ICStation

1,807 orders since Sep 27, 2015

Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

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Average Ratings

Product: (3.76)

Documentation: (3.43)

Shipping: (4.02)

Communication: (3.68)

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George | Jan. 1, 2019

Fun kit at a great price

For DIY 3D Xmas Tree 7 Color Flash LED Kits(7213)

This is a great kit for moving past basic learn to solder kits since it has lots of led's and resistors to solder as well as a couple of other components. The PCB design is still pretty spacious so it's not too tricky to get all the parts on the boards even without a narrow tip on the soldering iron. I had no issues following the instructions posted online and was able to assemble it correctly the first time.

The tree flashes brightly and makes a nice Xmas decoration and conversation piece.

I had no issues with shipping.

Response from ICStation | Jan. 5, 2019

Happy New Year!
Thanks for your order and the positive feedback:)
We'll have 3-5 new arrivals per week.
Hope you could buy from here again in the near future:)

Sarah | Dec. 19, 2018

No idea where is the package.Very frustrated.

For 4 Channel Optocoupler Isolation Switch(8899)

I was provided first with a wrong tracking number.
Then I got what seems to be a valid tracking number , but the last update is from 8 December when the package was still in China.
Still waiting for an update to clarify the status of the shipment.

Hector Obed | Nov. 17, 2018

Very bad everything, I do not recommend

For HJ-580LA Micro Bluetooth Module with Antenna

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Response from ICStation | Nov. 18, 2018

Hello Hector,
We're sorry to cause you the unpleasant feeling.
Could you pls let us know more details of your problem? You can reach us via email: orders@icstation.com
We'd like to do our best to help you solve it.
Thanks for your time!

Emmanuel | Sept. 27, 2018

Entertaining as usual

For LCD Digital FM Stereo Radio Receiver Module(10545)

Fast shipping, product as advertised, well protected in foam & bubbles.

The radio module becomes a passthru when plugged to an OS via USB.
A QN8035 is used but there's RDS/RDBS apparent support.

It's using an Atmel802 EEPROM so I guess it could be flashed but I have no idea what the other chip is.

Response from ICStation | Sept. 27, 2018

Hello Emmanuel,
Thanks for your positive feedback.
Glad to know that you are satisfied with this shopping.
We are trying to find out the chip and update to you here, however there's no such specific information for the chip yet:(
But if you need further info of the manual, pls feel free to contact us, we will send email it to you.

Maxim | July 24, 2018

Great product for starting learning about amps and tubes )

For DIY Hybrid Power Amplifier Board LM1875T(12008)

Easy to assemble. Easy to run. Great kit! It's simple and has basic schematics, very adequate cost, however as finished solution it can't drive big headphones (low plate voltage) and big speakers (small radiator), also very sensitive to input voltage, because tube's heating current regulation is done by one resistor only. My 18V transformer outputs 19.3V with 233V from wall socket, and it's too much, resistor heats up to 150 C. Also I missed some not very necessary parts (one terminal, knob, stands...)
And documentation on Chinese? Seriously? Just put it in some translator or publish e-version so buyers can make it by themselves without scanning/photographing papers...

Response from ICStation | Aug. 7, 2018

Hello Maxim,
Thanks for your honest feedback.
Firstly, we're pleased to know you like this kit.
Secondly, we are sorry to cause you the inconvenience of the mentioned missing parts:( We'll offer extra 5% off for your next purchase.
As the mentioned documents, please simply ignore that. It was because the manufactor here is in China, they can only offer the Chinese version. We have tried to complete the description and asked our partners to do the video to help buyers for better understanding of that:)
By the way, if you are also interested in making videos, welcome to apply from ICStation.
Have a nice week^_^

Savvas | April 3, 2018

Seller did not ship, ignores emails

For DIY Maglev Furnishing Articles Kit 220g(12302)

Paid for this product months ago, received no communication from the seller and no product has been shipped. I've tried to contact the seller several times and each time I have been ignored. Avoid avoid avoid.

Darren | March 17, 2018

Great little board and arrived on time

For ESP8266 WIFI Witty Cloud Development Board(8154)

This is a fun new approach and excited it arrived on time. The board is as small as a quarter yet packs a lot of punch.

Martin | Jan. 11, 2018

Great clock

For 6-Digits Red LED Electronic Clock Kits

Fantastic, well working clock, with many funktions. Easy to built and easy to built a cabinet that fit. Fair price. Try it!

Noah | Nov. 7, 2017

Product is as advertised - shipping faster than anticipated

For 0.91" Inch 128x32 I2C IIC Blue OLED (9934)

I bought 10 of these for a workshop I'm doing. They arrived about 2 weeks earlier than I estimated they would, which is great. I was also impressed with the trackability - I quickly received a tracking number that worked on both the international and the USPS legs of the journey.

The product itself is a commodity OLED screen. I had no issues using the Adafruit ssd1306 library. I also validated that the dimensional drawings are accurate.

