In addition to the board and components, it's important to get your hands on some tools for your Arduino kit, too. You'll typically solder pin headers or wires to components, so a soldering kit ...

Holding through-hole components in place while soldering is a pain — literally. I’ve mildly burned my fingertips numerous times holding components (like pin headers) in place with one finger ...

Not long after [CulinarilySpeaking] got into the Arduino game, he began to want more IO pins and a larger program ... with the parts he had on hand. After soldering all the components to the ...

“With a finished project, you’re likely to make permanent connections to your Nano by soldering it ... adapter with a screw terminal for each pin. The perfect way to connect wires or ...

SMDs allow for far more tiny chips, resistors, and other bits to be attached to boards by their tiny pins, flat contacts, solder balls, or other connections. For those things that are bigger ...

Arduino, popular among makers for its inexpensive but capable microcontroller boards and a vast array of sensors and other components, is making introducing people to its world even easier.