Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are primarily used to make electrical connections between onboard and exterior parts. Additionally they are typically very robust mechanically, and may be made in nearly any bodily footprint you may think about through quick-turn PCB manufacturing. Solderix, from the group behind Croatian electronics producer Pulsar Labs, takes benefit of those unbelievable electromechanical properties as a easy prototyping platform.
Solderix PCBs embrace a simple connection system, requiring solely a screwdriver for meeting. With this you can also make a “Zoom” remote-controlled automobile, full with a standalone controller module. You may as well make this right into a line follower, add a digital camera, connect a Jeep shell package, and extra. There’s even an enhanced controller with a small display for FPV use mounted to the highest.
The automobile and joystick every use an ESP32 provider board known as a Solderbit – or SolderBit Professional with enhanced options – as its predominant processing unit. Solderbits are arrange through Solderix’s on-line Scratch-like programming interface. The system can also be suitable with BBC micro:bit processor boards, offering one other (presumably already acquainted) management possibility.
It seems like a variety of enjoyable, particularly for these simply beginning out on the planet of electronics and/or interested in how issues work. As defined of their (totally funded) Kickstarter marketing campaign, at this time’s expertise, sadly, tends to take the type of black packing containers which are troublesome to disassemble and discover.
“Older generations realized by the pure means of exploration and discovery, and so they grew to become the masters of DIY tradition and future engineers, drawback solvers, and even astronauts!” Solderix is designed to fill that hole, as “a enjoyable, LEGO-like system product of actual circuit boards that lets children (and curious adults) construct, discover, and actually perceive electronics, robotics, and engineering.” Discover out extra on the Solderix Kickstarter web page or within the video under.
