Reddit reviews Arduino For Dummies

Hey thanks so much for the in depth reply, its much appreciated! I like the looks of those two kits you posted, they look like the come with a lot of stuff. Would one of those kits be better than this one? I am also looking at picking up Arduino for Dummies as I feel that would help out. I do not have any programming experience, though I am willing to learn as I feel it would only help me get more into this. I do have a multi meter but no soldering iron. My only concern with buying one of the kits you listed is that they seem more oriented towards people who already have some semblance of an idea as to what they are doing. What I like about each of the kits I linked, the one in this comment, and the other in my introduction post was that they both came with some sort of instruction booklet. Anyway, thank you for all you wrote, I'll definitely take it into consideration!

Arduino is pretty cool. It can help them get a feel for electronics.

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Arduino for Dummies might be more what you're looking for. I'm not sure what you mean when you say "don't have much electrics background," but I find a lot of the 'beginner' Arduino books tend to assume at least some high-school level physics and math skills as translated to electronics. I find the For Dummies series to be about as basic as it gets without picking up actual school textbooks.

The other suggestions are great too, so I would sample everything, and find a match to your comfort level with existing electronics knowledge you may already have.