0ne of the difficulties new or would-be electronics enthusiasts have is the (perceived?) difficulty of soldering, component identification and actual construction.

While those more experienced in the art would say "just get in and learn it!" there is arguably nothing more disconcerting to a beginner than building a project and finding it doesn’t work, or work as intended, often due to a simple error that, with just a little bit more knowledge, would be easy to spot and fix.

Many’s the project that has been thrown into a cupboard (or even bin!) for this reason.

That was one of the stumbling blocks that Microbric wanted to avoid. And with their unique "bric" concept, they’ve succeeded very well! Soldering has been completely eliminated. If you can fasten a nut on a screw, you can build with Microbric.

Component identification has been eliminated, again due to brics. Now it’s modular – some modules contain individual components, others a complete circuit element. But when you connect them together, they simply work!

And the parts are reusable – you can dismantle and rebuild as many times as you like.

With Microbric, you can build complex electronic devices with little or no prior electronics knowledge. You will learn as you go – that’s another one of the strong points. And that knowledge is not limited to electronics – other concepts will be covered along the way such as mechanics, programming and even designing your own projects.

Incidentally, if you missed our Microbric introduction in December, we strongly suggest you read that before reading on. It covers the concepts and the fundamentals which are necessary background to building more complex robots (Back issues are available for $8.80 each including p&p).