DIY Electronic Clock Kit, Soldering Practice DIY Timer Kit Digital Clock

This is a great project to improve your soldering skills. The operating instructions need to be improves but assembly was easy.

Good for the experienced builder. Would be challenging for a novice. Worked fine when completed. However, the temperature reading is low by 9 degrees. No way to calibrate the reading. Other than that everything is as it should be. Since I just completed the kit, no way to comment on clock time accuracy. Great value for the money spent.

At first the instructions seemed lacking. But the way the circuit board is labeled along with the instructions make it super easy. I have a modest level of experience with electronics and soldering and it wasn't difficult to understand the instructions. I think I spent about seven hours soldiering. But assembling the case was a challenge. Take your time and don't try to force the nuts into their slots, or you'll break the side piece like I did. Overall, a fun little project to work on my skills with a soldering iron.

Nearly all aspects of this are great. The instructions are easy to follow. The PCB clearly identifies where things go and it works just as described. The down side is that the case doesn't fit and I think there was an error in the case parts sent because there should be side pieces that are tabbed and slotted but I only got 4 tabbed pieces and they did not interlock so while the clock is nice, the case just doesn't fit together.

I am a tech nerd and thought this would be cool on my desk at work. I was disappointed. I soldered on the components and plugged it in, 4 leds didn't work. Replaced the leds and they still don't work. You can't program the time in because the firmware doesn't work like it is supposed to. If you want to solder 60 leds and a bunch of components just for the soldering sake, then this is for you. Otherwise POS

Great kit

Gave numerous solder connections for practice. Clock chip, however, gained 1/2 hour in 2 months.

This might not be for first time builders. If you are comfy at soldering small things, this is a good afternoon project. You can change how the second hand lights work around the clock. In the USA we use 12 hr time. This clock uses 24 hour time. 13 is 1 PM. 14 is 2PM. I wish they could have given the choice of 12 or 24 hr time.