For Raspberry Pi 5 8GB Kit, CrowPi Advanced Kit Pre-installed 9-inch Monitor, Raspberry Pi 5 8GB, and More Sensors as a Small Computer to Learn Basic Computer Science and Practice Programming

Got this for my nine year old to help teach Python. My nine year old currently is good at Scratch (taught at school) so its great to control the GPIO pins and see what can be exercised in Scratch then to look at the same in Python. The imbedded screen for an older dad :-) is unusable as just to small so a mini HDMI cable is needed (like used in drones) to connect to a bigger display so this will be around $30. Support is excellent. Original Scratch lessons supplied were based on Scratch , within a day or two or saying this is no good they updated to Scratch 3

To be honest the price originally put me off. After all a raspberry pi 4 is supposed to be the $35 computer right? This kit is almost 10x that. So what exactly do i get for the $300? - raspberry pi 4 2 gig with 32 gig preinstalled and ready to go - integrated 7inch touch screen display (could be bigger) - separate power adapter to provide more than enough juice for the pi 4, screen, and add ons - integrated sensor/input/breadboard for lots of learning projects - keyboard, mouse, game controllers, headphones, and lots of extras - an awesome quality clam shell design - integrated software/hardware. Just turn it on, and it boots up ready to go. - Awesome support and solid company (Claire is the best! - very responsive and accommodating ) - You can upgrade the pi 4 to another one bought separately. Easy to swap out I dont think you could buy all the parts individually and come out for less. And it wouldnt be beautifully integrated. Basically if you want a raspberry pi laptop with lots of nerdy features, this is great. Compared to other 'pilaptops' out there, this is the market leader. In fact there is nothing that compares to this other than the duinokit but that uses a tablet as its display (and remote vnc). I find myself actually using it as a second screen laptop. The PI4 is zippy enough to handle the browser well and 2gigs is enough for most of my needs. And if the screen is too small, i can use the second hdmi port to plug in a larger monitor. (note: they need to allow more room between their adaptor. So for now you have to unscrew the pi and have the hdmi wire plug in that way.) I am looking forward to playing with all the gizmos it has. I think there are some interesting gaming and educational opportunities possible. A child would love this as gift. It has minecraft of course, retropie gaming, and as they grow older they can jump into the python/sensor programming. This is something they can carry around and feel proud ownership. And what a great way to introduce them to an alternative OS like raspi. A great buy and I trust I will get years of enjoyment from it. Completely recommend it. Add it to your cart, order it, and enjoy!

Loads of great addons to support loads of exciting projects. A great way for someone to jump into robotics and coding and quickly put their skills to good use in a fun way. Came with retro style gamepads to support creation of cool 90s style arcade games, fun for all the family.

Absolutely not for a kid. Maybe for an advanced high schooler. A large pdf to follow isn't a kid friendly course. 64bit image breaks after first apt update. The examples use deprecated libraries, it seems to have been designed for a previous version of raspberry pi and migrated poorly to 5. Hardware seems acceptable, software isn't.

This is a well packaged unit and well presented so a pleasure to use. There is a downside and it is just the little things that you need such as batteries for the mouse and keyboard, which is not unusual, however one of the lessons requires you to use a remote control that also needs a CR2032 battery which isn’t included either. Lesson 20 also isn’t possible since the unit doesn’t come with any jumper wires, which it looks like you need to go out and buy separately. On the downloadable instructions and lessons, there is also a lot of mix up over the PIN numbers which do not correlate to the unit as well as lesson 20 is also missing images. Not a bad system, but it is the little things that make the difference.