"John Rumm" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 03/02/2019 13:36, S Viemeister wrote:
On 2/3/2019 8:21 AM, Bob Eager wrote:
On Sun, 03 Feb 2019 04:19:27 -0800, Tricky Dicky wrote:

If it's kits you want then google Velleman quite a range with plenty of
soldering. Maplin used to stock them but I think you can order directly
off their website. Some of the component suppliers who specialise in
the
education market like Rapid Electronics stock them.

CPC stock quite a bit too.

As Brain has said many of the kits now contain a PIC or other custom
chip that does most of the grunt. If you want to get into
Microcontrollers can I recommend the PICAXE system as a quick and easy
way to get into them and how to program them, software and manuals are
all FREE (I always like the sound of that word) and a helpful forum go
to www.picaxe.co.uk.

I was going to suggest PICAXE. Great fun and easy to get started.

I really miss HeathKits.

Was there not a recent attempt to bring them back...?

Yup, still the

https://shop.heathkit.com/shop

Not a lot of kits worth buying tho.