Elegoo Mega 2560 Project The Most Complete Ultimate Starter Kit

I bought the ELEGOO Mega R3 Ultimate Starter Kit to get hands-on experience with Arduino, and I’m really happy with the purchase. The kit comes with a Mega 2560 board and a huge variety of components like sensors, motors, LEDs, and more. Everything was well-organized in a plastic case, making it easy to keep things sorted. One of the best things about this kit is the tutorial. The step-by-step guides are clear and easy to follow, which is really helpful for beginners. The sample codes work well, and you can tweak them to understand how each component works. The quality of the components is good for the price. Some jumper wires were a bit flimsy, but they still did great job. The Mega 2560 board itself works just like the official Arduino board, and I had no issues connecting it to my laptop. Overall, this is a great kit for anyone who wants to learn electronics and programming with Arduino. It has everything needed to start experimenting and building projects. I would definitely recommend it to beginners and hobbyists.

I rarely give feedback on products and even more rarely give them 5 stars. This is a comprehensive starter kit at a very competitive price. I also bought the separate 37 sensor kit. There are so many gadgets in both these kits it will take me months to get through all of them. Yes, there are some misspelled words and other minor issues, but I think the company really put their heart into assembling a great product. And they freely give their contact information out in many places and want you to contact them with issues. Some other complaints are around getting started and using the product with the instructions provided. I was able to install everything and control an LED light with sample code in 8 minutes, not kidding. But you have to realize this is not a kids toy, these are real engineering components here. Its up to you to learn, problem solve and create what you want from the components as opposed to being a step by step kit. That's the whole fun of it. Those with a technical or engineering background will be at an enormous advantage. You must learn how to program using C code and research how the components work. For example, I was unable to get the stepper motor to work from this kit with the example stepper motor code that comes with Arduino IDE. But that's because the example code is for a different stepper motor and there are many different kits out there with different types of stepper motors. I took me two hours to learn about stepper motors and was able to write my own code to control it. I'm lucky to have an engineering background with a little bit of C code experience so I could see someone taking much longer to figure out the stepper motor issue or giving up completely. If you really want to learn Arduino, you can. Be patient, buy books like Programming Arduino by Simon Monk, browse forums, watch YouTube tutorials, etc. So I'll summarize by saying that this is a great product and ships as advertised. I suspect many frustrations are because this is a fairly advanced kit and not a toy. Thank you for reading my review and good luck. UPDATE: I spent more time going through the sample code provided by Elegoo and the stepper motor code they provided works perfect. My comments above were based on my grabbing the code that comes with Arduino IDE which was incompatible. Again, I think the kit is great. Probably most negative feedback coming from misunderstanding how to use everything.

This was a Very Cool, and Fun Electronics Kit that gives an Introduction to the Arduino Process Controller. Everything was Very Well Packaged, in New "Unused" Condition. All of the components come with an ID Card inside of the plastic compartmentalized carrying case. In addition to the Arduino with the Mega2560 Chip, were a host of project items such as LEDs, Resistors, Motors, Jumpers, and a Nice assortment of Sensors. From Motion, to Temperature, to Light Output. The DC Motor, Servo, and the Stepper Motor added an extra touch to the overall enjoyment. I quickly found myself updating the software code (for my own pleasure) for the Stepper Motor and Driver, and have had considerable enjoyment of there use. Elegoo has included a Great Companion CD filled with an Illustrated Guide to Experiments and Coding for the Arduino. The pictures included in the CD really help guide you through the electrical connections for the experiments, to make sure sure you get everything right. Keep in mind that this is an introductory type kit, the beginning learning of Programmable Controllers and Electronics, and how they mix and associate. I am planning on purchasing a few more of these kits for my young relatives that are exploring the world of STEM Learning through their schools. Elegoo has put together a Very Nice Kit with more than an attractive price, and Great Quality. I am really amazed at how will a number of the Amazon Vendors deliver their products for such reasonable pricing with such great delivery of packaging and goods received. The information on the Amazon Site should make it very easy to select Elegoo for as more than just a consideration for the products that they sell. In closing I would like to convey that I have not received any compensation for this review, or for any of the products that I have purchased from Elegoo which include the above mentioned kit and other electronic items. For myself this kit was a great find and great pick.

