DIY Electronic Soldering Kits

There are a lot of DIY electronic kits you can buy online these days that basically come as a bag of parts, a PCB, and if you’re lucky a set of instructions. You have to solder and assemble it all yourself, and I often recommend them as great practice for novices, and fun little basic kits for the more experienced who just want an excuse to have a soldering iron in their hand when they have nothing better to do, or something to do with their kids.

A vast majority of these kits are simple devices like different styles of digital clocks, LED lights or displays of some kind, as well as radios and Bluetooth speakers. Many of these kits are very cheap and simple to build, and while they often don’t come with instructions, the PCB’s are usually clearly marked. That all being said, they can get a bit boring after a while, they may be fun to build, but how many clocks do you really need?

Thankfully, there are other kits out there that are much more useful and provide a bit more of a payoff for more experienced DIYers. Things such as simple oscilloscopes, electronic component testers, chip testers, and even full SBC (Single Board Computer) and retro computer builds for the more adventurous. I have built a lot of these kits, from the simple clocks to the much more useful tools and retro computers.

Large Display Multicolor LED Clock (https://amzn.to/3CvmzXt)

Small Simple LED Clock (https://amzn.to/3QVd2wO)

Simple Animated LED Heart (https://amzn.to/3PxAFdq)

Simple Animated LED Star (https://amzn.to/3dGwNtC)

Crystal Oscillator Tester 1Hz to 50MHz (https://amzn.to/3QAFBzy)

Handheld LED Dot-Martix 5 Game Kit (https://amzn.to/3QyKuJD)