Frieda | Oct. 31, 2017

HoHoHo!!!

For DIY Flashing LED Christmas Tree Circuit Kit(7212)

Fast shipment, amazing quality and a good documentation (though some more details would be fine for beginners) --> I will order again

P.S. I am interested in more soldering sets ;-)

Response from ICStation | Nov. 5, 2017

Hi Frieda,

Thanks for your support and we will do better about the materials. Here we will add more Function DIY kits for your choices. Hope you like and have a nice day.

Murdo | Sept. 21, 2017

Good LCD

For 5V TFT 1.44-inch Color LCD for Arduino(8542)

Good LCD. Works perfectly. Bright and clear. It works with 3V3 Arduino but not sure if that is out of spec. Recommend.

Murdo | Sept. 21, 2017

Good little soldering kit for flashing light projects...

For Red Blue Flashing Light DIY Kit

Good little soldering kit for flashing light projects. Make sure to fit the LEDs the right way round and the red/blue in the correct groups - I didn't so I had to swap all the reds and the blues. When you test it you need at least 9V, preferably 12V to get it really bright. PCB is ok but not great - it won't take much resoldering - one fix at most per pad. Very good price.

Michael | Sept. 15, 2017

Good little USB battery board for the DIY type.

For Two-USB Mobile Power Bank Charger PCB Board(6876)

So I got this little board for my massive USB battery bank project. How big a project? 64X of the 18650 size cells recycled over the years big. Got this board for it as it can support output on both USB ports at same time. Other boards that have dual output have failed on me when both are hooked and using the max rate. Not this one. In addition I also like the LCD that shows current mode and charge capacity in a percentage. As an added bonus double tapping the LCD button activates a built in LED flashlight. I bet with my 64 cell pack this LED could burn for YEARS nonstop. I guesstimate the pack capacity is at least 100,000 mAh in size and most likely more as the cells were from laptop batteries.

Included is the link to a picture of the completed pack. Seller is free to include it in the listing if you want to show the capabilities of battery size this thing works with.

https://i.imgur.com/kUH8xfD.jpg

Response from ICStation | Sept. 18, 2017

Hello Michael,

So much thanks for your support and comment of our item. We will provide more products with high quality and good use.
Wait for your more projects and have a nice day.

Emmanuel | Sept. 8, 2017

Low latency interface

For Icstation Blackberry Trackball breakout board

I ordered those to play with on personal projects (Arduino, ESP82266, ESP32), in order to compare the usability with the other interfaces I already tried such as thumbstick, nunchuck or rotary buttons.

So far it's the best analogue control -latency wise- I've found for tiny games that can fit on AVR (Breakout, Space Invaders).
I haven't had the opportunity to use all the pins at once, and I don't need to use the leds yet, but still thinking about a use case for that.

Dirk | July 28, 2017

good quality product / shipping good

For 0.96" Inch IIC Serial White OLED Display(9924)

The "0.96 Inch White OLED Display LCD Screen(9924)" is a product of good quality.

Shipping to Europe ran smoothly and quickly enough.

It would be nice if there were some kind of minimal documentation
- what voltage range for supply
- what voltage levels are allowed on the IIC lines, in case the supply voltage is 3.3V or 5.0V
- and so on

Lassi | June 14, 2017

screen was broken during shipping

For DSO138 TFT Digital Oscilloscope Kit DIY (5541)

Screen was broken during shipping.......................................................................

Ovide | March 31, 2017

Fun Kit For Learning To Solder.

For Red Blue Flashing Light DIY Kit

I bought this kit for my sons to practice soldering. Loved every minute. Not complicated and just the right level of components that they do not get bored or overwhelmed. The light pads are detachable and you can wire them up separately from the board. My sons detached them and added them to their favorite toys.

Ovide | March 31, 2017

Great starter kit for SMT soldering practice.

For CD4060 SMD Music Fancy Lantern Suite DIY(10376)

This kit plays twinkle, twinkle, little star and flashes each color row separately to the music. Do not put the jumper shown in the image unless you want to disable the sound. Fun kit; not much to it, but it did give me a good go at SMT soldering. So much so, that I will not hesitate to go on to bigger projects like I had been. Single document is the schematic not much else needed since components are marked on board. 5V 160mA.

Ovide | March 31, 2017

Works But Not Much To It.

For DIY MultiFunction Electronic Clock Suite(5491)

Bought two had problems with one of the IC's. I decided that it was not to my advantage to try and get a replacement. ICStation was willing to help so I give them high marks for their communication. Very timely and personable. Basic clock. Fun to solder not much in the way of functions. Only black mark is the lack of documentation on programing it, but easy enough to figure out with trial and error.

Ovide | March 2, 2017

Had to re-solder the breadboard terminals.

For 5V/3.3V Micro USB Interface Breadboard(7097)

I was a little disappointed with this product. I had to re-solder the breadboard terminals because the blocks were not straight, thus they would not fit into the breadboard. All in all great product for the price. Great low current projects.

