Any recommendations for a virtual breadboarding program? Preferably Software Libre.

When I was a kid, I got an electronics kit for Christmas. It came with all kinds of whoozits, and the board had a gazillion little springs, a battery pack, and various switches and lights. You could snap the whoozits into the springs and make all kinds of electronic circuits.

For a more serious electronics tinkerer, you could buy the individual whoozits and use them with a breadboard.

If you want to experiment purely in software, there’s Virtual Breadboard.

There was a company called Knight Electronics when I was a kid. They sold kits. I build a shortwave radio (that later got me in trouble) transmitters, and all sort of things.

When digital electronics became common I used a breadboard and various manuals to catch up on using the new integrated circuits.

The best things that taught me electronics and computers were correspondent courses with projects to build. I took a basic electronics course from RCA when I was in grade school. I have loved designing and building things ever since.

I took a Heath Kit television course and build a 26” color television that almost killed me but it was fun and interesting. If you’re a veteran, you may still be eligible for VA benefits for a correspondence course.

re: I took a Heath Kit television course and build a 26” color television

TOMORROW’S PRODUCTS are in kit-form today-with Heathkit electronics

@jaytkay that’s it! I never thought to look for old advertisements like that.

Thank you.

I also teamed up with a local high school teacher to build a Heath Kit robot. We used it as a teaching aid in advanced science class.