Elecrow For Raspberry Pi 5 8GB Kit, CrowPi Advanced Kit Pre-installed 9-inch Monitor, Raspberry Pi 5 8GB, and More Sensors as a Small Computer to Learn Basic Computer Science and Practice Programming

To be honest the price originally put me off. After all a raspberry pi 4 is supposed to be the $35 computer right? This kit is almost 10x that. So what exactly do i get for the $300? - raspberry pi 4 2 gig with 32 gig preinstalled and ready to go - integrated 7inch touch screen display (could be bigger) - separate power adapter to provide more than enough juice for the pi 4, screen, and add ons - integrated sensor/input/breadboard for lots of learning projects - keyboard, mouse, game controllers, headphones, and lots of extras - an awesome quality clam shell design - integrated software/hardware. Just turn it on, and it boots up ready to go. - Awesome support and solid company (Claire is the best! - very responsive and accommodating ) - You can upgrade the pi 4 to another one bought separately. Easy to swap out I dont think you could buy all the parts individually and come out for less. And it wouldnt be beautifully integrated. Basically if you want a raspberry pi laptop with lots of nerdy features, this is great. Compared to other 'pilaptops' out there, this is the market leader. In fact there is nothing that compares to this other than the duinokit but that uses a tablet as its display (and remote vnc). I find myself actually using it as a second screen laptop. The PI4 is zippy enough to handle the browser well and 2gigs is enough for most of my needs. And if the screen is too small, i can use the second hdmi port to plug in a larger monitor. (note: they need to allow more room between their adaptor. So for now you have to unscrew the pi and have the hdmi wire plug in that way.) I am looking forward to playing with all the gizmos it has. I think there are some interesting gaming and educational opportunities possible. A child would love this as gift. It has minecraft of course, retropie gaming, and as they grow older they can jump into the python/sensor programming. This is something they can carry around and feel proud ownership. And what a great way to introduce them to an alternative OS like raspi. A great buy and I trust I will get years of enjoyment from it. Completely recommend it. Add it to your cart, order it, and enjoy!

Loads of great addons to support loads of exciting projects. A great way for someone to jump into robotics and coding and quickly put their skills to good use in a fun way. Came with retro style gamepads to support creation of cool 90s style arcade games, fun for all the family.

This is a great deal if you want to start using the raspberry pi system. It will not teach you anything, but it gives you an incredible platform to use while you teach yourself. The documentation takes you through the basics of how each system on the case works. It is a great explanation of each system. What it does not do, is teach you the basics of actual programming. That is still on you to learn. A basic Python course that taught basic programming skills and a basic electronics course would be a great add on, but the level of knowledge for each person is so vastly different it would be hard to include everything each person might want or need, so leaving that for the individual to pick up seems logical. There are great YouTube videos that will help to get to where you want to be on either front. The ONLY con I have is that the sd card is insane to take in and out. It was not thought out on the unit. Had you moved the pi card down .375” further, a and extension cable could have been added. It is far from a deal breaker here, but it is a noticeable engineering issue. The system is great for getting you into the world of micro computing systems. Perhaps you could come up with a similar system for Microchip? You are one of the few kickstarts out there that did better then promised! You delivered a great product here!

Got this for my nine year old to help teach Python. My nine year old currently is good at Scratch (taught at school) so its great to control the GPIO pins and see what can be exercised in Scratch then to look at the same in Python. The imbedded screen for an older dad :-) is unusable as just to small so a mini HDMI cable is needed (like used in drones) to connect to a bigger display so this will be around $30. Support is excellent. Original Scratch lessons supplied were based on Scratch , within a day or two or saying this is no good they updated to Scratch 3

This product presents an outstanding way to learn and/or teach Raspberry Pi. Everything worked out of the box and the documentation is above average. I haven't done the math but I believe you'll save money by purchasing the Crowpi with all of its sensors, as opposed to buying them separately along with a stock RPi, breadboard etc. A favorable YouTube reviewer seemed to agree. If you're looking to teach kids the joy of coding and electronics this is a nice, well built kit that has everything you need. It's caught the interest of my kids and there's an endless wealth of possibilities for fun and learning. I bought the Advanced Kit and the only hiccup I had was when I first got it and was playing around, and tried to update the Elecrow image with a "sudo apt-get update/upgrade". Upon reboot the GPIO pin connected to the buzzer was held high for some reason and had to disconnect power to stop the noise! This happened on every reboot. So I just burned a new image onto the microSD from the Elecrow website and kept on truckin'. I haven't updated since.