About Logic Gates — It started with my brother's question.
I'm Oliver, an electronics engineer in Estonia. Logic Gates is my hobby project: a way to expand my skills and give back to the electronics community. My little brother was getting into programming when he asked about logic gates. I began the project at university, learning how to optimise a design for larger-scale production and putting care into the look and feel of the boards.
A community that kept me building
Feedback from the electronics community and encouragement from universities helped the project grow into the Logic Trainer. Educators told me there weren't enough practical hardware tools for this part of learning. I'm grateful to EEVblog and JazzTech Electronics, whose videos helped the project reach more people and start making an impact.
What your support makes possible
Sales help cover research and development costs and continue the work. That support has already helped me develop the free Logic Wiki, including exercises for the Logic Trainer.
Cover the development. Share the design.
My approach is to release a project's design files as open source once its research and development costs are covered. I have already open-sourced the original Logic Gates project: see OSHWA certification EE000005 and the design files on GitLab. I intend to follow the same path with the Logic Trainer once its development costs are covered.
Make it reach further
Price still limits the project's impact. I want to explore lower-cost designs and production choices, with their tradeoffs, so more learners and classrooms can access the hardware. I also want to keep improving the learning material.
If a board would help you learn or teach, buying one directly supports the next stage of this project. Find your board or start with the free wiki. Thank you — Oliver.