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Xmas Gift Guide

2024 Gift Ideas

  • Laptop: Basic

    A basic laptop that will suffice for Scratch, and simple tasks. OK for a beginner who's not sure how far they'll go, but not suitable for moving up to more serious programming.

    • RAM: 8GB minimum
    • Processor: Core-I5 or Ryzen-5, NOT Celeron
    • Windows, Mac, or Linux, NOT Chromebook.

  • Laptop: Better

    This one will manage anything we want to do at CoderDojo.

    • RAM: 8-16GB minimum
    • Processor: Core-I5 or Ryzen-5
    • Graphics: RTX-3000 or higher
    • Windows, Mac, or Linux, NOT Chromebook

  • Laptop: Best

    More hard-core gamer machine that will be great now, and won't be obsolete any time soon.

    • RAM: 16GB minimum
    • Processor: Core-I7 or Ryzen-7
    • Graphics: RTX-3000 or higher
    • Windows, Mac, or Linux, NOT Chromebook.

  • Lego Robot Kit

    Mindstorms kits are avaibile on amazon. Altho they are quite costly they have everything you need to start making your own robots.

    This Lego kit is the Mindstorms Kit.

  • DIY Handheld Game System

    Program your own games using Make Code Arcade, then load them onto your own handheld system to play anywhere.

  • Drawing Tablet

    Desktop/Laptop accessory to let your aspiring artist get creative. These are much more than touch-screen inputs, they allow fine control with a stylus and even pressure sensitivity. Press harder for thicker lines. Wacom and XP-Pen are great brands.

  • Gamepad

    These are compatibile with PCs, and you can use them to control your own game characters.

    The latest XBox Series controller also work wirelessly with your PC. Previous models required a USB cable.

  • Mouse

    That laptop touchpad isn't cutting it. A 3 button mouse is a necessity. This mouse comes with 10 programmable buttons.

    Wireless mice ones are cool. But if you don't want to mess with charging it weekly, a wired one is the way to go.

  • Headset

    They'll love the rgb and sound, you'll love the quiet. 😊

  • Ardiuno Starter Kit

    Get started with electronics experimentation. A micro-processor that you can program and attach to sensors and other devices.

    Make sure to get a kit with an appropriate power supply like this one.

  • ESP321 Starter Kit

    A bit more modern than Arduino.

    We can help them work through the tutorials

  • Raspberry Pi Starter Kit

    Your own mini-computer to program and use as the basis for more advanced robotics projects.

  • Pixel Display Bluetooth Speaker

    A bit of fun with pixel art by linking to your smartphone.