Those of us lucky enough to be at the Raspberry Jamboree caught sight of this on the CPC stand.

It’s a brand new Raspberry Pi kit that is based around Carrie Anne Philbin’s book “Adventures in Raspberry Pi”. The book, which received a 10/10 rating from me a little while ago, helps you get set-up with your Pi and then contains tons of experiments and projects. The book builds upon the knowledge you gain from each chapter to give you a truly enjoyable, but educational, experience of programming and hacking.

The kit includes the following:

• A Raspberry Pi Model B
• A Cyntech case
• An 8GB SD card with NOOBS pre-loaded on it
• The official Raspberry Pi Hub
• HDMI lead
• USB keyboard & mouse
• The Adventures in Raspberry Pi book
• A breadboard, wires and an LCD display, all that is needed to do the projects in the book (except a speaker/headphones)

You can pick the kit up for just shy of £100 and it’s great value, especially if you don’t happen to have a spare keyboard, mouse or SD card. It comes in a nice big box! You can probably pick everything up for a little less if you shop around but it’s a great package and easily eclipses their other, identically priced, package that uses different books just by virtue of using Carrie Anne’s book and ensuring that you have all the components you need.

If you’re just starting out and you need a Pi, I heartily recommend this kit (or shopping around for the same parts!).