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| IanB:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on December 03, 2018, 01:38:08 am ---Whatever happened to Sylvia? Is she still making videos? --- End quote --- Probably she grew up and lost interest... |
| amlu:
Thanks everyone. Will send a link to this thread to my interested friends, with some recommendations for an 8008 meter, hakko clone iron, power supply - that can be the present. Soldering practice for now can be some leds, wires, resistors, small breadboard, random pcb offcuts, whatever i find cluttering the lab. No much waste if they dont like it... Hopefully they will watch the videos and decide if they want to go into analog kits or arduino bits themselves. |
| rstofer:
That seems like a nice start and you can always pass along stuff you aren't using. One reason I like the Arduino projects is that they are usually well documented and 'something' happens. An LED flashes, a servo turns, whatever... At least something is happening. Most analog electronics is kind of a next step up in that it takes a meter or scope to see if anything is happening. Transistor analog circuits are important but they just don't provide the visual feedback of success that you can get from an Arduino project. |
| tggzzz:
--- Quote from: amlu on December 02, 2018, 10:09:33 pm ---Friend of me, a mother of 11 years old girl asked me for some suggestions for her birthday present, apparently shes interested, or wants to be interested in electronics. My knowledge about 11 year olds is seriously limited, and all the kit on the bench is been there for ages and im not really sure what are the modern replacements. So first i thought point them to ladyada, sparkfun etc, get them some duinos, modules etc, watch the videos and play with the stuff. Any better options? BBC microbit, some modern kit, whatever? --- End quote --- Whatever you choose, try to tie it in with a child's other interests, e.g. a train set, clothes, pets, music etc. Then they can see that the electronics/software is fun and useful. The latter can be a motivating force. |
| NivagSwerdna:
https://www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-partners-electronics-set/p231303519 I was thinking of buying myself one for Christmas :) |
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