AM / FM Radio Build
So why would we want to build this radio?
Well, it's a fantastic kit, and a good opportunity to learn a bit more depth about electronics and how radios even work. If you're curious, you can get the it and the PDF version of the instructions here:
The part I really like about the guide is that it teaches you along the way not only how a radio works, but how your testing tools work. Things like using your multimeter, types of transistors (PNP vs NPN), polarity of certain components, etc. Great stuff!
Here's a few shots from our current build
Here's the first couple of components assembled in "part 1A" from our Day 1 stream on the project:
What we've done here is complete "part 1B" where we essentially remove the IC chip, build a board with all the components that were inside that IC chip, and plug this new board into the socket that used to hold the IC chip (via the 2 sets of 4-pin headers you see right in the middle of that board):
