You're not just buying a kit.
You're buying 25 weeks of real engineering.
A guided Arduino curriculum and the parts to build it — taught the way you'd teach a kid woodworking. No experience needed. No tech background. By the final lesson they've built a working RFID door lock from raw components and the code that runs it. Lifetime access, work at your own pace.
Buy once. Start whenever. Go at your own pace. Keep access forever.
Not a course. Not a subscription. Not a deadline. Just 25 projects in your account, waiting whenever your kid is ready.
The 25-Week
Learn & Build Kit
Everything one kid needs for 25 weeks of real Arduino engineering. One kit, one price, ships tomorrow.
Most "STEM toys" are toys.
This isn't.
When you buy a guitar for a kid, you don't ask "what age is guitar for?". You buy them lessons, hand them the instrument, and trust they'll figure it out. That's what this is.
This is real Arduino. The same platform engineers, hobbyists, and university students use. The kit comes with an Arduino Uno R3, 37 other components, and a 25-week curriculum that teaches a complete beginner — kid or adult — how to actually build with them.
By week 5 they're not playing with a toy. They're writing C++ that controls hardware they wired themselves.
The youngest student we've seen complete it was 6 years old. The oldest was in his 80s. Lots of parents (and especially grandparents) do it alongside their kid. The curriculum doesn't change. The patience required does.
25 weeks.
25 real builds.
Each week introduces a new component and a new concept. By the end, your kid has built a working RFID-secured door lock — wired, coded, debugged. Not a toy version. The real thing.
Open the kit.
Open the curriculum. Build.
No instructors. No subscriptions. No videos to fall asleep to. Just structured projects, real components, and a parent who gets to watch their kid actually figure something out.
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The kit arrives
38 components. Arduino Uno R3, breadboard, sensors, motors, displays, jumper wires — everything they'll need for 25 weeks. Ships next day. Free worldwide.
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They open the curriculum
Web-based learning portal (works on any computer, phone, or tablet). Two video walkthroughs to get started. Then 25 weekly projects with diagrams, full code, line-by-line explanations, and troubleshooting.
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They get stuck. We help.
Circuit not working? They send a photo. An electronic engineering graduate replies within 24 hours — usually within a few. Forever. No bot, no FAQ wall, no upsell.
38 components.
One real Arduino.
A complete electronics workbench in a box. Every part matches a project in the curriculum — no filler, no leftovers, nothing decorative.
38 components — every part for 25 weeks of building. From the Arduino Uno R3 itself to the resistors, jumper wires, and final RFID module.
The full 25-week curriculum. Lifetime access.
Two videos to get started, then 25 weekly project lessons. Each lesson includes:
- Full code, line by line
- Circuit diagrams you can follow
- "What's actually happening" walkthroughs
- Troubleshooting guides
- "Try for Yourself" challenges
Plus an Arduino cheat sheet and 50+ extra builds.
The kit is the guitar.
The curriculum is the lessons.
Anyone can sell you 38 components in a box. What makes this work is what comes with them: a structured 25-week curriculum that turns a complete beginner into someone who can wire, code, and debug real Arduino projects.
Built over 15 years of self-taught experimentation — every dead-end, every "why isn't this working", every YouTube rabbit hole and forum post — distilled into 25 lessons that actually make sense the first time.
Read it anywhere.
Code on a real computer.
Lessons load on any phone or tablet. Coding happens on a Mac or Windows machine using the free Arduino IDE — the same software professional engineers use.
No deadlines.
The kit waits.
Some kids do four projects in a weekend. Some take a year. Some pause for school terms and pick it up in summer. There's no clock.
A look at Week 1 inside the portal. Every week follows the same structure.
Built by a kid who wouldn't stop opening things.
From age 8, I'd take apart radios, hairdryers, remote-control cars — not to break them, to understand them. My room was wires and half-finished circuits. Every blinking LED felt like proof I could make something real.
Then my family moved. And moved again. With each move, more of my electronics got left behind. By the last one, everything was gone. I stopped building. I stopped dreaming. I forgot who I was.
One day, standing in a grocery store aisle, it caught up with me. The noise, the routine, the lifelessness of it. I broke down — not from what had happened, but from what hadn't.
So I started again. A small robotics group. Simple circuits, buttons, lights. Then PICAXE. Then line-following robots. Then Arduino — and that changed everything. Suddenly I could program lights that changed colour, screens that talked back, sensors that brought projects to life.
I went on to study Electronic Engineering at university. By third year I realised I'd been building the things they were teaching since grade 8. So I dropped out and built this instead.
TechToast Academy is the curriculum I wish I'd had when I was 12, and the one I'd want my own kid to learn from. Everything I figured out the long way — without a guide, without a teacher, without anyone to tell me why my LED wasn't lighting up — written down so the next kid doesn't have to.
