Arkadian.eu

The www.oomlout.co.uk is a very interesting site.

To begin with, they have an online shop where you can buy Arduino boards, shields and electronic components. Well, there are many sites that do exactly that.

What’s interesting is that they’ve created a great Arduino Starter kit. This kit is the best kit I’ve seen around for someone who is thinking about learning how to use the Arduino board.

First things first: the kit includes an arduino board and breadboard that are both sitting on an acrylic plate. This is exactly what I did when I started experimenting with my first arduino (although my custom arduino & breadboard combo didn’t look as nice as the one on the Arduino Starter kit).

There are also many different components available, from LEDs to a motor, a servo, sensors and even an 8-bit shift register. To buy these components at, say, Maplins, you would probably pay a lot more than £55, and that’s without the Arduino board. At £55 with the Arduino board, this kit is very well priced.

But this kit is not just a bundle of components. The great advantage of this kit is that it comes with breadboard layout sheets, that make the actual assembly of each project very easy.

All the projects are well documented on Instructables.

Here is an example of the servo motor circuit. You can see that the breadboard layout sheets are very helpful for the new users.