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Personal electronics tool kit

What are the items you have in your personal electronics tool kit?
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"Starter Kit for electronics" - What to buy?

I'm going to buy some things for back to the electronic world. Starting with an Resistor Assorted Kit. Need to buy some kits containing the most common capacitors and transistors... what to buy??? [I want to buy to create a lot of things that there…
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What 'cool' things can you build as a parent and child activity?

I would like to have a list on things a parent could build with his or her child? The things should be considered 'cool', fun and not be too advanced (the child should be able to help out and be able to understand what we are doing). A child would…
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What are the Best Starter Supply Kits?

I am just getting started out learning electronics and I keep finding myself having to order capacitors and transistors and other parts for simple projects. What are the best starter sets for a beginner? i.e. who sells a good set of capacitors for a…
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How to choose an FPGA?

I need to do digital signal processing on 8 analog lines at 10 kHz. This is quite a demanding task, and I was thinking that an FPGA might be the right approach. I am currently looking at dev kits from Xilinx, and since I have no experience with…
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FPGA development kit for beginners , Spartan6 or Spartan3?

I intend to purchase an FPGA, development kit and I have looked at both the Xilinx and Digilent website. Both seem to have good development kits. I have never worked with FPGA's before but have some experience working with microcontrollers. I see…
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Is there any kit for android development?

Is there any kit or board on which I can test out customized android os?
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Looking for a *fun* way to introduce basic electronics to my kids

We recently came across this video: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/04/the-awesome-button.html and both my six year old and 13 year old thought it was pretty cool. I am a computer programmer, but never did much with electronics, so I am…
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Best Electronic Kits

I would like to compile a list of all the best electronics Kits you have come across. "Best" can be because you learnt something from them found them very satisfying had something very cool at the end Personally I loved the Lilypad Kit - cause…
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SMT "starter" packs

I've found a number of "starter pack" suggestions for generic packs of items, but my ask is a little more specific. I am a (reasonably) experienced through-hole kit assembler, and can see some time in my future a desire to hand-build some items…
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Good easy soldering projects like Bristlebots?

What are some good projects to give to beginners? I want something that involves some soldering, and ideally has some room for creativity. For example, with Bristlebots, everyone can get their own toothbrush, attach the motor in different…
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Beginner 8051 microcontroller kit recommendation?

I'm reposting this from stackoverflow, as the question is better suited here. I'm a first year Computer Science student looking to get started with development for micro-controllers. I'd like to use the 8051, as it's common as dirt, and is used…
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How to protect an electronic construction kit (a toy) from damages?

As I child, I had this electronic construction kit called Elektronik 1. It was manufactured in former Czechoslovakia, based on resistors, diodes, BJT transistors, capacitors, an LW+SW radio antenna and an earphone. It is quite simple, very good for…
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Are the specs for the "Ears of the World" challenge reasonable?

I saw a post today on the Make blog about a challenge to create an extremely cheap FM/SW radio kit for developing nations. The organization sponsoring the challenge distributes donated wind-up powered Grundig radios, but they're relatively…
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Source for small Touch-Panels?

Is there a company that will sell me a touch panel similar to the IPhone or IPad surface, in single quantities, complete with a Developer Kit? Can I get it in a specific form-factor (say, 2x7 inches)?
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