ESP32 Kit Dev CAM Board Ultimate Starter Kit, Dual-core 32-bit 240 MHz Microcontroller, Onboard Camera WiFi+BT, 795-Page Tutorial, Python C Java Code, 122 Projects, 240 Items

With all the parts you need and a library of examples showing how to hook up to and control each, this is a great opportunity to learn what you need to know to automate your home with IoT or make your own projects in robotics or just learn to interface a microcomputer to external hardware. One thing, if you want to use this to learn the electronics part of interfacing (dropping resistors, etc.) this isn’t the kit for you and it’s not intended for that. This kit is for learning how to write code in C or Python to control external hardware, and it does a good job of it. You really should know C, C++, or Python first—it’s not a programming course either. But if you want to get into IoT or robotics, this is a great starting (and finishing) point. Note that this review is for the ULTIMATE kit, not the BASIC kit—the Ultimate Kit has MANY more experiments with much more advanced hardware that you’ll need, especially displays and motors. I would also recommend the ESP32 version over the RASPBERRY Pi version—the ESP32 is more powerful and has built-in WiFi and Bluetooth that Raspi doesn’t have (because of the chip shortage if you have to “settle” for the Raspberry Pi version, don’t worry, everything you learn is applicable to any micro, and you can get external modules for wifi and bluetooth). I strongly recommend this kit to anyone wanting to control the world! (Or your little corner of it anyway.)

Good value, with the ESP32 WROVER board, common parts, breadboard, etc. The breakout is nice to have, as the ESP32 does not play well with breadboards due to its width. (If you have two breadboards, you can remove the power rails, snap them together and bridge the ESP32 across the two boards to expose connections for pins on both sides of the ESP32.) Code examples are clear and easy to follow. Would not suggest this for the absolute beginner, but is great as a "what's next" after the Arduino Uno/Nano. No quality issues of any kind. Check out the Dronebot Workshop on YouTube for a couple of excellent "getting started" videos.

This kit is great. So many different modules and different implementations you can do. Relatively easy to set up with VS Code using the Platform IO extension. When I got it everything was on the board and in the process of trying to remove one of the controllers I broke a pin. I emailed them and they replaced it free of charge! Great customer service as well. Be careful with those pins! Follow the directions on how to remove stuff from the board safely.

3/1/26 I down graded my original review because after buying an ESP32 Dev board from a different manufacturer I realized the ADC offset problems I was having was only with boards from Freenove. Original review: This a really good value because the documentation contains 2 tutorials. An Arduino/C++ Tutorial and a Thonny/Python tutorial. I chose the Python tutorial which made learning more difficult because most YouTube videos use the Arduino IDE (probably because there are so many examples). I had to contact Support more times than usual but they were always responsive. The projects hardware is mostly the usual components. Nothing was defective. I recommend enclosing the code in try/except Exception as e: print(e) for those times when nothing happens.

The person who put this package together did an excellent job. Make sure you search for the correct downloads for the ESP32 microcontroller. The instructions are well detailed. There was a lot of care in putting this together. This is a great educational kit for anyone looking to learn Arduino programming with the ESP32.

Product received undamaged. This Vendor and their Products deserve more then five stars. The Products are professional, well designed, and function flawlessly. Every item in this kit is of the highest quality. After Sale Contact with the Vendor was also initiated to answer some technical questions related to a device contained within the kit, but was not included in the Python Tutorials. All questions were answered promptly and extended documentation was forwarded for technical review inhouse. This is a well thought out and comprehensive kit for anyone, beginner or expert. If you are looking for a startup kit or just additional components for an existing Project, this kit provides many of the individual items needed for such. We love the ESP32 Wrover B, and this kit comes with one also. Keep up the fine work, Freenove! -- Acigan International, Research and Development

This kit comes with a wealth of boards/sensors/motors/etc to experiment with. The ESP32-WROVER is compatible with the Arduino IDE and Freenove includes a bunch of example sketches in their kit (available on GitHub or on their website). If you were to buy the individual pieces you would end paying a lot more than what the kit costs and the fact that they include a 385 page tutorial with 34 sample projects to go along with all the components makes this kit very easy to get started with. Most (if not all) of the components are compatible with Raspberry Pi's GPIO as well as Arduino's. Also, their technical support is very easy to work with. In another kit I purchased (to get started on Raspberry Pi), one of the components arrived damaged. It still worked, but the LCD had bleeding and a scratch on the display. I contacted their support by email, sent a picture and description of the situation, and they sent me a response by the next morning so they could work on getting me a replacement part. I would definitely recommend Freenove and this kit for anyone getting started or anyone looking to add a wide range of components to their existing projects/collection.

A way to get a number of parts inexpensively but as for learning to use an ESP32 it's pretty disappointing. There is no discussion of the code in each sketch, some of which is quite obscure. You can follow along stupidly and watch the results but you won't learn much. You'll have to consult other sources to puzzle out what the code is doing, why it works or how modify it. In a couple of cases the code would load because the pins chosen to use actually prevented the code from loading. Color changes on a RBG led using Pulse Width Modulation would not load because the pins used are also used by the onboard camera. That took awhile to puzzle out. Not sure what else I'm likely trip over as I work my way through the rest.

The starter kit has many different components allowing a plethora of different projects to have a go with. The module itself is well-made and has a camera already connected. There is a useful expansion board with a voltage regulator on, allowing it to be powered by an external source, which also connects onto the supplied breadboard. I had some trouble running the basic LED blink code (the "hello, world" of embedded development), which I believe is due to the default strapping state of some of the ESP-32 pins but Freenove were very quick to respond to my email and their suggested remedy worked so I am now able to proceed with my project. The camera web server example also ran without a hitch. I found the Arduino IDE with the 'sketches' worked fine but it hides a lot of stuff. It is great for beginners but I am more used to a professional environment like Eclipse and VsCode, so will have a go at setting those up.

Este kit está muy bien para empezar, porque es muy barato para todo lo que trae. Tiene componentes originales, de alta calidad... Un manual muy detallado con explicaciones, también viene el software, drivers, ejemplos... Todo genial para empezar, como he dicho anteriormente. El único pequeño defecto es que mi caja (la de plástico) venía un poco rota por fuera, pero al menos no tiene roturas internas. Por lo demás genial. Gracias.

È un kit per chi ama giocare con l'elettronica . Molto ben consegnato, si possono fare diversi circuiti molto utili . Mio figlio continua a progettare , a costruire nuovi circuiti strabilianti e mi dice che si diverte tanto . È arrivato nei tempi previsti non manca niente e funziona tutto . lo consiglio

Buena calidad de componentes

You get everything and more you need to learn and have fun. I have only done the Python courses, they are easy to follow. A lot of stuff to play around with. A good buy for anybody wanting to learn more about either ESP32 or/and Python.