Description
The Tinker Kit solves the problem that stops most classroom electronics lessons: messy breadboard wiring. Every module plugs into the Octopus:bit board with a keyed connector, so a class spends the lesson coding rather than hunting for a loose wire.
What's included:
- Octopus:bit breakout board with a micro:bit edge connector
- OLED display, PIR motion sensor and soil moisture sensor
- ADKeypad, crash sensor and buzzer module
- Three LED modules, a potentiometer and a servo motor
- Crystal battery box (2 x AAA), micro USB cable and nine connection cables
- Full colour printed guide covering five projects, with more online
- micro:bit board is not included — add a micro:bit V2 at checkout
What students practise:
- Choosing the right sensor for a problem from a box with several options
- Reading a value, setting a threshold and triggering an output
- Block coding in MakeCode, with officially certified extension packages
- Debugging behaviour rather than debugging wiring
The Octopus:bit switches voltage level on some GPIO ports, so 5V sensors work alongside 3V ones. More than thirty documented projects on the ElecFreaks wiki cover a music machine, a plant monitor, a fish feeder, a lie detector and a maze game. Developed with Tinkercademy in Singapore, and used in classrooms in a number of countries.
