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Please update the pix and datasheet. |
January 27, 2010 |
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Anonymous person
from Bakersfield, CA United States
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You said complete pix and datasheet would be coming soon, and soon has already past. Please update it, because it's really quite annoying. Especially for a kit so expensive.
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Waste of money.. |
January 16, 2010 |
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Anonymous person
from San Jose, CA United States
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Got the kit for Christmas was really excited, book is nice, but should include it with a kit maybe like the XBee kit or the Ethernet adapter. If you include a book in a starter kit for 1 it should be organized better. List what each parts are, & what they do, what projects you can make in this kit, next projects, what to solder, datasheet, & for the non common RGB LED that was false advertised as common RGB LED cathode. Pages of worthless quotes that say "It starts with what you touch." trying to make me feel better about being me. If u are going to include motors at least provide a servo, for $115 provide a DC wall adapter. It's a lot to ask I know & you want to bank off of a open source. Put the kit together better. Wall Adapter should be a no brainer if included in a kit being how expensive it is. I could buy the board elsewhere & the parts that came with it cheaper. I feel like my family member was ripped off it makes me not want to buy or have them buy from maker shed again.
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Some Problems Addressed |
November 19, 2009 |
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Admin
from Sebastopol, CA United States
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Partial Datasheet uploaded
Partial Parts Pix up, better one on the way
New kits have RGB issue fixed, now common cathode
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What is included in this set? |
October 22, 2009 |
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Vikram Aggarwal
from San Jose, CA United States
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I was gifted this set, and it is a good collection of parts. It combines everything in one package. I like the book, though it has little to do with the parts. The parts required for the projects in the book are not the parts supplied (except for the Arduino....)
The biggest problem is you don't know which parts *are* supplied. It says here "2x thermistor", but which one!!! The thermistor just says 503 on it, which is completely useless (and that is assuming I'm looking at a thermistor!). Without the datasheet, I don't see how someone can use it. Another reviewer complained about how difficult it was to get the tri-color LED to work.. Slightly disappointing.
Buy an arduino elsewhere.
I'm hesitant about buying stuff from the Maker Shed after this disappointing experience. Later I discovered that there was busted wire, while debugging a fairly complicated circuit. Extremely disappointed with this set: a complete waste of money.
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Good content but... |
October 22, 2009 |
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Matt Davies
from Ballwin, MO United States
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OK. I am happy with the book and the contents of the kit with one exception. How on earth do you assemble the assembly-required components? I know when I have a fresh mind and a couple hours I'll be able to eventually figure some of it out, but it certainly would be helpful to at least give instructions on assembly.
I think I'll dig around and see if instructions exist online somehwere.
Looking forward to getting started.
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