kits?

[I_Have_No_F*****_Idea]

I was looking for a good electronics lab kit that teaches from basic to
quite advanced.... I want to learn then i would like my 6year old some day
to have a play....

I came across this 500 project kit
http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/cgi-bin/commerce.exe?preadd=action&key=PL50
0 in the states but can't find anything as comprehensive as this one in
australia ..... any local recommendations?????

 

[Mike Harding]

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 03:26:32 +1000, "I_Have_No_F*****_Idea"
<nospam@hotmail.com> wrote:

I was looking for a good electronics lab kit that teaches from basic to
quite advanced.... I want to learn then i would like my 6year old some day
to have a play....

I came across this 500 project kit
http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/cgi-bin/commerce.exe?preadd=action&key=PL50
0 in the states but can't find anything as comprehensive as this one in
australia ..... any local recommendations?????

It's hard to say without being able to have a look through
the books which accompany the kit but don't be mislead
simply because it has a long list of circuits you can build.
If all you're doing is connecting point A to point B from a
set of instructions you won't learn a lot. I couldn't see a
circuit in their list which taught basic resistor behaviour,
I'd have thought that was the first place to start.

To get that kit to Oz will cost about A$300. Instead of that
I would suggest a good book or two on basic electronics
and the free simulation software from LT,
LTspice/SwitcherCAD III

http://www.linear.com/software/

When you have a bit more idea of what you're doing
buy a few components and try making something or
perhaps a project kit from Dick Smith or Jaycar.

There is no short cut to learning electronics - it's a difficult
subject and takes time and hard work to gain a decent
understanding of - after 25+ years in the business there
are still whole areas I know nothing about. Also consider
the learning kits from DSE and Tandy, they are quite
good for beginners.

Mike Harding

 

[Ross Herbert]

I_Have_No_F*****_Idea wrote:

I was looking for a good electronics lab kit that teaches from basic to
quite advanced.... I want to learn then i would like my 6year old some day
to have a play....

I came across this 500 project kit
http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/cgi-bin/commerce.exe?preadd=action&key=PL50
0 in the states but can't find anything as comprehensive as this one in
australia ..... any local recommendations?????

The wordwrap feature knocked off the last 0 in '500' so that's why the
link fxxxked up. If you want a good place to start on tutorials you
might take a look at Ian Purdie's pages
http://my.integritynet.com.au/purdic/

In the link references on the left you will see the lab trainer kits
(including the one you are interested in) available from Quasar in the UK.

Ross Herbert

 

[I_Have_No_F*****_Idea]

thnx gregory I have to admit i have maybe taking it more from my perspective
as i was very interested in electronics as a kid... and you are right maybe
he isn't....


"Gregory Toomey" <NOSPAM@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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"I_Have_No_F*****_Idea" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I was looking for a good electronics lab kit that teaches from basic to
quite advanced.... I want to learn then i would like my 6year old some
day
to have a play....

I came across this 500 project kit


http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/cgi-bin/commerce.exe?preadd=action&key=PL50
0 in the states but can't find anything as comprehensive as this one
in
australia ..... any local recommendations?????

I played with kits in primary school and look where it got me - well maybe
not! Its a very good foundation for physics.

Dick Smith & Jaycar have a variety of kits so get their catalogs. Take
your
6 year old there - they will either find it an Aladdin's cave or be
totally
bored.

gtoomey

 

[I_Have_No_F*****_Idea]

thx ross
I have looked at that link as well as mainly dead end links in australia....
the one in the states works out cheaper then in england even if it is the
same kit....

I was hoping that somebody was building kits like these in australia and
that someone knew of it but yet again it seems australia is lacking???



"Ross Herbert" <rherber1@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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I_Have_No_F*****_Idea wrote:

I was looking for a good electronics lab kit that teaches from basic to
quite advanced.... I want to learn then i would like my 6year old some
day
to have a play....

I came across this 500 project kit

http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/cgi-bin/commerce.exe?preadd=action&key=PL50
0 in the states but can't find anything as comprehensive as this one
in
australia ..... any local recommendations?????


The wordwrap feature knocked off the last 0 in '500' so that's why the
link fxxxked up. If you want a good place to start on tutorials you
might take a look at Ian Purdie's pages
http://my.integritynet.com.au/purdic/

In the link references on the left you will see the lab trainer kits
(including the one you are interested in) available from Quasar in the UK.

Ross Herbert

 

[Mike Harding]

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 17:29:07 +1000, "I_Have_No_F*****_Idea"
<nospam@hotmail.com> wrote:

thax for the imput...

No problem

as a kid i had one of those kits from tandy and it
didn't teach anything....

It wouldn't have done - you have to learn yourself,
there are no shortcuts.

Mike Harding

 

[I_Have_No_F*****_Idea]

thanks and take care mate.......


"Mike Harding" <mike_harding1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 17:29:07 +1000, "I_Have_No_F*****_Idea"
nospam@hotmail.com> wrote:

thax for the imput...

No problem

as a kid i had one of those kits from tandy and it
didn't teach anything....

It wouldn't have done - you have to learn yourself,
there are no shortcuts.

Mike Harding