Mr. Whiskers Kit

Name: Mr. Whiskers Kit
SKU: 17252
Price: 17.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.81 (4 reviews)

(4 Reviews)

A badge kit in the shape of a cat that meows when stroked.

Designed by MadLab in United Kingdom

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A badge kit in the shape of a cat that meows when stroked.

Mr. Whiskers is a cat-shaped circuit board with eyes that light up that plays a PWM sound sample when stroked. The eyes are illuminated by a pair of 5mm reverse-mounted through-hole yellow LEDs that …

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Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Product: (5.00)

Documentation: (4.75)

Shipping: (4.75)

Communication: (4.75)

James | Jan. 19, 2021

Cute little project.

I ordered a couple of these kits to build with my boys, 5 and 7. They are of course a bit too young to be wielding a soldering iron, but they helped ID the parts and I explained how they all worked before having them hold them in the right spot so I could solder them on.

Being a pseudo SMD project, it's a bit tricky, but the kitty is so darn cute. Great little badge, turned out great!

Galen | Sept. 6, 2019

It's BIG, but very cute.

Firstly it's big, 10.5cm wide, 5cm tall & 1.5cm thick (approx.).
Not only stroking it's head will make it meow, but by stroking the tail it will meow as well.
Instructions very easy to follow.

Alexia | Aug. 12, 2019

A hit at defcon #badgelife

Made Mr. Whiskers with my 9yo. She had never soldered and my skills were rusty. Instructions were easy to follow. Wore him to defcon this weekend and got lots of attention — made sure to let people know where I got him!

Steve | June 18, 2019

Really nice kit

Very nice... will keep the cat lover in the family happy.

Only improvement would be the addition of an on/off switch rather than taking the battery out.

Thankyou

Response from MadLab | June 18, 2019

Thanks for the nice review.

It does have a sleep mode which kicks in after about 5 minutes and turns the LEDs off. The power consumption in sleep mode is pretty minimal. It wakes up again when touched.