About Us
What we stand behind
Our Story
Tinkolo started with a simple belief: every child is a natural engineer. Kids light up when they build something real — not a plastic toy, but a robot that walks, a weather station that reads the sky, a smart farm that waters plants on its own.
We are a retailer, and a picky one. We choose kits that use genuine Arduino-compatible and ESP32 boards, real sensors and proper connectors rather than locked-down toy electronics, and we write every listing from the manufacturer’s own specification and component list — the age grade, the build time, what is in the box.
We are based in Austin, Texas. We stock five kits rather than fifty, because five is what we can describe accurately and stand behind. If a kit turns up faulty or a part is missing, email us and we fix it.
Real Components
No toy microcontrollers. Every Tinkolo kit uses genuine Arduino boards, real sensors, and professional-grade connectors that teach transferable skills.
Five, not fifty
A short shelf is a deliberate choice. Every kit here has a full component list, a real age grade and a build time we took from its maker, not from a guess.
Built to Learn
The manufacturers’ guides explain the why, not just the what. Kids learn programming, electronics and mechanical design through a project that runs at the end.