Easter Egg Soldering Kit
A beginner soldering kit I designed from scratch for my electronics students.
Why I Built This
Learning to solder should be fun, not intimidating.
When I started teaching Making Modern Electronics at Wesleyan, I wanted my students to have a first soldering experience that was approachable and rewarding. Most beginner kits are generic and boring. I designed the Easter Egg kit from scratch: a friendly, themed LED kit that gives students a real finished product they can hold at the end of class.
The Design Process
01
PCB
Designed in KiCad, laying out the LED circuit and through-hole component placement in the Easter Egg form factor.
02
Assembly
All components are through-hole, designed to be beginner friendly and hand-solderable with a standard iron.
The Hardware
PCB
Custom designed in KiCad, with clearly labeled through-hole pads and a beginner-friendly component layout.
LEDs
Multiple through-hole LEDs arranged to illuminate the Easter Egg silkscreen pattern when assembled.
Components
All through-hole: resistors, capacitors, transistor, switches, and USB connector. No SMD, no stencil.
Used In Class
Built for real students, in a real course.
I used this kit in Making Modern Electronics, a full-credit course I teach at Wesleyan University. It was the first soldering project my students tackled. The goal was simple: give them something to complete in one session that they'd actually want to keep.
Built With
Design
Fabrication
This is a kit I designed, built, and taught with from scratch. If you're looking for someone who can take a project from idea to production, I'd love to talk.
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