Mand Labs KIT-1: Premium with Academy

Mand Labs Premium Kit - Version 4

Targeted toward complete beginners, Mand Labs Premium Kit uses 165 industrial-grade electronic components and tools, two guidebooks, 9 hours of online discussions, and step-by-step, app-based instructions to encourage your teen to learn at his own pace. Mand Labs Premium Kit is both impressive and maybe a tad bit intimidating. Yet the 60 electronic project instructions are tested by 20,000 users to ensure that they are intuitive and easy to use. The Mand Labs Premium Kit's award-winning carrying case opens up vertically into a workstation lab with multiple drawers and compartments to house trays of components, tools, and manuals. The Mand Labs Premium Kit's case was designed to keep the footprint area to a minimum, with compartmentalized space within it for all the parts. Indeed, one of the most robust electronics courses on the homeschool market, Mand Labs Premium Kit includes switches, circuits, wires, sensors, motors, breadboards, probes, pliers, and a multimeter and does not require any soldering tools.

For teens who find the science behind electronics overwhelming, we suggest that they merely watch videos for concepts, assembly, and reference. You will be amazed at how many electronics principles they will absorb by just assembling the projects. The guidebooks are useful for an in-depth understanding of electronics.

Mand Labs Premium Kit's course topics cover 20 percent of IGCSE Cambridge Curriculum and 30 percent of AP Physics C, including electricity and magnetism.

From the Manufacturer:
The all-in-ones Mand Labs KIT-1: STEM Electronics Kit is your most comprehensive do-it-yourself (DIY) learning kit that takes you on a journey of 60+ hands-on projects from fundamentals of electricity to advanced concepts of transistors in electronics and robotics. And everything is step-by-step.

No prior experience in electronics is required. As a beginner, you start with simple hands-on projects, learn to use a digital multimeter and grab the basic fundamentals of electricity, including charge, voltage, current, resistance, Ohm’s law, and Kirchhoff laws.

As you advance, you start learning about new components, make more complex projects and progress both in terms of knowledge and skill levels. At the start of book-2, you will be able to build interesting projects such as automatic night lamp, H-Bridge (motor driver circuit used in robotics) and many more.

The kit is a great companion for parents who want to provide early practical exposure to their kids, teachers who want to demonstrate the concepts of electrical science & semiconductors, students who want to learn physics by doing, and hobbyists who want to brush up their basics.

In the premium version, you get three extra projects including IR Security Alarm system, joule thief (drawing energy from a dead cell), and temperature sensor. Who Is it for:

Middle and high school students

STEM educators running maker spaces, physics labs, and robotics programs

Homeschooling parents

DIY enthusiasts and makers

What's New in Version 4?

Wire cutter and stripper is now made of Stainless Steel (SS) and has a new design with a thumb grip

A more durable screwdriver is included which can unwind switch terminals and multimeter screws with ease

A new 12 V Piezoelectric buzzer with 4.2 KZ frequency is replacing the older 12 Volt 2.4KHz magnetic buzzer in Version 3

The portable breadboard box now comes with magnetic locks instead of swap buttons

A more tactile microswitch with a 120gF operating force on the lever is introduced

Lead Free Solder (Sn96.5/Ag3.0/Cu0.5) is used for all soldering joints

All LEDs are now professionally packaged in moisture free anti-static bags - four different colored bags for each color

Learning videos in the USB Flash drive now come with subtitles (English)

24 Micron Polyolefin Shrink Film is used for sealing multimeter, books and KIT-1 box

Mand Labs KIT-1 Box is re-engineered for durability, strength and usability. The box is made in 12 different parts and each part is produced with a very high level precision with right fits and tolerances. The box is assembled carefully by hand and undergoes multiple inspections to meet quality standards

RoHS and Reach Standards are being strictly adhered to

The TDK EPCOS Thermistor 10K 3950 3% with a faster response time is added to the Premium Edition

A new Everlight Phototransistor alongside 840 nm Everlight Photodiode is added to the IR Security Alarm System project; Phototransistor gives a better range and high sensitivity

Topics covered in KIT-1:

Charge, Battery, Voltage, Current, Resistance, LED, Multimeter, Resistors, Ohm's law, Series and Parallel Combination, Variable Resistors: Potentiometer, Preset and LDR, Switches, Capacitors, Relay, Semiconductors, Diode and Its Types, Digital Logic Gates: NOT, OR, AND, NOT, NAND, Zener Diode, DC Motor, Transistors, IR (Infrared LED) and Photodiode, Inductors, Thermistor (Temperature sensor).

Complete list of experiments in KIT-1 here

Contents in the box:

Includes 60 projects + 165 components including one mini breadboard + 2 guide books + 60 videos + step-by-step project guides + workstation + 1 breadboard carry case + 3 premium projects + 1 flash drive containing all learning materials

Please note: Batteries are no longer included in the kit, so will need to be purchased.

Manufacturer: Mand Labs
Manufacturer Age Recommendation: 8+
Prior Experience in Electronics Required?: No
Faith-Based: No

Awards and Endorsements:
First Runner up i-Design Award 2015!

Media Mentions:

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Learn Electronics Product Review: Watch video

CHOKING HAZARD - Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.
Not suitable for industrial applications.

review by So Every Day

”...well organized, tidy, clever design, thorough supply list, self-paced schedule, flexible as an add on or as a solid part of the curriculum. I’m so thankful for solid science options for a teacher like me, who fears the science at times... ”

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