WHDTS Rotating Windmill Soldering Project Kit, Funny Red LED Flashing Light DIY Wind Chime Soldering Kit with PCB Adjustable Speed for Soldering Practice Learning Electronics

For starters this review is by a complete amateur in soldering, this is the first thing I’ve ever soldered on.I got this in the hopes of just practicing and learning soldering and it did just that. I was able to get all the lights to light up on the board but I think maybe the surface mount chip is bad because I had to bridge solder to get all of the lights to work. It could also be my minimal knowledge of soldering and I did it all wrong. I wouldn’t know. But I digress, overall everything fit and I was able to figure out where components without any kind of instructions and having never soldered before so I would say anyone could figure it out without instructions but some form of instructions or identification of components would be nice for a inexperienced individual like myself which is why I give it 4 stars. Also having a better way of getting power to the system would be great as well. I used a battery pack from another soldering practice kit to supply power via soldering the wires to the post. Which worked but isn’t the best method. 3v powered the lights

When I ordered this, I assumed it would be normal 5mm LEDs like other kits I've done in the past...nope, it's 3mm LEDs and the PCB holes are VERY tiny, it took a fair bit of wiggling to get the LED legs into the holes. The small thru-holes also made it challenging to see the quality of the solder joint, not ideal for a beginner. I had to break out a magnifier lamp so we could see what we were doing.We also had one faulty LED (or broken trying to get it thru the undersized hole) but they included a bunch of extras so it was not difficult to replace.I would have preferred they included a battery holder or put a USB thru-hole jack for power input - not the end of the world but I had to rig something up myself to supply power.

The media could not be loaded.  Great electronics kit was fun to assemble with my daughter.As you can see it came with plenty of LED's so I have a few left over for another product.The assembly instructions have to be downloaded from the seller page on Amazon and also they did not tell how to identify the Anode on the LED. If you are new to electronics then this would be helpful.Also you do need a 5V power supply - it would have been great if it had include a USB cable as other projects have this.Also remember that the kit does not come with any solder.Lastly I would have preferred if the Arduino chip had come in a socket, so it could be removed and reprogrammed. this would take the kit to the next level with my kids.Anyway a fun project for a rainy sunday.

A very small LED solder practice kit.Very simple and fast. Though it does have one surface mount component, probably the easiest you’ll find, good practice for beginnersBunch of dead LEDs (all shorted) but an OK kit for the price anyway.For a fun build video, search YouTube for "C.K. builds a LED Windmill kit from WHDTS"

I got this windmill kit for soldering. The task wasn't too challenging. The kit didn't come with any instructions. But there is a link to a pdf with instructions on Amazon page. Only instructions they listed is the order of the components to be soldered. You can't really mix up components as there are only one kind of each type of component. They provided more leds than it required. It didn't come with a socket for the IC and I used an old one I had. I also soldered wires for power input instead of the male header they had provided. All in all it was a good practice kit.

The media could not be loaded.  Easy to assemble kit. Other reviewers are correct that it does not come with instructions. However referencing the pictures on the product page I had no problems assembling it.There are only 4 components so figuring out what goes where isn't difficult. Where the board has a D1-D19 an LED goes. Where it has a R1 - R4 a resistor goes. The other two components only fit in their respective slots.Ensure the longer lead of the LED goes in the hole with the + next to it. The resistor orientation does not matter. Ensure you match the notch in the IC with the notch printed on the board.

I thought I would add as a display to my model RR, but it didnt work. No instrctions included. not worth making another.

This was so much fun! I did it with my 11 year old and we both had fun. I especially was happy to see a few extra LEDs as I have hooked them up before and let out the majic white smoke, extras prevent a little part crashing a whole project.The beat part was seeing the look in my sons face when it lit up.