Comments on: Arduino Starter Rundown – Part 2

By: Toby Fox

Toby Fox — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:23:22 +0000

Hey – thanks for writing this up. I’m just about to get into Arduino and was looking at starter packs (in the UK!) so this was really helpful. Going to go with the Oomlaut which, as it turns it, is the first one I came across, and now I feel good about it. Cheers.

By: Intimidation and Arduino | Hackademia

Intimidation and Arduino | Hackademia — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 05:20:58 +0000

[...] reviews evaluating which kit was best — I was expecting to find comprehensive roundups, and the only one I found dated from 2009. Is that an indication that people who use Arduinos are more interested in getting [...]

By: Felix

Felix — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:07:16 +0000

Thanks for this, a very helpful review.

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:17:59 +0000

Thanks for your thorough review of starter kits – really helpful for a complete novice on a budget looking to get started.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:33:26 +0000

I’ve ordered a kit from Earthshine. Is a nice kit but wont be buying from this site again. Service us terrible and took 2 weeks to receive kit! Hardly received any emails or had any replied to.

By: First play with Arduino « Stu's News

First play with Arduino « Stu's News — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:07:02 +0000

[...] site, where I picked up some more of the background. I then found a review of starter kits at http://aaroneiche.com/2009/07/16/arduino-starter-rundown-part-2/ and chose this one from oomlout.com which, with postage & VAT, came in at [...]

By: Aaron Eiche

Aaron Eiche — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 01:02:37 +0000

Thank you for the kind words. I’m hoping to have it ready in a week or two. The updated version is going to have a comparison chart outlining the different kits, as well as the reviews.
The new version is going to be driven by a database and some dynamic stuff, which will hopefully make it even more useful.

By: pwall

pwall — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:46:40 +0000

Great article. Thank you. I did see in the Arduino forums that you are expecting to update this yet again. Do you have a rough idea when an update might be out?

By: Aaron Eiche

Aaron Eiche — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:29:23 +0000

Cool. The Oomlout pack is definitely a solid choice. Provides a lot of stuff to work with. Best of luck!

By: Edward Matos

Edward Matos — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:44:01 +0000

Great help. Looks like quite a bit of effort, so thank you very much.

Decided to get into Arduino as I’m a mechanical engineer and could really do with some easy electronics knowledge to help me test stuff on the cheap. Went for the Oomlout pack because it looks like it’ll be worth the extra bit of cash just to get up that learning curve a little quicker. Looking forward to peering into some blinking lights!