Freenove ESP32 Kit Dev CAM Board Ultimate Starter Kit, Dual-core 32-bit 240 MHz Microcontroller, Onboard Camera WiFi+BT, 795-Page Tutorial, Python C Java Code, 122 Projects, 240 Items

With all the parts you need and a library of examples showing how to hook up to and control each, this is a great opportunity to learn what you need to know to automate your home with IoT or make your own projects in robotics or just learn to interface a microcomputer to external hardware. One thing, if you want to use this to learn the electronics part of interfacing (dropping resistors, etc.) this isn’t the kit for you and it’s not intended for that. This kit is for learning how to write code in C or Python to control external hardware, and it does a good job of it. You really should know C, C++, or Python first—it’s not a programming course either. But if you want to get into IoT or robotics, this is a great starting (and finishing) point. Note that this review is for the ULTIMATE kit, not the BASIC kit—the Ultimate Kit has MANY more experiments with much more advanced hardware that you’ll need, especially displays and motors. I would also recommend the ESP32 version over the RASPBERRY Pi version—the ESP32 is more powerful and has built-in WiFi and Bluetooth that Raspi doesn’t have (because of the chip shortage if you have to “settle” for the Raspberry Pi version, don’t worry, everything you learn is applicable to any micro, and you can get external modules for wifi and bluetooth). I strongly recommend this kit to anyone wanting to control the world! (Or your little corner of it anyway.)

Good value, with the ESP32 WROVER board, common parts, breadboard, etc. The breakout is nice to have, as the ESP32 does not play well with breadboards due to its width. (If you have two breadboards, you can remove the power rails, snap them together and bridge the ESP32 across the two boards to expose connections for pins on both sides of the ESP32.) Code examples are clear and easy to follow. Would not suggest this for the absolute beginner, but is great as a "what's next" after the Arduino Uno/Nano. No quality issues of any kind. Check out the Dronebot Workshop on YouTube for a couple of excellent "getting started" videos.

This a really good value because the documentation contains 2 tutorials. An Arduino/C++ Tutorial and a Thonny/Python tutorial. I chose the Python tutorial which made learning more difficult because most YouTube videos use the Arduino IDE (probably because there are so many examples). I had to contact Support more times than usual but they were always responsive. The projects hardware is mostly the usual components. Nothing was defective. I recommend enclosing the code in try/except Exception as e: print(e) for those times when nothing happens.

This kit is great. So many different modules and different implementations you can do. Relatively easy to set up with VS Code using the Platform IO extension. When I got it everything was on the board and in the process of trying to remove one of the controllers I broke a pin. I emailed them and they replaced it free of charge! Great customer service as well. Be careful with those pins! Follow the directions on how to remove stuff from the board safely.

A good kit with projects to run. Good entry level into coding and using coding IDE.

This kit comes with a wealth of boards/sensors/motors/etc to experiment with. The ESP32-WROVER is compatible with the Arduino IDE and Freenove includes a bunch of example sketches in their kit (available on GitHub or on their website). If you were to buy the individual pieces you would end paying a lot more than what the kit costs and the fact that they include a 385 page tutorial with 34 sample projects to go along with all the components makes this kit very easy to get started with. Most (if not all) of the components are compatible with Raspberry Pi's GPIO as well as Arduino's. Also, their technical support is very easy to work with. In another kit I purchased (to get started on Raspberry Pi), one of the components arrived damaged. It still worked, but the LCD had bleeding and a scratch on the display. I contacted their support by email, sent a picture and description of the situation, and they sent me a response by the next morning so they could work on getting me a replacement part. I would definitely recommend Freenove and this kit for anyone getting started or anyone looking to add a wide range of components to their existing projects/collection.

Product received undamaged. This Vendor and their Products deserve more then five stars. The Products are professional, well designed, and function flawlessly. Every item in this kit is of the highest quality. After Sale Contact with the Vendor was also initiated to answer some technical questions related to a device contained within the kit, but was not included in the Python Tutorials. All questions were answered promptly and extended documentation was forwarded for technical review inhouse. This is a well thought out and comprehensive kit for anyone, beginner or expert. If you are looking for a startup kit or just additional components for an existing Project, this kit provides many of the individual items needed for such. We love the ESP32 Wrover B, and this kit comes with one also. Keep up the fine work, Freenove! -- Acigan International, Research and Development

A great kit to learn computer electronics!