Low Cost IC Trainer Kit

Bugged by the kind of trainer kits we get in college, I decided to make my own digital circuit design lab. It basically required two main parts – an astable and a monostable multivibrator. This was needed to run sequential circuits. The rest of the circuitry is basically connections to output LEDs and a power supply for which I used an adapter available cheaply at any electrical shop. The base was made using switch boards. I feel a wooden board would be a better option though. Before telling you how you could make one for yourself, here’s what the kit I made looks like: