The idea
praatbot is a little electronics circuit to intro kids to electronics.
Check it out
Making it
I vibe coded a lot on this, because I had almost no idea where to start. I didn’t know what components to buy, and ended up buying a couple of wrong ones. It took me several weeks in total between finding the time to work on it, waiting on components, and hitting my head against the wall.
It is meant to be completed in around 30 minutes, though I’ve found that adults (strangely!) tend to take much longer.
What’s next
I made a full tutorial posted on YouTube, and I also redid the activity in 2026 with a space theme!