Ovide | March 2, 2017

Shipping and product great!

For Icstation Electronic Doorbell DIY Kit (4148)

A little documentation wouldn't hurt, but the schematics do help. Love the shipping not much else I can say!

Jeff | Dec. 18, 2016

Hell of a deal for an 8x8x8 LED cube!

For 3D LightSquared DIY Kit(3531)

Great weekend project. Build instructions are in broken "engrish" and gloss over a lot of details, but the design is so well thought out, you really don't need them (only one value ceramic cap, one value electrolytic cap, and two values of resistors that are obvious which goes where. Breaking down female pin headers for the metal guts is clever, but a bit tedious. Programming pins are presented, as are pads for a couple momentary switches for your hackability pleasure.

I'd call this an intermediate kit to build. LOTS of soldering on both sides and the board is pretty high density with smallish pads. Everything is through-hole though.

Thierry | Oct. 11, 2016

After 1 month of placing order - have not received anything

For USB to TTL Serial Cable Adapter(1658)

After 1 month of placing order - have not received anything and have received zero feedback from either the seller or Tindie as to why I haven't received this part of a multi part order. Pats that were ordered from the UK took less than 10 days to get to me!

Will have to start procedures to get a refund back.

Obviously will never order from seller again...

Manuel | Aug. 29, 2016

Works as expected

For USB Adapter For Arduino(3451)

The product works as expected.
Another alternative to the problematic FTDIs.
The 3.3V port is a little over (3.5V) which can be problematic with the ESP.

Albert | July 25, 2016

It's a very bright light.

For USB Touch Control Dimmer Lamp LED Light (3856)

I did tride it on a power bank it lights up but sometimes its hard to hold a level at its point.is the power bank to strong for it or what.

Thomas | March 22, 2016

Nice little lights

For USB Touch Control Dimmer Lamp LED Light (3856)

These things are bright! In trying figure out the touch sense part I ended up blind for a while. They dim down to a very useable little lamp. It's gonna take some time to figure them out. And some sunglasses. They are very well made and look like they should last for a long while. I have one along with my battery phone charger in my pack. It lights up the inside of my pack very nicely. Pick up several. Give them as gifts. They are really very nice.

Response from ICStation | Nov. 6, 2016

Wow so much thanks for your like and hope you like our new items here too :)
Icstation works for our customers and offer free shipping worldwide
Have a nice day.

Josh | Jan. 21, 2016

cute, but not great.

For Phone Signal Radiation Power DIY(5202)

This was something I ordered to help pay for shipping for a replacement switch on another product. Of course, one of the wire antennas was missing. It calls for 1mm enameled or copper wire (the type you'd find in a usb cable). I hacked up a cable to get the wire & it might work (it didn't with anyone's phone here)... I just figure it's an interesting bit of desktop art...
While it's an easy solder job, it is not what I would call "intro to soldering" type project -- since they say not to cut any of the diode leads, you want them long to act as legs -- this can be tricky w/o a 3rd hand tool.
This is my 2nd (of 3) purchases from them that had poor quality control, although this one was very minor....

Josh | Jan. 7, 2016

no quality control, no support.

For CP2102 Multifunction Serial Module(5256)

I was really looking forward to this as my "go to" serial adapter.

Sadly there appears to be no quality control; when I received it, the primary switch on it seemed to be melted in place. I tried using increasing pressure to move the switch, until the tab broke off. The switch's interior body (plastic) was just melted & frozen in an unusable state.

I offered to solder a new switch on if they'd send me a new one. The response was less than enthusiastic... 8 days later (granted, new years was in the middle) and 2 emails to them, the resolution offered was "$0.50 to be refunded & buy switch locally" and told me they didn't sell the switch so they couldn't send it to me -- if I could buy the switch locally I wouldn't have even asked -- moreover, there's no part # so I can't order and exact replacement online. (The closest I found, with shipping, is more than the original product.)

Update: they offered to send me a new board (or switch, it was unclear) & I offered to help with shipping. They asked me to purchase something else to help with shipping, which I did. (one of two items was received w/o all the parts). Moreover, the package lacked the replacement switch & they called me a liar when I let them know it wasn't in the packaging. After another week of emails, and them not believing me that there was no switch sent; I called it quits on spending time dealing with it & them.

Hopefully some quality control will have been put in place to do a functional check prior to shipping.

It's a shame that no parts are available, then again, it's a cheap Shenzhen board ...

Jussi | Oct. 27, 2015

A few issues with the LEDs

For Icstation Blackberry Trackball breakout board

Shipping was reasonably quick. Out of the box the trackball itself works fine. I am wondering how strong the glue is; for a project I would sandwich the trackball between panel and the PCB. This board has mounting holes so it should be possible.

However, I had some problems with the indicator LEDs. Blue LED was not lighting up; I found that it was caused by a resistor which was not properly soldered.Luckily it was in a spot where it was easy to improve the joint by hand. Moreover, the silkscreen for red and blue LEDs is the wrong way round.

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