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Beginner electronics setup for a 11 year old, UK specific...
amlu:
My first ever post here, hello Dave and all the crew.
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?
Then the mum says the little girl wants to learn soldering. ehm wow
will need some recommendations for a reliable soldering iron, maybe some of those recommended hakko clones with a range of tips...
i guess she will need a multimeter (recommendations please :-) and some power supply... maybe one of DP china digital step down converters and a laptop psu to power it up....?
Plus maybe some soldering practice material, i grew up on velleman kits but i guess there should be something newer and good? Im really bit crusty on the subject...
some basic tools, pliers, tweezers, solder sucker etc? ....
anything else?
want to get them hooked up not frustrated :-)
all the shopping got to be done online from UK based sellers , not direct china as the birthday is like a week time..
I may be able to see the birthday girl and mum in person, show them around the workshop and explain basics of safely operating the kit, but from there my involvement will finish, they live far away and got to make a long trip to ever come here.
thanks,
Benta:
Velleman mini kits, soldering station and solder plus fitting batteries. These are projects that have a chance of success, which is the main factor.
http://www.velleman.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d1.html
http://www.velleman.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d89_Soldering_Equipment.html
No affiliation.
EEVblog:
With the time frame that's definitely a local supplier thing.
Just a cheap AN8008 or similar meter and cheap Hakko 936 knockoff will be fine for a beginner.
I'd suggest the 100-in-1 like spring terminal kits, but given that she wants to solder, may be beyond that. But can't hurt.
LED blinky thingso and robots are what the kids like these days, right? :-//
IanB:
I would have loved a 100-1 spring terminal kit when I was that age. Unfortunately it was outside the available budget for birthday or Christmas presents.
If there's a circuit you like from the kit you can then copy it and solder it up on a proto-board with loose components. That can get you started with interesting circuits that work first time and also get you started with soldering.
IanB:
--- Quote from: amlu on December 02, 2018, 10:09:33 pm ---i guess she will need a multimeter (recommendations please :-) and some power supply... maybe one of DP china digital step down converters and a laptop psu to power it up....?
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An adjustable power supply may not be that important to start with. Batteries go a long way for simple transistor and IC circuits. For things like Arduino and plug and play modules the standard wall wart power supplies for those will work fine. I bet a lot of things will run off a 5 V USB supply.
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