Save money - get Scratch Lost in space kit was bought for our kids for Christmas. Still at lesson 1 as the instructions/videos are fast and a bit vague. On Chrome OS the board has to be disconnected/reconnected with every upload. Didn’t work at all with windows. Turned out to be the biggest disappointment for Christmas rather than a new learning opportunity for our kid who has really gotten in to coding. Save your money and just let your kid download Scratch.

Checking out the Hero board. I have experience Arduino and basically wanted to see what was different about the Hero offering from this company. So I ordered a sample board and worked with the lessons. Company itself, shipped it quick and answered questions. The product is good. it works with standard Arduino libs and looks like an Uno. The benefit this company brings is their lessons and training which seem to be very well thought out, organized, and especially easy to access.

The kit has great promise While this kit has great promise I don't find the lessons detailed enough to do even the first few lessons without significant prior knowledge. I bought this for my 12 year old, but am struggling on my own. The 25 minute videos have good knowledge, but are slow and fail to hold even my attention. Following the steps for Day 3 is not giving the desired results, and attempting to leave feedback says I'm leaving duplicate response.

Great kit and fun learning videos! Great kit and training videos with fun spaceship theme. A couple suggestions for improvement: provide/ sell a weighted base to arrange and hold the Hero and the breadboard. On a related note, use a thinner/more flexible USB cable. These changes would make the wiring and testing more enjoyable. There have been a couple times that the act of untwisting and connecting USB jostled the hero/breadboard/wires and caused a disconnect.

Great starting course Despite some early issues with delivery to the uk (swiftly resolved by amazing Customer Service), I can highly recommend this course. 30 day/daily broadcasts format really help to maintain motivation, and first programming course that didn’t bore me to death with starting with ton of theory before you actually do something. First time you make LED Blink or buzzer beep is oddly satisfying. Keep up the good work team and all the best!