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E L E C T R I C A L E N G I N E E R I N G
Doodling Your Circuits That Easy
B
ased on personal experi-
ence, I certainly had a hard
time taking up my electrical
engineering elective where
in I struggled visualizing
circuit analysis and solving
circuit problems. Branches,
nodes and loops would just scramble in my
head. Then I get lost where to apply Kirchoff ’s
Law, Ohm’s Law and Thevenin’s Theory etc.
But with this cool pen, I think students would
learn electronics faster and easier. Goodbye,
breadboards!

Elektroniks, a start-up company
from University of Illinois, creates Circuit
Scribe, a roller pen with conductive silver
ink for STEM education. It is a project based
learning where in students can build circuits
and switches in their notebooks by just
drawing lines. You can even create low-cost
high quality electronics with just papers, LED,
small batteries and clips.

It comes in different kits and tools
starting at a price of $20 per Circuit Scribe
pen. Basic kits cost $30 packed with basic
components like LED magnetic sensor and
boards, resistors, capacitors and switches. 
More advanced learning kits range at $50-
$5000 from classroom to developer levels.
Add on tools can be also bought per piece.
The project was launched in Kickstarter and
has garnered a lot of pledges and backers.
Circuit Scribe has indeed attracted a lot of
people from the STEM field. Now, it can be
ordered through the Elektroniks and Kick-
starter websites and can be shipped anywhere
in the world. Definitely, this is a must-have for
electronics students and beginners. Doodle
your circuits and learn that easy!
Photo Sources
Top: The Hindu
Bottom: Crowd Supply
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