https://polaine.com/tags/littlebits/ Recent content in littlebits on Andy Polaine Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:52:00 +0000 https://polaine.com/2008/07/little-bits-of-electronics/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:52:00 +0000 https://polaine.com/2008/07/little-bits-of-electronics/ littleBits is an open source library of small electronic components that are already pre-assembled. The very clever and cool thing about them is that they snap together a bit like LEGO using magnets. This means you don’t need to solder anything, which suits me because I’ve got as much skill with a soldering iron as a gorilla wearing boxing gloves juggling eggs. But it also means the polarity of the circuits is automatically enforced, so you’re not going to burn anything out.