= NOW 25 WPM = TEXT IS FROM NOVEMBER 2020 QST PAGE 50 = QUESTIONS IM ASKED ABOUT THE ARDUINO IS WHERE TO BUY A GOOD STARTER KIT. UP UNTIL RECENTLY, MY ANSWER HAS TYPICALLY BEEN TO SEARCH ONLINE AND FIND A GENERIC ARDUINO STARTER KIT THAT YOU LIKE. THE DR.DUINO PIONEER EDITION IS PART OF A NEW SERIES OF PRODUCTS FROM DR.DUINO, THE MAKER OF THE DR.DUINO ARDUINO UNO STARTER KIT THAT I REVIEWED IN THE OCTOBER 2019 ISSUE OF QST. THE PIONEER EDITION IS AN ARDUINO SHIELD SEE THE SIDEBAR, ARDUINO SHIELDS THAT INCLUDES SEVERAL OF THE MOST COMMONLY USED ARDUINO COMPONENTS. WITH THESE COMPONENTS ON BOARD, YOU CAN LEARN HOW TO CREATE BASIC ARDUINO PROJECTS, ALL MOUNTED ON A COMPACT SINGLE BOARD DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM. THE PIONEER COMES AS AN EASILY ASSEMBLED KIT, AND IT INCLUDES AN ARDUINO UNO COMPATIBLE BOARD. THE PIONEER EDITION IS ESSENTIALLY A SCALED DOWN VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL DR.DUINO STARTER KIT. THE PIONEER KIT SEE FIGURE 11 HAS THREE RED LEDS, A PIEZO BUZZER, FOUR PUSHBUTTON SWITCHES, A LIGHT DEPENDENT = END OF 25 WPM TEXT = QST DE W1AW <