If your kid (or you) gets stuck, our support team will help — they're electronic engineering graduates, not a chatbot or a CS rep reading from a script. Send a photo of the circuit. They'll tell you what's wrong.
Real parents.
Real builds.
"My 9 year old is loving the intro to circuits and programming. Way better than I thought it would be."
"Interesting for my teenaged grandson — quick to complete tasks but also challenging. He learned a lot about electronics by actually using the components. Always the best way to learn."
"My grandson absolutely loves it. He's started on the breadboard already and can't wait for the new lessons each week. Great product, well thought out."
The questions parents actually ask.
What age is this for?
Honestly? Same answer as woodworking or learning guitar — there isn't really one.
It's real Arduino, the same platform engineers and university students use. Anyone starting from zero will be lost in week 1 and capable by week 5. The youngest student we've seen complete it was 6 years old. The oldest was in his 80s. They built the same 25 projects.
If your kid can read and follow steps, they can do this. If they can't yet, do it together — many parents and grandparents tell us this is their favourite thing about it.
Do I need to know anything about electronics or coding?
No. The curriculum teaches everything from "what is an LED" to "here's the C++ code that controls it." Diagrams, line-by-line code explanations, and a "what's actually happening" walkthrough for every project.
Your job is to watch your kid figure something out. If they get stuck, they send a photo of the circuit. We reply within 24 hours.
What computer do they need?
The programming has to be done from a Windows or Mac computer (or Linux). The Arduino IDE is free. Phones and tablets work for reading the curriculum, but not for uploading code to the Arduino. iPhones and iPads can't be used for programming at all — that's an Arduino limitation, not ours.
Is this a subscription? Do I need to finish in 25 weeks?
No to both. $199 one-time. No monthly billing, no auto-renewal, no expiry on access.
The "25 weeks" is just the natural pace if your kid does one project a week. You can take longer or go faster. Some kids do four projects in a weekend. Some take a year. Some pause for school terms and pick it up in summer. The lessons stay in your account permanently — log in any time and keep building.
When will it ship?
Orders ship the next business day. Delivery is typically 7–14 days, worldwide, free. No customs, no surprise import fees — the price you see is the price you pay.
What if my kid gets stuck?
Email us. Send a photo of the circuit if needed. An electronic engineering graduate on our support team replies within 24 hours, often within a few. Free, forever, regardless of how long ago you bought.
This is genuinely the thing customers tell us we do best. Most other kits leave you on your own. We don't.
What if a part breaks?
Email us. We'll send a replacement free. We've done this for kids who broke pieces in week 6 and grandparents who lost components on a flight. No invoices, no proof required.
How is this different from a $40 Arduino kit on Amazon?
You're not buying a guitar. You're buying guitar lessons that come with a guitar.
The components in a $40 Amazon kit are largely the same. What you don't get: a structured 25-week curriculum, line-by-line code explanations, troubleshooting walkthroughs, "what's actually happening" breakdowns, an Arduino cheat sheet, 50+ extra builds, or an electronic engineering graduate to email when something doesn't work.
If you (or your kid) already know Arduino, buy the cheap kit. If you don't, you'll spend 30 hours on YouTube trying to learn what we've already organised.
How is this different from KiwiCo or similar STEM boxes?
KiwiCo is great for younger kids and finished, single-session projects. This is different.
Each project here uses a real Arduino microcontroller and real industry components — the same ones engineers use. Your kid isn't gluing pre-cut foam; they're wiring sensors, writing code, and debugging circuits. By week 25 they have transferable skills, not a craft project.
$199 — really?
Yes. That's $8 a week for 25 weeks of structured engineering education, all the components, lifetime curriculum access, lifetime support, and a 30-day refund.
One month of robotics class for kids costs more, and you get one project. A university intro-to-electronics course costs thousands. We've kept it at $199 because that's the price someone with $199 of disposable money can afford — and it's been working.
Does this make a good gift?
It's one of the most-given gifts we ship. Birthday, Christmas, end-of-school. Especially from grandparents, who often end up doing it alongside the grandkid. Order with the recipient's name and we'll add a note if you ask.
What if we don't love it?
30 days. Full refund. Send it back even if you've opened it, used components, or lost pieces. We'll cover return shipping.
Worst case: you got 30 days of trying it for free. Best case: 25 weeks of building skills that last.
Open it. Use it.
If it's not the real deal, send it back.
Open the box. Let your kid try the first three projects. If it doesn't click — for them, for you, for any reason at all — send it back within 30 days for a full refund.
Used. Opened. Missing pieces. Doesn't matter.
25 weeks from now,
your kid will have built something real.
An Arduino-powered RFID door lock. From raw components. Wired and coded by them. Plus 24 builds of skill they collected on the way there.
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