A kit of Electrical components used to build an electronic device - normally found in hobbies shops. Electronic kits provided a method to build a complete device, often including the case and power supply. Many persons purchase electronic kits to learn how things work, and save some money at the same time. Some kits were sold through postal mail order, and were often quite complex devices such as color television set, oscilloscopes, high end audio amplifiers and even computers such as the Heathkit H-8, and the LNW-80. Many of the early microprocessor computers where sold as either electronic kits or assembled and tested.
Trivia
- The Altair 8800, (the first home computer), was also sold as a kit, as were the Sinclair ZX80, Sinclair ZX81 and Acorn Atom computers. Also many S100 bus system cards were sold only as kits).
- Building a Robot kit, most often with a micro controller inside, is now in fashion.
- Heathkit sold millions of electronic kits during its 45 year history.
