[sdiy] Electronics class for kids

[Scott Gravenhorst]

This link: http://electro-music.com/forum/forum-160.html points to the Lunetta
forum of electro-music.com.   Lots of simple and easy noise makers are in there.
 I've not built any of them, but many people do and like them.  They use mostly
cheap and easy to get CMOS components.

Lunettas are described as:  	
Lunettas - circuits inspired by Stanley Lunetta - Digital, dirty, simple, cheap
and lot of great fun.

The term "digital" here doesn't mean DSP, it means merely that most of the
circuits are built around CMOS ICs originally meant for digital applications,
but the circuits press them into analog type applications.


>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Monse Lozano <panfilero at hotmail.com>
>>Sent: May 21, 2013 1:53 PM
>>To: "synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>>Subject: [sdiy] Electronics class for kids
>>
>>This is my first post to the email list, hopefully it goes through
>>
>>
>>I am about to start an after school programs to teach 6th-8th 
>graders basic electronics and I would like to incorporate some 
>audio synth type circuits into the class. Â I was wondering if 
>anyone could give me any suggestions for cool noise making 
>projects? Â I'm not very familiar with synthesizer design, I've 
>been reading up on it a bit and started putting together a simple 
>sawtooth generator, the one with an integrator and a comparator, 
>where the output ramps up until the comparator shorts the 
>integrator's cap and discharges it. Â I'm looking for simple 
>circuits like this, I'm not worried about correcting 
>non-linearities or temperature compensation, just noise makers to 
>get the kids interested. Â  > >much thanks! 

-- ScottG
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