Systems and methods for educational electronics devices such as may be assembled by non-manufacturer builders, including by personal or hobbyist individuals and by groups such as clubs or classes. Methods and systems relate to Surface Mount Device (SMD) use, measurement systems, communications skill acquisition, physical construction of educational electronics, builder construction/configuration and maintenance of devices, subsystem componentry designed for effective use in educational electronics, circuit designs that permit individual builders to construct professional quality devices, and cognitively adapted methods and systems to optimize learning and performance during and after builder assembly.

A demonstration generator may be used to illustrate electrical generation. A The demonstration generator may be based on a spinning top, a yo-yo, a gyroscope, or other spinning devices. A demonstration generator may allow an electrical current to be generated via induction by using a spinning motion to move one or more magnets relative to one or more coils.

A three-dimensional instructional manipulative, model or display, including base units, with differentiation by methods including shape, color, size or markings, representing nucleus particles such as protons and neutrons, where each particle utilizes connections so that protons are separated by at least one neutron resulting in a structure that is chain, chain-ring, multiple-layer rings or combinations of those elements together with an indicator, based upon the nucleus as a set, of magnetic orientation, magnetic field shape, magnetic strength; and a further claim with options where those base unit connections operated via magnetics; and further claim adding at least one of the following: a spindle or platform for placement of the nucleus within orientation to the structure; placement of electrons features; and/or rotation mechanisms in one or more dimensions, and or indicators of the magnetic fields of the individual base units representing nuclear particles.

Instrument Landing System (ILS) Localizer and Glideslope Simulator Training Stations using GPS and LASER Position Identification for Active Antenna Feedback and Radiation Pattern Simulation is designed to provide complete training for ILS maintenance technicians using a unique combination of hardware and software. GPS and LASER modules embedded in simulated antennas define the physical position of the antennas and custom software coverts that position along with adjustable transmitter and RF Power, Modulation, and Phase distribution settings into a wireless digital data stream that emulates an actual ILS signal when viewed in the field by a custom designed simulated ILS field receiver. The overall system is monitored and controlled through a central processor. Simulated test equipment is provided to measure field readings and transmitter settings.

An electronic breadboard system may include a computing device including a display screen. The display screen has a first portion to display an electronic circuit model and a second portion directly adjacent to the first portion. The electronic breadboard system also includes a translucent breadboard on the second portion of the display screen. The translucent breadboard includes a translucent face plate having a rectangular grid of openings exposing a plurality of contacts. The plurality of contacts are arranged lengthwise along each row of the rectangular grid of openings and orthogonal to a transparent back plate coupling the plurality of contacts to the translucent face plate. The electronic breadboard system includes a graphics controller. The graphics controller may illuminate a row opening and/or a column opening of the translucent breadboard to direct placement of electrical components of a computer model in response to user interaction with the electronic circuit model.

Disclosed is a PCB plug-in electronic module experiment device, comprising a PCB module plugboard (20) and a number of PCB plug-in electronic modules (100), wherein the PCB module plugboard (20) is provided with lots of jacks (21); each PCB plug-in electronic module (100) comprises a PCB (11), a component (9) and a terminal socket (10) on the PCB, a plug (16), and an insulation pad (15) between the PCB (11) and the plug (16), each PCB plug-in electronic module (100) is secured to any jack on the PCB module plugboard by the plug; the electrical connection among multiple PCB plug-in electronic modules (100) can be established by connecting the terminal sockets via connectors to accomplish various electronic experiments. The device facilitates convenient and efficient introduction of components (in the form of plug-in modules) to experiments; moreover, simple circuit experiments and complex circuit experiments can be realized by the experiment device.

A breadboard includes a panel having a top side and a bottom side, a first and second plurality of spaced component receiving openings extend through the top side surface and communicate with a larger first and second terminal receiving open surfaces extending from the bottom side surface which are configured to receive a first and second conductive terminals, respectively, and on a side of at least one of the first and second plurality of spaced openings in the top side surface is formed a raised surface and spanning a length approximate the larger terminal receiving open surfaces and parallel thereto and which forms part of the top side surface thereby defining a row of said plurality of spaced component receiving openings in which the conductive terminals lie.

Electrical connectors, electrical modules, and systems are provided. In one aspect, an electrical connector includes a housing defining a side surface, an electrical conductor supported by the housing and including an engagement portion proximate the side surface of the housing. The engagement portion is adapted to engage another electrical conductor of another electrical connector. The connector also includes a magnet supported by the housing proximate the side surface of the housing, a projection extending from the side surface of the housing, and a receptacle defined in the side surface of the housing. In other aspects, an electrical module includes at least one of these electrical connectors. In further aspects, a system includes a plurality of these modules and the modules are selectively couplable together.

Proposed is a training and simulation device for electric functional processes in electric, electromechanical and electrofluidic systems, with a controller (14) for the simulation and visual reproduction of system components (25-31) on a display (11), and with electric terminals (13) located adjacent to the display (11) for cable connection to hardware components of the system, wherein optical inputs and/or outputs of the simulated system components on the display (11) are assigned to at least a part of the terminals (13) and wherein the controller (14) comprises means for generating electric voltages at the terminals (13) of assigned outputs of the simulated system components (31) and/or for generating reactions of the simulated system components (25-30) in dependence on voltages externally applied to terminals (13) assigned to inputs of said simulated system components.

An educational kit for teaching kids/beginners about designing electronic circuit is provided. The educational kit according to the current application comprises of; 1) a square hard board that is comprises of; a face board made of stiff non-conductive material, including but not limited to, plastic such as PVC (Poly vinyl chloride), wood, paper hard board, etc.; a brim made of the same material of the face board with 3 mm thickness and 2.5 cm width and a steel plate adhered to the back side of the square board with glue, 2) pluralities of various kinds of electronic components, such as resistor, capacitor, etc., which have wire type leads/terminals (5) for connection, 3) pluralities of small permanent magnets (4) of circular shape, 4) a part box (1-2) that holds the electronic components and the small permanent magnets, and 5) a separate manual (6) wherein various electronic circuits are printed. Pluralities of dents of circular shape and square shape are developed on the face board to receive magnets and electronic components, respectively. Another embodiment of the hard board is comprised of; a back board made of stiff non-conductive material of 3 mm thickness; a steel plate adhered on the back board; a paper face sheet (2) whereon pluralities of square shape spaces (8), which is surrounded by narrow non-conductive material, are developed throughout the paper face sheet (2) and adhered on the steel plate; and a brim (1-3) made of plastic, such as PVC, PMMA (Poly-methyl methacrylate), and surrounding the paper face sheet (2), with 3 mm height and 2.5 cm width.