microcontrollers to interface to real world hardware, this is the kit for you. It gives you great fundamentals in easy byte sized chunks and has a fun little storyline that keeps you engaged.

Absolutely Amazing. This is the best microcontroller learning kit I've ever found. It is FUN, teaches hardware (Arduino), and software (C++), and has great support. Each lesson video has three parts: a motivational story line in which actress Britt Genelin plays Astrid, the delightfully snarky onboard AI. Her performance really makes this kit a blast. Second, there is a walk through the coding for each project, and third, there is a walk through of the hardware assembly and operation. The Arduino is programmed from your computer using the standard Arduino development environment. The first lesson shows how to install this for Windows, MAC, and Chromebook devices. I ran it from my Linux desktop - while they don't include the instructions for installing on Linux, it is a very easy install. (I just googled for "arduino ide flatpak for fedora" to find the instructions). Support is outstanding. My kit arrived Friday, and I noticed it was missing the OLED display module. I emailed support that day, and the replacement arrived that Monday! The lessons are wonderfully designed, progressing from simple components, to a final complex combination that represents a flight controller that you have to fly to a successful rendezvous with the mother ship. Yes, you end up making a simple retro video game, and get to play it. I had a blast with this kit. Highly recommended for any age.

great product and delivery on time

I recently decided to take a stab at learning Arduino uses and programming, just out of personal interest & keeping my 70 year-old brain engaged. This is a very good starter kit, complete with a Hero board (compatible to Arduino Uno). All instructions are via a series of videos which are well done and provide a background story line along with accompanying lessons on coding, starting with the very basics. I’ve installed the Arduino coding software (free from the Arduino site) on 2 MacBooks. Both installed without any issues and run fine, even though one of them is a 2013 running Catalina. Have started on the first few lessons and enjoying the learning so far. If you spend an hour or so each day viewing the lesson and working through the coding, breadboarding, etc you should be able to finish the lessons in about 30 days. I’d recommend this for anyone wanting to start learning Arduino.