DIY Solar Tracking Electronic Kit

This kit is an excellent value and teaches you far more than just "solar tracking." The setup was surprisingly easy. The components are well-packaged, the instructions are clear, and the whole thing comes together quickly. You don't need prior experience, just a willingness to follow the guide. Where this kit shines is the education. You learn programming with Arduino by seeing how code translates directly to physical movement. Plus, you get hands-on experience with several sensors: the light-dependent resistors (LDRs) that drive the tracking, as well as an included DHT11 temperature and humidity sensor for extra projects. It’s an impressive, all-in-one package that covers mechanics, circuitry, and coding. Worth the price for anyone wanting a deep dive into practical, sensor-based electronics.

This is a well made and well documented educational kit. An Arduino UNO equivalent with extra connectors is included. There are multiple lessons to test and gain familiarity with each component and a final lesson for the complete product. The documentation on how the components work is divided between the lessons, so recommend reading the user manual. There are FAQ and code examples. Device libraries are included, in case you cannot reach the standard Arduino libraries.

Had great fun putting this together. No major issues, but a few minor ones. The orientation of the second plate (peripheral) sorta matters. Didn't notice it until it was already assembled and I was integrating the next platform. Not a real big deal, with some minor hacking it went together OK and worked. Other minor issue is that I seemed to get hardware from another project. Was missing some screws and had a bunch I could find no use for. Fortunately I have a goodly collection of screws so working it out wasn't an issue. Overall, I'd recommend this project for fun, education and quite possibly usefulness. I had to live with the first two being on the north side of the building and getting maybe 5 minutes of sun at high summer :-)). Still it did work with what little we have when we have it :-). Get it, have fun and learn!!! I'm sure my bag of screws was a fluke.

Fun learning project, the steps were ok , wish it explained a bit more . Looking to now mod this with different parts

Good kit. Instructions could be better. A component died and I reached out to support for a replacement and never heard back from them.

I purchased this kit for my son. (12) We built it together. The step by step guide is on point and I also enrolled in the online arduino forum for more support. Each step of the programing guides you and verifies that every component works. Highly recommend this project kit.

Keyestudio knocks it out of the ballpark once again with this solar tracking kit. Keyestudio really goes the extra mile when it comes to their packaging, it is one of the many great benefits this kit provides over others that are similar. Each component and part is separated into its own packaging with clear indicators of what is in the bag, which corresponds to their instructions making assembly much easier! The kit itself is actually bigger than I thought it would be, with the solar panel about the same size as a cellphone, which can output a decent amount of power. The instructions included in the online Dropbox folder are very easy to use, and they even included a common problems PDF which is helpful. The code and all the needed software components are also in the Dropbox folder, so everything is all in one place. If you want to try out a really cool Arduino based sun or light tracking station, this one is recommended!

Missing a bunch of pieces, it does not include the battery, but some of the other pieces were missing unfortunately. To be exact, plastic pip, plastic string, servo, smart phone charging module, digital light intensity module, single channel push button, yellow led module, usb cable, solar charging module, passive buzzer, temperature and humidity sensor, battery holder and the servo mount kit. Thats like most of the kit.