NEW · KIT-1 Custom Edition — Made in UK

Learn electronics through hands-on projects.

Test and understand the concepts of electricity. Gain real-world hardware skills. Set up your personal electronics lab — right at home.

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CIRCUIT LIVEKIT-1 · 135+ PARTS

60+

Projects

25 hrs

Play time

Ages

60+

Hands-on Projects

Play Hours

135+

Components

Why Mand Labs

Raise a maker of technology — not just a consumer of it.

Most STEM toys hand your child a finished robot and an app. We hand them the real components, the multimeter, and the reasoning — so they build genuine hardware skills that last.

Real components, real circuits

135+ industrial-grade parts and tools — resistors, transistors, ICs, sensors, a breadboard and a digital multimeter. The same building blocks an engineer uses.

Learning + making videos

Every project pairs a making video, step-by-step visual instructions, and the in-depth reasoning in our two guide books. Understand the why, not just the how.

Bonding over building

Creative hours off the iPad screen. Something magical happens when kids glow their first LED — their minds light up, and so does the whole family around the table.

A rich collection of 60 projects

From your first LED to sensors that read the world.

For each project you get learning & making videos, step-by-step visual instructions, and in-depth reasoning in our books. Hover any project to see what you'll build.

★ 40,000 hits · #1 on Google IR Security Alarm circuit in action

IR Security Alarm System

Install it in your room to keep out unsolicited visitors — the same project that hit 40,000 views on Instructables.

Switching

Burglar Alarm

Place it under the doormat and have fun the moment a friend steps up to your door.

Light sensing Automatic night lamp

Automatic Night Lamp

A street light that turns itself ON in the dark and stays OFF through daylight.

Electromagnetic induction DC motor used as a generator

DC Motor as Generator

See how motion produces electricity and lights an LED — the physics principle of EMI, in your hands.

Thermistor Temperature sensor fire alarm

Temperature Sensor

Build a real fire-alarm system — expose it to heat and watch the LED turn ON as temperature rises.

Quantum tunnelling LED flasher circuit

LED Flasher / Blinker

Uses the Esaki Effect — quantum tunnelling — named for Nobel laureate Leo Esaki.

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An all-in-one lab

Everything packs into one beautifully designed box.

A portable workstation, a breadboard with its own carry-case, two DIY Electronics guide books, 70+ learning videos, and step-by-step making guides. Open the lid and your electronics lab is ready — no hunting for parts, no prior experience required.

Portable workstation 2 guide books 70+ videos Breadboard + carry-case Classroom workbook

What's inside KIT-1 →

No experience needed

A step-by-step journey from beginner to builder

You start simple and level up — in both knowledge and skill — until you're building sensor and transistor circuits with confidence.

Measure & understand

Start with a battery and a multimeter. Learn voltage, current, resistance — and read them yourself.

Build the basics

Glow LEDs, wire series and parallel circuits, and prove Ohm's Law and Kirchhoff's Laws by hand.

Add components

Capacitors, relays, diodes, potentiometers, logic gates — each unlocking a new kind of project.

Sensors & robotics

Finish with transistors, IR sensors and an H-Bridge motor driver — the heart of real robotics.

Lab kit vs. robot toy

Both are fun. Only one teaches the electronics.

A pre-built robot plays out of the box, then plateaus. A real lab kit compounds — every project adds a skill your child keeps.

Mand Labs KIT-1

App-driven robot toys

What your child builds

Real circuits on a breadboard

A pre-made robot, coded via app

Understands the electronics

First-principles physics

Sealed inside the device

Screen-free building

Off the iPad, hands-on

Needs a tablet or phone

Test-prep value

Maps to AP / IB / IGCSE Physics

Rarely curriculum-aligned

Grows with the learner

Ages 8+ through engineering students

Usually one narrow age band

Two ways in

Where do you fit?

FOR PARENTS & HOMESCHOOLERS

Bonding over building

Give your kids creative hours off the screen, and the real-world tech skills to become makers.

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FOR EDUCATORS

A DIY classroom

Teach electricity & electronics hands-on with ease and confidence. We accept school POs.

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Loved in classrooms & living rooms

What educators and parents say

★★★★★

"I found your booth at ISTE in Chicago and knew your kit would be a perfect fit for my classroom. It has been a class favorite in grades 6–10."

Alicia RobertsSTEM Educator

★★★★★

"Your kit helped me avoid hours online stocking a makerspace. A nice easy way to stock up quickly — your box is particularly well designed."

Timothy RiedelKeio Academy of New York

★★★★★

"Everything is packed within the box, but even better — I love the curriculum. He incorporated it into his Design Challenge."

Elma L. StrongEducator

★★★★★

"I had success even with much younger kids — 7 and 9 — who already understand the basic ideas behind circuits."

Teodora BeloreshkaHomeschooler

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Set up your electronics lab today

Join the makers building real hardware skills — one glowing LED at a time. KIT-1 ships worldwide, and we accept purchase orders from schools.

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