Cardboard Electronics Kit, Denis Burchill

For Technology and Science Teachers:

A system for constructing simple circuits cheaply and easily
An effective way to introduce students to soldering
A construction method that maintains the visual link between layout and circuit diagrams

Cardboard Electronics uses paper fasteners inserted into corrugated cardboard. A layout diagram is first glued onto the cardboard. Components and connecting wire are easily soldered onto the paper fastener domes.

A completed Pot Plant Moisture Tester soldered by a 9 year old

A Cardboard Electronics Kit costs NZ$35 (including p&p within NZ) and contains everything needed (except components) to get you started.

Each kit contains:

15 circuit diagrams + teachers' notes (28 pp A4)

37 A4 photocopy masters for preparing cardboard layouts

15 laminated cardboard layouts (1 per circuit)

1 packet of 200 paper fasteners

1 hole poker

4 bronze probes

Layout of Flasher circuit.

List of Circuits:

Moisture and continuity tester

Pot plant moisture tester

Sensor circuits180

9 volt battery tester

Car battery voltmeter

Courtesy light delay

Adjustable timer

Noisemaker

Flasher

Variable oscillator

Wailer

SCR driver and latch

Bistable

2 person quiz indicator

4 transistor amplifier

Kits available now from:
d.burchill@clear.net.nz

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	Cardboard Electronics uses paper fasteners inserted into corrugated cardboard. A layout diagram is first glued onto the cardboard. Components and connecting wire are easily soldered onto the paper fastener domes.
A completed Pot Plant Moisture Tester soldered by a 9 year old