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Price: $13.99 - $12.98
(as of Dec 10, 2024 00:55:00 UTC – Details)
Practical Soldering Project Kit – This solder practice project will help you achieve good soldering techniques, help you become familiar with a variety of electronic components, and provide you with a completed unit that will produce the fun sound of the two tone European siren. This kit is an example of a multivibrator circuit. Working with printed circuit boards is in the future of every electronic technician. Almost every electronic device today has a printed circuit board and whether you are assembling a PC board or repairing it, you must understand the basics of working with these boards. Requires one 9V Battery. Made in the United States
Build a fun two tone European siren
Learn about multivibrator circuits
Gain valuable experience working with printed circuit boards
Made in the United States
For 30 years Elenco has been using their strong engineering and design skills to develop reliable, affordable electronic test equipment, tools, and educational kits
Customers say
Customers find the learning material and instructions of the soldering station to be positive. They mention it contains tons of instructional material about key soldering techniques, and is an excellent project for beginners. They also appreciate the clear, understandable, and follow instructions with good tips. Additionally, customers say the project is fun and enjoyable. They are happy with the value for money. However, some customers have mixed opinions on the functionality, quality, and assembly kit.
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Joshmanblue5December 10, 2024
Best soldering project I’ve done!
This kit has you solder resistors in place, only to realize you need other resistors to continue, helping you practice de-soldering and replacing. I was at first frusterated by this, as I’ve done many other kits that were straight forward. But I quickly realized this is a true learning kit. It teaches you to solder, then de-solder what you put on. It works well when fully assembled and the instructions are full of useful information, much better than any other kit i’ve done (I’ve done alot of kits). This is truly a good beginner kit, full of good information. 10 out of 10 would recommend to any noobie looking for basic soldering experience. Large solder pads, teaches you to desolder, it has it all! After all my hard work, the siren works and the lights flash. Great buy for anybody looking to learn soldering or for a fun project to work on.
Mark H. OHDecember 10, 2024
Excellent Beginners Kit
I have tried several kits to learn soldering. This kit was by far the best. The instructions were wonderfully clear and complete. The circuit board had rows of practice contacts for testing solders and adjusting the iron. I did use Kester 60/40 solder and not the included lead free. Instructions had a trouble shooting section as well as a description of the circuit and how everthing functioned. I am practicing before work on a ham radio. I had purchased cheaper kits that had poor instructions and errors that were very frustrating. None of the cheap kits worked at all! This kit worked the first time i plugged in the battery. As a beginner immediate positive feedback is vital and this kit delivered. Will try their FM radio kit next.
WesternerDecember 10, 2024
meaningful kit
The kit an accompanying instruction booklet proved to be a meaningful lesson. I went through mine carefully in two evenings. The project itself can be completed much more quickly, but it’s purpose is best served by taking time to become familiar with the resistor color codes, try out the solder mask, practice solder wicking, and develop good technique.A very similar kit is available that includes the soldering iron. Although I suspect that version of the kit is a great value for many students, I bought a much more expensive soldering station for myself and so I appreciate that I could buy the kit without the iron.The kit includes a variety of component types that will introduce a student to the things they will find on other kits and products they will want to build. Specifically it includes resistors, electrolytic capacitors, ceramic capacitors, diodes, transistors, an integrated circuit device, and a potentiometer as well as wire for jumpers, repairs, and leads for the speaker and battery.The low-quality potentiometer quickly failed due to moderately rough handling by my kids. The turning knob has to be torqued to get it to contact internally. I don’t fault the kit for that. Providing a more rugged potentiometer or panel-mount at higher cost wouldn’t add anything to the purpose of the kit.I would buy more of these for anyone I cared for that wanted to learn to solder electronics. Beyond this, I would consider a kit that teaches SMD techniques. Personally I have no interest in soldering SMD by hand, but it’s an important skill for the goals that some people have. My own interests are more toward Manhattan-style construction. Each person has their own reason for wanting to learn to solder electronics, but this kit is a good start for any of them.
tquatierDecember 10, 2024
Frustrating, but very thorough and I learned a lot!
The manual was thorough and very well written. It was not just a “stick R1 here” type diagram. The manual explained about reading resistor color bands, capacitor polarity (or lack of) and many other aspects. Plus, there was quite a bit about soldering setup, care of equipment and safety.Unfortunately, I found the circuit board to be very heat sensitive and the inner foil and glue separated from the board. There were a few times when I lifted the solder, âand the copper “donut” surrounding the connection came along with the soldering iron. That taught me to turn the heat down on my soldering iron.On the bright side, by doing the shunt and cracked circuit-board exercises at the start of the instructions, it helped me fix the board failures and my soldering failures. (It also warned me that the board “melted” quickly.)In the end, my siren would have worked, but in fixing a foil/glue failure, I short-circuited a resistor, so instead of “wee-ooo” I just got a timid “eep” and a burning-hot transistor. However, I will salvage the parts or something. It was about learning to solder, not having a siren.This kit was not my first soldering project, so I probably wouldn’t recommend it for children or tweens as a first project as might want a siren at the end of their hard work. I found the board very touchy for soldering. In the past, I have worked on smaller “Tiny Whoop” RC quadcopter PCB boards without issues.
B CoxDecember 10, 2024
Learning to solder – troubleshooting instructions were helpful
After soldering all of the components to the board, the lights and sound didn’t work properly. The troubleshooting instructions gave hints of what to try for various scenarios. After following these instructions, I was able to get it to work. The practice pads and lots of extra lead-free solder were very helpful too – very learner-friendly.
Rene ChabannesDecember 10, 2024
Delivered as promised.
Simple to assemble and it works.
JoseDecember 10, 2024
Aunque el instructivo está en inglés, no mucho pierde en seguirlo. En el folleto de instrucciones indican tips y habilidades para soldar y desoldar.
AreauDecember 10, 2024
That video is the sweet sound of success! (I resolder the parts for LED2 and still didn’t work, was my bad, I forgot to solder the jumpers lolð )First time soldering, really enjoyed this product and the info booklet! Still watched a bunch of Youtube videos before attempting!My biggest drawbacks were not enough solder and the wick provided was kind of arse. Overall definitely worth the $16 though!Thinking of trying the am or fm radio next, I wanted to do the burglar alarm but there’s none in stock:(
SimonDecember 10, 2024
Came with guide which is very useful
Amazon CustomerDecember 10, 2024
This is great wee project to start off. My 8 year old enjoyed it.
Le PenseurDecember 10, 2024
La livraison a été ultra rapide et l’article en excellent état . Bravo au vendeur . J’ai déjà appris quelque chose avec ce kit .