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Former kid here, one of the toys my parents provided me with early on was Snap Circuits: https://www.elenco.com/brand/snap-circuits/ https://www.elenco.com/bran
by branon 5y ago
Former kid here, one of the toys my parents provided me with early on was Snap Circuits: https://www.elenco.com/brand/snap-circuits/ https://www.elenco.com/brand/snap-circuits/
Not strictly programming-related per se, but they were a very educational toy. Messing around with these from a young age probably helped to cultivate an interest in electronics, how things worked, and later computing/programming.
- BenjiWiebe 5y agoMy route to programming was through snap circuits. After I ran out of things to do with that I got an "Electronics Learning Lab" (highly recommend!). Then when I randomly met an Electronics engineering professor I was asking him for help building an adder iirc, and he told me about microcontrollers. I learned programming for them but got more hooked on the programming then the microcontrollers...
- Cd00d 5y agoSuper happy to hear this. Got my 7yo daughter a snap circuits kit for xmas, and she's pretty curious and so far has enjoyed following the initial setups.