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Review on πŸ”‹ HiLetgo VOT-8 Voltmeter Kit: DIY Voltage Meter Electronics Production Suite for Student Electronic Exercises by Rudolph Mceachern

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Pretty easy kit if you have a basic knowledge of electronics

This kit, like many others, is a good kit for hobby soldering and/or learning. If you solder all the components properly, you end up with a great little part that works, but doesn't have as full a feature set as off-the-shelf products. For example, I used it to test some 9 volt batteries I have, for everything else I use my multimeter. But again, it's nice to have a working device to show off your efforts. Moving on to assembly I had no problems other than a small confusion with the orientation of the transistor on the board. You insert its legs into the appropriate holes on the board and then place the transistor on the board. (Not?) Common sense told me to mount the transistor so that it lay flat side down on the PCB, but I was wondering if it should be mounted on the PCB with the round side of the transistor. After some futile research, I followed my intuition and installed the transistor with the flat side down. I supposed. The instructions in this set are terrible, with very broken English and some words simply translated into Chinese, written in alphabetical text, not Chinese characters. And there are no assembly instructions for this kit, it's a poorly written explanation of how the voltmeter works when properly assembled. With my basic knowledge of electronics, that didn't stop me, but that nuance could make this kit a nightmare for those with little to no knowledge. Help them. If, like me, you enjoy the occasional soldering hobby or want to get rid of memory rusts in your soldering skills and don't want to use your own parts for a project, this kit is a good option at a good price.

Pros
  • Computers and accessories
Cons
  • Useless features