Foreword

Hello, my name is Joe Hudy and I’m a Maker.

I started Making about four years ago. Back then I was just making things out of cardboard and old toys. I made things like trebuchets, coin pushers, door openers, and other cardboard-centered things. One day, my mother decided to call up a company named Elenco Electronics to see if we could get any Snap Circuits, which are basically snap-together circuits. On the receiving end of the call was a man named Jeff Coda. Jeff helped me become a better Maker. He sent me my first soldering iron and a couple of products to test and solder together. This was extremely helpful and enabled me to learn about the world of electronics.

After a while of soldering and learning more about electronics, Jeff asked ...

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