My first ever electronics project was an altoids tin with two 9Vs, a 7805, and a USB port on a piece of protoboard I found in my grandfather's old electronics parts bins. I followed an Instructable to make it. After that, I was hooked. My next project was a dice roller I got from a copy of Make magazine. I ordered most of the parts off digikey. I loved the little projects in Make magazine, I thought it was so cool that you could just build your own electronics.
user_7832 1 hours ago [-]
It's crazy; some years ago (many?) there were so many Alroids projects. I even wanted to buy a few tins of mints just to use the boxes (not that I dislike the cinnamon ones - or the quick rusting not withstanding).
I remember, there used to be powerbanks, buck-boost converters, joule theives, a ton of simple but cool projects.
I wonder where that vibe died. (Or if it transformed into something else?)
jowsie 45 minutes ago [-]
I'm not sure if it was dying out before, but it feels like cheap 3D printers (and software like tinkercad) may have contributed.
JKCalhoun 9 hours ago [-]
Very cool project. It's awesome to see young people in particular get involved in electronics.
Other, less capable (1802 & 6502 processors) Altoid computers:
I remember, there used to be powerbanks, buck-boost converters, joule theives, a ton of simple but cool projects.
I wonder where that vibe died. (Or if it transformed into something else?)
Other, less capable (1802 & 6502 processors) Altoid computers:
https://www.retrotechnology.com/memship/memship.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/beneater/comments/15k19xp/be6502_in...
Kidding lol.
Nice to see a wholesome post every once in a while. Its good to fuel their passions and interests when young. Keep it up man.