[sdiy] Electronics class for kids

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Hi

How about building crystal radios?  I did this with some kids at the middle school kids and now they can hear Rush Limbaugh over at KFI am radio in la Miranda.

Terry

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On May 21, 2013, at 11:55 AM, Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net> wrote:

> 
> 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.  I was wondering if 
>> anyone could give me any suggestions for cool noise making 
>> projects?  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.  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.   > >much thanks!
> 
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