Finally, something he'll pick up instead of the tablet.
A real 25-week electronics course and the kit to build it — he wires up real circuits and writes the code himself, from a first blinking light to a working door lock he opens with a keycard.
- Gets him off the screen — the same build-it-and-watch-it-work rush games give, now in his hands.
- Real electronics, not a plastic toy — he wires the circuit and writes the code himself, with the same gear engineers actually use.
- 25 guided weeks that build on each other — the STEM kit that doesn't end up in a drawer.
- You don't teach it — the lessons do. Stuck? A real engineer answers within 24h.
- One payment, lifetime access. No subscription, no auto-renewal, ever.
About $5 a week for 25 weeks. One payment, ships next day. Regular price $249 — limited-time deal.
Try it risk-free for 30 days. Open it, let your kid do the first three projects — if it doesn't click, send it back for a full refund. Used, opened, missing pieces: doesn't matter.
You handed him the tablet for five minutes. That was months ago.
It started as a way to get through dinner. Now it's the first thing he grabs and the last thing he puts down — and prying him off it is the same fight every night.
Here's what most “screen-time fixes” miss: he isn't lazy. Games give him a real hit — build something, press a button, watch it work. He isn't hooked on the screen. He's hooked on making things happen. Every limit, and every STEM box that lasted a week, tried to take that feeling away — instead of moving it somewhere real.
Most "STEM toys" are toys. This isn't.
When you buy a guitar for a kid, you don't ask "what age is guitar for?". You buy them lessons, hand them the instrument, and trust they'll figure it out. That's what this is.
This is real Arduino. The same platform engineers, hobbyists, and university students use. The kit comes with an Arduino Uno R3, 37 other components, and a 25-week curriculum that teaches a complete beginner — kid or adult — how to actually build with them.
It's built for complete beginners from around age 8 all the way up to adults — plenty of parents (and especially grandparents) build alongside their kid. The curriculum doesn't change. The patience required does.
The kit is the guitar. The curriculum is the lessons.
Anyone can sell you 38 components in a box. What makes this work is what comes with them: a structured 25-week curriculum that turns a complete beginner into someone who can wire, code, and debug real Arduino projects.
Built from years of self-taught experimentation — every dead-end, every "why isn't this working", every YouTube rabbit hole and forum post — distilled into 25 lessons that actually make sense the first time.
Read it anywhere. Code on a real computer.
Lessons load on any phone or tablet. Coding happens on a Mac or Windows machine using the free Arduino IDE — the same software professional engineers use.
No deadlines. The kit waits.
Some kids do four projects in a weekend. Some take a year. Some pause for school terms and pick it up in summer. There's no clock.
A look at Week 1 inside the portal. Every week follows the same structure.
Open the kit. Open the curriculum. Build.
The kit arrives
38 components. Arduino Uno R3, breadboard, sensors, motors, displays, jumper wires — everything they'll need for 25 weeks. Ships next day. Free worldwide.
They open the curriculum
Web-based learning portal (works on any computer, phone, or tablet). Two video walkthroughs to get started. Then 25 weekly projects with diagrams, full code, line-by-line explanations, and troubleshooting.
They get stuck. We help.
Circuit not working? They send a photo. An electronics engineering graduate replies within 24 hours — usually within a few. Forever. No bot, no FAQ wall, no upsell.
25 weeks. 25 real builds.
Each week introduces a new component and a new concept. By the end, your kid has built a working RFID-secured door lock — wired, coded, debugged. Not a toy version. The real thing.
38 components. One real Arduino.
A complete electronics workbench in a box. Every part matches a project in the curriculum — no filler, no leftovers, nothing decorative.
38 components — every part for 25 weeks of building. From the Arduino Uno R3 itself to the resistors, jumper wires, and final RFID module.
See the full parts list (38) +
The full 25-week curriculum. Lifetime access.
Two videos to get started, then 25 weekly project lessons. Each lesson includes:
- Full code, line by line
- Circuit diagrams you can follow
- "What's actually happening" walkthroughs
- Troubleshooting guides
- "Try for Yourself" challenges
Plus an Arduino cheat sheet and 50+ extra builds.
Built by kids who wouldn't stop opening things.
