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Description: The Johnny-Five Inventor’s Kit (J5IK) is your go-to source for developing projects using the Tessel 2 and the Johnny-Five programming framework. With the J5IK you will be able to build JavaScript-powered hardware by marrying common software language with powerful hardware. This kit includes everything you need to complete 14 circuits that will teach you how to control and read external sensors and displays, control motors, learn JavaScript, and much more. With the J5IK, you won’t need any previous programming or electronics experience to use this kit though if you do possess such skills they will certainly aid you. After using this kit you’ll have the know-how to start creating your own IoT projects and experiments, all thanks to Johnny-Five!
Johnny-Five is an Open Source Robotics and IoT platform based on the IO-Plugin protocol. Released by Bocoup in 2012, Johnny-Five is maintained by a community of passionate software developers and hardware engineers. Over 75 developers have made contributions towards building a robust, extensible and composable ecosystem.
The on-line Experiment Guide for the J5IK (that will be released when the kit starts shipping) contains step by step instructions of how to connect each circuit with the included parts. Full example code is provided and explained and even includes troubleshooting tips if something goes wrong.
The kit does not require any soldering and is recommended for anyone comfortable learning new programming languages or if you are looking for an alternative to the original SparkFun Inventor’s Kit.
Get Started with the J5IK Experiment Guide
Circuit Experiments:
- Experiment 1: Blink
- Experiment 2: Multiple LEDs
- Experiment 3: Reading a Sensor - Potentiometer
- Experiment 4: Reading a Button
- Experiment 5: Reading a Switch
- Experiment 6: Reading a Light Sensor
- Experiment 7: Fading an LED
- Experiment 8: Controlling an RGB LED
- Experiment 9: Using an H-Bridge - Motor Control
- Experiment 10: I2C Sensor with BMP180
- Experiment 11: Moisture Sensor
- Experiment 12: LCD Screen
- Experiment 13: Shift Register + LEDs
- Experiment 14: Shift Register + Seven Segment
Kit Includes:
- Tessel 2
- White Breadboard
- SparkFun Motor Driver
- SparkFun Soil Moisture Sensor (With Screw Terminals)
- SparkFun BME280 Breakout (With Headers)
- 16x2 Character LCD - White on Black (With Headers)
- 7 Segment Display
- Hobby Gearmotor (Pair)
- Shift Register
- Magnetic Door Switch Set
- Mini Photocell
- Switch (SPDT)
- Red, Blue, Yellow, and Green Tactile Buttons
- Red, Blue, Yellow, and Green LEDs
- RGB LED
- Trimpot - 10K
- Jumper Wires - M/M 6"
- USB microB Cable - 6 Foot
- Wall Charger - 5V USB (1A)
- 10K Ohm Resistors
- 100 Ohm Resistors
Documents:
Customer Reviews
4.7 out of 5
Based on 6 ratings:
just getting started....
good documentation and tutorials,!
Love It!!
My daughter (4th Grade) and I have started playing with it together. We are already brainstorming for her science project this year in school.
Fun Stuff
Well thought out kit with interesting projects and online explanations of everything. Most of the tutorials and books you can find for arduino and raspberry pi devices are in the arduino and python languages. If you want to be able to do these same things with hardware in the javascript language, this is a great place to start!
Excellent!
I’m a little biased because I worked on creating this kit, but this past weekend we had an event with 35 attendees, mostly high school students and a handful of professional web developers, that went astoundingly well. There was only a single attendee that experienced issues, but they were admittedly unfamiliar with the linux laptop that they brought. Everyone else at the event had a great time and really enjoyed their first experiences programming hardware with this kit. The Experimenter’s Guide was crucial to their success—it had all the information necessary to get up and running and be successful!
Great instruction and support
Love this thing. Perfect for what it claims to be: an introduction to electronics for a newbie without any experience. Granted, I do have software development experience so I skip a lot of the JavaScript tutorials.
SparkFun has a lot of great beginners articles about electronics that I’ve been taking advantage of.
Also I’ve been reaching out to the Tessel slack group for help with the actual microcontroller and other semi-related questions. They’ve been very helpful!
When is the expected availability of the shoulder mounted laser?
Unfortunately, it is still about a year away. Maybe the first of April in 2017?
However May 9th of this year has a pretty good ring to it. We’ll see. :D
Laser is ready to be mounted (some assembly required).
You know, I have one simple request, and that is to have sharks with fricking laser beams attached to their heads!
I will be working on this project in my home. I don’t have much of a work area setup. Should I get an anti-static mat to do these projects on since the board is exposed? Or should I get some kind of case for the Tessel 2? Is one available? I’m just concerned with the board and other components getting damaged from static. Do I even need to worry about this?
Hello, no static mat is required to work with this product, it is pretty durable, I have been programming and building with mine sitting on my couch on carpet and have not seen any ill affects. Same with the components included. In terms of a case, there is not one currently in production, but there are mounting holes on the board and a custom case shouldn’t be too difficult to build, depending on your use case.
That is great to know. Thank you!
What kind of tools will be needed to perform the experiments with this kit? Should I look into getting a toolkit too?
No tools required!
Great!