Altoids Project
uvdn7
82 points
4 comments
October 31, 2026
Related Discussions
Found 5 related stories in 124.6ms across 11,194 title embeddings via pgvector HNSW
- UnoDOS nicoloren · 17 pts · September 29, 2026 · 46% similar
- Herdr Studio throwaway888abc · 22 pts · September 11, 2026 · 45% similar
- Tiny Little Office donohoe · 276 pts · October 14, 2026 · 45% similar
- Introducing MicroLighter tobr · 43 pts · August 19, 2026 · 45% similar
- Stenchill: 3D Printable Solder Paste Stencil Generator radeeyate · 28 pts · July 18, 2026 · 45% similar
Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
XNORcist
Looking forward to your son's MIT maker portfolio video in a few years! Kidding lol. Nice to see a wholesome post every once in a while. Its good to fuel their passions and interests when young. Keep it up man.
JKCalhoun
Very cool project. It's awesome to see young people in particular get involved in electronics. Other, less capable (1802 & 6502 processors) Altoid computers: https://www.retrotechnology.com/memship/memship.html https://www.reddit.com/r/beneater/comments/15k19xp/be6502_in...
colechristensen
The beaglebone family of SBCs were specifically designed to fit inside altoids tins
wildzzz
My first ever electronics project was an altoids tin with two 9Vs, a 7805, and a USB port on a piece of protoboard I found in my grandfather's old electronics parts bins. I followed an Instructable to make it. After that, I was hooked. My next project was a dice roller I got from a copy of Make magazine. I ordered most of the parts off digikey. I loved the little projects in Make magazine, I thought it was so cool that you could just build your own electronics.