HISTORY:
Sustainability is the name of the game! Anything (that still has a useful function) should be repurposed creating saving in wasted Ee and reducing the poisoning our environment when items are buried in the earth at the local tip needlessly.
Never heard of Ee? It is a concept that creates a measurement of ALL things (not just electronics) that humans have made and the energy used in obtaining the raw material, processing the materials right through to a finished product and even should include the shipping of the item to the distributors/retailers.
If you would like to know more about Ee values, please take a look HERE
Here is another of my purchases, in fairly recent times, to encourage one of our grandchildren that had demonstrated an interest in the world of electronics. Unfortunately another family member had the same idea so this electronic educational aid has no further purpose for me (or our grandchild)
This is exactly how I also started to bury myself in electronics, way back in the 1960's my Dad bought me a very similar educational "toy" made by Philips.
So what are these educational labs all about?
This electronic laboratory is designed for young people, the age group this educational lab is targeted towards is for those 10 years old and above - EITHER GENDER!
First and foremost, they are safe to setup and experiment with. Of course they are not suitable for VERY young children, short lengths of wire and very young children do not mix!
Secondly, they are made easy to "set up" each project by using springs and short lengths of interconnecting wires.
Absolutely no need or requirement to use a HOT soldering iron!
The child must be able to read English to a reasonable standard as there is a manual which describes how to construct each project plus a lot of information about what all those little coloured things on the board are, the symbols used to represent each component, how to read those pretty colours on some of the components and what they actually do.
The electronic laboratory is powered by 2x 1.5V batteries - there is absolutely no connection to the household "mains" 240V supply
So what sort of things can your "Young Einsten" create with this laboratory?
Some of the projects include a radio, burglar alarm, water detector, Morse Code practice sounder, basic computer circuits and many more projects. Morse Code? I hear you say ... yes, although not in widespread use these days, the main point of these projects is to understand how they work (in a simple sense) and the practicality of the project is not the point really. Personally I would encourage experimenting with the circuit elements, once you have the project working, just to "see what happens" Electronics is especially enjoyable for the curious mind ... experiment.
...- .- (that is VA in Morse Code, the standard "finish" to a Morse conversation after we had "worked" a ship when I worked at the Maritime Radio Station VIS (...- .. ...) many, many solar flares ago!
So with that rather long introduction, here are the specific details about this educational lab - Oh and one last thing to mention ... it is best to start the interest in electronics at the "ground level", and when all the projects and experiments have been mastered in this lab, move up to another lab which this company also produces, up to 300 projects!
MAXITRONIX - Electronic Laboratory
Manufactured in China
The manual is written in clear concise English, not Chinglish
Part # MX-903
Intended age range of the user is 10 years AGE and upwards
Race or gender is irrelevant!
Maximum semiconductor (transistors) is two transistor and audio output is heard using an earpiece
Uses 2x 1.5V batteries (nothing special about these, commonly available and cheap as chips)
I am NOT supplying the batteries, Australia Post is very touchy about items which include batteries (installed or not)
All of the external box packaging is in English
DIMENSIONS:
265mm x 210mm x 78mm height
WEIGHT: 575g
COSMETIC CONDITION:
NEW but the box has been opened (for photographs primarily)
CLEAN
Once I had taken my photographs, the internal packets have been resealed in clear plastic and the whole package reinserted neatly back into the external cardboard box.
Unmarked with retail or personal writing - absolutely clean
The outer box is sound and has not been crush damaged in any way.
Just one thing about the external box, on the rear of this box there is one small area of damage to the Green background colouring - I did this as I removed the original sealing tape too hastily!
I have now inserted this electronic lab into a sealed, clear plastic packaging to protect the whole item from airborne dust & dirt
