/// Learn electronics by building
Build your first Arduino car from scratch.
Two people, one table, one car. A rechargeable, Bluetooth-driven car built from a named list of parts — and understood by the time it moves. Neither of you needs to have done this before.
No soldering. No prior electronics. A named parts list you can price before you commit.
/// the build- Priced list
- every part named before you buy
- 2 evenings
- about 90 minutes each
- 12+
- with an adult at one step
- No soldering
- screw terminals and jumper wires
Three ways in
The book, the guide, and the car
Read the whole build online before you spend anything. The book is the same build on paper, with every step photographed.
Build a Car With Your Kid
Under 30 pages, every step photographed, nothing skipped for being obvious. The whole build — there is no second half you pay for.
Get the book →
The same build, free and online
Components, wiring, the code, uploading and Bluetooth control — nine steps you can read through before deciding whether to buy a single part.
Read the guide →
What the two of you end up with
An Arduino UNO, an L298N motor driver, an HC-06 Bluetooth module and a rechargeable pack — a real car, driven from a phone.
See the parts →What you'll build
Five steps from parts to a car you drive
One step needs an adult at the table — getting the code onto the board. The other four they will do faster than you.
- 01
Components
What every part does, and why it is there.
- 02
Wiring
Every connection screwed or plugged. Nothing soldered.
- 03
Coding
The control code, explained line by line.
- 04
Uploading
Getting the code onto the board. This is the adult step.
- 05
Controlling
Pair the phone and drive it. This is the part they remember.
Why this one
Every photograph is the actual car.
Not a render, not a stock photo, not a kit someone was sent. The car in these pictures was built from the parts on the list, in the order the book gives them, and the wiring shots are of that build — including the messy bits. If a step is fiddly, the book says so before you buy anything.