The slightly younger generation on this list likely grew up with the Tandy xxx-in-one electronics kits (which usually included the components necessary for an AM radio). As Tandy left the market Maplin picked up the baton, but now they're gone too, which leaves kits like these on Amazon - 50-in-one 200-in-one

The nice thing about such kits is that it's pretty easy to bring in some breadboard and discrete components once the kit itself has been exhausted.

Beyond that there's Seeedstudios Grove Kits (e.g. Starter kit for Arduino), and things like Adafruit kits (available locally from PiMoroni).

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Chris


On Fri, 28 Sep 2018 at 09:28, Jeremy Bennett <jeremy.bennett@embecosm.com> wrote:
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Hi all,

@here When I was young I learned a lot from "The Boys Book of Crystal
Sets"
(https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Bookshelf/Technology/Boys-Book-Of-Crystal-Sets.pdf)
and the Ladybird book "Making a Transistor Radio"
(https://archive.org/details/MakingATransistorRadio-LadybirdBook/page/n0).

These are largely unusable today, primarily because you cannot get
500pF air spaced variable capacitors (they come up second hand on eBay
sometimes at a price, but with little guarantee about actual
capacitance values). Plus they are dependent on germanium technology,
although that is accessible at least for the diodes.

I have a 10 year old nephew who is very keen on electronics. I'd like
to introduce him to the same sort of projects. Any suggestions what
the modern equivalent would be?

Thanks,


Jeremy

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