What were your first steps into creating?

Mine was when I first visited Leeds Hackspace, and I worked on a system to monitor the temperature/humidity of the Hackspace - how did you get started?

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DAB over 7 years ago +6

Back when I was in high school, yes the old dark ages, I found a company that sent out monthly science kits for about 5 USD. I worked through each kit to learn electronics, mechanics, optics, and even…
Fred27 over 7 years ago +5

The thing that got me back into electronics was the Netduino. (It's a .NET Microframework based microcontroller. Not a product I would recommend now, but suited me as a gateway drug then.) The thing that…
anuag_ashim over 7 years ago +5

For me it was the 89C51 and PIC micro-controller programming. They were very popular in the university

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genebren over 7 years ago

I think I was born to be an engineer. My toys growing up were all pieces of broken things that I would explore and/or fix. As a kid, all of my spare money went to buying kits or parts in order to build things. When it came to college, the choice was hardly a choice and I when into electronics (after an unbelievably great high school electronics/radio program).

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genebren over 7 years ago

I think I was born to be an engineer. My toys growing up were all pieces of broken things that I would explore and/or fix. As a kid, all of my spare money went to buying kits or parts in order to build things. When it came to college, the choice was hardly a choice and I when into electronics (after an unbelievably great high school electronics/radio program).

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