Teaching Your Kid Electronics

 

Would you give a kid an electronics kit like the old Radio Shack 75
inOne with the little springs..
Or..show'm LTspice :)

Son: "Daddy..what does a real transistor look like?"
Father: "Google for a picture."
Hours later....
Son: "Daddy..what do real boobs look like?"

D from BC

 


The one I had used terminal strips.
was in its own plastic case wich was a bit like a lunch box,
with speaker, tuning capacitor , vol knob, on off switch etc.


Colin =^.^=

 



I did some electronics with my 9yo nephew. The main problem was that his
expectations were driven by what he could buy in the toy shops. Things built
on matrix board like light operated switches and AM radios with earpieces
didn't cut it at all. He wanted to build things like a radio controlled car.
I'm not sure what I could have done better. Any suggestions for next time
would be appreciated.

 


Buy lots of relatively inexpensive toys and then start prying them
open and hack stuff together.  Then put a PIC in there somewhere.

 



lol..

Father: Ok son..today were going to crack open "Tickle Me Elmo"
Son: Noooooo!

Tickle Me Elmo can be seen on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4x-VW_rCSE

Those electronics designers must have had lots of fun.
D from BC