Comments on: Tamagatchi Mannaro: DIY Soundbox Based on Forrest Mims Atari Punk Console

By: Massimiliano Farnea

Massimiliano Farnea — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:46:12 +0000

thanks to all for you interest!

you can listen here a first sample of its sound (with a miniKP):

http://www.farnea.net/public/Tamagotchi.mp3

stay tuned!

maxfarnea

By: Forrest M. Mims III

Forrest M. Mims III — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:39:41 +0000

Thanks for the kind comments.

Currently I’m trying to complete work on a major book for NOAA on the history of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory. After this and another new book, I hope to find time to post some circuits on my web site. Also, I’ll try to add some sound generator video clips to my You Tubes (go to YouTube and enter “fmims” in the search box).

It’s good to see how DIYers are doing much to continue the tradition of hobby electronics. So are the robotics people, especially through the high school robotics competitions. (I’ve published some articles on this in The Citizen Scientist (www.sas.org/tcs).

Forrest M. Mims III
http://www.forrestmims.org

By: David

David — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:27:17 +0000

Actually, most of Forrest's books are currently available. I've made up a list at Amazon with some notes about the individual titles. If you want the "best of the best", get the Forrest Mims Engineer's Notebook, Getting Started in Electronics (the green book), Forrest Mims Circuit Scrapbook, Vol 1 (articles from Popular Electronics), and Forrest Mims Circuit Scrapbook, Vol 2 (articles from Modern Electronics).

By: plurgid

plurgid — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:27:16 +0000

Forrest M. Mims III … WOW!

I’m not worthy …
I’m not worthy …
I’m not worthy …

Dude, in 5th grade, I got one of your books from Radio Shack (the one with the green cover, can’t remember the name, though). I spent all summer building the projects in there. My favorite was an optical audio transmitter …

thanks for all the great memories.
I wish Radio Shack still sold components … wish Heath Kit still sold kits too.

By: arnold collins

arnold collins — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:16:51 +0000

(genuinely) thank you!
back to the cutting edge interesting stuff.

By: Forrest M. Mims III

Forrest M. Mims III — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:48:51 +0000

Hi Peter,

Back when I was designing various tone generators for books and lab kits, I always wished their sounds could be shared with others. Apparently that has happened, and the web has certainly helped.

When I teach basic electronics using a lab kit I developed for Radio Shack, the most popular circuits are always the tone generators. I’ll never forget the time a class of university students I was teaching in Hawaii was so excited by the cacophany of tones they were creating that the classes in each room adjacent to ours broke up to come by to watch and hear the spontaneous concert my students were conducting.

Forrest M. Mims III
http://www.forrestmims.org

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