Upon receiving the product, you will

• Find the STEM Safari thank you letter. Register yourself on the STEMpedia Learning Center using the redemption link and redemption key mentioned in the letter. This will give you access to the courses.
• Find the book and the components list inside the book and match them with the contents of the package.
• Pick the evive leaflet and follow the instructions to install the battery in evive.
• Now, you have everything ready to start making innovative projects - both the book and the online courses for commencing your journey into the world of DIYing.

The next step is downloading PictoBlox for projects requiring programming evive. You can download it from HERE.

To control the robots using their smartphone, you will have to install Dabble from Play Store.

Since the evive Starter Kit is a beginner robotics kit, the minimum age is as low as 8 years. But of course, if you are Dexter, then you could use it anytime after you've started walking. ;)

The book consists of 24+ DIY STEM and robot building projects with lucid self-explanatory instructions for making them.

You can find the complete list of components provided in the Starter Kit and all about Young Makers' Guide here.

Apart from the projects given in the book, one can also turn to our project hub, online courses, and other STEM learning resources for a complete first-hand STEM experience.

Other development boards like the Arduino and Raspberry Pi are no doubt great places to start. But these are of limited use without accessories. One will require tons of sensors, will have to invest money in purchasing shields for every other thing, deal with unnecessarily complex circuits which may not be very difficult to make for an experienced person but extremely hectic to debug for everyone, need to have a decent programming background, all of which consumes a lot of time and leads to spending a lot  while making projects.

evive, on the other hand, is an extremely power-packed and versatile prototyping platform, with features worth over $300 built-in, be it plug-and-play control for actuators, a built-in audio-visual interface, ammeter and voltmeter functions, basic oscilloscope functions, built-in BLE/ ESP/ XBee ports, etc. If one has a decent experience already, evive would be sufficient for your learning-building-debugging needs. If still a beginner, the evive Starter Kit is one of the best robot kits for kids.

evive is an OSH (open source hardware) and can be programmed using languages such as Scratch and Arduino. We have also provided instructions to use it with complex applications like Matlab, LabView, etc.

evive has inbuilt 2600mAh 3.7V Samsung Li-ion battery. Normally it runs for about 6-8 hours once fully charged, while it takes a similar time for charging using a USB charger (mobile phone charger) or any other power source.

The evive Starter kit comes with a ~100-page book through which kids can start learning electronics, programming, and robotics very easily. evive has many inbuilt input-output modules like We also have a very resourceful learning center, a vast treasury of learning resources where you can find online courses, tutorials, example projects, discussion forums, etc. to help you get started and keep learning.

In short, the evive Starter Kit is the best electronics and robot building kit for beginners! ;)

STEM means science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. All these multidisciplinary fields are linked together with experiential learning methodology to inculcate creativity, problem-solving skills, logical reasoning, innovativeness, etc. The evive Starter is a beginner robotics kit designed for kids to dirty their hands in making real-life stuff using a Do-it-Yourself project book.

evive has over-current and reverse voltage protection at power input. Beginners who don’t understand about polarity would not damage the board. In most of the cases, evive temporarily switches itself off in case of a short-circuit. Battery charging-discharging circuit has over-current, under-voltage protection to take care of the  Li-ion battery. We have put our best efforts to make evive safe for everyone, but in case anything happens, the insulated plastic covering will ensure the safety of the user.

evive has its own inbuilt 2600mAh Samsung Li-on battery. It can also be powered up externally by a USB wall charger, power bank, DC wall adapter, laptops/ workstations, and >12V batteries.

evive has a fixed 5V/3A supply, a fixed 3.3V/0.8A supply, and a variable voltage supply from 1.25V to 30V with a fixed current supply of 3A.