Nice Idea... have you tried it with kids?
not yet. I gave some out to the fellow that runs a kids program at the
Boston Museum of Science. He liked the idea. I just need to get
some additional functions designed.
I'm a bit worried about them playing with a soldering iron...
An older kid or an adult would have to solder. The younger kids could
insert all of the components and bring the board to an adult. The adult could
quickly check the board and solder it. The soldering goes quickly.
so i was thinking of a cross of your idea with this...
http://fritzing.org/news/paper-templates-for-your-breadboard-prototypes/
That looks like a fun system. I have been meaning to give fritzing a try.
and what are these iblocks on your website? they look cool...something like the siftables project?
The iblocks will be a series of electronic components to enable the quick creation
of circuitry. The boolean blocks are circuit components to teach logic (like the
old logic boards with the jumpers). I am in the process of adding other functions.
There will also be some synth blocks.
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