An awesome kit for anybody interested in electronics or the Arduino. The specialized components (displays, sensors, modules) are all solidly built and the smaller components that I have used all worked fine. The Arduino programs pretty easily and is easy to connect to your PC or laptop with no hassles. All of the wiring in the kit (jumpers,, etc) worked well on the 5 or 6 projects I have done so far on the kit. Who is this kit for? Anybody interested in STEM at a beginner level. The value for what you get in this kit is pretty awesome too.

(I have elevated my rating to four stars as a result of Elegoo's support & follow up). As a child user of Radio Shack's 'Science Fair' kits I was excited to receive this and get to work learning digital electronics. After much research I found this Elegoo kit, and after determining that this kit seemed to have the best 'Bang for the Buck', I bought it. The board, itself, seems to be of good quality and is respected among Arduino clones. Now, a few things that aren't so great: You may find some of the components don't work. If you are new to digital electronics and/or bread boarding you might think you have wired something incorrectly and spend hours of frustration trying to fix your mistake. That is, until you realize it wasn't your mistake at all, but faulty components. In my instance it has been the 5v Relay and the PIR Motion Sensor (so far). Second thing: The bread board is labeled WRONG for the 5v/3.3v Bread Board Power Supply Module. (Note the attached picture). You don't see the labels at the ends of the boards, bu you can clearly see the '+' from the power supply is routed to the '-' rail on the board, and visa-versa. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT & SERIOUS OVERSIGHT as some of these components and modules are very sensitive to reverse polarity and can be damaged (including the Arduino board itself, if you are using the power supply with an Arduino operated circuit). If you have been following the included list of "lessons" and then start using the opposite-polarity power supply and wire things out of habit...well... This is a really STUPID and potentially damaging mistake on Elegoo's part. It could cost people their Arduino board. Lastly, the "Lessons" are less lessons and more 'go-by' examples of bare-bone operation of the components. There is very little 'teaching' being done; if you are clever you might learn some by osmosis and may even find ways to integrate them into circuits other than the ones that are shown in the 'Tutorial' PDF, but you are really going to need an after-market companion book on Arduino basics to get anywhere and to properly learn how the board works and how to utilize the components into usable and teachable projects. Despite the seemingly low price, you may, in fact, be better off buying an Arduino board, a good after-market book and using whatever resource you prefer to purchase components (including appropriately matched power supply and bread board) and building a kit as you go, which might be difficult to do if you are excited to jump right in. Just be prepared for bad components, marginal "tutorials" and spending more money on components that work and that you will actually use and need for specific projects down the road. FOLLOW UP: Elegoo's customer support response was very quick & positive. Replacement items are on the way. Re: Bread board, I'm a little embarrassed to admit this, but will keep this here so others can learn from my mistake, but the bread board power connections are NOT symmetrical, as I had hastily assumed. There IS a left and right side to the board, and if you rotate the bread board then the bread board power supply and power & ground rails are lined up appropriately.

The hardware is as described - no concerns there. But the documentation is lacking. There's no central user manual for the kit. There's a QR code which is ok to scan with a phone. But the code leads to the generic Elegoo site. You're really on your own to figure out what to download and what to do with it.

A good beginner package with some interesting lessons/projects to follow. I would recommend when following the tutorials for installation of the software (you need a computer), to utilize a more up to date online guide or an AI to guide you on the recent updates. As the tutorials that are published in the PDF document are outdated in that regard. A lot of the step are no longer necessary and are done automatically. As for the lessons/projects themselves, they could use a bit more detail to guide a complete novice like myself, but overall, they are pretty easy to follow and informative. For how much that this comes with, I think that it’s definitely well worth the money. It gives you quite a bit to do. Packaging was nice and the box comes well organized. I can’t compare this to anything, but it has been an enjoyable experience so far.

Fantastic kit, very complete, and the pdf tutorial is on point!