We were the kids who took apart radios, hairdryers, remote-control cars — not to break them, to understand them. Rooms full of wires and half-finished circuits. Every blinking LED felt like proof we could make something real.
But learning electronics the self-taught way was brutal: scattered tutorials, dead ends, YouTube rabbit holes, and nobody to ask why the LED wasn't lighting up. We watched friends give up — not because they weren't smart enough, but because every resource was either a 10-minute toy or a 400-page textbook with nothing in between.
Techbotics Academy is the curriculum we wish we'd had at 12, and the one we'd want our own kids to learn from. Everything we figured out the long way — without a guide, without a teacher — written down so the next kid doesn't have to.
If your kid (or you) gets stuck, our support team will help — they're electronics engineers, not a chatbot or a CS rep reading from a script. Send a photo of the circuit. They'll tell you what's wrong.
What families are building — and saying.
he's 10 and honestly i bought this hoping it'd get him off the ipad for five minutes. now there's wires all over my kitchen table and he keeps dragging me over to see what he made lol. not complaining
I wouldn't call this a toy. Real Arduino, real code — my son is actually learning how the circuits work instead of just snapping plastic pieces together. Alot of value for what you pay.
we've tried like 3 other kits and they all ended up in a drawer. this is the only one that didn't. he's on week 12 and still asks to do the next one. the weekly lessons are what did it i think
I know NOTHING about electronics so I figured I'd have to be the teacher. I don't — it teaches him. Only reason it's 4 stars is a part was missing from our box, but they shipped a replacement fast.
what got me is he comes and explains how the thing he built works, and he actually understands it. he used to just watch other kids build stuff on youtube. big difference
my daughter has always been the kind of kid who wants to make things, not play with them. she's built a little alarm and is working toward the door lock now. so good to see her heads-down on something real instead of a screen.
bought for my grandson two states away. he facetimed me the day it arrived to show me the first thing he built!! made my week
Kid loves it. Shipped fast, well packaged.
grandson is 9 and this keeps him busy for HOURS, no screen in sight. kind of wish i had something like this when i was a kid honestly
Got burned by one of those monthly STEM boxes that quietly kept charging my card. This is one payment and done. The projects just sit in his account, no deadline, no renewals. Thank you.
we paid like $400 for a one week coding camp last summer that he forgot by september. this has kept my 12 yo going for months and he actually keeps what he builds. way better value imo
took about 10 days to arrive which felt long since he was so excited. once it came though he's been obsessed. we did kiwico before and it didnt stick — this one did. the door lock project was a big moment for him
Buy once. Start whenever. Go at your own pace. Keep access forever.
Not a class schedule. Not a subscription. Not a deadline. Just 25 projects in your account, waiting whenever your kid is ready.
The 25-Week Learn & Build Program
A real electronics course, the kit to build it, and a real engineer to ask when your kid gets stuck. One price, ships tomorrow.
- A real Arduino Uno R3 + 37 components — a full electronics workbench in a box
- The full 25-week guided curriculum — line-by-line code, diagrams, troubleshooting
- A real electronics engineer to answer when your kid is stuck — within 24h, forever
- An Arduino cheat sheet + lifetime access, no subscription ever
One month of a robotics class or coding camp costs more — and gives you one project that ends when the month does. This is 25 weeks your kid keeps for life.
Get the Program · $129 →Open it. Use it. If it's not the real deal, send it back.
Open the box. Let your kid try the first three projects. If it doesn't click — for them, for you, for any reason at all — send it back within 30 days for a full refund.
Used. Opened. Missing pieces. Doesn't matter.
The questions parents actually ask.
What age is this for?
Do I need to know anything about electronics or coding?
What computer do they need?
Is this a subscription? Do I need to finish in 25 weeks?
When will it ship?
What if my kid gets stuck?
What if a part breaks?
How is this different from a $40 Arduino kit on Amazon?
How is this different from KiwiCo or similar STEM boxes?
$129 — really?
Does this make a good gift?
What if we don't love it?
25 weeks from now, your kid will have built something real.
An Arduino-powered RFID door lock. From raw components. Wired and coded by them. Plus 24 builds of skill they collected on the way there.
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