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SWITCHBOX: A SOLDERING PROJECT FOR GREENHORNS
As a first-timer electronics project, this junior steampunk curio offers plenty of practice soldering with relatively difficult-to-damage components and will run you through the basics of reading circuit diagrams, wiring switches, and so on. (Soldering technique and electronic fundamentals are fully discussed in the appendix.)
The Switchbox is a cigar box kitted out with three toggle switches, a push-button switch, a buzzer, nine LEDs, batteries, and a few yards of wire arranged in five interdependent circuits. The Switchbox buzzes, clacks, and glows; for a child, it’s part puzzle (What do these switches do? How do I get all the lights on?) and part prop: It’s a ghost trap, a warp-drive control ...
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