We compared 13 breadboards and jumper wire kits on Amazon, including the BusBoard BB830, ELEGOO 830-point and Dupont wire packs, REXQualis, AUSTOR preformed jumpers and the Makeronics 3220-point board.
We compared 13 Arduino starter kits on Amazon, from the ELEGOO UNO R3 Super Starter Kit and the Official Arduino Starter Kit to SunFounder, Freenove and UNO R4 WiFi kits, with honest pros and cons.
Compare 11 ESP32-S3 boards for IoT, AI and display projects: Arduino Nano ESP32, Seeed XIAO ESP32S3 and Sense, N16R8 DevKitC clones, Freenove camera kit, LILYGO T-Display-S3, M5Stack AtomS3 and CoreS3.
Compare 13 ToF and LiDAR distance sensors for Arduino, ESP32 and Pi: TFmini-S, TF-Luna kit, TFmini Plus, TF02-Pro, VL53L1X and VL53L0X packs, Adafruit VL6180X, an 8×8 VL53L7CX and the LD19 360° LiDAR.
The best mmWave presence sensors for Arduino, ESP32 and Home Assistant: HLK-LD2410C and LD2450 radar modules, AKAMATIS ESPHome sensors, LAFAER Matter over Thread, meross MS600 and 60GHz radar compared.
The best LiFePO4 batteries and chargers for ESP32, Raspberry Pi, LoRa and solar IoT nodes: Talentcell LF4011 and LF4100, NERMAK, GOLDENMATE IP67, 3.2V 14430 cells and LiTime 14.6V chargers compared.
We compare 12 project enclosures for Arduino, ESP32 and Pi builds: LeMotech IP65 and clear-cover IP67 boxes, Zulkit IP65, Gratury hinged IP67, a DIN rail box and Eightwood aluminum cases.
We compare 13 digital microscopes for soldering and PCB inspection: Andonstar AD246S-M, AD407 and AD249S-M, TOMLOV DM9 and autofocus models, Elikliv EM4K-AF, Plugable USB and Jiusion Wi-Fi scopes.
The best soldering stations for electronics: WEP 927-IV, PINECIL USB-C iron, YIHUA 926 III kit, X-Tronic 3060-PRO, Weller WLSKD7012A, KSGER T12, TS101 and cordless picks, with honest pros and cons.
The best DMX512 gear for LED and stage lighting: ENTTEC DMX USB Pro, Pknight and CHAUVET Art-Net nodes, a CQRobot Arduino DMX shield, RGBW and pixel decoders, DMXking LeDMX4 and wireless DMX kits.