Photograph by Claude Rieth
HOMEBREW
My Lego Electronic Lab Kit Bricks
By Claude Rieth
I still own a Philips Electronic Lab Kit. My parents gave it to me in 1975. It’s been stuffed away in a box for more than 25 years.
About a year ago, I felt the urge to tell my kids (who were 5 and 7 at the time) about electricity, switches, lamps, batteries, and basic circuitry. Digging out the old Philips Kit, I found that lots of parts were missing. Unfortunately, Philips had discontinued it, and there was no way to get replacement parts.
With my desire to ...
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