For those of us who remember Radio Shack as more than just an overpriced cell phone store, a lot of the nostalgia for the retailer boils down to the brands on offer. Remember the Realistic line of …
No, I have seen one that was modular but also missed out on a lot of what made wiring things up interesting. I could maybe see someone making one as a hobby project but I think less as a commercial product when the “real thing” is also so accessible and easy to work with, which wasn’t necessarily the case in the past. They have also gained a lot with the addition of coding to dynamically change behavior in a user-defined way.
Even looking for a crystal radio kit ends up with a lot of results that are throwing some PCB in a case, which is a shame.
https://a.co/d/9J2fStU This seems pretty close, but kinda babyish. It would be cool to see a cross between something like this and the breadboard kits you mentioned.
That’s true, there are, but I haven’t seen anything pre-built and self-contained like this with easy spring terminals and color coded sections.
No, I have seen one that was modular but also missed out on a lot of what made wiring things up interesting. I could maybe see someone making one as a hobby project but I think less as a commercial product when the “real thing” is also so accessible and easy to work with, which wasn’t necessarily the case in the past. They have also gained a lot with the addition of coding to dynamically change behavior in a user-defined way.
Even looking for a crystal radio kit ends up with a lot of results that are throwing some PCB in a case, which is a shame.
https://a.co/d/9J2fStU This seems pretty close, but kinda babyish. It would be cool to see a cross between something like this and the breadboard kits you mentioned.