One activity that I enjoy doing at CSCL is building and soldering circuitry From kits, I have made two little devices. One of them functions as a remote to turn off a television, the other one plays the game Simon. (Simon is a memory game where the player copies an continually growing sequence of randomly picked colors.) For both, I had to add little pieces to a circuit board, then attach them in. To solder them, I use a hot soldering iron to melt solder onto the connection between the board to the little piece I'm attaching. Solder is an alloy with a low melting point, so the soldering iron doesn't melt the circuitry itself. On one of the devices I made, I had to solder over 40 connections!
Which one is this? Simon or remote? what exactly are those white cubes? I don't see the solder -where is it?
ReplyDeleteMax, when I was your age, I started building electronics with my dad, and I loved it! One of our projects was a stereo receiver (very old school). Soldering was one of my favorite activities! I've been trying to find kits for Escher. We used to use Heathkits, but they don't seem to make them anymore. If you can find out the name of the kits you are using, I'd love to know. Thanks, and I'm glad you're enjoying it!
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