It is never too early to start them off working with electronics projects! My 8yr old son, Alex, practices his spelling words in Morse code every night. He gets 50 homework points for coding his spelling words so why not learn Morse code?
Until now he has been using my Fluke 87v multi meter as the buzzer. I really wanted my Fluke back so we found a circuit he could build himself to use as the buzzer.
Alex is the host for this video and he seemed to have a lot of fun making the circuit and the video.
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Great Job Alex and Dad! That was one expensive buzzer!