Lectron System, the Arduino Precursor
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Lectron System, the Arduino Precursor
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#2As the co-founder of Arduino I can confirm this was a great inspiration for me. I learned electronics with this kit when I was 7 and it gave me also a great appreciation for design as well. The way I taught electronics to designers was also inspired by the method used in the book that came with the kit. I still have the book from my original kit. It’s an amazing tool
Re: Lectron System, the Arduino Precursor
#3As the co-founder of Arduino I can confirm this was a great inspiration for me. I learned electronics with this kit when I was 7 and it gave me also a great appreciation for design as well. The way I taught electronics to designers was also inspired by the method used in the book that came with the kit. I still have the book from my original kit. It’s an amazing tool
Thank you!
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#4'precursor' is a bit of a stretch, as in the sixties MCUs weren't conceived yet. It's rather a fancy version of a solderless breadboard. It's been a long time since I've seen them and I never had one. I started with the competition, a Philips Electronic Baukasten.
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#5I have a Lectron carburettor on my KTM dirt motorcycle. I knew it was advanced, but this is on another level!
Re: Lectron System, the Arduino Precursor
#6As the co-founder of Arduino I can confirm this was a great inspiration for me. I learned electronics with this kit when I was 7 and it gave me also a great appreciation for design as well. The way I taught electronics to designers was also inspired by the method used in the book that came with the kit. I still have the book from my original kit. It’s an amazing tool
[OT] Great to see Massimo hanging out in Hacker News :)
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#7I came across a similar concept in the shape of a kid toy in the early 90s.
Unfortunately I don't remember the name of the game (my parents got it on a trip to France), but it definitely got me hooked.
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#8Looks very similar to denshi blocks, surprised I've heard of them but not this.
More a precursor to things like them and LittleBits than Arduino
Edit: were these only released in German? I guess that'd explain it. Can't find any English language sets for sale
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#9Submitter broke the rules a bit here, the HN headline should match the article/site title which is, "The Universe of the Lectron System."
Moreover, I feel like Arduino is the wrong comparison. I guess submitter meant "breadboard" circuits. (Where Arduino is often used, but these were popular decades before the Arduino came to town.)
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#10I had a toy as a kid that was somewhere between this Lectron system and the 75 in 1 Electronics kits that Radio Shack sold.
Components were on square blocks each (red plastic). Small clips would hold blocks edge to edge. Wiring was by means of, like the "75 in 1", spring terminals in the corners of the blocks — a small steel clip was inserted into the spring terminal — just the right length to bridge the gap between adjacent blocks.
Simple stuff as I recall: battery, light bulb, switch. If there was a transistor or two it went over my head at so young an age. I was at the "hook up battery to a bulb" stage of electronics learning.