It's crazy; some years ago (many?) there were <i>so</i> many Alroids projects. I even wanted to buy a few tins of mints just to use the boxes (not that I dislike the cinnamon ones - or the quick rusting not withstanding).<p>I remember, there used to be powerbanks, buck-boost converters, joule theives, a <i>ton</i> of simple but cool projects.<p>I wonder where that vibe died. (Or if it transformed into something else?)
My first ever electronics project was an altoids tin with two 9Vs, a 7805, and a USB port on a piece of protoboard I found in my grandfather's old electronics parts bins. I followed an Instructable to make it. After that, I was hooked. My next project was a dice roller I got from a copy of Make magazine. I ordered most of the parts off digikey. I loved the little projects in Make magazine, I thought it was so cool that you could just build your own electronics.
Very cool project. It's awesome to see young people in particular get involved in electronics.<p>Other, less capable (1802 & 6502 processors) Altoid computers:<p><a href="https://www.retrotechnology.com/memship/memship.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.retrotechnology.com/memship/memship.html</a><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/beneater/comments/15k19xp/be6502_in_an_altoid_tin/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/beneater/comments/15k19xp/be6502_in...</a>
Looking forward to your son's MIT maker portfolio video in a few years!<p>Kidding lol.<p>Nice to see a wholesome post every once in a while. Its good to fuel their passions and interests when young. Keep it up man.
The beaglebone family of SBCs were specifically designed to fit inside altoids tins
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