Back to circuits
Yesterday Simon asked me to buy new electronics software he found on the internet. It’s a realtime circuit simulator and editor called iCircuit. Simon has already built several circuits in … Continue reading Back to circuits
Category: Electronics
XML HTTP Request
When an error with XML HTTP Request occurred Simon spontaneously drafted an explanation in Microsoft Word. This video captured how quickly and easily he operates in Microsoft Office:
Sublime Text to Arduino
Simon wrote a sketch in Sublime Text (a text editor) and uploaded it on to his Arduino. It didn’t work at first but he found the bug.
Progress Documented
I wouldn’t publish this video if it wasn’t for one observation: this electricity project would have taken two hours just a few months ago. Now Simon assembles things like this … Continue reading Progress Documented
Lego WeDo
After he tried it during a Digisnacks group session last month Simon really wanted to have his own Lego WeDo set. The waiting seemed endless, Sinterklaas lost the parcel once and … Continue reading Lego WeDo
Conductive Painting
We made a talking poster with Bare Conductive paint and touch board today: The poster on the wall next to Simon’s room: This is how we made it. … Continue reading Conductive Painting
Simon draws series and parallel circuits with conductive paint
Simon loves the conductive paint. After we finished making the Bare Conductive Voltage Village kit (previous post), he made two circuits, parallel and series, on his own without and help … Continue reading Simon draws series and parallel circuits with conductive paint
Cold soldering with Bare Conductive electric paint
On Sunday Simon found a Bare Conductive electric paint set in his shoe. Sinterklaas knows exactly what Simon wants! Today we tried cold soldering for the first time! The project involved … Continue reading Cold soldering with Bare Conductive electric paint
What is Simon’s level in coding and problem solving?
Simon carried out a project on his new RaspberryPi today that allows to see his programming and problem solving level quite well. Luckily I was there on time with my … Continue reading What is Simon’s level in coding and problem solving?
RaspberryPi work station
When Simon got a new RaspberryPi 3 from Sinterklaas on Sunday joy quickly turned into drama as he discovered the old (and only) keyboard we had at home was outdated … Continue reading RaspberryPi work station
Geeks out of the box 