This kit contains just about everything you need to get started with a Raspberry Pi 2, including the Pi itself.
The case is high-quality, looks professional, provides good ventilation, and holds the Pi itself securely. It has rubber non-slip feet on the bottom. The various side-mounted ports (power, HDMI, A/V, USB, and Ethernet) are easily accessible. The lid is a friction-fit (it doesn't snap in place) and it stands about 2mm off the top of the case to allow for ventilation and a "Pi Cobbler"-type ribbon cable to extend out of the case even with the lid attached. The camera and display flat-flex cables can also be routed out through the gap with the lid attached. The Pi itself is inserted into a holder that snaps into the bottom of the case. An internal shelf has cutouts for the GPIO pins, display and camera connectors, and the CPU (so you can mount a heatsink) -- see the attached photos. The microSD card is accessible from a small recess on the outside of the case, but I found the card makes contact with the case and the resulting friction makes it difficult to remove the card unless I opened the lid and gently pressed on the board (specifically the display connector). Not a big deal. Overall, I found the case quality to be one of the best I've seen, though I wish the lid would positively snap into place.
The included USB Wifi adapter is a 150Mbs, 2.4GHz adapter. Nothing particularly noteworthy: it is plug-and-play in Raspbian and Windows 7, works as expected, and has a handy activity indicator LED (blue, but small and not excessively bright).
One small aluminum heatsink is included and has a self-adhesive thermal pad on the back. Not really necessary for the Pi 2, but it can't hurt.
The included AC power adapter appears to be custom-made for CanaKit, although it's made in China: the UL listing for electrical safety specifically names CanaKit. It intentionally outputs 5.2V DC with no load which is perfect for the Pi: the Pi's protectively polyfuse drops roughly 0.15V so the final voltage on the 5V rail is about 5.05V -- that's essentially perfect and well within the 5% specs for USB and other 5V components. The AC adapter has a North American-style plug but will work perfectly on 240V 50Hz AC found elsewhere in the world with a simple plug adapter (no voltage adapter is necessary).
An HDMI cable was included in the package and appears reasonably good quality, though I didn't use it (my Pi runs as a "headless" system) and cannot meaningfully review it.
The package includes an 8GB Sandisk Class 10/UHS-1 microSDHC card pre-loaded with NOOBS. In case you can't find it, the card was placed in the factory-original box containing the Raspberry Pi itself.
There's also a handy manual to help with getting started as well as a useful reference card detailing the GPIO pins on the Pi.
All in all, a great starter kit at a very reasonable price.
| Processor | 9E+2 |
|---|---|
| RAM | Micro SD |
| Wireless Type | Bluetooth |
