“Delightfully simple, but stylish. If you've never wired into a board before, that'll be the fiddliest part, but you'll manage. If you have, it's nothing at all.
This is a great kit for introducing yourself to what's possible with a microcontroller: a project you can get real satisfaction from in an hour or less, with plenty of ways to build it out further.
(And the skull bottle is just great fun.)”
“Brilliant little bit of kit - got it just in time so I could have it in the doorway for Halloween.
Over a couple of days I added a few patterns like a 'heartbeat' pulsing red light and a bluetooth connection so I could trigger behaviour from my mobile phone. When anyone came to the door and knocked, all sorts of flashes and patterns happened. Good fun.”
“This is a great kit. Had really helped my programming skills as I have made a web interface for simple controls to change the colours and brightness. Also learnt about JSON queries for morning light / night light for my daughter. Your only limit is your imagination.”
“The kit arrived speedily and proved to be easy to assemble and produce results that I expect will encourage my grandson to delve into the world of electronics and coding - brilliant thanks.”
“A fun piece of kit - it's going to stand on a shelf in my classroom. I might even add a noise sensor and change the code to get redder as it gets louder. The only real problem was attaching the LED strip to the terminals - my eyes are not what they used to be! I've also used the lights in a lab flask as an attraction for an open evening”
“a bit of winter cheer
suffering from the 'seasonal virus' and being unable to sleep, i had a lot of time on my hands. luckily the weekly mailer came in offering this cheerful chappy. supply lines having recovered, he was with me two days later. the nesting dolls approach to packaging, heightened the excitement of getting to the actual product, then i spent the back end of sick leave messing about with both the wifi features of the pico and the fascinating lights in this kit. is the skull worth the best option? i'd say it was just a-head of the others.”
