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Creative Christmas presents for the budding Engineer.

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Hello All,


I remember one childhood Christmas, I receive a 'X in one' electronics project kit. Think it was from Tandy. 


​It was the 'perfect' gift from my parents, so many things to do and once you had built a circuit, you could read what the components did in that circuit and how they worked. For my parents, it was days of peace and quite whilst I was joining different colour wires between different points on the board. Sure I even tried to invent my own circuits.

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​Will be getting one of these this year for our boy to see if it will bring out his creative side and to learn new things. The aspect I like the most from this is that he will be physically creating things and seeing something happen as a result of his work. Failing that, I have 'X in One' electronics project board again.


Anyone else trying to create a budding engineer?


Regards,


​Jon

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    I received a Philips "Electronic Engineer Kit" one Christmas from my Mum & Dad, some 50 years ago. The best present I think I ever received. It had 3 PNP germanium transistors (AC128 x 2 and AC128 x1) , Loudspeakers, switches and a selection of passive components. The components were connected using a "spring and loop" system mounted on top of a paper design "template" to fabricate various circuits. Scattered around the house, I still have several "remnants" of the Kit , which remind me of the great opportunity this present opened up for me.
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    I received a Philips "Electronic Engineer Kit" one Christmas from my Mum & Dad, some 50 years ago. The best present I think I ever received. It had 3 PNP germanium transistors (AC128 x 2 and AC128 x1) , Loudspeakers, switches and a selection of passive components. The components were connected using a "spring and loop" system mounted on top of a paper design "template" to fabricate various circuits. Scattered around the house, I still have several "remnants" of the Kit , which remind me of the great opportunity this present opened up for me.
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