Pumpkin soldering kit

Name: Pumpkin soldering kit
SKU: 1271
Price: 6.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.25 (2 reviews)

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Flickering LED Pumpkin Halloween decoration

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Flickering LED Pumpkin Halloween decoration

Flickering LED Pumpkin Halloween decoration Light up your pumpkin or just decorate your desk with this flickering LED pumpkin circuit board. The yellow LED flickers and looks just like a candle witho…

Included in the kit:

Pumpkin PCB
10mm flickering LED
47 ohm resistor
Battery holder
Switch

Dimensions:

Width = 1.65 inches
Height = 1.00 inches

Assembly instructions:

Pumpkin kit assembly instructions

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Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Product: (4.50)

Documentation: (4.00)

Shipping: (4.50)

Communication: (4.00)

Richard | Dec. 30, 2018

A sound investment for STEM/STEAM classrooms!

A sound investment for STEM/STEAM classes! The design, engineering, manufacturing, instructions, and packaging are absolutely first rate! And you can find necessary CR2032 batteries at bargain prices in dollar stores or online (as low as $0.30) at Radio Shack.

But if you are a technology teacher on a budget, you may have trouble rationalizing $6 per student for a pumpkin light kit when you can buy functionally similar flickering “tea lights” – already made and including batteries – at two for a dollar at a neighborhood store.

The future of technology in America (and education in that direction) depends on more than gadgets at the lowest possible cost and hit-or-miss design and quality. So make economics (and international politics) part of your lesson plan! Apply some critical thinking to side-by-side comparisons of product design, component costs, manufacturing, user support, as well as the role of consumer feedback in the product development/improvement cycle.

And as a practical matter, you can get a great deal of classroom “mileage” out of a simple-to-assemble pumpkin light by examining the components individually, assembling the project on a breadboard, practicing soldering, etc., etc.

And to add some thinking to multiple student intelligences and hands-on skills development of a “simple” classroom STEAM project, how, by the way, would you “program” an LED to flicker convincingly like a candle flame? Or how might you "re-purpose" a Halloween pumpkin light for other seasons?

Ovide | Sept. 27, 2016

Love the Extra Decorations.

If you are trying to teach small kids soldering this kit is great. It takes less then 10 minutes for a novice to solder this project. Fits right in with their attention span. The excitement is so infectious we made a Jack-O-Lantern early just to try it out. Love the little extra decorations on the back of this and the Ghost kit. Thank you!