I developed the Binary Decoder Soldering Kit to help students learn two of the concepts I struggled the most with electronics and programming: SMD soldering and base-2 numbers. The kit includes more than 30 1206 SMD components, as well as 2 SOIC packages to practice different soldering techniques on.
Once assembled, the kit serves as a learning tool to help understand base-2 counting systems. Students can enter an 8-bit number using the buttons along the bottom, and the corresponding base-10 number will appear on the screen. There are two additional buttons that allow students to increment and decrement the base-10 number, and watch as the binary changes.
I am currently in the process of fulfilling Kickstarter pledges for this project, after which I'll have the kit available for sale on Tindie.
Photos of the project can be found on my portfolio, here.
There are no stable versions for release. The latest WIP is Version 1.5
The Binary Decoder Soldering Kit is currently being developed to Version 1.5.
Further documentation coming soon...
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